After taking most of 2011 off, Dave Matthews Band will hit the road this summer for a massive trek across North America....

Dave Matthews Band will hit the road this summer for its first U.S. tour since 2010. The massive trek spans over 40 dates, kicking off in The Woodlands, Texas on May 18th and ending in Mountain View, California on September 9th. Along the way, Dave and co. will share bills with The Avett Brothers, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Delta Spirit, Fitz and the Tantrums, Gary Clark Jr., and a number of other acts. A fanclub pre-sale for members begins Thursday, February 16, at 10:00 AM ET, with a public on-sale following on Friday, March 9th. [...]

As previously reported, Arcade Fire and The Decemberists are among the artists who contributed new material to the upcoming film Hunger Games . Now, as ArcadeFireTube points out , the soundtrack's tracklist has been posted on iTunes and The Decemberists' contribution, entitled "One Engine", is already available for purchase. You can also stream "One Engine" below (via Hypable ). Spanning 16 tracks, the soundtrack also features Kid Cudi, Neko Case, Glen Hansard, The Low Anthem, The Secret Sisters, and Carolina Chocolate Drops, among others. For their part, Arcade Fire contribute a track entitled [...]

WXPN Welcomes the Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival on Saturday, June 2nd. The initial lineup includes Dawes, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rodney Crowell, Cheryl Wheeler, Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, Mason Porter, Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why and more to be announced. Tickets are available here .
Listen to The Chieftains Celebrate Their 50th Anniversary with The Decemberists on a Cover of Bob Dylan's 'When The Ship Comes In'.
The lineup for this year's Mountain Jam was just released. Steve Winwood and Gov't Mule will be headlining, with Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Roots, Ben Folds Five, The Word, Trombone Shorty and tons others joining them for the weekend of May 31-June 3 (right after Memorial Day) back on Hunter Mountain in NY. Read [...]
Our review of the stellar new collection of Bob Dylan covers in support of Amnesty International.
Listen to all four discs of new Dylan covers from My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith, Kesha, Queens of the Stone Age, the Avett Brothers, the Gaslight Anthem, and dozens more!

Carolina Chocolate Drops 8.21.2011 Folks Festival, Planet Bluegrass Ranch, Lyons, CO Source: MBHO KA200N [DINa] (A81WS screens) > Active Cables > MBP 603A > GAKables Interconnect > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. intro 2. Riro's House 3. Don't Get Trouble in Your Mind 4. Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine [...]
Get the Full Tracklist on the Upcoming Bob Dylan Amnesty International Tribute Album.
The NYC concert calendar chills out a bit this week. But there's still plenty of action, including a jam-packed weekend of shows that's going to set up some tough decisions....

Trey Anastasio | photo by whitperson This week in NYC shows, there's some great jazz, including Pat Metheny (Tues @ The Blue Note), Wynton Marsalis (Fri & Sat @ Lincoln Center), and Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman (Sun @ Bailey Hall). Other than some classic jazz, there's a nice mix of funk, folk, rock, and a ton of live electronic dance music to round out the week. Tuesday night at Bowery Electric, there's the Bernie Worrell Orchestra w/ Wolf , the Erik Deutch Band , and a few [...]
Carolina Chocolate Drops and Luminescent Orchestrii are set to perform at Duke University's Page Auditorium in Durham, North carolina on Friday, December 2, 2011, at 8:00 pm After winning a Grammy for Genuine Negro Jig, Durham's Carolina Chocolate Drops take a victory lap at Page. With the departure of Justin Robinson and the addition of a mouth percussionist and a guitarist, things have changed for the Drops, but their jubilant string-band music sounds sharper than ever. With openers Luminescent Orchestrii — a raucous gypsy-punk outfit that channels Romania by way of New York and [...]

Newport Folk 2011 Photos by Emma Dessau Carolina Chocolate Drops - Hit 'Em Up Style - NEWPORT FOLK SET LIST - Georgia Buck Short Life of Trouble Didlbux Baby Ain't Sweet Dom No [...]

I am of the opinion that live music takes precedence over caged animals as voyeuristic entertainment any day, which is why I have now gone to the Oregon Zoo to see live music once, and to see live animals zero times. Call me anthropocentric, but I think our animal friends would agree with me. The birds, whose twitters were picked up by the PA system and projected out to the audience, were delighted to be fed treats of the musical variety for a change. The Be Good Tanyas were first to the feeder [...]

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, press photograph by Mark Seliger Wow. Take all your expectations of Gillian Welch' s mournful voice and David Rawlings's flawless guitar riffs from your favorite albums, whether it be the most recent The Harrow and the Harvest or the now 14 year-old Revival , and sum them all into one balmy evening. If you add a bit more guitar and bit more emotion, as well as interjections from Gillian and David, you just might have what we had the pleasure of experiencing August 3 at [...]

The last couple of weeks has been a whirlwind of activity for me and my family. It was our first vacation out East as a family - stops in Boston and NYC, and our first visit not only to the great state of Rhode Island, but to the storied Newport Folk Festival. Staying in town at the Newport Harbor Hotel, right on the water, made for an ideal location. Especially since it's located right across the street from the Newport Blues Cafe, where Deer Tick & Friends entertained all weekend . On Saturday, we took [...]

Its been 46 years since Bob Dylan set the Newport Folk Festival up in arms with an all electric performance backed by the Paul Butterfield Blues band. The festival which was founded in 1959 is still going strong today. This year's wonderful lineup is highlighted by the fact that the good folks at NPR recorded a number of great performances that they are now streaming free on their website. Below are the links to some MOR favorites doing their thing in Newport, check em out! Justin Townes Earle [...]
While the sold-out masses at this year's Newport Folk Fest pack the main Fort Stage to catch the headlining likes of the Decemberists, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch, and Elvis Costello, you can find... Support indie media! Read the rest at thephoenix.com . . .

Newport Folk Festival 2011 July 30 & 31st - Artist Profile: The Carolina Chocolate Drops play the Fort Stage Sunday July 31st. Tickets are still available . Carolina Chocolate Drops - Trouble In Your Mind WHO THEY ARE / BACKGROUND - The Carolina Chocolate Drops formed [...]