In my brief experience writing about music, I’ve made plenty of mistakes. Just a few days ago I incorrectly referred to Dumpstaphunk’s drummer as Anthony Webber instead of the proper
Sting gets the Classic 60 Minutes treatment Sunday night at 8 PM. Tune in to hear just how long he can last during his tantric sex sessions with his wife,
I thought we were in the clear without having to mention the words festival, Radiohead and Jack Johnson in the same sentence for a little while….Brief pause….Was that long enough?
While any future Led Zeppelin tour dates are still lurking in the darkest depths of Mordor, former front man Robert Plant has announced a slew of dates with his current
It’s February, which means there’s pretty much one festival announcement each day. Today we turn our focus to the Mid-Atlantic. Jam stalwarts Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends and Gov’t
On the heels of the Radiohead story that leaked earlier today, we now get the initial line-up for the inaugural edition of the All Points West Music & Arts Festival. Let’s take a look at who’s signed on so far…
Radiohead, Jack Johnson, Underworld, Kings of Leon, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cat Power, The Roots, The New Pornographers, Youssou N’Dour, Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Metric, CSS, Girl Talk, Chromeo, The Go! Team, Amadou & Mariam, The Black Angels, Sia, The Felice Brothers, K’Naan, Jason Isbell, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Alberta Cross, The Virgins, Black Kids, Mates of State, Duffy, Forro in the Dark, Nicole Atkins, Juana Molina, Little Brother, Rogue Wave, Neil Halstead and Your Vegas.
Read on after the jump for ticket information…
In just two short weeks from today the Langerado Music Festival kicks off at Big Cypress in the Florida Everglades. I’ve attended the last two Langerado festivals, but this year’s lineup takes things to a new level. As someone who doesn’t get to many festivals, I think the best part of going is the enjoyment I get from checking out artists I haven’t seen before. So for the next two edition of The B List, I’ll look at the five bands I’m excited to see for the first time at Langerado:
1. Ben Folds – Ben Folds arrived on the scene in 1995 with his trio: Ben Folds Five. You couldn’t walk around the campus of my alma-mater, Skidmore College, without hearing Folds’ refreshing sound that combines elements of jazz and arena-rock with typical singer-songwriter fare. The Ben Folds Five continued to release great albums over the next few years including 1999’s The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, a record which hasn’t left my iPod in over two years. Read on for more about Ben Folds and four other bands you gotta catch at Langerado…
The folks at URB magazine seem to have the big scoop of the day. The monthly magazine devoted to electronic music, hip-hop and urban lifestyle is reporting that Radiohead will
We’re back for round two of Bust Outs. In the inaugural edition, we got a number of requests for some Grateful Dead bust outs. Well, we’re working our way up to that, but first, we’ll meet you half way. Today, we’re highlighting some monumental Grateful Dead Covers. We’ve got a nice potpourri here – some sinister, some tranquil and some just flat out fun. Without further ado, follow me…
Coffee Bean Brown – 11/21/2002 – It Must Have Been the Roses
This gem of a cover is brought to us via Coffee Bean Brown, the good acoustic twin of Tea Leaf Green. Get it – Tea Leaf Green, Coffee Bean Brown? Dummy. This was actually the first ever show of the band’s Coffee Bean Brown experiment, and their take on It Must Have Been the Roses is just gorgeous. Trevor’s keys and tranquil vocals do a lot of justice to this tune. Tea Leaf Green doesn’t play as Coffee Bean Brown too often, but these early sessions provide some great insight to what this band is capable of acoustically.
Read on for five more outstanding Dead covers…
We get a little lazy as the week winds down, so let’s check in and see what some other people are writing about during this shortened week… Rock Revival lists
