The Dears have announced the release of their new album, Degeneration Street. A welcome return to form and for fans of the operatic hysteria of past albums, this effort finds
The Long Surrender, the new studio album from the southern Ohio-based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare
Gorillaz have confirmed that Lou Reed will join them one more time on the Escape To Plastic Beach tour, appearing with Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett and crew October 27 at
The 1st annual Project Acoustic kicks off Friday, November 5th with local and non-local musicians coming together for an experience that you won’t find outside anywhere else! Eight bands will take the stage at historic El Rey Theater in Albuquerque, NM to support local music programs and raise awareness of music appreciation.
Jeff Tweedy has announced details of a short US tour. The frontman will begin the gig-run in New York (December 4) before dates in Tarrytown (6) and Charlottesville (8). Tickets
Prince has announced the initial dates of his upcoming US tour. He will hit the road in December with the likes of Janelle Monae and Mint Condition, while Prince and
HT’s Dan Alford continues his look back at the Phil Lesh Quintet in which the Grateful Dead bassist was joined by John Molo, Rob Barraco, Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring. Part One looked at the unit’s start in 2000, Part Two looked at the group’s rise in 2001 bringing us to 2002…
By 2002, The Q had become a mainstay of jamnation, reliable like no other band for night after night of marathon sets and mind-bending improvisation. The chemistry was profound: Warren Haynes’s effect-laden guitar serving up wicked, fiery leads and funky rhythm (not to mention his growling, soulful voice); Jimmy Herring’s lightning fast barrages of a thousand notes at a time, or slower, searing solos (his solo on the new outro jam to Unbroken Chain could knock you to your knees); Rob Barraco’s absolutely fearless piano (few keyboard plays could plunge into such a thick stew with such expressive voice and effect); John Molo’s insane elasticity, equal parts slick subtlety and propulsive fervor; and of course Phil himself, the grand conductor, with his bouncy, shifting bass lines and playful shuffle step that started every show.
Each element alone was worth the price of a ticket, but put them together and something truly otherly happened. Thrilling, jaw dropping performances drawn for the best possible songbook. And just as the performances matured from 2000 to 2001 so did they again in 2002, becoming more stylish, the jamlets even more distinct, the ideas pushed to more extreme ends; the drama of some shows, even single songs, was almost overwhelming (Check out the I Am the Walrus > Millennium Jam from Charlie Miller’s recording of 3/30/02, only the second date of the year. Whew!)
The year began with a series of West Coast dates, The Warfield followed by a run in the Rockies, with the band continuing a trend it had begun in 2001, unveiling new, original material, material that would become There and Back Again, a strong album, if a little unbalanced. Warren’s material is certainly the strongest, whether written alone (The Real Thing, Welcome to the Underground) or in collaboration (Night of a Thousand Stars), but everything has merit. Columbia Records, however, didn’t get behind the promotion in the same way it did for Jorma Kaukonen’s (admittedly entirely stunning) Blue Country Heart released at the same time, and the album, whose title is a reference to Tolkien’s The Hobbit, fell from consciousness. The songs stayed around however, growing and blossoming like everything else the band played, so that by the summer, they were staples buried deep in the heart of jams or closing sets in uproarious fashion.
READ ON for more on the Phil Lesh Quintet in 2002…
Former 70 Volt Parade lead singer Trey Anastasio returns home for a special solo acoustic show at the Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, NJ on November 18. According to the announcement
The Black Crowes are not too far from the end of the Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys Tour after which time the band will start an indefinite hiatus. To
Yonder Mountain String Band visited New York City for the first time in 2010 this past Friday night. Jeremy Gordon, HT’s Photo Editor, caught the band’s performance at the Best Buy Theater and filed the following shots…
[All photos by Jeremy Gordon]
Here’s a look at the setlist from YMSB at the Best Buy…
Set 1: Cuckoos, No Expectations, Blue Collar Blues, Pockets, Rag Doll, Dominated Love Slave, Things You’re Selling, Brown Mountain lights, Jail Song, Damned If the Right One, East Nashville Easter, Whipping Post > Casualty
Set 2: On the Run > Steep Grades > On The Run , Honestly, Mental Breakdown, Rain Still Falls, Free to Run, Looking Back Over My Shoulder, The Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me , Dawn’s Early Light > Snow on the Pines > Robots > Pines > Two Hits & the Joint Turned Brown
Encore: Redbird
[via Phantasy Tour – YMSB]
READ ON for the rest of Jeremy’s shots from Friday night…
