Marketa Irglova storybook rise to fame began at the age of 17 with her starring role as “Girl”, alongside Glen Hansard, front man of Irish folk-rockers The Frames, in the
Hall of Fame rocker Sting sure knows how to throw a party. To celebrate his 60th birthday, the former Police front man welcomed a cavalcade of legendary performers to rock
Back on Wednesday, at Wilco’s first of two shows at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center near Atlanta, guitarist Nels Cline used Duane Allman’s famed 1957 Les Paul for a
Jam titans Widespread Panic teamed up with jamgrass faves Yonder Mountain String Band for a three shows down south this weekend spawned some fine collaboration between the two bands. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIuAsTvmoZA[/youtube]
The names Brad and Andrew Barr should be familiar to most that frequent this site, as the pair made up two-thirds of jam favorites The Slip, which over the last few years
Phish front man Trey Anastasio kicked off a six-week period in which his solo band will play ten shows scattered about the East Coast with a special Vermont Flood Recovery
It was announced last Thursday that Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, fresh off two crushing nights at NYC’s Roseland Ballroom, will visit Jimmy Fallon tonight to perform Give up
In the three days just before hitting the Orpheum Theatre in Boston last Thursday, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews was busy. His band’s new album, For True was released 9/13, he kicked off the night prior with a release party at the venerable Tipitina’s in his hometown New Orleans, and then followed the next night by a industry type showcase set at The Box in New York, later to be followed with a Late Night With Jimmy Fallon appearance with The Roots.
Bobby Schneck has been playing guitar alongside Slash, helping the man do what he does best. George Potsos is the bass player in Devon Allman’s Honeytribe, a great up & coming band with the strong potential to break big any day now. Both men have been musicians since their teens and know what it’s like to be famous and not-so-famous.
The sweet closing tracks are punctuated by the crowning final minute of “Held My Head,” a gorgeous blending of instrumentation. Throughout the album, precise musicianship, appealing song-craft and intertwining waves of melancholy and joy create a balanced collection of ten songs, an excellent early-morning album to accompany the rising sun.
