If you thought that Raising Sand, Plant’s dabbling in country, with modern bluegrass great Krauss, was an unlikely musical success story, Band of Joy will be every bit as much of a pleasant surprise.
When addressing the musical heritage of New Orleans, one cannot go without mentioning “Mac” Rebennack, famously known as Dr. John. Since hitting it big in the late 60's and 70's with his combination of traditional blues, jazz, zydeco, psychedelia, funk, and rock and roll, the legendary performer has remained an integral figure in the New Orleans music scene.
Damian Erskine/To Speak (Independent): Alternately rollicking and reflective, Damien Erskine and his band sound much larger than just a quintet plus horns and percussion here. Whether it’s guitarist Chris Mosley
The Royal Family Records Team has put together one of the funkiest lineups in the history of funky lineups for the Royal Family Ball at Terminal 5 in New York
As we gear up for the start of fall tour, Phish has just announced their plans for New Year’s. The band will play two shows at the DCU Center (formerly
Two of the five bands featured in today’s edition of Last Week’s Sauce offer acoustic performances from acts that normally rely heavily on electric guitars. Furthur contributes a track that has been 40 years in the making, we’ve got a very jazzy Beatles cover and close it out with a fantastic live recording of Pavement.
You can download all of this week’s audio in one easy to listen to MP3 that we call the Last Week’s Sauce Podcast, click here to download.
[Thanks to DATBRAD for this week’s photo]
The Black Crowes – My Morning Song, Miracle To Me
Date & Venue: 2010-09-19 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium – Asheville, NC
Taper & Show Download: Gordon Wilson
The Black Crowes played an acoustic first set in Asheville this past Sunday and it is incredible. The two songs embedded below close the set. If you are a fan of this band I recommend downloading the entire acoustic set and adding it to your collection. The Crowes play tomorrow at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Houston, TX.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bcsauce.mp3]Morning Song from the electric 2nd set:
READ ON for tracks from Furthur, JFJO, and The Machine…
In an effort to raise some money for a very deserving cause Deer Tick has announced that they will be auctioning off their tour bus “The Flagship” with a generous
Immediately after last summer’s Phish concerts at the intimate Fox Theatre in St. Louis, there was lots of talk from show attendees about the venue’s balcony shaking violently during the
Flaming Lips performing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul, MN on September 19th, 2010.
When Michael Franti followed up his ambitious, politically-charged 2006 release Yell Fire! with dancehall mass-appeal on All Rebel Rockers back in 2008, it wasn’t entirely clear if he took a palpable 180° away from his activism, or more likely, just got swept up in his Jamaican studio environs. Apparently, the former proves truer as his latest effort, The Sound of Sunshine, takes it a step further as he reunites with Sly & Robbie in Jamaica for a portion of the record, and leans heavily on the formula that produced his first big hit the last time around: catchy-as-hell reggae grooves, dancehall sit-ins, and a fat dose of the Edge’s delay-laden guitar tone.
