Back in 2002, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival’s inaugural edition played host to around 50 mostly jam-oriented bands across four stages on a 700-acre farm about an hour southeast
When HT faves Phish visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in May to perform Loving Cup as part of Exile on Main Street Week, the band stuck around and played a
This week’s videos feature bands you should check out at Bonnaroo… If you notice a lot of twang emanating from That Tent this year, it’s because it will be the
The Shotgun is a monthly column of "shotgun" CD reviews by Eric Saeger.
The Plimsouls were virtually alone as an authentic rock and roll band within the lemming-like procession of New Wavers that followed the punk explosion of 1979. In this Halloween 1981 recording from the Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles, this group's savvy fusion of influences is absolutely galvanizing.
The Flaming Lips are set to release their ‘Dark Side Of The Moon’ covers album. The tribute to the Pink Floyd classic was recorded with the likes of Henry Rollins,
Neil Young has announced tour dates for the 2nd leg of his Twisted Road Tour. The tour begins July 11th in Oakland and rund through July 30th in Milwaukee, while
Our pal The Joker from the Coventry Music blog has made his way to Arkansas to cover this weekend’s Wakarusa Festival in Ozark, AR for HT. Here’s The Joker’s report on the third day of the festival…
By the third day at Wakarusa I felt like I was hitting a groove. I had learned the layout; I knew the strategy of getting around. I knew how to meet up with friends easily. I had learned the secrets of how to bend the rules. Actually on day three there seemed to be very few rules – there were only suggestions. Because of my comfort with the festival vibe and the high caliber of music, Wakarusa Day Three was one of the most enjoyable days I have had at a festival in years.
I continued the strategy of staying out of the sun most of the day until the Black Keys came on the main stage at 5PM. I absolutely love Dan Auerbach’s dirty guitar tone. The Black Keys delivered huge riffs, soulful singing and on point performances of most of the new songs from their new record Brothers. It was well worth standing in 100 degree heat to see it.
Zappa Plays Zappa was up next, also on the main stage. Since seeing this incarnation of the Zappa Plays Zappa band live I have gained a new appreciation for Frank Zappa’s music. The musicianship in the band Dweezil has put together is astounding. I loved the Wakarusa set and was especially excited to hear two of my favorite Zappa instrumentals – Peaches in Regalia and Apostrophe.
READ ON for more of The Joker’s take on Wakarusa…
Our pal The Joker from the Coventry Music blog has made his way to Arkansas to cover this weekend’s Wakarusa for HT. He’ll be sending reports each day on both the scene and the music. Here’s The Joker’s report on the second day of the festival…
Friday at Wakarusa was another amazing night of music. During the day it was – I’m using the technical term here – hot as balls. Because of the heat the main goal during the day for the majority of festivalgoers was staying in the shade and trying to get some sleep. I would say that 40% of the festival goers didn’t even come out to play until the sun was going down.
Staying in the shade and out of the sun was also my priority. The schedules at night are stacked full, and I knew that if I wanted to make it out all night I needed to save my strength.
- Joker’s Wakarusa Recap: Day One
The first music I saw came at 6:30pm when ALO played in the Revival Tent. ALO always impresses me with their positive, melodic songs and funky jams. At the start of the ALO set the Revival Tent 3/4 was full with festivalgoers laying down in the shade, choosing a cool place to rest rather than intentionally seeing ALO. That changed for most about halfway through the set as ALO had the tent standing up and at minimum bobbing heads to the funky groove of Possibly Drown. By the end of the set the tent was at capacity with everyone dancing to the infectious grooves.
READ ON for more from The Joker on Wakarusa Day Two…
Our pal The Joker from the Coventry Music blog has made his way to Arkansas to cover this weekend’s Wakarusa for HT. He’ll be sending reports each day – on both the scene and the music – and hopefully we’ll get some photos from longtime HT contributor John Schulze who is also on the scene. Here’s The Joker’s report on the first day of the festival…
To start this trip a few friends and I flew from Denver to Tulsa and rented a car to make the trip from Tulsa to Mulberry Mountain for Wakarusa. As we were waiting to board our planes I got a couple of stories from friends who had run into some bad luck on the way there – the Basics Fund Bus got pulled over in Hayes, KS after a State Trooper stopped to question the driver and noticed a stray nugget at his feet. Oops. They were “detained” for several hours while the Troopers ripped apart the bus, but they were eventually allowed to continue on to Wakarusa.
My group got to the festival grounds and finished setting up camp about 8pm. We started a little late in the evening as compared to most of the festivalgoers. The first taste of music I caught was after sundown – Robert Randolph. Robert Randolph always puts on a danceable show, but his setlists lack variety. Randolph brought up Ivan Neville for a strong version of Papa Was A Rolling Stone, but other than that it was a high energy yet standard show.
Next up was Railroad Earth in the Revival Tent. Railroad started off by ripping through jammy, psychedelic versions of Cold Water and Birds of America. The crowd in the tent was so into it and Tim Carbone’s fiddle seemed to breathe new life into an audience who was happy the sun had gone away and could dance under the lights. I was into Railroad Earth’s set and wish I could seen all of it. Since they play again today, and I had a Disco Ball on my head once again, I left early to head to see what madness Bisco would bring.
READ ON for more about Neil’s experience on Day 1 of Wakarusa…
