2004

Coldplay have announced their first gig of 2005. The group will headline

The Duo, featuring Joe Russo and Marco Benevento have announced a string of shows in the Far East. The Duo have been invited by SMASH to support the Dirty Dozen Brass Band in Japan for 5 peformances from February 24th through March 1st of 2005. This tour will coincide with the Japanese release of our upcoming release on ropeadope records.

In other Duo news, the drums and organ combo will be playing a New Years run with special guest Mike Gordon on bass 12/28/04 to 1/1/2005.

For more info, please check the band’s website.

THE BLOCK Party Rail Contest and 200 person VIP Booth after party will air on Project: DETENTION. A unique half hour televsion show broadcast to 20 million homes on the FUEL network sometimes airing once daily. (see fuel.tv for scheduled air times)

RedSquare TV in association with FUEL (24/7action sports network) have developed, Project: DETENTION. Project: DETENTION is dedicated to documenting the actions,lifestyles and freedom that surrounds the constantly evolving action sports culture…the most direct and influential voice for the ever growing action sports population.

Heat or event results are not reported. In each episode the producers and host

“Six Feet Under”

Dave Matthews Band has confirmed that its Sept. 12 free show in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will be the second in its Live Trax series of self-released live albums. No release date has yet been unveiled for the show, which can be purchased as a 3-CD set or MP3 and FLAC digital downloads via the band’s official Web site.

The performance featured airings of the new songs “Joyride,” “Hello Again” and “Sugar Will,” the latter featuring Carlos Santana. Fans who pre-order the show online will be entered to win a framed, autographed concert poster.

DMB kicked off the Live Trax series earlier this month with the release of a Dec. 8, 1998, show from Worcester, Mass., which featured guest spots by guitarist Tim Reynolds and banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck.

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Reid Geneuar & the Assembly of Dust have annonced they will be playing a two night New Year’s Eve Bash At The Paradise Theater in Boston, MA. Touring in support of their latest release -The Honest Hour – the disc’s nine original songs are a mix of new Assembly of Dust songs and re-imagined versions of songs Genauer wrote with his former band, Strangefolk.
For more information visit the band’s website at www.assemblyofdust.com

In other New England new year’s eve news, The Jazz Mandolin Project featuring Jon Fishman will be playing a Dec. 31 gig at the new Higher Ground music club in South Burlington, VT. For more info- check the venues website at www.highergroundmusic.com

As a musician, Warren Haynes is infamous for his improvisational prowess and his spontaneous guest appearances. So it might seem odd that he becomes so darn reliable — and charitable — each holiday season.

For 16 years, Haynes has coordinated the Warren Haynes Annual Christmas Jam. Like a family reunion, the annual, one-of-a-kind, semi-structured marathon of music brings together old friends on stage and in the audience at the Civic Center Arena in Asheville, N.C.

This year the event will be held again at the Asheville Civic Center Arena, Saturday, December 18 at 7:00PM. WNCW’s Pre-Jam Jam Broadcast Live from the Orange Peel is on Friday, December, 17. Past Performers Include: The Allman Brothers Band, Alvin Youngblood Heart, Blues Traveler, Bob Weir, Derek Trucks Band, DJ Logic, Edwin McCain, John Hiatt & The Goners, moe., North Mississippi All-Stars, Phil Lesh and Friends, Phish’s Mike Gordon, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Sam Bush, Sonny Landreth, String Cheese Incident’s Michael Kang, and Widespread Panic’s John Bell, Dave Schools & Todd Nance.

Haynes, who will open the evening with a brief solo performance, will perform with his band Gov’t Mule, and, of course, join many of the artists for spontaneous collaborations. But the impact goes far beyond the entertainment.

The show thrives on the generous support of volunteer talent and behind-the-scenes personnel, with post-production proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity. In 2002, Haynes received the Key to the City by Asheville Mayor Worley. The benefit event raised $70,000 for the organization, selling 7000 tickets. Prior to the 2003 concert, Haynes gave keys to a family for their new Habitat for Humanity home, which was constructed with funds from the 2002 concert. The 2003 event raised $100,000 – bringing the total for the last three years over $200,000.

“Christmas Jam started 16 years ago as an opportunity for local musicians to jam at the one time of year they were all in town at the same time. Back then, we gave the money to whatever charity we felt like. As the event grew and we became aware of Habitat For Humanity, we settled on them because we believe in the organization and know the money goes where its supposed to. When your work is music, its easy and fun to give back.”

A U.S. appeals court in San Francisco has handed a victory to pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys in a dispute over the musical practice of sampling, in which recording artists incorporate snippets of other songs into their own work.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined today (Nov. 9) to reconsider its decision last year allowing the group to use a six-second segment of music from jazz flutist James Newton’s 1978 composition “Choir.” The Beastie Boys used the sample in their song “Pass the Mic” on their 1992 album “Check Your Head.”

A three-judge panel of the court held in 2003 that the band had abided by copyright protections by paying a license fee for a sample of Newton’s recording and therefore did not have to pay an additional fee to license the underlying composition.

That finding upheld a lower-court dismissal of the case in favor of the Beastie Boys, and the 9th Circuit today refused to reconsider its ruling before a larger 11-judge panel.

“We hold that Beastie Boys’ use of a brief segment of that composition, consisting of three notes separated by a half-step over a background C note, is not sufficient to sustain a claim for infringement of Newton’s copyright,” Chief Judge Mary Schroeder wrote in her opinion.

Representatives for Newton and the Beastie Boys were not immediately available for comment.

The Beastie Boys helped spark the modern sampling trend in popular music with the 1989 album “Paul’s Boutique,” which incorporated bits of music from sources as diverse as Johnny Cash, Bob Marley and the Beatles to create new music. Sampling has since become a staple of many artists, especially in the rap and hip-hop genres.

Source billboard.com.