The High Sierra Music Festival turns 21 in 2011 and to celebrate the event “coming of age,” HSMF organizers have put together one of the more high-profile lineup in the
Soulive is heading back to Brooklyn Bowl for ten shows in March. The two-week residency, aptly dubbed Bowlive 2, marks the second year in a row that America’s preeminent organ
The String Cheese Incident (3 performances) andDutch DJ Tiësto will top the bill at the inaugural Electric Forest at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 through
Silence Worth Breaking is so stunning because the album’s title is extraordinarily appropriate. Annibale has a lot to say because she has listened much and learned a lot about life, and whatever wisdom she has to impart is made even more incredible because she shares it as a story instead of giving a sermon. Her vocal restraint is amazing at times, startlingly confident in others and all the while she infuses her performances with unadulterated joy.
There’s a beautiful logic to Jerry Garcia’s rediscovery of his roots in these late Eighties recordings that belies Sandy Rothman’s casual tone in writing “The Definitive History” of The Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band. The initial recording Almost Acoustic hasn’t been available for over two decades, but now newly remastered, it’s easy to hear where Garcia learned the precision that informed his guitar (and pedal steel) work with the Dead and JGB. No sequel was ever released until recent archiving exhumed a collection of live tracks, Ragged But Right, that display the same collective joie de vivre as its predecessor.
The Rock N Roll Resort festival takes over the Hudson Valley Resort & Spa in Kerhonksen, NY from April 1 – 3 with a lineup featuring Lettuce, Max Creek, Deep Banana Blackout, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Granola Funk Express, Eric Krasno and Chapter 2 and a whole host of other acts. Room Packages, which include admission to the show plus accommodations, are currently available through the event’s website.
Keep in mind that prices for the Room Packages go up by 10% at Midnight this evening. Head over to rocknrollresort.com for a full list of participating bands and more information on this unique festival.
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Finally, HT faves BuzzUniverse have spent the last few months in the studio, which didn’t leave the group much time for gigs. That changes later this week when BuzzU teams up with The Heavy Pets for a show at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, NJ on Wednesday, the first show on the jam/world-beat act’s Spring Tour. The former Blips act will hit NYC, New Hope, Providence, Portland (ME), Cleveland, Indianapolis, Athens (OH), Kingston (NY) and Philadelphia by the time the tour comes to a close in May.
READ ON for a full list of BuzzU tour dates…
While Trey Anastasio still has five dates to go on this winter tour, it’s fair to say that this run of shows will remain memorable for years and years to come for its acoustic sets. I’ve never considered Trey a particularly good acoustic guitar player – certainly not compared to his contemporaries who regularly strap on a wooden ax: Warren, Bobby, Jake, Chuck, Al and the like. He mostly just strums a bit and plays mellow tunes – remember his sit-down request at Phish’s Festival 8?
[Photo by Andy Hill]
Seeing him play acoustic has always been fun, but nothing too special, but this tour changed all that. He’s been out there every night playing a killer selection of songs – many of which have slight to bold changes in arrangement – singing his heart out, having the crowd sing its heart out too, and playing his guitar beautifully. It’s been magic.
With that in mind, here’s a mix of some highlights so far, a little something from every night. Especially noteworthy is the B-side here, the three-song run from early in the show at Albany. No audience has been so entirely right there with Trey and he responded in kind, just slaying the room with a glowing Number Line and the truly amazing risk of Limb By Limb on the fly – that was trust. And following that is the slick, nasty, reworked Cavern and stunning Harry Hood from Columbus. It’s a long one this week, so settle in and as always, enjoy!
READ ON for a look at this weekend’s TAB setlists…
On April 2, Elton John’s name will be added to the small list of performers who have acted as both host and musical guest on the same episode of Saturday
Welcome to another installment of A Memory of Music. Each month we reach out for some of the best music related images from all over the counrty, so join us for a trip down memory lane for February of 2011 and remember to click on the photos for full resolution images.
[Grace Potter, photo by Steve Moyles]
As we mentioned earlier this month, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals have been on a roll of late. February was no different as the band played sold out shows in Boston, New Orleans, Atlanta and elsewhere. Fans in Dallas were given a special treat when Grace sang a duet with Scott Tournet of country star Kenny Chesney’s You and Tequila, a song that will appear on his upcoming album, Hemingway’s Whiskey.
[Joel Cummins, photo by Benjamin Slayter]
Umphreys McGee is on a streak of its own, selling out 19 of its first 23 dates of 2011, including the past 10 straight shows on this month’s tour. Sit-ins on the tour have ranged from legendary pop-star John Oates to one-man-band Keller Williams to the mini-blues sensation – 15-year-old Jake Haldenwang. Keyboardist Joel Cummins left the fans with this final thought, “Thank you…best tour ever.”
READ ON for more of A Memory of Music for February 2011…
Despite just being only 21 years old, Jessica Lea Mayfield has already had a lifetime of experience in the music industry. At the age of eight, Mayfield was touring with
