Bassist Phil Lesh turned 71 yesterday and celebrated the occasion with his Furthur bandmates and about 2,100 of his fans at the Best Buy Theater in New York City last
Considering it was just a Tuesday night and the hype for the evening was centered on Phil Lesh’s 71st Birthday Show down Broadway at the Best Buy Theater in Times
Concertgoers were mesmerized Wednesday night when sultry, Swedish singer Christine Owman graced the stage at the Living Room on the Lower East Side. Clad in a blue silk blouse, black shorts and fishnet garters, the ravishing redhead performed tracks from her album Throwing Knives, which will be released in the U.S. in May 2011.
Over the past 15 years, Green Mtn. Concert Services (GMCS), an established leader in Crowd Management and Security have been sought after for concerts and sporting events throughout the Northeast since 1995. From the Grateful Dead in Highgate, Phish festivals, and Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, the folks at GMCS have not only spearheaded the safety of the events but also the planning of it. Glide recently caught up with GMCS President and CEO Kevin Cheney to get a bit more insight to what goes on in the world of security and event services.
After calling it a day with Guided By Voices, then releasing a ton of material, then reforming Guided By Voices, Robert Pollard still has time to keep releasing material. As meticulous as some artists are in tossing their songs out into the general public, Pollard’s workmanlike approach has meant some misses but more often than not delectable, infectious hits.
Robbie Robertson last played live with the full lineup of the Band when filming 1976’s The Last Waltz in San Francisco, and has rarely performed live since. But to promote
Nate Dogg, he singer and rapper best known for his collaborations with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Warren G and Eminem, has died at the age of 41. His cause of
Last week, we kicked off the beginning of Cover Wars March Madness by announcing our first ever “play-in” game. We took ten covers that had not previously participated in a Cover Wars and let the readers select up to three for automatic entry into this year’s tournament.
The winners of the play-in round are:
1) Live and Let Die (Paul McCartney) as performed by Perpetual Groove
2) Across 110th Street (Bobby Womack) as performed by My Morning Jacket
3) FM (Steely Dan) as performed by 2D (Gorillaz) featuring Nathain Haines
The other 29 entries already gained entry into the tournament the conventional way – by winning a Cover Wars in the past year. Now that we’ve got our 32 covers selected, let’s take a look at the matchups…
Matchup #1 (Bob Dylan Covers):
The Black Crowes – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
In addition to performing the song live, The Black Crowes also contributed a studio take to this 1995 disc for NORML that also includes Gov’t Mule performing Don’t Step On The Grass, Sam, and Widespread Panic’s studio take of And It Stoned Me, amongst other tracks. Source: Hempilation: Freedom is NORML
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The Black Keys – Wicked Messenger
There are some real gems from the 2007 I’m Not There soundtrack and this is one of them. Previously on Cover Wars, Stephen Malkmus and the Million Dollar Bashers contributed a cover from the same release for Ballad Of A Thin Man. Source: I’m Not There (Music From The Motion Picture)
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READ ON to vote in the remaining seven matchups for the the first half of Cover Wars March Madness Round 1…
We’re just two days away from the start of the Allman Brothers Band’s annual March Madness run at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. This year, over the course of just
With Robbie Robertson’s new LP, How To Become Clairvoyant, set for release on April 5, we thought we’d be seeing the former Band guitarist and songwriter playing gigs to promote
