Throughout a truly incredible career, Etta James has all but defined the role of the quintessential rhythm & blues vocalist. A musical force and a major hit-maker since the ’50s,
Kaki King will once again return to her acoustic roots this fall for a national tour that starts today in Japan, but hits stateside on November 3 in Carrboro, NC,
Widespread Panic will go off on a hiatus after their first all-acoustic tour.
Hustlers team up with Metzger, Electric Forest announces 2012 dates and more stories from the ‘nets.
Jane’s Addiction and Amos Lee are among the musical acts on the boob tube this week.
The Grateful Dead will focus on full shows once again with the start of the Dave’s Picks series of live archival releases.
Neil Young performs Helpless with Arcade Fire at the Bridge School Benefit.
The co-headling Dawes/Blitzen Trapper bill made for a quintessential first week gig at Phoenix’s new Crescent Ballroom. The Ballroom offers excellent sight lines along with small bleacher section, good beer, no douche-bag staff – allowing the venue to appear it was built from a indie record store war-room strategy – “how to build a kick-ass music room.” And here were two bands that have experience playing both big and small stages and who play with an experimental folk side that are influenced by Jackson Browne to the Flaming Lips.
Welch and Rawlings’ show at the Fillmore yet again showed why they’re leaders of the Americana and bluegrass world. Their songs have an enchanting solemnity, gravity of earthly knowledge and simple chords and instruments that manage to convey a vast spread of emotions and rhythms.
On their third full length album Swim Out Past the Sun, Fort Lauderdale’s The Heavy Pets return to their acoustic roots as THP's guitar duo set aside their electric axes for a more organic approach.
