One week ago, God Street Wine guitarists Lo Faber and Aaron Maxwell took the stage at the famed Iridium Jazz Club for two shows filled with GSW classics. The duo
Back in April when we launched the @Hidden_Track Twitter account, we kicked things off with a B List of 20 Twitter Feeds to Follow. Number One on the list was Grace Potter (@gracepotter) of Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. The HT fave was an easy choice thanks to her consistent updates and behind-the-scenes pictures from the road. Though Potter was the only female in our list of 10 Bands to follow, there are plenty more worth following, and here’s 10 more Women who rock and are worthy of a follow.
1. Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer)
Palmer is highly engaging of her rabid fans, often stirring conversations about whatever is currently relevant in her life. She also drops info on secret “ninja” shows alerting followers to when and where to catch her.
2. Neko Case (@NekoCase)
Case is quick to reply to her followers and is great at updating from the road. Her recent tour with My Morning Jacket was well documented by her 140 character updates.
3. Lilly Allen (@MrsLRCooper)
Though Allen seems to be more interested in tweeting than making records these days, her feed is entertaining and at times controversial. Never shy to tell it like it is, Allen’s tweets can be as sharp as her tongue.
READ ON for seven more ladies worth following…
Wyllys and the New York Hustler Ensemble @ Sullivan Hall – 8/18
Words: Scott Bernstein
Photos: Jeremy Smith
Last Thursday, HT contributor Wade “Wyllys” Wilby brought his New York Hustler Ensemble to Sullivan Hall on his wife/Hustler member Jennifer Hartswick’s birthday. Wyllys seized upon the celebratory mood from the get go and delivered a focused 90-minute set that blended pre-recorded electronic music with live gold from instrumentalists Hartswick, Natalie Cressman and Zac Lasher as well as special guests Rob Salzer (U-Melt), Todd Stoops (RAQ/Kung Fu) and Pete Pidgeon (Arcoda).
[All photos by Jeremy Smith]
Wyllys started the show up on the stage by his lonesome and showed off some of his turntablism skills. Wilby worked in clips of John F. Kennedy’s famous “we choose to go to the moon” speech and wound up bookending his set by dropping more quotes from JFK’s speech at the end. Hartswick and Cressman have spent plenty of time together on stage over the last 18 months and the connection they share and have honed over that time was clear throughout the evening.
Following Wyllys’ intro, he invited the core members of his group up for a few groove-laden tracks before welcoming the guests up. RAQ/Kung Fu keyboardist Todd Stoops made the most of his time on stage, banging away at Lasher’s rig to deliver one funky riff after another with a quickness using a meaty clavinet tone. Salzer made his first public appearance on guitar since leaving U-Melt and was exchanging smiles and energetic solos with Lasher, his former band mate. Yet Wyllys was the clear star of the show, directing the musical traffic in a way that kept things interesting throughout.
HT’s Jeremy Smith was in the house and took a number of fantastic snaps. READ ON for more of Jeremy’s killer photos from this show…
Even though Sammy Hagar and Mickey Hart are putting on the bravest of faces in their latest individual interviews with Billboard and Rolling Stone respectively, you can’t help but come away from
The Muppets show has left an indelible mark on arguably all of the HT Staff, as we all became attached to its mix of loveable characters, kitschy smart humor (much
In this week’s Postcards From Page Side, Featured Columnist Brian Bavosa looks at the recent tragedies that seem all too common: stage collapses and the reasons why, and possible steps to prevent this from happening again…
Contrary to what you may be thinking, no, this week’s column is not about Phish’s cover of Timber (Jerry), commonly referred to as Timber Ho! Instead, it will focus on what has become a an all-too familiar–and tragic–headline as of late, where we have seen a number of stage collapses at recent festivals and concerts around the world. My immediate reaction is how? Why now? What were the causes? And, it led me to think about what could have been done–if anything–to prevent these terrible, and deadly, events. Let us take a look at three recent disasters, all that have occurred within the last month or so.
The first tragedy we will look at occurred at the Indiana State Fair. Due to inclement weather, and a heavy storm that rolled through the area (the seemingly common X-factor in all of the collapses), the stage completely buckled and collapsed. Seven people were KILLED. Yes, dead. Unreal. Concerts are supposed to be fun, not deadly!
Now, my first reaction (and seems to be with each example we will look at) is: what the hell are those people still doing there by the time the storm rolled in?!?! In this day and age with the most advanced weather instruments, radar and equipment, how can we not tell a potential dangerous storm or situation is headed our way? Is it really worth making a dollar versus potentially causing a delay or possible cancellation, which sure, would cause headaches for the staff, promoters, venues and others, but is that really worse than the DEATH of concertgoers on your conscience? I guess this issue really gets my blood boiling because I understand that while being acts of nature in most or all of the cases, I still feel more can be done in prevention and preparation.
READ ON for more Postcards From Page Side…
Zomby does a great job in taking care of the music department, as Dedication kicks off with definite club music vibe slowed down to mid-tempo grooves. The music should rightfully be several times faster than it actually is, and it takes some settling into; it’s an odd feeling. But like they say (‘they’ being non-existent entities I just made up for the sake of convenience): Odd is always interesting, if nothing else.
This August 30th, Anti- Records is thrilled to be releasing a powerful album by the acclaimed band TINARIWEN entitled Tassili. For this enthralling new work, the renowned “Touareg” band has
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By the time Alison Krauss and Union Station waved farewell to the capacity crowd at Cary, North Carolina’s Booth Amphitheatre, they had unfurled a career-spanning set that included 30 songs. That’s been the standard during their lengthy Paper Airplane tour, and the tour’s moniker has proven applicable only because of the recently released album of the same name
