Archive: 2010

After five months on the road, the Black Crowes have reached the final stop of their Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys Tour. Last night saw the band play the first of six shows at The Fillmore in San Francisco, which will be followed by the dreaded “indefinite hiatus.” SF Weekly has a review of yesterday’s […]

2010 has been a big year for tenth anniversaries, and one of the last is also one of my favorites. Medeski, Martin & Wood’s fall tour, which featured guitarist and singer Oren Bloedow, whose album featured the trio as the session band, and percussionist Cyro Baptista, made its way to Upstate New York at the […]

You’re bound to find The Who’s Live At Leeds album sitting comfortably towards the top of most best live albums of all-time lists. Recorded at the University of Leeds on February 14, 1970, during arguably the height of the band’s prowess, the gig featured a set of Who classics followed by a full run-through of […]

Roger Waters, who has been astonishing audiences with his new production of The Wall, will stop by Conan on TBS this Wednesday night. Monday, December 13 [all times Eastern] Ice-T on Live with Regis and Kelly [Syndicated – check listings] Green Day: Behind the Music Remastered [VH1 Classic 3PM] Depeche Mode: Live in Barcelona [Palladia […]

It’s not too often that we post a video from the world of hip-hop, but we thought it was rather noteworthy that Dr. Dre has released a video for Kush, the first single from his long delayed and much anticipated new album Detox. Due out early next year, the record will be his first since […]

Levon Helm performing at the Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 11.27.10.

From one bar story to another, Please Stand By rolls by quick, one Crazy Heart anthem after another, except these guys aren’t has-beens playing bowling alleys.  Amaker’s voice is more spoken word than country howl, which depreciates any old timey gracefulness for a rougher edge. Although Brent Amaker and the Rodeo don’t score any points for originality, these guys are no posers. Grab the bourbon and enjoy.

Beginning with the upbeat knee-slapper “I Feel The Christmas Spirit”, the twelve tracks in Indigo Girls’ Holly Happy Days include standards like “Oh, Holy Night”, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas” and “Angels We Have Heard On High” along with inspired versions of not so familiar tunes and three original songs that will find their way into one’s holiday rotation.

If you have the patience to give one more Christmas album a go, then you could do much worse than Crazy For Christmas. Hicks and his band mates roll triumphantly through a few classics (“Run Run Rudolph” and “Here Comes Santa Claus”), but it’s the originals that shine brightest and set this apart from other holiday offerings.  “Santa’s Workshop” for one is a classic in the making with its signature sense of humor and witty word  that we’ve come to expect from Hicks.

Shreveport, Louisiana, native Kenny Wayne Shepherd has been listening to the blues since his early childhood. After discovering Muddy Waters in his father’s record collection, Kenny Wayne has been mixing some rock & roll with those blues and blasting out something that catches fire once he hits a stage, because that is where he comes alive. On his new CD, Live In Chicago ( which has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album), Kenny Wayne has been able to capture that spirit while playing alongside some of the legends of the blues.