Archive: 2011

It is highly unlikely the Fab Four considered the possibility of infusing Abbey Road with the rhythms of Jamaica when they recorded the landmark album at the end of their career in 1969. It takes a lot of gusto for a young band of white musicians from the east coast of America, named Yellow Dubmarine no less, to attempt a full-fledged reggae reinterpretation of an album long considered one of the greatest records of all time and a pinnacle of the LP format.

The Project/Object fall tour will once again bring The Music of Frank Zappa to the Northeast, kicking off October 13th in Harrisburg, PA.  The band will be joined by Zappa band mates Ike Willis and Ray White, who together and separately toured and recorded with Zappa from 1976-1988.  Project/Object’s collaboration with Willis & White is […]

After kicking things off in 2012 with the Noisemakers at Jam Cruise, Bruce Hornsby will spend the better part of the winter months performing SOLO concerts — just Bruce and a piano.  You can see a full list of dates, which start in early February and run well into April, below.  Each show will be […]

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) has defied the odds. With many of their 80’s art-rock and synth-pop peers disappearing into novelty and nostalgia, childhood friends Andy McCluksey and Paul Humphreys, along with longtime bandmates Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper, have survived being out of fashion and out of patience with each other to return […]

On Linked In, a group of Grateful Dead-loving professionals have gotten together to start the Deadheads With Ties group to help network with each other. A recent topic on the group was “Do you feel that being a Deadhead is a problem in the corporate world?” As you can imagine, for some members of the […]

Late in the evening on October 16, Hidden Track will hit the five year mark. We’ve got plenty in store that week, but we wanted to invite our readers to join us in celebrating the anniversary at NYC’s Village Lantern on October 14. Three bands will be on the bill with ties to our site […]

Earlier this week HT featured columnist Brian Bavosa wrote about the decline of the jamband scene and mentioned how for him, NYC’s Wetlands Preserve was a much needed incubator for the scene. I went back and looked at some Wetlands schedules to see whether the lineups they put together were as special as I remembered […]

No one would have faulted Feist if she had immediately gone back into the studio to capitalize on the breakout success of 2007’s The Reminder, which thanks to a placement of the adorably catchy tune 1234 in an iPod commercial made the Canadian singer-songwriter somewhat of a household name. Instead she took her time in crafting […]

Jam titans Widespread Panic return to their hometown of Athens, Georgia for a special Tunes For Tots benefit at the newly renovated Georgia Theatre. While the show is sold out, you can watch it live in gorgeous Hi-Def on HDNet starting at 8:30PM ET this Sunday, October 9. Friday, October 7 [All times ET] George […]

Journey is not just out there promoting old songs via a new voice. They have a new CD out called Eclipse which sounds like the Journey everyone knows and loves but carries a harder-edge punch. They played two new songs, “City Of Hope” and “Edge Of The Moment”, which teased the crowd that this band is moving forward in the right direction and not standing still.

WSP haven’t been able to sustain the rejuvenation that took place when Jimmy Herring joined the band, and they’ve transitioned to the 6000 capacity Raleigh Amphitheatre after routinely drawing 15,000-plus people in the area just ten years ago.  While smaller venues aren’t necessarily a bad thing for the fans, the decline in attendance certainly seems to coincide with many longtime fans’ feelings that the quality of shows has declined as well.

Tripper has more of a narrative focus than previous Fruit Bats efforts. On his fifth album, Eric D. Johnson consciously shifts to story-based songs. While he leans more toward the storyteller brand of songwriter, though, he steps away from the sunny folk pop that is most identified with Fruit Bats releases.

I’ll admit it, until about two weeks ago, I thought this was a Elvis Costello original. Often times a cover can be so well known that people often mistake if for the original, but in the case of Nick Lowe’s (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding, there is an extra wrinkle in the mix – Elvis Costello actually recorded his cover under the name of Nick Lowe & His Sound. Talk about confusing. Anyways, it’s a frequently covered song and we’ve narrowed it down to six must-hear covers this week. Have a listen and place your vote for the best at the bottom of the piece.

The Contestants:

Artist: A Perfect Circle
Album: Emotive
The Skinny: If you’re familiar with the band A Perfect Cirlce then this cover is going to sound exactly how you think it would – which is really quite a unique reading of the song.

READ ON for more covers of (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding by Nick Lowe.

Two of the biggest stars of the ’80s, Sting and Paul Simon, each added NYC-area dates to their previously announced tours. For Sting, he’ll bring the Back to Bass Tour to New York’s Roseland Ballroom on Nov. 8 – 9. Tickets go on sale to the public on Oct. 14, with an American Express presale […]

Since 2007, Daryl Hall has been hosting jam sessions with a diverse mix of artists at his 200 year-old-plus house in Dutchess County, New York, and recording them for a monthly web series that’s been appropriately dubbed Live From Daryl’s House. The series, which is now 46 episodes strong, has seen the likes of everyone from […]

Chicago-based sextet Umphrey’s McGee released their latest studio album, Death By Stereo, last month and are giving fans a chance to add their own spin to four tracks from that LP. UM has teamed up with the 600,000-strong Indaba community to create a remix contest in which the winners can win $1,000 per track, have […]

Thirteen years after their last U.S. late night television appearance in 1998, British trip-hop act Portishead returned to the airwaves last night when they performed Chase The Tear on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Singer Beth Gibbons was in fine form throughout and you’ll note new Radiohead side man Clive Deamer providing the pulsating beat… […]

Life Is Good Festival, held at Prowse Farm in Canton, Mass.

Drive By Truckers has announced a New Years run at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. Joining the band is Lucero (Dec 29), J Roddy Walston & The Business (Dec 30) and Alabama Shakes and Special Guest: Booker T. Jones (Dec 31). DBT pre-sale begins Friday October 7 at 12pm ET. There will be a […]

George Harrison was known as “the quiet one” during the Beatles Days for a reason, so it makes sense that he turned into the most reclusive Fab Four member after the band broke up. Director Martin Scorsese has put together a documentary called George Harrison: Living In The Material World which gives us a peek […]