2006

Jam Cruise 4

Glide January 23, 2006 No Comments

Photos by Michael Weintrob and Ted Wong of Jam Cruise 4 – January 7, 13, 2006 with stops in Jamaica, Grand Cayman Islands and Mexico.

The Kissers: Good Fight

Tony Engelhart January 23, 2006 No Comments

The former Pogues cover band plays a brand of Celtic rock that will get your fist a shakin

Jack Johnson: Talking ‘Curious George’ Score (INTERVIEW)

Jack Spilberg January 23, 2006 No Comments

Coming off a platinum album and two Grammy nominations, Jack Johnson’s next ambitious new project was creating an original soundtrack for the upcoming, Ron Howard produced, Curious George animated film.

XTC: Apple Bite

Jason Keil January 20, 2006 No Comments

The reason why XTC has been fortunate enough to continue to release records is because of their exceedingly dedicated following who snaps up anything that the songwriting team of guitarist Andy Partridge and bassist Colin Moulding have released. Whether their
Ravenous faction will purchase the 54 track box set Apple Box is not clear, since the tracks come from the previously released Apple Venus, Wasp Star, Homespun, and Homegrown, four albums aficionados undoubtedly have.

moe. : Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, Asheville, NC 12/31/2005

Richard Clarke January 20, 2006 No Comments

The countdown started for me when the “Welcome Back Carter” theme came waltzing out of the PA system. It was noticeably louder than the stream of music lost in the pre-show chatter and buzz inside the auditorium, and I knew the show was about to begin. That, for me, was a more palpable countdown than another tick of the clock turning over another year like an invisible odometer. moe. entered the stage with cartoonish wigs in seventies big fro style and assembled for what I found out upon arriving, was to be an opening acoustic set. Well that solidified it, I thought, I had chosen wisely when I decided to make this show my New Year’s Eve destination.

Rolla: La La Land

Kenny Bohlin January 19, 2006 No Comments

Rolla is the union of Deep Banana Blackout guitarist Fuzz and singer/songwriter Carrie Ernst. On their debut album La La Land, the accord created between the two leads can be exquisite, as Fuzz leaves the funk for a more straight-forward organic pop sound. Fuzz

Yonder Mountain String Band: Mountain Tracks: Volume 4

Jason Rooks January 19, 2006 No Comments

This fourth installment of their live series, Mountain Tracks, is a double serving that includes one audio disc and a bonus DVD entitled ‘The Europe Bootlegs.’