Blog: Live Music Blog

Janelle Monae @ Voodoo Experience 2010 || Photo by Wesley HodgesAfter the lineup was unveiled, the first theme that struck us was the unprecedented caliber of the female artists in this year's lineup. But also, a noteworthy attribute of the lineup that struck us was the admirable job festival organizers did tapping into not only [...]

Galactic @ Tipitina's Uptown - Lundi Gras 2012 || Photo © Ali & Mike KerrSaturday photos by Wesley Hodges || Lundi Gras photos by Ali & Mike Kerr @ Southern Exposure Photography. Continue on for a review, videos, photos and the setlist from the evening (including all the special guests)! Galactic's annual tradition of playing [...]

Our team in Colorado just wrapped up a fun weekend covering SnowBall Music Festival and we'll have a ton of coverage up in the next few days from the festival... keep checking back for new ish! PHOTOS: Big Boi, MiM0SA, and Rusko

This week in NYC Live Music , we've got a special all-star cast for the "Robert Johnson at 100" benefit at the Apollo, week II of Soulive's "Bowlive" residency at Brooklyn Bowl, and the start of another mega-residency, the Allman Brothers annual Beacon run. Read on for those and other NYC concert highlights this week...

Jack White's solo project debut was booked as the musical guest on this past weekend's Saturday Night Live and he delivered two songs backed by two different bands. These tracks are expected on his solo debut album, Blunderbuss, which is set to be released on April 24th...

Moon Taxi plays the Maison on Saturday, March 31st with Brass-a-HolicsAfter a quick breather following Mardi Gras, the concert calendar heats back up in a big way with three major events including Foburg Fest, The Buku Music & Arts Project and Hogs for the Cause going down over three consecutive weekends. Throw in St. Patrick's [...]

Hot off of their North American tour debut in Miami, Radiohead has expanded their tour to a second North American leg in May and June, including cities throughout the East and Midwest...

This is definitely going to be a jamband-tastic summer with Furthur announcing summer tour dates today just days after Phish announced and a day after String Cheese Incident also announced. But those projects are all over the map in terms of scope and venue choice, and Further's entering was no different. The band will be [...]

Last night, I found myself back at Brooklyn Bowl, and since it's the first week of March, that can mean only one thing: Bowlive! Soulive's annual residency at Brooklyn Bowl - now in its third year - kicked off this week with some great shows all around. Thanks to a photo pass hook-up from our [...]

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ One Eyed Jacks - 2/14/12 || Photo by Joshua BrastedMe: “So it starts as it begins.” Efrim: “It usually does.” Speaking to Efrim in front of One Eyed Jacks after the show, I got a good sense he was pretty keen on the venue, in part due to [...]

FISHBONE @ Blue Nile New Orleans - 2/19/12 || Photo © Marc PaganiClick photos below to expand to full size As luck would have it for loyal FISHBONE fans celebrating Mardi Gras 2012 around Louisiana, the legendary L.A. ska-funk-n-punk rock band couldn't stay away from the bayou for long (they lit up Voodoo Experience 2011 [...]

String Cheese Incident announced a summer tour late yesterday which will take them beyond their already announced shows at Hangout Festival and Electric Forest. They start things off with a three-night run at Red Rocks before heading West with shows in UT, AZ and then both Greek Theatres in California before finishing off with a [...]

One of our fav amateur concert videographers (mkdevo) was on hand for night one of Bowlive III and pieced together a nice playlist of Soulive with guests John Scofield and Luther Dickinson.

Jam In The Van is a new live music video platform site based out of Venice, CA. JITV roducers turned a 1980s Winnebago into a mobile recording studio and invite bands from all genres and backgrounds to record sessions in the "Jam Van", filming the sessions on three HD cameras as traffic zooms by. Before [...]

moe. announced the dates and location for their annual moe.down Festival earlier today and it's definitely news to those in the fan camp that the weekend is moving to August 10-12, 2012 instead of the expected Labor Day weekend throwdown. They're also heading back to Snow Ridge Ski Mountain in Turin, NY to host the [...]

ScottyB just hipped is to this new festival from Superfly Presents that they're calling The Great GoogaMooga...

Google has officially added links for upcoming concerts to their search results for bands and musical artists...

The Newport Folk Festival has announced their 2012 lineup, with My Morning Jacket and Jackson Browne heading up the top of the two-day lineup, along with Iron & Wine, Conor Oberst, Arlo Guthrie, Deer Tick, Dawes, tUnE-yArDs, The Head and the Heart, The Tallest Man on Earth, Tom Morello, Sharon Van Etten, and New Multitudes, a new group consisting of Yim Yames (My Morning Jacket), Jay Farrar (Son Volt), Will Johnson (Centro-matic), and Anders Parker (Varnaline).

Relive Carnival 2012 in the clubs and out in the streets. Continue on below for videos of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Galactic, the Southern University Marching Band, Khris Royal and Dark Matter and more. Dig in and relive the glory that was Mardi Gras 2012. Treme Brass Band Parades Down St. Charles Avenue Trombone [...]

Fans in the South should not dilly dally tomorrow morning if you're thinking about hitting up the 2012 DeLuna Fest set for September 21-23 in Pensacola Beach. Last year's lineup had the likes of The Shins, Weezer, Cake, Jane’s Addiction, Cut Copy, Big Boi, Matt & Kim, Girl Talk, Wanda Jackson, Bettye LaVette, Trombone Shorty [...]