Archive: 2010

North Mississippi Allstars are proud to announce that their new record, Keys to the Kingdom, (Songs of the South), will be released on February 1, 2011. The album was recorded in the spring of 2010 at the Dickinson family’s legendary Zebra Ranch Studio in Coldwater, MS., produced by the band and features guests Mavis Staples, […]

To celebrate her new album, The Party Ain’t Over, out January 25th via Third Man/Nonesuch Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson will play two special New York City and Los Angeles shows around its release. Wanda will be accompanied by the Third Man House Band featuring Jack White, who also produced the […]

For the 22nd year in a row, the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam returned to the guitarist’s hometown of Asheville, NC last night with this year’s event taking place at the Asheville Civic Center. Yesterday’s event saw the debut of the Warren Haynes Band and sets from Missing Cats featuring JoJo Hermann and Sherman Ewing, prog-jammers Umphrey’s McGee, classic rockers the Steve Miller Band, Widespread Panic frontman John Bell, the Gregg Allman Band and a late-night thrown down from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

[All photos by Rob Chapman]

Haynes offered tracks from his upcoming soul album backed by Ron Johnson on bass, Ivan Neville on keys and vocals, Ron Holloway on sax, Terrance Higgins on drums and Ruthie Foster on vocals. Bassist George Porter Jr., keyboardist Ian McLagan and drummer Raymond Weber were featured on the album according to the Relix article announcing the band but did not perform with Warren last night. Warren’s set included a cover of Sneakin’ Sally, which you can check out right here…

Warren Haynes Band – Sneakin’ Sally

[via Jambands.com]

There were plenty of guest spots throughout the evening including John Bell adding vocals to Umphrey’s version of Ain’t No Sunshine, Andy Farag and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band Horns sitting in at points with the Warren Haynes Band, Haynes returning the favor by joining the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Steve Miller Band. Also, South American harpist Carlos Reyes sat in with the Steve Miller Band, Ron Holloway and the DDBB Horns added brass to Gregg Allman’s Just Another Rider, while John Bell joined the horn section for Allman’s take on Guilded Splinters before Steve Miller sat in on Lost Highway.

READ ON for the complete Christmas Jam setlist, a slew of videos from nearly all of the acts and more photos from last night’s show…

The common cold tends to take an average person out of action for a while, but when you suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease the effects are much more serious. Yesterday, COPD sufferer Levon Helm was admitted to a New York City hospital after fighting a cold, leading the legendary drummer to miss last night’s […]

The typical Saturday Night Live musical guest usually performs two songs on the long-running NBC program. Former Wings lead singer Paul McCartney proved once again (he played three songs in 1993) that he is far from the typical musical guest as he was given the opportunity to play a record five songs for the cameras and treated audience members to an additional two songs. Here’s a rundown of Macca’s performances…

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Band on the Run

READ ON for the rest of Paul McCartney’s sizzling SNL hits…

Furthur has announced an extensive March/April tour which includes mulitple night runs in many theaters includeing 8 nights in NYC (5 at Best Buy Theater and 3 at Radio City Music Hall) The tour will open in Boston on March 4 with a three night stand at the Orpheum and includes five shows at the […]

The Allman Brothers Band’s annual March Madness run has been a long-standing tradition in the Big Apple that has survived a venue change and Gregg Allman’s health issues to find the group back at the Beacon for eight shows in 2011. In the past, the Allmans didn’t have much competition but that won’t be the […]

Pearl Jam has a very special show in the works to mark the band’s 20th anniversary. The group’s longtime manager recently revealed that Eddie Vedder and co. are planning to host their own music festival. Manager Kelly Curtis made the announcement earlier this week on the band’s Sirius/XM Radio station. The event is planned for […]

Members of the indie rock Elephant 6 Collective will once again hit the road together for next year’s Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour. The trek features members of Elf Power, Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal, The Music Tapes, The Olivia Tremor Control and more. The collective last toured together in 2008. One thing that might […]

With the year rapidly coming to a close, and the holiday season fully upon us, we wanted to get the HT Crew together for one last hang to talk music before we throw the cover on BBQ for the winter. Since ’tis the season to reflect back on what went down over the last 12 months, we thought we’d invite the gang over to HT Headquarters to warm up by the fireplace, throw some large hunks of meat on the grill and crack open a few Anderson Valley Winter Solsticeses for another rousing edition of At The Barbecue.

This time around, we thought we’d continue our year-end housecleaning by discussing our Break Out Acts of the year, which ranged from new discoveries to some acts that just hit it out of the park with a monster 2010.

Andy Kahn – The Morning Benders

Without a doubt The Morning Benders stood up and demanded to be noticed this year. Particularly on the heels of their sophomore album Big Echo & their relentless touring, the band has proven to be a force in the studio & on the road. The quartet from Berkeley, CA is led by multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Christopher Chu, whose impressive songwriting is filled with dreamy lyrics and catchy pop sensibilities. Whether on stage or in the studio the band creates a lush but airy sound tucked into a cool, laid-back vibe.

Excuses, their captivating single off Big Echo, was my song of the year after the first listen and has made it “big” being featured on a television commercial. The band is on a seemingly never ending tour, crisscrossing the States and beyond several times this year alone, opening for acts like Broken Bells, hitting festivals and headlining bills as well. Keep an eye out for these guys there’s a good chance they’re playing your town soon.

READ ON for more of our picks of the Break Out Acts of 2010…

In a Hidden Track giveaway that’s open until tomorrow night, we offer our readers a chance to win a copy of PhanFood – a new book that compiles a variety of interesting recipes from Phish fans around the country. Tomorrow, December 11th, PhanFood makes its official debut at a kickoff party held at Nectar’s from 7 to 9PM, which will be followed by live music from Dopapod.

We recently chatted with PhanFood co-editors Taraleigh Silberberg and Pete Mason about the concept behind the book, their favorite lot food of all-time, the charities that will benefit from this non-profit endeavor and much more…

Hidden Track: How and when did the concept for Phan Food first come about?

Taraleigh Silberberg: I was walking on the bike path in Burlington, which is where I get most of my good ideas. I was thinking about a way to help the community and that is when the cookbook idea popped into my head. Why not make a cookbook by Phish fans for Phish fans that could benefit people that can’t afford to feed themselves? The first person I thought of to work with was Pete Mason and the rest is history.

HT: Did the published edition of the book stray from your original concept?

TS: Nope. It is the exact concept.

HT:  How many recipes are included in Phan Food?

Pete Mason: Eighty-six in total, split somewhat evenly amongst appetizers, breakfast, snacks, drinks, entrees, salads, soups and sandwiches (Page’s favorite).

READ ON for the rest of our interview with Pete and Tara…

Last week, Ryan kicked off the holiday season with his ‘Tis The Season mix, which featured a mixed bag of tunes to get you in the spirit of things. Maybe it was the first sight of snowflakes in New York City earlier this week, the smell of all the pine trees for sale on the street […]

On February 1st, Universal Music/ Tuff Gong will put out a new live album from Bob Marley and the Wailers called Live Forever taped at the reggae legend’s last recorded performance on September 23, 1980 at the Stanley Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. At the show, Marley and his band rocked a number of songs from […]

On Wednesday, we told you about a website called SavePBS.org that was launched to help raise funds for the members of PBS (George Porter Jr., Brian Stoltz & Russell Batiste) in the legal defense of a lawsuit filed by Highsteppin’ Productions, LLC. While the site doesn’t give any information on why the New Orleans-based musicians […]

As the year-end lists begin their annual avalanche onto the blogosphere, one of the albums that has been getting mentions that you may have missed is Innerspeaker, the debut album from Tame Impala. The four-piece Australian psych-rock band, who are heavily influenced by The Beatles circa Revolver and Sgt. Pepper, have dropped this trippy video […]

This weekend, former Wings front man Paul McCartney returns to NBC’s Saturday Night Live as musical guest for the third time. Paul Rudd will host and we wouldn’t be surprised to find Macca in some of the skits. McCartney’s SNL performance won’t be his only gig in Manhattan this week as he heads uptown to […]

Our look at the best releases of the year continues with an annual traditional around these parts that we don’t see elsewhere – a list of the best archival releases from the past 12 months. These are all albums which feature music (mostly live tracks) that was pulled from the artists’ archives and had never been officially released until 2010.

This year was another great one for archival releases as a number of bands kicked off new series (String Cheese Incident and Gov’t Mule) and many other acts kept releases for older series (Road Trips, Live Phish, Barko-Swill Zappa, Bootleg Series) flowing. I’ve included releases which feature both CDs and DVDs on our Best Concert DVDs of 2010 list, so don’t expect to see them here. Also, a release must feature music at least five years old to qualify for this list. Enough of the small talk, let’s get down to business…

10. Grateful Dead – Road Trips Vol. 3, No. 3

2010 was another banner year for Grateful Dead archival releases and my favorite of the bunch was Road Trips Vol. 3 No. 3 featuring most of the Dead’s early and late shows at the Fillmore East on May 15, 1970. Forty years after Workingman’s Dead came out, this release gives a look into where the band was at this important time in their history and contains a number of acoustic gems that have never been included on an official release before.

Where You Can Sample This Release: Dead.Net Listening Party

• Previously on HT: Best Concert DVDs of 2010, Best Archival Releases of ’09, Best Archival Releases of ’08

READ ON for Scotty’s top nine archival releases of 2010…

I am always at the mercy of what happened the previous week when I write this piece – and I like it when the bands make it so easy on me. We’ve got Club D’Elf welcoming last minute, world-renowned special guests as they attempt to raise money to spring a fellow collaborator out of an INS prison. Then, there is moe., who 20 years into their career manages to debut five new songs at their rescheduled Halloween gig. Perpetual Groove paid an early tribute to John Lennon – I think. And finally, we get to feature The Radiators from New Orleans, a band that has logged over 4,000 shows and is currently on an extended farewell tour.

A reminder, 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 Gordon for this week’s photo]

Club D’Elf – Zeed al Maal
Date & Venue: 2010-12-03 The Lizard Lounge – Cambridge, MA
Taper & Show Download: Z-Man

Club D’elf, a rotating cast of musicians fronted by bassist Mike Rivard, welcomed a very special guest last week – Hassan Hakmoun. Both the audio and video feature Hassan’s contributions. Merchandise sales from the show also went to benefit Kousmat Mohammed, another D’Elf collaborator that had been detained in an INS facility, an all too common tale for international musicians. The good news? He’s out thanks to an outpouring of contributions. Club D’Elf [tour dates] has a few upcoming shows in Japan with John Medeski on keyboards. The next US gig is scheduled for January 7th at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA.

READ ON for tracks from moe., Perpetual Groove and The Radiators…

Last month, a soundboard recording of Led Zeppelin destroying Madison Square Garden on June 7, 1977 turned up and is a worthwhile add to any LZ fan’s bootleg collection. While the band’s performance was far from perfect, the high points more than make up for the lulls. Head over to Viva Les Bootlegs for your […]

Pearl Jam manager Kelly Curtis recently sat for an interview on Sirius/XM’s new Pearl Jam channel and shared news that got the band’s fans incredibly excited: the Seattle-based rockers aim to throw their own music festival in 2011. While you’d think the band’s hometown would be the perfect place for such an event, Curtis told […]