I came at Bill Laswell through a back door, and somehow that seems appropriate when jousting with a man whose mission it is to cause cultures to collide and reap
As if there weren’t enough unbelievable reunions happening this summer, we found a very interesting item from the Rush and Molloy gossip column in Wednesday’s New York Daily News. I
Photos by George Weiss of My Morning Jacket's Langerado performance on March 10, 2007.
For Lovers is refreshingly real. Not because it’s an amalgam of styles, but because it’s a respectful homage that all these styles have their origins in the same place – the soul – and are facets to be used as tools to benefit honest songcraft.
BB King will again be the star of his eponymously titled blues festival tour, but the event has been revamped for ‘07. The moving festival starts July 24 at the
Sonic Youth will perform its landmark 1988 album, "Daydream Nation," in its entirety at several worldwide shows this summer. The first will be July 13 in Chicago as part of
Purveyors of heavy metal-influenced acoustic guitar Rodrigo y Gabriela were forced to cancel several U.S. appearances including a high profile showcase at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin,
1. We’ve been updating our Grousing The Aisles: Langeradownloads post frequently since its intial publication yesterday, and we’re up to recordings for 16 bands. If you’re looking for Langerado downloads,
Everyone’s down on Trey Anastasio. Well, maybe not everyone, but you can’t throw a cup without finding someone with a decidely negative opinion of the man without whom this little rag would not exist. Did he bring this on himself? Perhaps. Two Shine openers in the span of two days down at Langerado? Poor form.
But the Bad Lieutenant is still our favorite improvisational guitarist, and in this week’s installment of The B List, our dear friend David Onigman fills in valiantly for Scotty to remind us of the good times of yore…and the good times that can be.
“I heard Trey was going to sit in” is an oft-popular phrase in small to mid-level nightclubs around the country, especially if the scheduled performers have some sort of existing relationship with the man, even be it a small one.
For the purposes of this list, I have chosen not to include any guest appearances where Trey was already scheduled to appear in the room that night — so you won’t see Trey with his opening act (Tea Leaf Green, Particle) or Trey sitting in with a headliner when Phish was the opening act (Santana). Instead, I am choosing to focus on the moment that occurs when the rumors come to fruition, when Trey walks out on stage and fulfills the dreams of the musicians and fans.
Read on for Dave’s complete list of the ten best sit-ins involving Ernie A…
Your ol’ Ace Cowboy played earwitness to a deadly police shootout in the West Village last night, a gunfight that for a little while was rumored to have taken place inside
