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Paul McCartney & Neil Young at Bridge 2004 Concert photo by Craig Abaya This weekend is the 19th Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert . The concerts are scheduled for Saturday, October 29th and Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Featured artists scheduled to include: Crosby Stills, Nash & Young Dave Matthews (Solo, Sunday only) Norah Jones Emmylou Harris Jerry Lee Lewis Good Charlotte Bright Eyes Los Lobos [...]

Here's Johnny!!! Some pretty cool pumpkin carvings. Here's one of Johnny Cash . A bunch more rock-tober pumpkins of your favorite rockers. No Neil though. Happy Halloween!

Over on WILCO WORLD , a 4-song preview of Kicking Television , the upcoming live double-album. Thanks .: chromewaves.net v6.0 ! Wilco at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA June 23, 2005

America's Greatest Living Rock Band? Well, good question but it seems like a setup. If you've never seen and heard the band My Morning Jacket perform live , you're probably thinking wtf? My Morning Jacket is on the cover of the latest issue of HARP Magazine . Interview and comments on recording the new CD "Z" .

A beautiful summer evening on the historic Philadelphia waterfront, with two great bands - Wilco and My Morning Jacket and a bunch of music loving friends. It doesn't get much better. It was my first time seeing Wilco at an outdoor venue. Compared to the previous times I've seen Wilco at clubs like the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, the huge crowd and wonderful weather seemed to feed Wilco's

A tribute to the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. The magazine published many of Thompson's original gonzo journalism pieces and editor Jann Wenner should be acknowledged for its risky publishing. Rolling Stone editor Jann Wenner writes in his tribute "My Brother in Arms": "These are sad days here at ROLLING STONE. This morning I cried as I struck "National

Blue Merle has a new album out "Burning in the Sun". The band is interviewed in The Ball State Daily News by Jonathan Sanders who writes of the band's potential: "Blue Merle is a band on the cusp of breaking into the mainstream. However, Blue Merle is far from being a "mainstream" band, at least in the way it blends bluegrass sounds into conventional alternative-pop in the vein of Dave

Music and politics again. From Charlotte Observer article on today's youth and where they are regarding political debate by MARK KEMP: "When a twisted knot of grungy guitars erupts over the end credits of Michael Moore's patriotic agit-prop doc 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' the song -- Neil Young's 'Keep on Rockin' in the Free World' -- casts a deeply sad shadow over a country I dearly love: the United

The Cowboy Junkies will release their ninth album, 'One Soul Now', on Cooking Vinyl later this month, according to Ireland's RT'.ie. The first 10,000 copies will be released with a limited edition EP, featuring an eclectic selection of covers including 'Thunder Road' (Bruce Springsteen), 'Helpless' (Neil Young) and '17 Seconds' (The Cure). And from an interview with lead vocalist Margo

Kurt would have been 37 years old today. There has been a tremendous amount of coverage of the 10th anniversary of his passing including vigils held in Seattle. Cobain wrote 'It's Better to burn out, than to fade away' from Neil Young's song 'My My, Hey Hey' lyrics in his suicide note and the mourning and grieving still continues. Cobain's use of the lyrics had a profound impact on Young,

From Americana UK , a Live Review of Josh Rouse at Bush Hall, London, March 1st 2004 by Andy Riggs: "Josh Rouse returned to London for two nights at the end of a tour promoting his excellent album from last year '1972'. After playing '1972' Josh raided his back catalogue and to complete the show he announced he was going to play a country song by Neil Young, and what a choice 'For the

David Bowie played a cover of Neil Young's "I've Been Waiting For You" for the second time on the current tour at the Calgary, Canada gig on the January 21st, according to Sharry over on the discussion list Human Highway .

From Acoustic Guitar : "'I've always wanted to make a record like Neil Young and Crazy Horse,' says Williams, who is managed by Gary Briggs, Young's former A&R rep at Reprise Records, and is coheadlining an amphitheater tour with Young this summer. 'I wanted the new album to be rock 'n' roll and a real loose, jangly live thing. On the last tour, I wrote a lot and played many of the new songs

With all the controversy over the Dixie Chick's comments and the happenings on the CIA outing, here's a timely article from PopMatters | Columns | Shadi Hamid | Gimme Some Truth | Politics & Music: "Too many pundits, in these troubled times, assert that music and politics don't mix. They say music cannot be a source for change. Indeed, it is hard to measure just how much of a tangible effect