Atlas Genius on Fallon, Love For Levon on AXS TV, Big Easy Express on Showtime and more music on television this week
The 35th Anniversary of Eric Clapton’s Slowhand is worth noting as largely the album that consolidated his connection with the mainstream first broached by 461 Ocean Boulevard. The 1977 release, however, did not further his status as a creative artist, but instead solidified a careerist approach to his solo work that has continued to this day.
For Jordan, this is another fountain of youth moment that she hopes to keep drinking from. Having been in the business over thirty years, her bluesy voice and kinetic energy has brought her many highlights: singing with Joe Cocker on The Bodyguard soundtrack, being a judge on Canadian Idol, doing some acting and most notably belting out songs from her heart and her gut.With the S.U.N. album just hitting on February 12, Jordan was hanging out in California creating yet more music.
Foals have become one of the biggest bands to arise from the fruitful Oxford, England scene as of late, and their third album Holy Fire finds them carving out a sizeable international space for themselves. The album is a natural progression from the dense math-rock of their debut, Antidotes, through the spacious creations of breakthrough record Total Life Forever, and into something bigger and somehow more infectious.
Dave Matthews Band will launch its 2013 summer tour at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in Woodlands, TX on May 17. The run will include two-night stands in Saratoga Springs, NY,
Listen to a newly circulated recording of Amfibian at Higher Ground in 2001 with special guest Trey Anastasio
The Alabama Shakes performed Hold On and Always Alright last night on Saturday Night Live
Watch both sets and the montage from Phish’s 20th Anniversary Concert at the Fleet Center in Boston from 2003
JamBase will throw their first large festival at The Gorge this summer
The Late Nights for the 2013 edition of the Summer Camp Music Festival have been announced
