My Morning Jacket, At-The Drive-In, Jane’s Addiction (performing ‘Ritual de lo Habitua’l), Huey Lewis & The News (Performing ‘Sports’) Lead 2016 Shaky Knees Festival
The fourth annual Shaky Knees festival returns in 2016 with a stellar lineup including Florence + The Machine, My Moring Jacket, Jane’s Addiction (performing Ritual de lo Habitual), At The Drive-In, The 1975, Deftones, The Decemberists and Walk the Moon. This year’s festival delivers a diverse lineup with performances from Huey Lewis and the News (performing Sports […]
David Bowie’s Second To Last Ever Live Performance- Joins David Gilmour For “Comfortably Numb”
Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons Talks Opening Black Sabbath’s Final Tour (INTERVIEW)
If you’ve ever watched a performance by Rival Sons, your first impression of singer Jay Buchanan is that he is serious, mysterious, almost shamanistic in the way he seems to put every drop of emotion into the conveyance of the song he is singing. His body will twist in turmoil, sweat pouring off of him, […]
Gregg Allman Kicks off New Year in Baton Rouge (SHOW REVIEW)
Having seen Gregg Allman play many times over the years with his solo band, there was something very noticeable about their performance recently in Baton Rouge: the total connectivity of the players to music that has been around long before any of them were a part of the group. These songs – which make up […]
David Bowie 1947-2016: Rock Legend/Icon Dead at 69 – Blackstar Was His Parting Gift
Say what? In news that is almost indigestible before the start of the Monday week, we have learned that icon David Bowie has died at age 69. It was just last Friday Bowie turned 69 and released his latest album *Blackstar. Bowie was battling cancer in secret for the last 18 months and was able to just make […]
David Bowie Tribute Concert Scheduled for Carnegie Hall – The Roots, Mountain Goats, Perry Farrell & More To Play
Carnegie Hall has revealed plans for a David Bowie tribute concert scheduled for March 31st. The Roots, The Mountain Goats, Cyndi Lauper, Perry Farrell, Jakob Dylan, and Heart’s Ann Wilson are some of the artists who will honor Bowie at the event. Longtime Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti will coordinate the house band and tickets go on sale Monday […]
JAM CRUISE 14 DAY 4: Pickin’ Party of 80’s Classics, Snarky Puppy Lead The Homestretch (SHOW REVIEW)
Pickup line of the night: “So how long have you been a Jedi?” Sometimes when you get too much sun, you pass out early. On Jam Cruise, when you finally come to about a quarter past midnight, things are just getting into full swing. After a day on the beaches of Cozumel, Mexico, the MSC […]
Jam Cruise 14 Day 3: Poker Tournaments & Sabbath Covers (SHOW REVIEW)
Covers sell: After a day on dry land in Costa Maya, Mexico, we once again set sail as the Infamous Stringdusters served their Pool Deck crowd a hearty serving of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band. Later that evening, under a star-filled sky, Brownout Presents Brown Sabbath invited both Skerik and […]
Kanye West, The Strokes, The Killers Headlining 2016 Governors Ball – Beck, M83, Eagles of Death Metal Also Aboard
The lineup for the 2016 Governors Ball, has been announced. Set to take place on New York City’s Randalls Island from June 3-June 5, the three-day event will be headlined by the Killers, Kanye West, and the Strokes (the latter two of which have headlined GovBall within the past three years). Additional acts set to perform include Beck, Gary […]
Jam Cruise 14 Day 2: Snarky Puppy & Karl Denson Do Right At Sea (SHOW REVIEW)
2:18AM EST – Black and White Lounge, MSC Divina: The drums are getting tuned up, the bass levels seem to be feedback free and things in the Jam Room are about to kick off. There’s no scheduled end time but it’d be surprising if the house lights came back on any time before sunrise. What […]