Archive: 2012

Check out the music video for Kathleen Edwards’ latest single, Change The Sheets.

The Allmans announce the initial lineup for the 2012 Wanee Festival.

Back in September we shared Fanfarlo’s video for Replicate, which served as a very advance first taste of the UK-based indie-pop act’s sophomore album Rooms Filled With Light, which will be released on February 28. Produced by Ben H. Allen, who was the man behind the boards for Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, the record sees the […]

Look who’s on television this week.

Moshi Moshi records proudly announces UK duo Slow Club’s 2012 North American spring tour.  The dates kick off in Washington DC on February 14th and see the band traversing the continent from east to west (and north to Canada) and back as they finish their run with an appearance at SXSW 2012. TUpcoming North American […]

Whether Boris Garcia’s band name is an albatross is officially a moot point with Today We Sail. This recording is the work of a band well grounded in their roots and fully into the process of transcending them.

As children, we all rode bicycles and climbed trees and had a jolly good time just being a kid. Seether’s frontman Shaun Morgan wasn’t that different from you and me … except he grew up in a turbulent South Africa. Calling in before a show in northern Mississippi, Morgan talked at length about his childhood, his influences, his band’s latest CD Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray, and how it was actually a song in a movie that showed him the power of music.

The annual Florida festival hosted by The Allman Brothers Band lays down a lineup featuring Bruce Hornsby, Furthur, Gov’t Mule and more. Although the 2012 Wanee Music Festival scheduled for April 19-21 at Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla., has yet to announce daily lineups, organizers have released a list that’s sure to motivate […]

Frank Turner is set to bring his rousing brand of literary folk punk to fans across North America in 2012. The charismatic young British troubadour will be performing with his band the Sleeping Souls in support of his acclaimed new album England Keep My Bones. Turner will first be joining Southern California rock ‘n’ roll […]

You may have wondered what became of the former Rolling Stones bassist since he left the group in the mid 90’s. This five cd set will give you a partial answer; it contains all four Rhythm Kings releases he recorded from 1998 to 2001, including a double album. Taken as a whole, these discs cut through a wide swath of musical genres.

A final check-in from Jam Cruise.

In hopes that 2012 will be a fruitful one for all of us, I am dedicating this week’s Mix Tape to the delicious and treasures that fall from the trees. The mix opens with what would have been a solid 1-2 punch for the recently somewhat half-assed Phish New Year’s run with the Zappa classic […]

Allie reviews Parm, the long-awaited offshoot of Torrisi Italian Specialties.

Since collecting a slew of Grammys for her 2002 debut Come Away With Me, Norah Jones has sold a staggering 39 million albums, but even with all that success the singer-songwriter can be seen playing tiny rooms all throughout New York City with a variety of side projects. Early in her career Jones bonded with […]

A listing of the music on TV this weekend.

The much-anticipated Sweetwater Music Hall – a community gathering place and live music venue dedicated to bringing back the Sweetwater’s musical legacy to Mill Valley California – is set for a soft opening this January.  The opening of Sweetwater Music Hall marks a rebirth of the landmark roots music venue and Bay Area treasure founded […]

LIFT Festival, the two-day elevated music experience, has confirmed the first round of performers for LIFT Fest at Whaleback Mountain in the heart of New Hampshire’s Ski Country, March 16-17, 2012. Featuring slope-side, outdoor music, the inaugural LIFT Festival offers patrons the unique opportunity to enjoy first-class live music in a picturesque setting – hand […]

HIAS, the international migration agency of the American Jewish community, proudly announces a benefit concert featuring Regina Spektor, Russian-American singer-songwriter and pianist on February 23rd. The concert, to be held at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City, will support HIAS' lifesaving mission to […]

Day 3 of this year’s Jam Cruise goes down as one of Scotty’s best.

A list of upcoming released to be excited about.