This week’s episode of Austin City Limits features multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird and one-woman band St. Vincent. Annie Clark got her start as a member of The Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan
We’re exactly one week away from Festival 8, and as Phish continues to kill off potential musical costumes we thought we’d check out a song from what I’d consider a
MerleFest 2010, presented by Lowe’s and slated for April 29 -May 2, has announced the line up for the event’s 23rd year. The following artists will join host Doc Watson
After the band’s most successful year to date, The New Mastersounds will be wrapping up 2009 with one final U.S tour. The East Coast tour will kick off at The
Now, fifteen years later, Soul Coughing is long gone, but band leader Mike Doughty is on his third "official" solo album with the recent release of Sad Man Happy Man and, while he's changed i some ways, he's still enjoying both the fickleness and enthusiasm of fans and critics.
Chris Pureka follows in the noble tradition of American singer-songwriters exploring human emotion, frailty, happiness. Well-educated (she left her studies in microbiology at Smith College to pursue music), Pureka has a knack for crafting accessible, enjoyable songs that have the feel of a comfortably-worn old sweater; her voice is a deep, musty timbre (yes, musty – think depth, shadows, and a degree of disrepair) that echoes the memory of times past, both good and bad.
This has already been a stellar year for Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia archival releases, but Rhino will up the ante with the next batch of releases set to drop
It’s no secret that many of our readers have had plenty of spirited discussions over the last few months, or maybe years, discussing what classic album Phish would cover at the next Halloween show. The concept of this live “Musical Costume” was launched by Phish on Halloween in 1994 when they performed The Beatles White Album in its entirety. Errr, except Good Night which was played over the PA system. And while Phish has done it three additional times – and a fourth if you include Dark Side Of The Moon on November 2nd, 1998 in Utah – they have also inspired many other bands to follow suit.
This week’s B List takes a look at ten other bands that have taken on the assignment of covering another band’s album in the live setting.
1. Jiggle The Handle covered Paul Simon – Graceland
8-12-2000 – Berkfest, Great Barrington MA
Leading off this B List we’ve got one of my favorite small jambands of all time, Boston’s Jiggle The Handle. This complete album performance was announced in advance. Well, it was announced they’d be performing AN album, and the choices were out there, it was between Graceland, Rift, Sgt. Pepper’s and Animals.
Humorously, the band started and ended their full performance of Graceland with teases of the opening tracks from the three albums not chosen, and a Jiggle The Handle tune – Walk Right Out Your Door. They bring on a little extra help from a number of other Boston-area-bands calling on: Dan Rockett, the horn section from Addison Groove Project and both Andrew & Brad Barr from The Slip.
Selected Audio: Teases > The Boy In The Bubble
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/jiggleblist.mp3]
READ ON for nine more bands that have tackled live full album covers…
This past week was a great one as far as excellent soundboard recordings getting uploaded to the Live Music Archive. Besides a slew of recordings from last year’s Loki Festival
As part of their ongoing 20th anniversary celebration the creators of The Simpsons are giving their fans an opportunity to appear on the long-running hit series with a design-a-character contest,
