Frank Heiss, electronic musician composer and teacher, began playing drums as a very young child. After three-plus decades of experience that included a stint in the 9-to-5 world of information technology, he has come full circle and returned to his first love.
While much of the content is forceful, there appears to be more confusion than cohesion present after listening to this album. In its entirety, the instrumentals and production behind the piano-laced beats that make up much of The Family Sign speak louder than the poetic flow of Slug and the quality of his lyricism.
Last Sunday night, The Avett Brothers played a post-game concert at Atlanta’s Turner Field and included a fantastic cover of Paul Simon’s Slip Slidin’ Away in their set. Here’s a
DeVotchKa, March 31 @ House of Blues – Chicago
Worldly romantics DeVotchKa performed a sonic drama ripe with emotions on March 31 at the House of Blues in Chicago. The Denver quartet played selections spanning their five-album catalog including a number of songs off of their latest release, 100 Lovers.
There really is no easy way to describe DeVotchKa. Their music is deep rooted in exotic feelings, desires and cinematic tones. In its most basic form it carries multiple cultures and scapes of music. DeVotchKa are sonic jet setters out to share melodies and harmonic dialects from all over the world. Their music represents a crossroad of deep rooted tradition and contemporary story telling, best described with imagery (as opposed to buzzwords such as rock, pop, folk, etc.)
Every note DeVotchKa played glided around the House of Blues with rich layers of perpetual melodies. I listened to the music with my eyes closed tight. I felt circular rhythms flow through my mind and awake my imagination. The vibrant music lead me to distant lands far from home; I imagined riding a caravan through a desert at dusk seeing yellows, pinks and blues blending in the sky. I could feel the dry, chilled night air and shadows of canons in the distance. Suddenly the music shifted gears and lead me to a Spanish villa, then to a sultry Eastern European café located down a dark cobblestone alley. READ ON for more of Allison’s thoughts and images…
If you can’t make it out to Indio for this weekend’s Coachella Festival, you can still follow the action through a webcast on YouTube. The first big festival of the
We’d like to congratulate Perpetual Groove for winning our Cover Wars March Madness tournament for the second year in a row. The group’s cover of Macca’s Live and Let Die
For this edition of our stat-heavy Number Line column, we’ve enlisted the help of Billy “Sweet River” Hollems for an in-depth look at the Allman Brothers Band’s March Madness run “on paper.” Each year, Hollems puts together a comprehensive list detailing all the sit-ins, songs played and setlists for the AllmanBrothersBand.com forums and this time around he’s kindly sharing the stats with our readers.
[Photo by Rob Chapman]
So without further ado, here’s the ABB Beacon Run ’11 final tally…
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
BEACON THEATER, NEW YORK CITY 2011
March 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 2010
BACK AT THE BEACON WHERE THEY BELONG
Gregg Allman
Butch Trucks
Jaimoe
Warren Haynes
Marc Quinones
Oteil Burbridge
Derek Trucks
The Sweet River Compilation Lists
TOTAL SHOWS: 13
TOTAL DIFFERENT SONGS: 82
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED: 210
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 1X: 28
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 2X: 12
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 3X: 20
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 4X: 15
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 5X: 5
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 6X: 2
TOTAL SONGS PLAYED 7X: 1
TOTAL DIFFERENT GUESTS: 51
READ ON for a list of songs divided by times played, a full list of guests and every Allman Brothers Band March Madness 2011 setlist…
Back in February HT faves My Morning Jacket taped a performance at a New York City television studio for the upcoming season of VH1’s Storytellers. We now know that MMJ’s
As the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival gets set to celebrate its 10th anniversary this June, the influential festie is taking a hybrid of what they do each year in
Dumpstaphunk with Zigaboo Modeleste and the New Aahkesstra.
