Artist: dave matthews

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Jazz legend Herbie Hancock's forthcoming film and album, The Imagine Project , features collaborations with over a dozen artists performing from their respective home countries, which span many regions of the planet. As AllAboutJazz.com reports , the likes of Jeff Beck, Oumou Sangare, Lionel Louke, Lisa Hannigan, Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Pink, Seal, Susan Tedeschi, Juanes, Wayne Shorter, Chaka Khan, Anoushka Shankar (daughter of Ravi Shankar), and the Chieftains took part in recording sessions in Paris, London, Miami, [...]

Calling it a "record for the world", jazz icon and musical pioneer Herbie Hancock tackles his most ambitious project yet with The Imagine Project , a genre-blurring album and companion documentary film dedicated to "the universal language of music" and featuring collaborations with numerous international music notables. Arriving June 22 -- and around the time of his 70th birthday -- Hancock's bold melding of world music features a dazzling potpourri of styles and utilizes the talents of producer Larry Klein, his studio partner on River: The Joni Letters , his 2008 Grammy-winning tribute to Joni Mitchell. [...]

Even more media, here's a video of Dave & Tim: Emmylou Harris : Emmylou Harris is all over this Cover Wars. Not only did she record this song herself in 1998, but she also has sung it with the original artist, and sings backup on Willie Nelson's rendition you'll hear in a minute. That is some serious Cover Wars incest. Source: Spyboy Emmylou joins Daniel Lanois: Jerry Garcia Band : [...]

In an initiative to assist in providing long-term support to the people of the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti, Dave Matthews Band has established the Bama Works Haiti Relief Fund . Proceeds from The Haiti Relief Project , a five-song digital EP from the group, and a new limited edition t-shirt featuring its cover art, will benefit the fund. The EP is available for download for $5 at DMBLive.com. Musictoday is graciously providing the download service for this release. The Haiti [...]

For most of the 1980s and '90s, it wasn't officially summer until the Grateful Dead came through town. The same can be said for a new generation of music fans about the Dave Matthews Band . The perennial road warriors will hit the road once again for another mammoth summer run. The 49-date trek kicks off with a two-night stand at the Comcast Theater in Hartford, CT on May 28, while they will become the second ever music act to play Citi Field on July 16 and 17 when they take over the home of the New [...]

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Filed under: Potent Quotables "I would make a fair bet that I would have said no to such an offer, or I would have charged him an incredible amount of money." -- Dave Matthews According to the author of a John Edwards tell-all, the scandalized Senator told mistress Rielle Hunter that Dave Matthews Band to play their future rooftop wedding. Next Quote

Many Chicago based artists were nominated for Grammys at the 52nd Annual Awards show held last night. But only two, hip-hop diva Kanye West and jazz singer Kurt Elling , managed to walk away winners. West won twice, both for his collaboration on the Jay-Z hit "Run This Town" also featuring Rihanna from The Blueprint III which West also produced. The song won in the Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration categories. Elling [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Grammy Awards With their first nomination for Album of the Year, the Dave Matthews Band performed 'You and Me' with a percussion ensemble, a string section augmenting violinist Boyd Tinsley and a backing choir helping Matthews. During the bridge, Matthews took time to do a rather funky dance before coming back to finish out the song. The cut was introduced by Adam Sandler , who mentioned the death of original DMB saxophonist LeRoi Moore , setting [...]

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Grammy Awards The Dave Matthews Band 's 'Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King' is a special album for the band, being its last recorded work with saxophonist LeRoi Moore , who passed away in Aug. 2008. "[When] Roi died, this record was so turned in, there was so much love in the band, we were so fired up while we were in the studio together, that this record, to me, is like our greatest achievement, certainly in recording," Matthews told Spinner [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News In 20 previous editions, the pre- Grammy concert benefiting MusiCares has had some spectacular honorees and events, including Elton John , James Taylor , Sting , Bono and 2009 recipient Neil Diamond . But with all of those star-studded affairs it would be hard to find one that engendered more love and respect than Friday night's dinner honoring Neil Young . From the moment the night was announced it promised to be special. [...]

Filed under: News , New Releases Following Dave Matthews ' duet with Neil Young at the ' Hope for Haiti ' benefit (which, if you haven't heard, you can purchase at iTunes...for the cause), the enigmatic singer-songwriter has announced a new Dave Matthews Band EP to further raise funds for Haiti's earthquake relief efforts. DMB fans of the world, rejoice: the EP, entitled 'The Haiti Relief Project,' contains five previously unreleased tracks and costs just $5. The tracks were culled from live performances from 2004 to 2009. [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Television Early numbers predict the star-studded ' Hope for Haiti Now ' album to bow at the top of the Billboard Hot 200 album chart next week. The live performance compilation, taken from last week's 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief' telethon, is expected to sell more than 150,000 downloads, making it the first digital-only album to top the U.S. albums chart since its inception nearly 54 years ago.

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Television Friday evening's 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit For Earthquake Relief' telethon was organized by MTV and George Clooney with musicians including Bono , the Edge , Coldplay and Bruce Springsteen taking the stage with songs appropriate for the occasion. As previously reported , more than 100 actors and musicians signed on to the event to perform or man the phones to thank donors for what amounted to millions of dollars in [...]

Alone and Forsaken - Dave Matthews & Neil Young 1.22.10 - Hope For Haiti Telethon What a truly touching performance from two greats.

There were many interesting musical moments during tonight's "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon—which would be pretty hard to miss if you flipped through the channels during primetime television in the past couple hours. Though the program has only just begun here on the West Coast, we watched the stream on YouTube and want to encourage all those in our timezone to tune in asap to watch some great artists for a great a cause. Sure, the most anticipated performance of the night was probably U2, Jay-Z, and Rihanna's unveiling of their new song "Stranded (Haiti Mon [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Major League Baseball teams may not be the only ones hitting home runs right out of the ballpark at Wrigley Field this summer. Fox Chicago News reports that the Chicago Cubs, who own the ballpark, are currently in talks with Paul McCartney , Dave Matthews Band , Phish and the long-running Billy Joel and Elton John package which came to Wrigley Field for two dates last season. Concerts at the ballpark were mired [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , Television Bruce Springsteen , Madonna , U2 's Bono and the Edge , Wyclef Jean , Coldplay and Jay-Z are among the all-star lineup of artists slated for Friday's "Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief" telethon. The two-hour, commercial-free telecast, which also promises Justin Timberlake , Alicia Keys , Christina Aguilera , Rihanna and dozens of others, is set to air on [...]

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News As Spinner previously reported , atop the growing list of Haiti-related benefit concerts, Wyclef Jean has partnered with George Clooney for a massive telethon event. Entitled 'Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief,' the show is sponsored by MTV Networks but will air across the dials -- on every major network and then some -- on Friday at 8PM ET. The telethon will also be webcast by a number of online outlets including AOL, Hulu and YouTube, with social [...]

Double-CD Collection Follows The Pair's Live At Radio City, Which Debuted At No. 3 On The Billboard 200 In 2007 Fans Who Pre-Order CD Set At www.davematthewsband.com Will Receive 4-Song Bonus Disc On February 9, 2010, Bama Rags/RCA Records will release Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds Live In Las Vegas , a 2-CD set capturing their December 12, 2009 show at the Theater for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. [...]