2011

Leftovers: Deadheads With Ties

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

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Friday Mix Tape: Wetlands – Sept. ’95

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

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Feist – How Come You Never Go There

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

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Weekend

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,

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Fruit Bats: Tripper

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.

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Journey/Foreigner/Night Ranger: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA, 09/10/11

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.

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Widespread Panic: Raleigh Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC 9/24/11

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.

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Cover Wars: (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding (Nick Lowe)

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.

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

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Briefly: Sting / Paul Simon Add Dates

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

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