The forefather of jamgrass has done it again. Sam Bush for many years has lead the way in pioneering a new level of bluegrass influenced music. Laps in Seven finds him coloring outside the lines once again.
Last Tuesday, moe. returned once again to the city that has played such an important role in their history, taking to the SummerStage with a gorgeous Central Park as their backdrop.
Six years of music, a self-titled debut EP due out June 29, and a CD-release party set for the same date: Jounce is back at it again.
“Jounce,” due out at the end of the month, is a virtual showcase for Matt DeSteno, guitar; Danny Tamberelli, bass, whom you may remember as “Little Pete” from the cult-hit television show “The Adventures of Pete & Pete”; and Joe Ciarallo, drums. Longtime friends and collaborators Ryan Abribat (guitar) and Adam Gold (keyboards) added to the recording and will tour with the band. Marco Centola of Urban Nature Audio and Alan Silverman of Arf! Digital in New York mixed and mastered the EP, which was recorded throughout April 2006 in Syracuse, N.Y. “It was good for us to get out of town those weekends and get really focused in on everything, but at the same time we knew we had very limited time in the studio, so we kept moving fast. For Limerick 63 we literally did one take during our last hour in the studio, laying down ideas we weren’t even sure would make it on to the album,” says Tamberelli.
Eveready for celebration, Jounce will host a CD release party and kickoff to a summer tour at 10 p.m. Thursday, June 29th at Mexicali Blues, 1409 Queene Anne Road, Teaneck, N.J. Tickets are $10 at the door. 21+. The album will be self released by the band and available at cdbaby.com, iTunes, and jounce.org.
Conor Oberst has been working on the new Bright Eyes album in New York; Portland, Oregon; and his new home studio in Omaha, Nebraska, with a band that consists of Saddle Creek producer/multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis and musician/arranger Nate Walcott. He said that he hopes to have all the recording finished by November, and that the album should be in stores by March or April.
“So far, the songs reflect all the things we’re into: The folky, storytelling aspect of the music, the psychedelic studio vibe and the rock we all grew up doing,” he said. “We have a lot of ideas. I write songs and Mike is great at setting up microphones to get specific sounds, and Nate is a great piano player and a great trumpet player, and he writes and arranges string parts, too. I bought a new house and we’re building the studio there, to finish the record. Mike and I have connecting houses, with the studio in between. It’s like a compound.”
Unlike last year’s double-barreled releases I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, the new Bright Eyes LP is shaping up to be a single-disc affair, which will be preceded by an EP featuring “at least” one song from the new album. There’s also an all-star group of guest musicians lined up for the album, including Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss, fellow folkie M. Ward and My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James.
Source mtv.com.
The Wu-Tang Clan, Flaming Lips, My Chemical Romance and Kings Of Leon have joined the bill for the eighth Voodoo Music Experience. The event will be held Oct. 28-29 in New Orleans’ City Park and will be headlined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Duran Duran.
“Despite the ongoing uncertainty in New Orleans, I feel it’s important for people to continue to invest in the rebirth of our city,” Voodoo producer Stephen Rehage tells Billboard.com. “Whatever small part we can play in that, we will continue to do and we’ll see in due course if it was the right decision. What I do know with no uncertainty is that New Orleans and its music culture is something worth nurturing back to its glory.”
Other acts confirmed to appear include Social Distortion, Broken Social Scene, Ozomatli, Secret Machines, Blue October, Brazilian Girls, Drive-By Truckers, the Rentals, Ferry Corsten, Jack’s Mannequin and Yerba Buena.
Last year’s Voodoo Music Experience was the first major musical event held in the Crescent City in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and boasted performances by Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age, Tiesto, the Bravery, the New York Dolls and Secret Machines, among others. A host of native New Orleans musicians also appeared, some of them playing in the city for the first time since Katrina struck.
Source billboard.com.
Yonder Mountain String Band, Son Volt, Todd Snider, and Nickel Creek’s Chris Thile are among the many artists slated to appear at the fifth annual Northwest String Summit in North Plains, Ore.
The festival will return to Horning’s Hideout, just west of Portland, for the weekend of August 25-27, with three full days of acoustic music planned.
Yonder Mountain String Band will play the closing set each night, joined by guest fiddler Darol Anger.
Son Volt will perform in an acoustic format, as will Todd Snider, while Danny Barnes will play one of the festival’s only electric sets.
The festival will also feature the first public performance by the duo of Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey’s McGee) and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain).
Thile plans to sit in on a number of sets throughout the weekend, in addition to hosting the annual String Summit Super Jam, which has featured such luminaries as David Grisman and Jerry Douglas in past years.
The Summit’s band contest will take place on the first day of the festival, with four finalists competing for a main stage slot on next year’s bill.
Three-day passes are on sale now for $115 to $135 at musictoday.com.
Source pollstar.com.
Photos by Eric Townsend of KT Tunstall at Webster Hall, New York, NY on June 9, 2006
To celebrate the release of the brand new 2-DVD and 3-CD set, Live In Brooklyn, Phish is thrilled to present to fans a very special, one-night-only Big Screen Concerts screening of their entire June 17, 2004 show. Live In Brooklyn will be shown in High-Definition at 99 participating Regal, United Artists, Edwards, AMC and Georgia Theatre Company movie theatres nationwide on Monday, July 10th.
Live In Brooklyn was filmed June 17, 2004 at the band’s opening night performance at Keyspan Park on Coney Island. The concert footage has not been shown since that night, when 16,000 Phish fans in the sold-out baseball park danced in the rain and 30,000 fans watched the original live simulcast in movie theatres across the country. For those who were there, this is a unique chance to relive this landmark show in its entirety. It’s also a great opportunity for those who missed it the first time to experience the magic of Phish at their best. Live In Brooklyn includes all the footage from the simulcast, re-edited in 1081i HD and remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound and uncompressed Stereo PCM audio. This screening is the only scheduled public showing of the release in full HD resolution.
Tickets are $12.50 in advance and will go on sale today, Friday, June 23rd at 5:00 PM EST at http://www.BigScreenConcerts.com as well as individual box offices (there is no service charge when purchased at the box office). This is an all ages event. Taping and use of cameras and videocameras is strictly prohibited. A full list of participating theatres is below.
Screenings will begin at 9:00PM Eastern time, 8:00PM CST, 7:00PM MST, and 6:00PM pm PST. Running time of the screening is approximately 3 1/2 hours, with a brief intermission between sets. There is a no re-entry policy.
Participating theatres are as follows (organized by state):
Birmingham AL – BIRMINGHAM TRUSSVILLE STADIUM 16
Huntsville AL – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 18
Little Rock AR – BRECKENRIDGE STADIUM 12
Phoenix, AZ – DESERT RIDGE 18*
Scottsdale AZ – SCOTTSDALE PAVILIONS 11
Burbank, CA – BURBANK 16*
Fresno CA – FRESNO STADIUM 22
Alhambra CA – ALHAMBRA RENAISSANCE 14
Irvine, CA – IRVINE SPECTRUM 21
Santa Clara, CA – VALENCIA STADIUM 12
Sacramento, CA – NATOMAS MARKETPLACE STADIUM 16
San Diego, CA – MISSION VALLEY 20*
San Diego, CA MIRA MESA STADIUM 18
San Diego, CA – HORTON PLAZA 14
Dublin, CA – HACIENDA CROSSING GS STADIUM 20
Emeryville, CA – EMERY BAY STADIUM 10
Denver, CO – DENVER PAVILIONS 15
Lakewood, CO – COLORADO MILLS 14
Branford, CT – HARTFORD BRANFORD 12
Wilmington, DE – BRANDYWINE TOWN CENTER
Ft. Myers, FL – BELLTOWER 20
Gainseville, FL – GAINESVILLE CINEMA STADIUM 14
Miami Beach, FL – SOUTH BEACH STADIUM 18
Miami, FL – MOVIES @ THE FALLS 12
Orlando, FL – WATERFORD LAKES STADIUM 20
Tampa, FL – CITRUS PARK STADIUM 20
Tampa, FL – ROYAL PALM BEACH STADIUM 18
West Palm Beach, FL – DISCOVER MALL 18
Athens, GA – BEECHWOOD STADIUM CINEMAS 11
Gainesville, GA – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM CINEMAS
Chamblee, GA – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 24
Altanta, GA – PERIMETER POINTE 10*
Augusta, GA – EXCHANGE STADIUM 20
Warner Robins, GA – GALLERIA MALL STADIUM CINEMAS
Valdosta, GA – VALDOSTA STADIUM CINEMAS
Boise, ID – BOISE STADIUM 21
Crystal Lake, IL – SHOWPLACE 16
Lincolnshire, IL – LINCOLNSHIRE STADIUM 20
Indianapolis, IN – GALAXY STADIUM 14
Olathe, KS – STUDIO 30- OLATHE STATION
Lexington, KY – HAMBURG PAVILION STADIUM 16
Framingham, MA – FRAMINGHAM 15*
Marlborough, MA – SOLOMON POND 15
Swansea, MA – SWANSEA 12
Abingdon, MD – BEL AIR CINEMA STADIUM 14
Columbia, MD – SNOWDEN SQUARE STADIUM 14
Brunswick, ME – BRUNSWICK 10
Livonia, MI – LIVONIA 2*
Walled Lake, MI – COMMERCE TOWNSHIP STADIUM 14
Eagan, MN – EAGAN STADIUM 16
Minneapolis, MN – BROOKLYN CENTER STADIUM 20
Kansas City, MO – STADIUM 18 CINEMAS*
Hazelwood, MO – MILLS 18
Charlotte, NC – STONECREST AT PIPER GLEN STADIUM 22
Garner, NC – GARNER TOWNE SQUARE 10
North Brunswick, NJ – COMMERCE CENTER STADIUM 18
Albuquerque, NM – COTTONWOOD STADIUM 16
Las Vegas, NV – VILLAGE SQUARE STADIUM 18
Las Vegas, NV – COLONNADE STADIUM 14
Albany, NY – CROSSGATES 18
Buffalo, NY – TRANSIT CENTER STADIUM 18
New Rochelle, NY – CITY STADIUM 18
New York, NY – UNION SQUARE STADIUM 14
Westbury, NY – WESTBURY THEATRE STADIUM 12
Victor, NY – EASTVIEW MALL 13
Syracuse, NY -CAROUSEL 17
Akron, OH – MONTROSE MOVIES STADIUM 12
Cleveland Heights, OH – SEVERANCE TOWN CENTER STADIUM 14
Westlake, OH – CROCKER PARK STADIUM 16
Columbus, OH – GEORGESVILLE SQUARE STADIUM 16
Beavercreek, OH – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20 @ FAIRFIELD COMMONS
Bend, OR – OLD MILL STADIUM 10
Portland, OR – LLOYD CENTER 10 CINEMA
Harrisburg, PA – HARRISBURG 14
Bensalem, PA – NESHAMINY MALL 24*
Wattington, PA – WARRINGTON CROSSING STADIUM 22
Philadelphia, PA – RIVERVIEW PLAZA 17
King Of Prussia, PA – KING OF PRUSSIA STADIUM 16
Greenville, SC – HOLLYWOOD STADIUM 20
Chattanooga, TN – HAMILTON PLACE MALL STADIUM 9
Knoxville, TN – WEST TOWN MALL STADIUM 9
Nashville, TN – GREEN HILLS STADIUM 16
Nashville, TN – OPRY MILLS STADIUM 20
Austin, TX – METROPOLITAN STADIUM 14
Dallas, TX – GALAXY THEATRE STADIUM 10
Fort Worth, TX – FOSSIL CREEK STADIUM 11
Houston, TX – WILLOWBROOK 24*
Houston, TX – HOUSTON MARQ*E STADIUM 23
San Antonio, TX – CIELO VISTA STADIUM 18
Norfolk, VA – MACARTHUR CENTER STADIUM 18
Glen Allen, VA – VIRGINIA CENTER STADIUM 20
Danville, VA – DANVILLE STADIUM CINEMAS
Alexandria, VA – HOFFMAN CENTER 22*
Arlington, VA – BALLSTON COMMON STADIUM 12
Fairfax, VA – FAIRFAX TOWNE CENTER 10
Auburn, WA – AUBURN STADIUM 17 THEATRES
Redmond, WA – BELLA BOTEGA STADIUM 11 CINEMA
Spokane, WA – NORTHTOWN MALL STADIUM
Appleton, WI – COLLEGE AVENUE STADIUM 16
* These select theatres will begin their ticket sales on Tuesday AM.
In the months leading up to his passing on September 12, 2003, Johnny Cash had been recording new material with producer Rick Rubin. On July 4, 2006, “American V: A Hundred Highways,” the all-new Johnny Cash album taken from those sessions, will be released on the American Recordings label through Lost Highway. It will include the last song Cash ever wrote.
The songs that comprise “American V: A Hundred Highways” are as eclectic an assortment as any on the previous albums in the American series: “Help Me,” a poignant plea to God, the hauntingly beautiful ballad “If You Could Read My Mind,” “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” a traditional spiritual, the touching “Love’s Been Good To Me,” the heartrending “On The Evening Train,” and “Further On (Up the Road)” are among the tracks on the new album. Songwriters for the tracks run the gamut from Hank Williams to Rod McKuen to Bruce Springsteen.
In addition, two original Cash compositions are featured, “Like the 309” and “I Came to Believe.” “Like the 309” is the last song Cash wrote and, like his first recorded single, 1955’s “Hey Porter,” is a song that incorporates one of his favorite settings, trains: “Everybody take a look/See I’m doin’ fine/Then load my box/On the 309.” “I Came to Believe” is a song he wrote and originally recorded earlier in his career, and addresses the pain of addiction and connecting to a higher power.
“I think that ‘American V’ may be my favorite of all of the albums in the American series,” said Rubin. “It’s different from the others, it has a much different character. I think that this is as strong an album as Johnny ever made.”
The months following the May, 2004 passing of his wife June Carter Cash, were among the most physically and emotionally painful times in Cash’s life, but keeping focused on the recording of “American V: A Hundred Highways”
proved to be his salvation. Rubin remembers, “Johnny said that recording was his main reason for being alive, and I think it was the only thing that kept him going, the only thing he had to look forward to.”
Cash and Rubin began recording the songs that would find their way onto “American V: A Hundred Highways” in 2002, specifically on the day after they finished “American IV: The Man Comes Around” which was released that November. Johnny feared that “American IV” might be his last release, so Rubin suggested that he immediately begin writing and recording new material. Over the next eight months, songs were cut at Rubin’s Los Angeles studio and in Nashville at Johnny’s main home and at his fabled cabin located across the road. Due to Cash’s frail health, Rubin arranged for an engineer and guitar players to always be on call for the days that Cash felt strong enough to work.
“He always wanted to work,” said Rubin. “Every morning when he’d wake up, he would call the engineer and tell him if he was physically up to working that day. Our main concern was to get a great vocal performance. Johnny would record a song, send it to me and I would build a new track up under it. In the past, at the end of this process, he’d come to L.A. And we’d go through everything together, he would re-record any vocal bits that needed re-recording. But this time, we didn’t have that opportunity.”
Last year, Rubin began going through these final recordings. He admitted, “I kind of dreaded doing it, after Johnny passed, going back and listening to it…it was difficult.
“With all of the albums Johnny and I made together, our goal was for each one to be the best it could possibly be, and that remained the case with ‘American V,'” Rick explained. Eventually, Cash’s long-time engineer David “Fergie” Ferguson, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell (guitars) and Benmont Tench (keyboards), and Smokey Hormel (guitars), all of whom had worked on previous albums in the American series, along with Matt Sweeney (guitars) and Johnny Polonsky (guitars) went into the studio.
“We felt Johnny’s presence during the whole process through to the end,”
said Rubin. “It felt like he was directing the proceedings, and I know that the musicians all felt that as well. Almost all of the songs were cut solely to Johnny’s original vocal tracks, the musicians all keyed off his voice and were playing to him, supporting the emotion of his performance. More than once, Fergie and I would look at each other and say ‘Johnny would love this,’ because it was so good and so different from anything we’d done before, we knew he would be excited by what was happening.”
It was decided to wait to release “American V: A Hundred Highways” until the recent Cash hubbub had run its course. What separates this album from the re-packages, compilations, movie soundtracks and everything else that has surfaced since Johnny’s passing is, according to Rubin, “These songs are Johnny’s final statement. They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear.”
Following the breakup of Grandaddy shortly before the release of their final album Just Like The Family Cat, the band’s songwriter and frontman, Jason Lytle, will be hitting the road solo in July and August. The tour kicks off July 18th in Baltimore and runs through two shows in Los Angeles in early September.
Jason Lytle Tour Dates.
07-18 Baltimore, MD – Sonar *
07-19 Philadelphia, PA – World Caf
