Monday’s Hors d’Oeuvres: Festie Overload
Travel budgets at major music publications must be hurting today after four major festivals went down at locations across the globe this weekend. Pearl Jam brought the house down at Lollapalooza. The Allman Brothers, Assembly of Dust and John Butler Trio added a hippie-rock tinge to the Newport Folk Festival. The Smashing Pumpkins stole the show at the Virgin Festival down in Balt’more, and the Fuji Rock Festival went off without a hitch over in Japan.
But the festivals were the only thing goin’ down in the rock world. Check out these links to see what else was happening this weekend:
- Papa’s got a brand new kid (or two): DNA tests show that James Brown fathered two more children back in the day
- Crowded House’s Neil Finn talks about getting the band back together
- There’s a new Live Phish release: Say hello to 10/21/95
- The moe.down schedule has been released
- Mike Greenhaus catches up with Disco Biscuits bassist Marc Brownstein about where the band goes next
- John Fogerty will be releasing a new album in October
- Some Velvet Blog pays homage to Little Feat
- The phrase “live album” has taken on a whole new meaning this summer
- Gospel stars Robert Randolph and Ryan Shaw faced resistance from their churches when they started playing secular music
- Legendary bluesman John Hammond Jr. loves Jersey City
- The Police will be all over the TV and radio this month
- Here’s a novel concept: Sellaband.com and slicethepie.com allow fans to help support their favorite artists
And as always on Mondays, read on after the jump for a full slate of setlists from the weekend, including but not limited to the Allmans, the Crowes, the Rush, the Party, the House, the Giants, the Joel, the Green and many many more…
