2010

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Paradise Club, Boston, MA 10/20/10

Gerry Hardy November 2, 2010 No Comments

It is a marvel how bands with virtually no radio play can come to town and fill a venue with fans who know every word to their songs. Obviously I underestimate the internet and to a lesser extent non-commercial FM stations. Whatever the source of their connection, the Carolina Chocolate Drops; Dom Flemons, Justin Robinson, and Rhiannon Giddens, fit that description.

The Jigsaw Seen: Bananas Foster

Jeremy Lukens November 2, 2010 No Comments

A decade has passed since the Jigsaw Seen’s last full-length album of original material, the Grammy-nominated Zenith. Since then, the band has released a number of singles, EPs, and a covers album, but Bananas Foster is the first proper follow-up. Anytime a band takes that long to release an album, it had better be ambitious and it had better be good. In this case, it is both.

Gregg Allman Teams Up With T Bone Burnett For Low Country Blues

November 2, 2010 No Comments

Gregg Allman will release his first solo record in 14 years on January 18, 2011. Called Low Country Blues for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, the record was

Pullin’ ‘Tubes: The Secret’s Out

Jeffrey Greenblatt November 1, 2010 No Comments

In the decade since the runaway success of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack – which took home the Grammy for Album Of The Year in 2002, and has

Briefly: Halloween Roundup

Scott Bernstein November 1, 2010 4 Comments

We’re still getting out wits back about us after a fantastic weekend down in Atlantic City for Phish. We struggled with our internet connection for the past few days, but

Vid: Ryan & Mandy – Oh My Sweet Carolina

Jeffrey Greenblatt November 1, 2010 No Comments

On Friday night, for the first time since March of 2009, the semi-reclusive – though still prolific – Ryan Adams returned to the stage to perform as part of Judd Apatow’s

Televised Tune: On the Tube This Week

Luke Sacks November 1, 2010 1 Comment

Philadelphia rockers Dr. Dog, who will release four new songs digitally on November 2, will visit the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Wednesday. The group also kicks off

The Rolling Stones: Ladies & Gentlemen The Rolling Stones

Brian Robbins November 1, 2010 No Comments

Ladies & Gentlemen … The Rolling Stones is a document of the Mick Taylor-era Stones at their gritty and sweat-soaked finest. If you needed a time capsule item to best explain to future civilizations what rock ‘n’ roll was all about, this movie is it.

BB King: Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MS 9/25/10

Leslie Michele Derrough November 1, 2010 No Comments

When BB King was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1987, Sting announced that “the thrill has not gone.” And so it is that twenty-three years later, an 85 year old Riley B. King is still touring the country and still thrilling audiences with his songs, his guitar playing and his stories.

Phish Covers Little Feat’s Waiting For Columbus For Halloween

November 1, 2010 No Comments

Phish covered Little Feat’s 1978 live album Waiting For Columbus in its entirety on Halloween night according to the Phishbill handed out to fans. The double album includes “Time Love