It has been a decade since one of the most unlikely successes in music history was released. O Brother, Where Art Thou? is one of the 10 top-selling soundtracks of
Alex Skolnick is living a double life. On one end of the spectrum, he is an electrifying guitar player speeding up and down the heavy metal highway. At the other end, he is composing notes of sophistication and magnetism, sometimes calculating the next melody in a long drawn out verve of jazz patience. Which end of the musical hourglass he tips the most likely depends on which coast he is on. And this duality is just fine with him.
In his exploration of the limits of solo production, Pat Metheny’s last album, Orchestrion, succeeded at bringing together his own musical thoughts and combining them with technology to create an orchestra driven off of a singular input. His latest project, What’s It All About, is a collection of acoustic covers of songs that have meant something to him, particularly in the early time period of his life where music was playing a more profound role.
Medeski, Martin and Wood celebrated their 20th anniversary on Saturday night with a free gig in Central Park sponsored by their label Blue Note. Always a favorite trio to my
As the dust settles – and by all accounts there was a lot of it – and the last of the cars pull out of the parking lots from the
Originally only scheduled to play a mid-afternoon set on Saturday at That Tent, Deer Tick made the most of their first ever trip to Bonnaroo. Getting behind the freewheeling ethos
Ziggy Marley will release his sixth album, Wild and Free, tomorrow. But tonight he will visit Jay Leno for a performance from the new offering. Marley begins a World Tour on
The Big Man, Clarence Clemons is said to be seriously ill after a stroke at his home in Florida. The legendary, magnificent saxophone star of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band
Phish returned to Merriweather Post Pavilion tonight for the second of two shows at the Frank Gehry-designed shed. Saturday saw the band explore the depths of their songbook and offered a few tastes of masterful improvisation along with a few dubious song placements.
READ ON for tonight’s setlist and The Skinny…
Crowds at Bonnaroo swelled to capacity on a typically over-the-top Saturday that saw some of the music world’s most popular live acts perform. The teeming horde that filled the What stage field for Eminem’s headlining set rivals any assemblage of humanity in the event’s history, and the masses made for tight quarters at many of the shows.
