Soulive’s second annual Bowlive residency at Brooklyn Bowl got off to an amazing start last week with tributes to The Beatles and P-Funk as well as guest appearances by the
Music Today has started sending out notices of regret and confirmation to those who entered the lottery for tickets to Phish’s upcoming Summer Tour. How did you fare? Let us know
Of the acts that made our list of bands we’re excited about in 2011, the one that had me most intrigued was The Strokes – who were looking to return
In a little less than three months, Phish kicks off its Summer Tour 2011 with a three-night stand at the gorgeous Bethel Woods amphitheater in Bethel, NY. This marks Phish’s
This past Thursday night the stars came out at Carnegie Hall for the XXI Annual Tibet House Benefit Concert. Curated by Tibet House Vice President Philip Glass, the night included a beautiful duet with Taj Mahal and his daughter Deva, The Roots delivering a fantastic cover of Neil Young’s Down by the River with a stirring outro of Hendrix’s Hey Joe and Philip Glass soloing on piano with The Flaming Lips for Do You Realize.
R.E.M. fans got a special treat as Michael Stipe performed Every Day is Yours to Win for the first time live and went into full story behind Saturn Returns. Patti Smith then led her band in covers of the Youngbloods’ Get Together and Buddy Holly’s Not Fade Away. The night ended with all the participants joining on stage together for a rousing People Have the Power as Patti Smith reminded the assembled that as people have risen up for their rights in Egypt, Libya and Wisconsin it can happen everywhere.
James McCartney: Angel, Old Man*
Angelique Kidjo: Malaika, Africa
Tenzin Choegyal: Snow Line, Hi Chung
Jesse Smith, Michael Campbell & Patti Smith: Springtime
Angelique Kidjo & the Roots: Move On Up!
The Roots & Taj Mahal: Why Did You Have to Desert Me?
The Roots: Down by the River*
Taj Mahal & Deva Mahal: Lovin’ in My Baby’s Eyes
Taj Mahal: Blues with a Feeling
Philip Glass & Hal Wilner: Roosevelt After Inauguration
Michael Stipe: Saturn Returns, Every Day is Yours to Win**
The Flaming Lips: Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, Do You Realize***
Patti Smith: Get Together, Not Fade Away
All (group finale): People Have the Power
*Neil Young Cover
**First Time Played
*** w/ Philip Glass on piano
READ ON for a full gallery of Jeremy’s Tibet House Benefit photos…
We’re excited to see that legendary rocker Neil Young returns to the road next month for a 15-show tour focusing on the East Coast & Midwest. Young kicks off the
The Allman Brothers Band and MSG Network team up on Monday, March 14 for the first-ever live broadcast in the 41-year history of the channel featuring a March Madness show
The Nateva Music and Camping Festival debuted in Oxford, ME last summer with a lineup that was filled with jambands and indie faves. Nateva returns to Oxford on August 5 – 7 and focuses on the jam world as STS9, the Gregg Allman Band, the John Butler Trio, Bob Weir (a rare solo acoustic gig), Guster, Chris Robinson and Jackie Greene, Robert Randolph and the Family Band and 7 Walkers join DJ duo Thievery Corporation and festival favorites Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros atop this year’s bill.
While organizers faced all sorts of logistical hurdles leading up to last year’s event, things seem to be going smoother this time around with even some of those who were against the festival pledging their support this time around according to an article in the Lewiston Sun-Journal. Nateva organizer Frank Chandler received a permit that allows up to 14,999 to attend this year’s event, but said he plans to cap attendance at 9,999.
Tickets for Nateva 2011 are currently on sale through the event’s website.
READ ON for a full list of Nateva 2011 artists…
May 24, 2011 will mark a major milestone in the long, storied life of Bob Dylan, as the legendary bard will celebrate his 70th birthday. Earlier in the month, the
It is not easy being Pink Floyd. David Gilmour is a guitarist of unequaled expertise and trying to duplicate intricate machinations with the fingers is not to be taken lightly. You have to feel the music to be the music. And the Pink Floyd Experience has done a spritely job of weaving you into its British hallucinogenic lair … for a few hours, at least.
