Yesterday, Daft Punk revealed their official video for Derezzed (via MTV), the most quintessentially “Daft Punk” song on the soundtrack for the upcoming movie sequel, Tron: Legacy. Fans of the
Umphrey’s McGee guitarists Jake Cinninger and Brendan Bayliss treated Chicago fans to a set filled with interesting covers, holiday songs and originals from UM’s repertoire at Park West for their
Oftentimes bands lose steam after a year of promoting an album, tapering off at the end from the weariness of touring and media appearances, but this was not the case as Stars winded up their last tour to support Ghosts in November. Instead, they burst with energy and ended the era on a serious high note.
Southern living is good living. Backyard barbecues, little league baseball, red clay dirt, and porch swings. The days are warm, the nights are warmer, and good vibes abound. Such is the mood conjured by Athens, Georgia-based singer-songwriter Adam Klein on his latest release, Wounded Electric Youth.
AC/DC: High-Voltage Rock 'n' Roll: The Ultimate Illustrated History by Phil Sutcliffe is all that you want out of a hardcover/coffee table book: pictures galore. And like AC/DC’s power chord repetitive formula, this illustrated history is quite simple to read: big letters, big pictures and big pages.
Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds, a two year old, nine piece big band chock full of sultry soul, funk, reggae, lounge, and rock grooves has released their self titled debut album on Modern Vintage Recordings. “Modern Vintage” is a fairly apt descriptor for this band at whose core sits 22-year-old singer Arleigh Kincheloe and her brother Jackson on harmonica.
As we saw our first snow flakes here in New York City yesterday, there is nothing that gets us through the winter faster and thinking about the warm months ahead,
On Saturday afternoon, we told you about the first night of Hot Tuna’s two-show celebration of Jorma Kaukonen’s 70th birthday in which the band was joined by a cavalcade of guests including Bruce Hornsby, Warren Haynes and John Hammond at NYC’s Beacon Theatre. The second night featured a new set of special guests, namely Bob Weir, Oteil Burbridge and Steve Earle.
[All Photos by Vernon Webb]
For Saturday’s show, Hot Tuna also invited a few former members of the band to the stage to fete Jorma – guitarist Michael Falzarano and keyboardist Pete Sears. The two-set performance started with the group playing four songs unaccompanied before the guest spots started and continued through the end of the show. Weir sat in on Big Railroad Blues, Bowlegged Woman, Walking Blues and When I Paint My Masterpiece as well as Come Back Baby and the Baby What You Want Me To Do? encore.
READ ON for the complete setlist from Saturday night’s performance plus more of Vernon’s stunning photos from the evening…
We got a big kick out of the following video for the same reason we loved mixing six different sodas together in our Big Gulp cup at 7-11 when we
New York City venue Sullivan Hall will celebrate its third anniversary on January 1st with a show by a supergroup worthy of the word “super.” Guitarist Steve Kimock will be
