Inspired by New York City after 4 a.m., Elefant’s sophomore release, The Black Magic Show, invokes a dark world of late nights, early mornings, lost lovers and drowned dreams.
The release of By a Thread marks John Ellis’ turning point from Charlie Hunter Trio sideman to full-time bandleader. Clinging to his New Orleans roots while embracing a variety of new sounds, Ellis is spinning the wheel of creativity with the sax.
Michael Davis suffered a motorcycle accident on Monday, May 8th. He has been hospitalized.
Michael
David Bowie will curate the inaugural High Line Festival, to be held in May 2007 in neighborhoods underneath the High Line, a public park being created atop a long-abandoned elevated railway line on the west side of Manhattan.
As part of the programming, Bowie will play a large outdoor concert, his first show in New York since 2003. He will also select musicians and artists to appear throughout the festival. “I’ve been particularly excited about seeking out emerging artists and giving them a place in a festival that will also feature some very well-known names,” Bowie says.
As Bowie recently told New York magazine, he is planning to take 2006 off from touring and recording. “I’m fed up with the industry,” he said. “And I’ve been fed up for quite some time. I’m taking a year off — no touring, no albums. I go for a walk every morning and I watch a ton of movies. One day, I watched three Woody Allen movies in a row.”
Source billboard.com.
Photos by Andy Tennille of Coachella 2006 at Indio, California the weekend of April 29 & 30. To hear more of Andy’s work, be sure to check out his podcast Smell The Glove, featuring this month’s exclusive interview with Les Claypool.
Rock recluse Axl Rose made a surprise radio appearance to proclaim that Guns N’ Roses’ 10-years-in-the-making albue to proclaim that Guns N’ Roses’ 10-years-in-the-making album, “Chinese Democracy,” album will finally hit stores this fall.
The comments Saturday on Eddie Trunk’s syndicated radio show marked one of the first interviews Rose has given since his failed 2002 comeback tour, which was abruptly scrapped midway amid riots and canceled shows.
Rose’s impromptu appearance came when former Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach, who was co-hosting the show, called Rose’s cell phone and patched the call through the studio.
Quizzed on when the near-mythical album would come out, Rose said, “Sometime this fall or late fall.” His band could be heard rehearsing in the background. “It will be out this year.”
Trunk invited Rose to drop by the New York studio, and about an hour later he did. Asked about the aborted 2002 comeback tour, which ended when Rose failed to appear for a gig in Philadelphia, Rose told Trunk he felt pressured into doing it before he was ready. But he insisted he has no regrets, since the short-lived tour helped the new band members to gel.
Source billboard.com.
Raw Horse, the limited edition import from Japan, is a live show recorded at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colorado on May 11, 2005.
Chris Wood (MMW) teams up with his brother, Oliver, for some fantastic–yet mostly mellow country-folk, gilded with a nice bit of blues to round out the sound.
As posted on his myspace blog, Tom Marshall noted today that he has launched a new lyric and poster site.
“Stina [Marshall] in San Francisco, and I have teamed up to make some art around my lyrics. Check out MarshallLyrics.com for some cool musical (and yes) Phishy art. The current 4 songs we are featuring are: Theme from the Bottom, Grind, Rift and Farmhouse.
After that we have Lawn Boy, Cavern, Squirming Coil and Bouncing ‘Round the Room coming up.”
In addition, Marshall also announced that “at least two songs from [an Anastasio/Marshall] recent writing session”…’Let Me Lie’ and ‘Obstacle of Course’ will appear on an upcoming Trey Anastasio record.
Quite a few new faces will grace the lineup of Jam Cruise 5. The fourth annual floating festival is proud to announce that Derek Trucks Band, Drive-By Truckers, Los Amigos Invisibles, Tea Leaf Green, ALO, New Mastersounds, and Hot Buttered Rum will join Jam Cruise favorites Galactic and Dirty Dozen Brass Band. Jam Cruise also welcomes first timers Perpetual Groove, Zero (featuring Steve Kimock), Greyboy Allstars, and Deep Banana Blackout. Each artist will play multiple shows during the cruise and will be accessible for autograph signings, casual interaction, and other activities including music workshops, solo musician performances, and a special Artist Jam Room. Additional artists, including late night DJ performers, will be announced shortly. Stay tuned to www.jamcruise.com for complete details.
For its fifth adventure, Jam Cruise has outdone itself with a superior lineup and luxurious ship, the MSC Opera. The boat will leave port from Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 2, 2007, floating for five days and five nights with stops in the Turks and Caicos Islands and a special private island, Cayo Levantado in the Dominican Republic. 650 cabins are already pre-booked – official onsale begins June 1, 2006.
Since its first journey in 2003, Jam Cruise has revolutionized the music festival experience by blending the community, spontaneity and good times of a music festival with the convenience, luxury, and adventure of cruise travel. The MSC Opera first sailed in 2004 and features swimming pool and whirlpool, a gym and sauna, mini-golf course, internet caf
