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.
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.
PJ Harvey is a powerful performer and an interesting artist. If you can get past the generic music video filler, there are some truly rare gems worth the look.
It is amazing that a band playing together since 1981 can still manage to play with such grace and fire, fresh songs alongside classics, with everything working out so seamlessly. Hopefully the Yeah Yeah Yeahs can reach that point someday. But if they needed any guidance, all they had to do was open their ears to one of the best bands of the last quarter century playing beside them.
Everyone Orchestra is hitting East Coast stages in October with an exciting edition assembled from a rotating cast of all star musicians, including EO founder/conductor Matt Butler, Phish drummer Jon Fishman, guitar legend Steve Kimock, string wizard Jamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Project), saxmen Jeff Coffin (The Flecktones) and Peter Apfelbaum (Hieroglyphics Ensemble; Trey Anastasio), bassist Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, SKB), hammered dulcimer player/percussionist Jamie Janover (Zilla), guitarist Scott Law, keyboardist Asher Fulero and more.
What makes Everyone Orchestra performances stand out from other jam band collaborations is the conducting and audience participation. Butler facilitates the jams using giant cue cards, hand signals and more which direct the musicians and audience alike in flowing, playful and incredibly dynamic co-creations.
The list of Everyone Orchestra alumni reads like a who
Omaha indie rock act Cursive has more than three months of touring coming up in support of its latest album, Happy Hollow.
The group’s European itinerary includes gigs in Austria, Belgium, the UK., Ireland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and France. After finishing in Paris September 6, Cursive will head to Japan for gigs in Osaka and Tokyo.
A lengthy U.S. trek will follow, starting September 22 in Fargo, N.D. Opening acts for the nine-and-a-half-week tour will include The Thermals, Ladyfinger, The Detachment Kit, Chin Up Chin Up, Eastern Youth, and The Cops.
The schedule is packed through November 27, with the final gig scheduled for Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Okla.
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In support of her new, highly praised Anti- album, Springtime Can Kill, acclaimed singer/songwriter Jolie Holland will embark on a five -week North American tour on October 11. Launching in Pittsburgh, PA and running through November 15th in San Diego, CA, Holland
Most people leave a concert with a ticket stub and fond memories of the show. Fans who attend selected Bruce Hornsby’s concerts this fall will take home a lot more than that.
Hornsby has scheduled a series of solo piano dates starting October 2nd in Minneapolis. As a thank you for their continuing support, ticketholders in most cities will take home a free copy of his recently released 4 CD career retrospective, Intersections: 1985 – 2005.
According to Hornsby’s Web site: “Bruce has arranged for each ticket buyer in the series of special solo dates to receive a copy of Intersections along with the price of their ticket (the box set has a retail value of $49.95) and we will have your copy for you at the show (hang onto your ticket stubs!).”
Both the tour and the box set focus on the diversity of Hornsby’s music. The three time Grammy winner has worked with a wide variety of artists including Ornette Coleman, Willie Nelson, Chaka Khan, and the Grateful Dead over the course of his 20 year career.
Source pollstar.com.
