Archive: 2010

North Mississippi Allstars are proud to announce that their new record, Keys to the Kingdom, (Songs of the South), will be released on February 1, 2011. The album was recorded in the spring of 2010 at the Dickinson family’s legendary Zebra Ranch Studio in Coldwater, MS., produced by the band and features guests Mavis Staples, […]

To celebrate her new album, The Party Ain’t Over, out January 25th via Third Man/Nonesuch Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson will play two special New York City and Los Angeles shows around its release. Wanda will be accompanied by the Third Man House Band featuring Jack White, who also produced the […]

For the 22nd year in a row, the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam returned to the guitarist’s hometown of Asheville, NC last night with this year’s event taking place at the Asheville Civic Center. Yesterday’s event saw the debut of the Warren Haynes Band and sets from Missing Cats featuring JoJo Hermann and Sherman Ewing, prog-jammers Umphrey’s McGee, classic rockers the Steve Miller Band, Widespread Panic frontman John Bell, the Gregg Allman Band and a late-night thrown down from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

[All photos by Rob Chapman]

Haynes offered tracks from his upcoming soul album backed by Ron Johnson on bass, Ivan Neville on keys and vocals, Ron Holloway on sax, Terrance Higgins on drums and Ruthie Foster on vocals. Bassist George Porter Jr., keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Raymond Weber were featured on the album according to the Relix article announcing the band but did not perform with Warren last night. Warren’s set included a cover of Sneakin’ Sally, which you can check out right here…

Warren Haynes Band – Sneakin’ Sally

[via Jambands.com]

There were plenty of guest spots throughout the evening including John Bell adding vocals to Umphrey’s version of Ain’t No Sunshine, Andy Farag and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns sitting in at points with the Warren Haynes Band, Haynes returning the favor by joining the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Steve Miller Band. Also, South American harpist Carlos Reyes sat in with the Steve Miller Band, Ron Holloway and the DDBB Horns added brass to Gregg Allman’s Just Another Rider, while John Bell joined the horn section for Allman’s take on Guilded Splinters before Steve Miller sat in on Lost Highway.

READ ON for the complete Christmas Jam setlist, a slew of videos from nearly all of the acts and more photos from last night’s show…

The common cold tends to take an average person out of action for a while, but when you suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease the effects are much more serious. Yesterday, COPD sufferer Levon Helm was admitted to a New York City hospital after fighting a cold, leading the legendary drummer to miss last night’s […]

The typical Saturday Night Live musical guest usually performs two songs on the long-running NBC program. Former Wings lead singer Paul McCartney proved once again (he played three songs in 1993) that he is far from the typical musical guest as he was given the opportunity to play a record five songs for the cameras and treated audience members to an additional two songs. Here’s a rundown of Macca’s performances…

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Band on the Run

READ ON for the rest of Paul McCartney’s sizzling SNL hits…

Furthur has announced an extensive March/April tour which includes mulitple night runs in many theaters includeing 8 nights in NYC (5 at Best Buy Theater and 3 at Radio City Music Hall) The tour will open in Boston on March 4 with a three night stand at the Orpheum and includes five shows at the […]

The Allman Brothers Band’s annual March Madness run has been a long-standing tradition in the Big Apple that has survived a venue change and Gregg Allman’s health issues to find the group back at the Beacon for eight shows in 2011. In the past, the Allmans didn’t have much competition but that won’t be the […]

Pearl Jam has a very special show in the works to mark the band’s 20th anniversary. The group’s longtime manager recently revealed that Eddie Vedder and co. are planning to host their own music festival. Manager Kelly Curtis made the announcement earlier this week on the band’s Sirius/XM Radio station. The event is planned for […]

Members of the indie rock Elephant 6 Collective will once again hit the road together for next year’s Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour. The trek features members of Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, The Music Tapes, The Olivia Tremor Control and more. The collective last toured together in 2008. One thing that might […]

With the year rapidly coming to a close, and the holiday season fully upon us, we wanted to get the HT Crew together for one last hang to talk music before we throw the cover on BBQ for the winter. Since ’tis the season to reflect back on what went down over the last 12 months, we thought we’d invite the gang over to HT Headquarters to warm up by the fireplace, throw some large hunks of meat on the grill and crack open a few Anderson Valley Winter Solsticeses for another rousing edition of At The Barbecue.

This time around, we thought we’d continue our year-end housecleaning by discussing our Break Out Acts of the year, which ranged from new discoveries to some acts that just hit it out of the park with a monster 2010.

Andy Kahn – The Morning Benders

Without a doubt The Morning Benders stood up and demanded to be noticed this year. Particularly on the heels of their sophomore album Big Echo & their relentless touring, the band has proven to be a force in the studio & on the road. The quartet from Berkeley, CA is led by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Christopher Chu, whose impressive songwriting is filled with dreamy lyrics and catchy pop sensibilities. Whether on stage or in the studio the band creates a lush but airy sound tucked into a cool, laid-back vibe.

Excuses, their captivating single off Big Echo, was my song of the year after the first listen and has made it “big” being featured on a television commercial. The band is on a seemingly never ending tour, crisscrossing the States and beyond several times this year alone, opening for acts like Broken Bells, hitting festivals and headlining bills as well. Keep an eye out for these guys there’s a good chance they’re playing your town soon.

READ ON for more of our picks of the Break Out Acts of 2010…