Few people have experienced such an event that has featured performances by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, John Mayer, ZZ Top, B.B. King, Derek Trucks, Sheryl Crow, Susan Tedeschi and Buddy Guy all in one concert, and now everyone has an opportunity to relive the ultimate guitar lover’s dream on the two DVD Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Hopefully the dreaded H word doesn’t last too long for The Black Crowes as they have never been more “on” over their entire career. With progressive albums and electrifying tours, it is a shame they are putting it to bed, here’s wishing also that Luther Dickinson keeps bringing his magic on that day when the Crowes do come back to roost.
Over the past four years, we’ve pointed you in the direction of many live music downloads through our MP3 Boot Camp and Grousing The Aisles columns as well as within our various link dump columns. Many of our readers peruse Hidden Track from work – and lately through mobile devices – and we realize that sometimes downloading live sets isn’t an option. For those situations a stream of these live recordings works much better.
Last week, we kicked off a new series called Irregular Streams in which we highlight a listen-able stream you might not have found on your own. The new column got us thinking about all the sources for live music streams out there and for this week’s B List we’ve prepared a list of our ten favorite sources for these streams. Here’s what we came up with…
10. PanicStream
While there’s no denying that PanicStream.com is focused on the music of Widespread Panic, over the past 12 months or so the amount of shows from other artists that you can stream through the site has grown dramatically. From A Perfect Circle to ZZ Top there are over 100 wide-ranging acts with streams hosted on PanicStream.com. Meanwhile, PS’s live Widespread Panic collection continues to expand and even has some complete years worth of shows available to stream.
Recommended Gems: Beastie Boys – 05/22/1992, Sublime – 10/21/1995, Talking Heads – 08/23/1980 and Widespread Panic – 04/27/1997
READ ON for nine more sites where you can stream live music…
A number of special guests have been added to the lineup for Another One For Woody at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC on November 22 including Chuck Garvey, Jim Loughlin
Colorado jammers the String Cheese Incident launched an archival series called Rhythm of the Road this past Tuesday with the release of Volume 1 – Incident In Atlanta featuring the
During a relatively brief tour of just 15 shows, Phish packed many highlights into the run that concluded in Atlantic City on Halloween. Phish kicked off the tour with a festival show in Texas, three consecutive nights in Colorado, two in the South, six at old school locations in the Northeast and a triumphant three night run in Atlantic City. The buzz throughout the last week or so of the tour was palpable with several shows destined to go down in the history books and be re-visited many times for years to come.
So what did everyone think?
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In the most lopsided of question of not only this survey, but all the prior ones as well, the resounding majority certainly felt that this was THE tour since the reunion. As Phish nears the 100 show mark since Hampton, it’s hard to argue that several of these fifteen were not among the best.
Overall Grade for Fall Tour
Solid again, with a much larger percentage of fans scoring a B+ or higher than previous tours. Only 10% scored a B or lower. For three of you, we’ll catch you at the next WSP show.
READ ON for more results from our Fall Tour Survey…
American jazz trio The Bad Plus have a way of completely deconstructing covers, while still maintaining the essence of the song that attracted us to it in the first place. For an
With the holiday season just around the corner, those looking for something unique for the music fan in your life might want to consider the two new vinyl box sets
Azure Ray fans have been eagerly anticipating their return, despite the lengthy wait. Taylor and Fink certainly delivered in many ways on Sunday at the Independent, but at times their musical weaknesses (lack of experimentation, crowd connection and risk-taking) became particularly apparent in the live setting. Even so, it was a thrill to see them back together again. The show was a night of real emotional catharsis, and a great way to bring Taylor and Fink back into the indie music fold.
They are devastatingly serious when it comes to their ass kicking hardcore punk style and hysterically uproarious with their song writing; they are the one and only No Redeeming Social Value from New York City. In the tough guy/beat down world of Hardcore Metal NRSV’s style is a welcomed change of pace, never taking themselves to seriously, but constantly putting everything they have into their explosive style of playing; blood sweat and beers included.
