Get the Soulshine Receiver™ out the attic. We’re goin’ camping.
Clear the first week of June on your hippie calendars (or do wooks go by the lunar?): Warren Haynes announced the lineup for the third annual Mountain Jam Music Festival this evening on WDST radio. Warren’s festival, which takes place at Hunter Mountain in New York, has even added a third day of music.
Call us jamband fluffers, but to us the lineup looks solid to quite solid. According to the press release, the following bands will perform:
Gov’t Mule, Umphrey’s McGee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, New Orleans Social Club featuring Henry Butler, Ivan Neville, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr and Raymond Webber, Ozomatli, North Mississippi, Tea Leaf Green, New Monsoon, and Backyard Tire Fire. Late night performances as well as additional artists will be announced soon.
This is clearly one festival that’s not kowtowing to the burgeoning hipster crowd, offering a straight-up barrage of jambands. Noodle on.
One story that’s slipped through most of the live music blogging cracks this week is the demise of another famed outdoor venue: Antioch’s Starwood Amphitheatre. According to the Tennessean, “Starwood
It’s unbelievable how far we’ve come from Al and Tipper Gore’s days of advocating censorship as leaders of the PMRC in the late 1980s. The former vice president today announced
You can find some crazy videos when spelunking the depths of YouTube. This week’s edition of The B List presents 12 great clips from the backstage area at concerts. Some are funny, and others are just damn cool to see:
Read on below for a full list of 12 unbelievable backstage videos that span all genres, fantastic clips that include Van Halen, Jimi, DMX and Jay-Z, Leo Kottke, Nirvana, Dylan with Lou Reed and BB King, and Motley Crue’s meat fetish…
A collection of unreleased music from late singer/songwriter Elliott Smith will be released this spring. "New Moon" rounds up 24 tracks recorded between 1994-1997. The project is due May 8
With an unpopular war claiming lives overseas, there just couldn't be a more appropriate time for the U.S. vs. John Lennon to be released. This relevant collection from one of the world's most fondly remembered musicians includes anthems inspired by a campaign for peace launched by John and Yoko.
The self-titled debut release from the New York City based quartet Pagoda, embraces indie-folk dimensions and merges it with alternative rock gales.
