MP3 Boot Camp: Rare Trey Tracks
A Phantasy Tour user named Mod_Ov3rkill recently started a thread on PT to share rare tracks from the Trey.com A/V room. These tracks were posted for a short period of time and if you’re like me, you haven’t been collecting them. Other PT users have helped the cause by uploading the tracks that the original […]
Page Sits In With Little Feat at Higher Ground
Ex-Vida Blue keyboardist Page McConnell sat in on keys for Spanish Moon > Skin It Back last night during Little Feat’s show at Higher Ground. McConnell shared Billy Payne’s keyboard setup for the two tunes. Page has plenty of experience playing Little Feat songs as Phish has performed Skin It Back, On Your Way Down […]
Video: Islands – No You Don’t
As we wait for the on-again, off-again, on-again Arrested Development movie to hit the big screens, one of the Bluth clan’s youngest members, Michael Cera, has been keeping busy recently starring in the new movie Youth In Revolt and appearing in Islands’ latest music video. Check out their trippy ode to making sure you know […]
Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend
British pop duo The Ting Tings, who are working on a new album, make their Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night on NBC at 11:30PM. Actress Sigourney Weaver returns to the show for her second stint as host. Friday, January 15 [all times Eastern] Conan O’Brien: Lifehouse [NBC 11:35PM] Jimmy Fallon: the Hotrats [NBC 12:35AM] […]
Citizen Cope Releasing The Rainwater LP Feb. 9
Citizen Cope, aka Clarence Greenwood, is very excited to announce the release of his new record, The Rainwater LP, on March 2, 2010. The record will be released digitally on February 9th. As on his past two records, The Rainwater LP was produced by Greenwood himself. It is his first record in nearly four years […]
Gov’t Mule: Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 12/31/09
Gov't Mule extended their New Year's tradition to eight years December 30 and 31, 2009, returning to the Beacon Theatre in New York after a year's sabbatical at the Angel Orensanz and Hammerstein Ballroom in 2008 while the Broadway venue was being refurbished.
Final Johnny Cash Studio Album Set For Release
The final studio album by Johnny Cash is set to be released next month. Called ‘American VI: Ain’t No Grave’, the Rick Rubin produced album was recorded in 2002, a year before Cash died in 2003. Featuring covers of artists such as Sheryl Crow and Kris Kristofferson, the album will be released on February 22 […]
The Duchess and The Duke: Mercury Lounge 1/9/10
Sporting silly fur hats The Duchess and The Duke took the stage at Mercury Lounge in New York City Friday night with only their whiskey soaked voices and a pair of acoustic guitars. While the large noggin adornments may have been needed in the single digit night air, they certainly weren’t necessary in the full house for the early show which the group headed lined.
The B List: 10 Favorite Jam Cruise Sets
A week ago today, I was just waking up on the MSC Poesia about to enjoy the final day of Jam Cruise 8. Over the course of the trip’s five days, I caught one outstanding musical performance after another. For this week’s B List I’ve put together my thoughts on my ten favorite sets of Jam Cruise 8.
Now, as a disclaimer, I didn’t see every set so I can only comment on what I saw. I’ve heard wonderful things about the Sexual Chocolate set and the STS9 theater set, but I wasn’t there. I tried to catch as much music as I could, but I couldn’t see it all. With that said, let’s get down to business…
10. Ryan Montbleau Band – Pool Deck [LiveDownloads]
[Photo by Jeffrey Dupuis]
HT faves the Ryan Montbleau Band got on the boat by the skin of their teeth after an extremely close “Vote to the Boat” competition. The Boston-based band made the most of the opportunity all week long, showing up at various events and in the Jam Room each night. Ryan and the boys kicked off the action on Monday morning with a fantastic set that included old favorites, a new tune and a couple of slamming covers. Watch out for these guys in 2010 as they are ready to take the scene by storm.
9. Dark Star Orchestra – Theater [LiveDownloads]
[Photo by Dave Vann]
Once the show started off with a mixed bag featuring Shakedown Street, Next Time You See Me and Stir It Up, it was pretty clear DSO was playing an original setlist for their theater set on Jam Cruise 8. While this is clearly a band in transition, the connection between former long-time band mates Jeff Mattson and Rob Barraco was clear throughout. There were a number of people I talked to who hadn’t given DSO much of a shot in the past, but enjoyed the hell out of themselves in the theater this night.
READ ON for Scotty’s favorite eight performances of Jam Cruise 8…