February 22, 2005

Glen Phlips Touring In Support Of New Record

Rocker Glen Philips has announced a series of dates to coincide with his upcoming Lost Highway Release – Winter Pays For Summer. Philips’ backing band will include Jonathan Kingham on keys and guitars, Myles Corbin on bass, and Sean Bendickson on drums.

Tour Dates

3/30 Madison, WI/Luther’s Blues
3/31 Minneapolis, MN/Fineline Music Caf

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Jack Johnson Appearing On Saturday Night Live

Upon the release of his March 1st album, “In Between Dreams,” Singer/songwriter/surfer Jack Johnson will be the music guest on the March 12th episode of Saturday Night Live with host, actor David Spade.

Be sure to check out Glide Magazine’s exclusive interview with Jack Johnson

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Hunter S. Thompson Commits Suicide

Journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, who unleashed the concept of “gonzo journalism” in books like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” fatally shot himself in the head Sunday at his home near Aspen, Colorado, police and his family said.

“On February 20, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado,” said a statement issued by Thompson’s son, Juan Thompson, to the Aspen Daily News.

A dispatcher for the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Thompson’s death.

Neither the family statement nor Pitkin County sheriff’s officials said whether Thompson left a note, The Associated Press reported.

His account of a drug-fueled trip to cover a district attorneys’ anti-drug conference as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine was the seed of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” perhaps his best-known work.

Source: cnn.com

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Haymaker Music Festival Announces Initial Line-up

National, regional and local talents collide on a Spotsylvania farm to create a truly unique musical experience. The Haymaker Music Festival is the only place where concert goers will see Keller Williams perform alongside local Virginia favorites such as, Cephas & Wiggins, King Wilkie, The Hackensaw Boys, AJ Roach, and DJ Williams.

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Herbie Hancock Duets Album To Feature Trey Anastasio, Santana and Damien Rice

How does Starbucks, which partnered with Concord on Ray Charles’ Grammy Award-sweeping “Genius Loves Company,” follow up that phenomenally successful album? By taking another legendary artist and pairing him with a stellar array of acts for what promises to be another strong duets album.

Billboard has learned that the artist is Herbie Hancock and that among the performers already on tape with the keyboardist are Sting, Annie Lennox, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Damien Rice and, as previously reported, Trey Anastasio.

The album will arrive Sept. 13 on Nashville-based Vector Records. “Starbucks is our partner in the record, it is Starbucks’ next big push,” Vector principal Ken Levitan confirms. Like “Genius,” the CD will be available at traditional retail and in Starbucks outlets.

For Hancock, working with the various artists has been very rewarding. “The kind of energy and magic that they are bringing to the project is fantastic,” he says. “So often artists are put into a pigeonhole and expected to stay there, and I never liked that. Coming from jazz, we like to try new things … and I know there’s a lot more to artists than that which they’re kind of forced to do, in a sense.”

Some artists brought finished songs to the project, while some wrote tunes specifically for the record. In Mayer’s case, he brought in a few notes that they crafted into a song in the studio.

“The tune is like 15 minutes long, but the actual song is only four or five minutes long,” Mayer says. “The rest is Herbie going around and around on my chord progression, and every time he tags home, he puts on 50 more pounds of weight and starts lifting that. It’s incredible.”

Hancock is in the midst of a tour with Directions In Music, featuring saxophonist Michael Brecker and trumpeter Roy Hargrove. The trek hits Washington, D.C., tonight (Feb. 18).

Source billboard.com.

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