Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been hanging out with My Morning Jacket…a lot. And it has helped turn this blues and folksy quartet from Waitsfield, VT into a full fledged rock band.
As a drummer, composer and bandleader for the past 27 years, Bobby Previte has been a perpetual music machine. With Coalition of the Willing, Previte is joined by Marco Benevento, Charlie Hunter, Skerik and Stanton Moore proving there are always inventive ways to serach for “it.”
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives will headline the 23rd Annual “Roots of American Music” festival on Sunday, August 20th at 8PM. The performance will take place at Damrosch Park Bandshell at 62nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue. Admission is free.
Special guests Mavis Staples and Rosie Flores will join Mr. Stuart and his band during their set. Ms. Staples will perform her own set prior to Mr. Stuart at 7PM.
Celebrating its 36th season, from August 4-27, Lincoln Center Out of Doors will present more than 100 free performances of music, dance, family and special events. For three weeks, Lincoln Center’s plazas will teem with exciting performances by international, U.S. and local artists.
As part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors series, the 23rd Annual “Roots of American Music” festival” will take place Saturday, August 19 and Sunday, August 20. This distinguished mini-festival has brought many acclaimed musical stars and rare performances to Lincoln Center since its inception.
The 2006 edition will pay special attention to the Blues, with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives’ rockin’ country & soul sounds and Gospel Diva Mavis Staples. The concert will be held at Damrosch Park Bandshell.
Many other artists will perform throughout the weekend. For more information, please visit Lincolncenter.org or to request a brochure, please call 212-LINCOLN.
The Decemberists will kick off a North American tour with an Oct. 17-18 stand in the band’s native Portland, Ore. The month-long trek will wrap up on Nov. 18 in Vancouver and will feature support from Lavender Diamond and former Appendix Out member Alasdair Roberts.
One dollar from each ticket purchased via presales or the Decemberists’ Web site will be donated to Ethos, which aims to spread music education to children of all backgrounds.
As previously reported, the Decemberists recently left their indie home at Kill Rock Stars and moved to Capitol Records, which will release the band’s new album, “The Crane Wife,” on Oct. 3.
“We felt that in some ways, if we continued putting out records on [Kill Rock Stars], we’d totally be fine. But we also felt like we needed to kind of up the ante a little bit,” frontman Colin Meloy recently told Billboard.com. “One should only move to a major label when one can pretty much call the shots. Luckily for us, we have an audience which is amazing and extremely loyal. When you show that to a major label, you’re showing them you’re doing fine on your own.”
Here are the Decemberists’ tour dates:
Oct. 17-18: Portland, Ore. (Crystal Ballroom)
Oct. 19: San Francisco (Warfield Theater)
Oct. 21: Los Angeles (the Wiltern)
Oct. 22: Tucson, Ariz. (Rialto Theater)
Oct. 24: Austin, Texas (Stubb’s)
Oct. 25: Dallas (Gypsy Ballroom)
Oct. 26: New Orleans (House of Blues)
Oct. 27: Atlanta (Tabernacle)
Oct. 29-30: Washington (9:30 Club)
Oct. 31: Northampton, Mass. (Calvin Theater)
Nov. 1: Philadelphia (Electric Factory)
Nov. 3: New York (Hammerstein Ballroom)
Nov. 4: Boston (Orpheum Theater)
Nov. 5: Montreal (Metropolis)
Nov. 6: Toronto (Kool Haus)
Nov. 7: Pontiac, Mich. (Clutch Cargo)
Nov. 9: Cleveland (Agora Theater)
Nov. 10: Columbus, Ohio (Lifestyle Communities Pavilion)
Nov. 11: Chicago (Riviera Theater)
Nov. 12: Minneapolis (First Avenue)
Nov. 14: Denver (Paramount Theater)
Nov. 16: Missoula, Mont. (Wilma Theater)
Nov. 17: Seattle (Paramount Theater)
Nov. 18: Vancouver (Commodore Ballroom)
Souce billboard.com.
Indie rock buzz band Tapes ‘N Tapes will begin a fresh round of U.S. touring Oct. 19 in Columbia, Mo. The trek will come on the heels of a late August/early September U.K. run that includes appearances at the Reading and Leeds festivals. The group’s debut album, “The Loon,” was initially self-released but was reissued Tuesday by XL Recordings.
Tapes ‘N Tapes’ tour dates:
Oct. 19: Columbia, Mo. (Mojo’s)
Oct. 21: Louisville (Phoenix Hill Tavern)
Oct. 22: Birmingham, Ala. (Bottletree)
Oct. 24: Tallahassee, Fla. (Club Downunder)
Oct. 25: Gainesville, Fla. (Common Grounds)
Oct. 26: Orlando, Fla. (the Social)
Oct. 27: St. Augustine, Fla. (Cafe 11)
Oct. 28: Athens, Ga. (Tasty World)
Oct. 29: Atlanta (the Loft)
Oct. 30: Chapel Hill, N.C. (Local 506)
Oct. 31: Washington, D.C. (Black Cat)
Source billboard.com.
Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Muse, the Shins and Rogue Wave lead the lineup for the California edition of the Download Festival, to be held Sept. 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre outside San Francisco.
Wolfmother, Coheed & Cambria, Kinky and the Mutaytor will also perform at the event, tickets for which go on sale Sunday (July 30).
As previously reported, 311, Jurassic 5, the Wailers, G. Love & Special Sauce and the Dropkick Murphys will perform at the East Coast version of Download, set for Aug. 20 at the Tweeter Center outside Boston.
Download inaugurated its American edition last fall at Shoreline Amphitheatre with a bill featuring the Killers, Modest Mouse, the Arcade Fire, Doves and H.I.M., among others.
Source billboard.com.
