Hearing the news that the String Cheese Incident
Chris Farlowe and Van Morrison are in a class by themselves when it comes to British soul, but James Hunter seems to be scratching at the door containing those stars.
The 12th Annual BayFest Music Festival will be held October 6, 7, & 8, 2006 in the streets of Downtown Mobile. BayFest will host over 100 national, regional and local artists to perform on nine stages over the three-day weekend. This year
Husband-and-wife duo Mates Of State will be on the road for the latter half of September, traversing the East Coast and upper Midwest with Starlight Mints.
The tour launches September 13 at the Middle East Club in Cambridge, Mass., hitting two Canadian cities and 15 more in the U.S.
They’ll finish up at Irving Plaza in New York City September 30.
The two bands both released new albums on Barsuk Records this spring: Mates Of State with Bring It Back in March and Starlight Mints following in April with Drowaton.
Before heading out with the Mints, Mates Of State will play Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival September 3.
Indie-jam rockers moe. will open on select dates of The Who’s first world tour in 20 years. The upstate New York quintet joins together with the rock legends for the following concerts:
9/25/06 Chicago, IL, United Center
9/26/06 Des Moines, IA, Wells Fargo Arena
9/29/06 Auburn Hills, MI, Palace Of Auburn Hills
9/30/06 London, ON, John Labatt Centre
moe., known for well-crafted songwriting and dynamic jam explorations, is gearing up for moe.down 2006 – the band’s annual Labor Day Weekend event which draws thousands of fans from all over the world to Turin, NY’s Snow Ridge Ski Area. The band will release MOE. LIVE FROM THE FILLMORE, its first DVD, October 3. moe. will also tour this summer and fall performing new songs from their first album in four years, which will be released January 23, 2007. Both will be released on moe.’s Fatboy Records.
The Who will perform songs from their new mini rock opera, WIRE & GLASS, material from their upcoming studio album along with their greatest hits and rarities, certain to please long time fans. The new album, provisionally called “WHO 2,” and the band’s first since 1982’s IT’S HARD, is scheduled for an October 23 release.
“We’re looking forward to reconnecting with our American fans and hopefully seeing some new ones coming along too,” said The Who frontman Roger Daltry.
And speaking on the topic of fans, moe. guitarist Al Schnier fondly recalls his own musical coming-of-age with the legendary band: “I remember as a kid playing my tennis racket, way before I ever played guitar, and jamming to The Who… and listening to Townsend’s EMPTY GLASS in our family room over and over again… seeing The Who when they were touring for IT’S HARD. The Clash were opening – who are also heroes of ours – and we’re worthy?! This is a BIG deal for us.”
Following the release of their fourth critically acclaimed full-length, Z, My Morning Jacket is about to release what is surely to become their quintessential body of work: Okonokos, a 2-disc live recording and concert film capturing MMJ in all their glory.
Okonokos, conceived by Jim James, and it is as much a question as it is an answer. It is an enigma wrapped around a riddle. Okonokos is whatever you want it to be.
The live concert was created with the aid of the trailblazing lighting designer Marc Brickman (well-known for his work with Pink Floyd), and filmed by director Sam Erickson. Okonokos: Double Live Album was mixed by Michael Brauer (Bob Dylan, Coldplay) and mastered by pre-eminent engineer Bob Ludwig.
This concert film, done in 5.1 surround sound, will be screened in select cities this fall.
Be on the lookout.
