Americana/neo-bluegrass masters Punch Brothers , led by Nickel Creek's Chris Thile, return this spring with Antifogmatic a new studio album on Nonesuch (specific release date TBA). Formed in 2006, the band released their debut album Punch in 2008 and is on tour now. Check out two recent live-in-the-studio performances on video: "Rye Whiskey", from the new album, here and a cover of The Strokes' "Reptilia" here . The Black Keys ' new album Brothers is on the release schedule for a May 18 street. This is the duo's [...]
Filed under: News , New Music Compilation albums for causes have been on fire lately: last year's 'Dark Night of the Soul' was a huge smash and this year's 'Hope for Haiti Now' album has become a best seller. But quietly making waves has been another benefit compilation from the folks at 1% for the Planet , a coalition of artists who donate at least 1% of their annual sales to environmental causes. The campaign took off a few years ago when Jack Johnson placed the 1% [...]
Since 2004, the McDowell Mountain Music Festival in Scottsdale has been a yearly spring highlight in my desert home, treating music lovers to the likes of Ratdog, the Wailers, Gov't Mule, the Neville Brothers, Los Lobos, Blues Traveler, and last year - none other than the Flaming Lips. The setting spectacular: north Scottsdale's WestWorld - a large complex offering camping, RV parking, and an immense field of green grass. Plenty of room to take in the music, or break away for a walk around the grounds to check out the vendors, drum [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will perform at this year's Sundance Film Festival in Utah, Jan. 28 and Jan. 29. The New England rootsy rock band is among the artists playing this year's ASCAP songwriting showcase there. What with a third album already recorded and due for release on Hollywood Records this spring, the band has been airing some new songs during their short winter tour, which included playing [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News As if Lilith Fair wasn't already stacked with talent, Gossip (pictured), Norah Jones , Loretta Lynn , Cat Power , La Roux , Heart and half a dozen others have all signed on for the comeback of the mega-successful touring festival. They join a loaded roster of female talent that includes Sheryl Crow , Tegan and Sara , Erykah Badu , Ke$ha , Brandi Carlile , Grace Potter [...]
It's early (for me). Therefor my constantly repeated disclaimer of "this is going to have spelling and grammatical errors, and may be tough to follow at times" is totally in effect. So yesterday was the Warren Haynes solo show (early) followed by a later full Grace Potter and the Nocturnals show. There were some other events that didn't happen - the "it's Jamaica" philosophy applies. Such is life (here). Here goes. Sometime in the afternoon it started to rain. Then, it started to pour . And it didn't stop [...]
Filed under: News , Movies , Album You've got a very important date. Two of them, in fact. On March 5, Tim Burton's wildly imaginative 3D "remix" of 'Alice in Wonderland' hits the silver screen. But first, on Tuesday, March 2, 'Almost Alice' will hit retailers, taking listeners on their own audio journey down the rabbit hole. On Tuesday, MySpace revealed the entire tracklist for the soundtrack, which includes a solo performance from the Cure 's Robert Smith ("Very Good Advice") and contributions [...]
[MP3] Florence and the Machine - Addicted To Love Florence and the Machine had a terrific 2009 with the release of her debut Lungs and is still riding the wave of success into 2010, releasing her next single "Hurricane Drunk" on March 1 st . Aside from studio success, the first time I was really turned on to Florence's sound stemmed from a great cover of Cold War Kids' "Hospital Beds" last year. Now there is another cover to add to the [...]
Last Week's Sauce features recordings of shows from the previous week. This week we'll look at almost exclusively shows that took place on New Year's Eve. [Thanks to sonicsound for this week's photo] Artist & Title: Assembly Of Dust - Brown Sugar Date & Venue: 2009-12-31 Tupelo Music Hall, Salisbury MA Taper & Show Download: SmokinJoe "You should have heard him just around midnight". A few covers, an acoustic section and a fan [...]
While there have been a number of albums that have been absolutely incredible, music is remembered by the songs that top everything else that you go back to time and time again. This year has been no exception. Runner Up, 11 - Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down - Alicia Keys This was a song that I hadn't heard up until a couple days ago. Keys is not an artist who usually pops up [...]
James Taylor and Carole King will undoubtedly by dueting on "You've Got A Friend" when the two pair up for a series of concerts celebrating the 40th anniversary of their 1970 tour. Apparantly the two had such a lovely time at their recent reunion at the Troubador that we now get a full "Troubadour" tour next year. We smell a Starbucks album, a PBS special and a CD/DVD package sometime around the holidays next year. You? Anybody feel like the whole " Aerosmith dumping Steven Tyler" and the inevitable "no I'm not" followed by [...]
Filed under: News , Songs , Exclusive Brett Dennen initially garnered attention -- rapidly and organically -- back in 2004, when he came out of the gate with great folk songs that were deeply humanist, driven by emotion but laced with political undertones. His innocently disarming voice and awkward mannerisms didn't hurt either and his charm hasn't escaped his fellow singer-songwriters. In fact, in the past couple of years he's been joined by a single-file line of noteworthy accomplices: he's sung duets with Mandy Moore [...]
Come this November, two of the jam scene's rising stars - Grace Potter & The Nocturnals and Brett Dennen - will join forces for a cross-country co-headlining tour. The two acts will split closing duties over the course of the 21-date trek - with Dennen holding down that slot for most of the run, while Potter & Co. will close in Boston, NYC and Philly. Both acts have also been busy in the recording studio as Grace Potter & The Nocturnals will release their T-Bone Burnett produced album [...]
As we've previously reported, Gov't Mule will be spending Halloween at Philly's Tower Theater where all signs - and posters - point to a night of Rolling Stone covers. The Southern jam-titans have also added a handful of other October dates leading up to their All Hallows Eve performance in the City of Brotherly Love, with roots-blues-rocker Jackie Greene providing support for most of the brief run. While Jackie won't be opening for Mule on the 31st, he'll sit-in with the band throughout the night. In [...]
So last weekend I took my pilgrimage down to Brooklyn to check out some classic soul acts . Coming up next weekend I'm sticking closer to home to check out The Royal Family Get Down , a one day soul fest featuring some more contemporary soul acts including Soulive (who are hosting the whole shin-dig), Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (who weren't on the original bill and for whom I'm extra excited to check out), John Scofield, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (who I've seen many times and [...]
It's been quite some time since the HT Crew got together for an old fashioned cookout, and frankly the ol' grill was getting a bit dusty and feeling neglected. With the summer - and for that matter the decade - rapidly coming to a close we figured we'd round up the gang, throw some large hunks of meat on the fire pit and crack open a few 21st Amendment Brew Free! Or Die IPAs for another rousing edition of At The Barbecue . It's hard [...]
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the love and substance festival known as the Gathering of the Vibes. Some of the headliners of this event were Crosby, Stills, Nash, Bob Weir, Buddy Guy, moe., George Clinton and P Funk, and the beautiful Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Some highlights from the show include Deep Banana Blackout, playing their original funk roots music for a hometown crowd on Friday night. Friday night also saw the takeover from Lettuce , a super talented funk outfit. Now when thousands [...]
Sunday morning is always a mellow day for Gathering of the Vibes . With the four day weekend coming to a close and the festival rolling into its last hours of music, many are busy packing up camp and getting ready for the trip home. Some are exchanging emails with their camping neighbors, while others are getting the number from a cute girl they danced with through till the morning sun. However, this year's headliner Crosby Stills and Nash helped to draw many new attendees to the site for Sunday only. A deal that was even further [...]
Ah, the truth - the hard-to-figure point that lies somewhere between the two sides of a story. Today, we got one side of the story thanks to a detailed explanation from bass player Bryan Dondero about why he left Grace Potter and the Nocturnals four months ago. In a very web 2.0 move, Dondero took Potter to task with a post on his blog . [Potter and Dondero in happier times] The bassist is in the middle of a contentious negotiation with the Potter Camp over proceeds [...]
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