The Chieftans celebrate 50 years of touring in 2012.
Even taken with its apparent downfalls, this is an album with which they should be quite proud. It not only proves their capability alongside their frequent collaborators, but actually asserts the relevance and necessity for a language that is wholly yMusic.
Following yesterday’s stunning announcement that Jack White had collaborated with Insane Clown Posse our thoughts turned to other oddball musical pairings. For this week’s B List, we polled the Hidden Track staff and compiled a list of ten of the oddest musical collaborations.
Here’s what we came up with…
10. Phish and Jay-Z
It’s well documented that Phish loves to cross genres and play with guests, but when Trey Anastasio introduced Jay-Z to the stage in Coney Island in 2004 – jaws dropped. Can you imagine the Notorious B.I.G. stepping on stage with the Grateful Dead? As live collaborations go, 99 Problems / Big Pimpin’ was a big risk and a great success. And we think it’s safe to say Jay-Z never expected 8,000 Phish-heads belting his lyrics back at him – and neither did they. READ ON for nine more oddball musical pairings…
As Bon Iver’s reputation grows, so too do the venues, the ticket prices, and, more surprisingly, the size of the band. What began as a solo project has morphed into a nine-piece ensemble equipped with two drummers, countless rotating electric and acoustic guitars, a few reed instruments, a French horn, a violin and a number of keyboards and computer screens, all playing for a sold-out crowd at the Palace.
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… For the last seven years, including 2011, influential music
Few artists have achieved the type of glowing recognition in such a short period of time as has Justin Vernon over the past three years. By now, his back story
When we last left Bon Iver, the Justin Vernon fronted act, was riding the wave of success from the critically lauded debut For Emma, Forever Ago. The album, whose tale
Last week HT fave Bon Iver shared Calgary, the first single from their forthcoming self-titled sophomore album. A vinyl release of Calgary features a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t
The circumstances leading to the recording of Bon Iver’s debut For Emma, Forever Ago helped produce one of the most achingly beautiful and emotional albums in quite some time. The
We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… I seem to say this every week, but 2011