When making an album, recording live is the musical equivalent of doing your crossword puzzle in pen. It's risky. If one member of the band falters or delivers a performance that's less than stellar- it shows through in the playback and you pretty much have to record the whole song over. There are very few opportunities to "punch in" where you left off in this kind of recording environment. Because of that, engineers often steer bands away from live recording. When it's done right, though, it's gold. The Album becomes a testament to a moment, an honest feel for the bands [...]
David Gray returned to Vicar Street on Saturday night to play the LiR benefit gig, and was joined by LiR and Pugwash for a couple of songs.
Among the contributors are David Gray, Paolo Nutini, Beck, Swell Season, and Robert Smith. In the late '60s, the late British guitarist and songwriter John Martyn broke ground by leaping from acoustic folk into highly successful experiments with tape delay, wild recording scenarios, and jazz-inspired arrangements. He became a cult figure among British musicians. A list of his admirers reads like a who's-who of rock, pop, and even trip hop: Eric Clapton, The Band's Levon Helm, Lee "Scratch" Perry, The Cure's Robert Smith, Beck, Morcheeba. To honor his life, thirty artists reveal the full breadth of Martyn's creativity [...]
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They promised us a view. Specifically, the Dave Matthews Band Caravan 's own website promised us that from Lakeside, "the panoramic vista of downtown Chicago across the water will provide a stunning backdrop for the festivities." Instead, we got a panoramic view of security fencing and a grubby, toe-stubbing festival ground littered with broken bricks, shards of metal and glass, and a covering of wood chips that were apparently meant to improve conditions but instead lent the entire place a hamster-cage like feeling. It seems that this site of a former steel plant needs some further TLC before it [...]
Singer-songwriter David Gray becomes the first artist to release an album exclusively on daily deals site GroupOn with today's launch of "Lost and Found-Live in Dublin 2011". Available for $6, Downtown Recordings' RECRDLBL is powering the offering. Recorded during Gray's Foundling tour, the album features 12 live songs and GroupOn ssubscribers can sample a track free via a RCRDLBL widget. GroupOn describes the release and their discount as "a $13 value, available for $6". RCRDLBL technology will also deliver the digital album purchase. "These shows have been so [...]
So I'll admit that I have purchased a few Groupon coupon deals here and there. I'm not embarrassed to admit that I dig a good deal on stuff that I don't really need. Usually it's an offer for 50% off whatever the original price was. This week though, there is something brand new happening at Groupon (so far as I can tell). The site has an exclusive deal on a live, digital album from David Gray , recorded this year in Dublin, for $6. I'm a pretty [...]
Photo Gallery of Dave Matthews Band Caravan featuring David Gray, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, Dr. Dog, Dawes . (June 26, 2011).
Is this the future of music, or a sure sign of the desperation of record labels? Starting today and running for the next 177 days, extremely popular daily deal site Groupon is offering David Gray's live album Lost and Found for $6, almost 50% off of what it would cost at most other digital retailers. Gray is a fairly major star in the UK - his 2000 album White Ladder is the highest-selling album of all time in Ireland - most famous in the U.S. for his song "Babylon," whose strummy acoustic [...]
On the heels of a year, with two top ten debuting albums, multiple top 10 singles and three consecutive US tours, David Gray is excited to announce a brand new release, Lost and Found-Live in Dublin 2011 , exclusively available on Groupon ( http://www.groupon.com ) . Beginning on Monday, June 27, the deal will go live to Groupon's millions of North American subscribers at 12:01am local time on their city's Groupon homepage or through their daily email later that morning. The live...
Eric Ashleigh Today is the final day of the Dave Matthews Band Caravan at Bader Field in Atlantic City. Gates open at 1PM. The lineup today features performances from David Gray, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Fitz and the Tantrums, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Dawes, Philly's Dr. Dog and Amos Lee and others. The Dave Matthews Band perform this evening at 7:05PM. Photographer Eric Ashleigh has been at the Caravan throughout the weekend and you check out his photos from the first day of the Caravan here . Last night's [...]
happy happy 43rd bgay to the DAVID GRAY , the he-singer whose '98 WHITE LADDER LP we still love a love love, was born this way June 13 1968. wotyougot
Grab some coffee. Listen to music. Free mp3: David Vertesi - Mountainside Free mp3: David Gray - Shine Free mp3: Sydney Wayser - La Di Da Free mp3: Billy Bragg & Wilco - California Stars Free mp3: Matisyahu - Use Somebody (Kings of Leon cover)
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This Friday, May 13th at 10AM ET single days tickets go on sale for the Dave Matthews Band Caravan at Atlantic City's Bader Field on June 24, 25 and 26. Tickets can be purchased here or by phone at 1-800-594-TIXX. The daily lineup is as follows: Friday, June 24 Dave Matthews Band, Ray LaMontagne, The Flaming Lips, G. Love and Special Sauce, Lotus, Rebelution, The Head and the Heart, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Delta Spirit, Mariachi El Bronx, TR3, Jeff Coffin Mu'tet, David Ryan Harris Saturday, June 25 Dave Matthews [...]
Photo by Tony NelsonFans at the 2010 Basilica Block PartyYesterday, we joked that if we were going to keep reporting a new summer festival lineup each day until the weather improved -- and hey, waddy
Dave Matthews Band has announced the second of their four summer music festivals and it looks pretty similar to the first . Set to take place July 8-10 at Chicago's Lakeside, the festival will feature three sets by DMB, as well as David Gray, Ray LaMontagne, O.A.R., Kid Cudi, The Flaming Lips performing Dark Side of the Moon , Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Amos Lee, Emmylou Harris, and Ben Folds. Other confirmed acts include G. Love & Special Sauce, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Gomez, Drive-By Truckers, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Daniel Lanois' [...]
Hot off the heels of his sold out "Lost and Found" tour, David Gray is excited to continue the momentum by jumping on the road again with a fresh series of dates across the US this summer, including a stop at the prestigious Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN. In addition, he will make a stop at the Dave Matthews Band Caravan Festival , in Atlantic City, NJ over the weekend of June 24th - June 26th , where he will headline...
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