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We're going to close out a year of celebrating MMW's 20th anniversary with a set of the trio's bread and butter: improv. As much as Hidden Track readers are used to some improvisation in their music and even seek it out, MMW plays the game on a different level. Grounded in jazz and world rhythms, their approach to jamming is far more free and open than other bands; it's an approach that let's them jingle jangle through passages, and absolutely crush a groove too. They've done whole improv tours from [...]

Once again we've got an all-video edition of Intermezzo as we highlight some of the memorable moments that took place both on Halloween and over this past weekend. Let's start with Z-Man's video of Widespread Panic covering Outta Mind (Outta Sight) from the encore of the jam titan's Halloween show along with Postcard, Porch Song and a fun version of Werewolves of London featuring the entire crew... Widespread Panic - Outta Mind (Outta Sight), Postcard, Porch Song, Werewolves of London [...]

As we mentioned last week, on October 25, avant-jazz-groove act Medeski, Martin & Wood will release their first-ever full-length documentary entitled Fly In A Bottle . The film, which was previously only available as part of the Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set , documents the trio both on the road and in the studio, as they worked on material for the trifecta of albums the project spawned. Let's check out this extended trailer for the doc, that features an extended, vampy, Jimmy Smith-inspired organ solo from John Medeski in the middle... [...]

For the last seven years, influential music website Pitchfork has curated an eclectic multi-day music festival in their hometown of Chicago, IL, while later this month they will present their first festival overseas in Paris. Yesterday, the New York Times Arts Beat blog broke the news that P4K would be expanding its empire to the Big Apple, where they already have offices, this winter by teaming up with the folks at Bowery Presents for a new multi-day fest that they are dubbing Forms . Scheduled to take place from February 1-4 at Bowery booked venues [...]

Over the weekend, Medeski, Martin and Wood finished their month-long residency at The Whitney in New York during which they explored a number of facets of the MMW sound as well as side projects, including MSMW and Billy Martin's Wicked Knee, as part of their 20th anniversary celebration. Here at Stormy Monday we've already started to mark the occasion, and Friday's great set with Cyro Baptista and DJ Logic seems like a good time for the second installment: a first set from 1997 that's heavy on [...]

We keep our eyes peeled for new tour dates announcements each week and compile them on Tuesdays for this handy column… On September 13, quirky funk-rock act Primus will release Green Naugahyde , their first album of new material since 1999 via ATO Records and Prawn Songs. Featuring the band's 1988 lineup of Les Claypool (bass/vocals), Larry LaLonde (guitar) and Jay Lane (drums), the album was produced and engineered by Claypool himself at his Rancho Relaxo studio. This fall the band will head out for a month-long tour [...]

Medeski, Martin and Wood celebrated their 20th anniversary on Saturday night with a free gig in Central Park sponsored by their label Blue Note. Always a favorite trio to my ears, I want to spend some time over the remaining months of the year exploring the music of the band, and I want to start in 1996, which is right when the group started to gain some real notice and transition to bigger venues and a bigger influence on the jazz/improv/instrumental music worlds. What's featured here is actually the first set [...]

The complete schedule for the upcoming season at Central Park's SummerStage in New York City has been revealed and includes performances by HT faves Medeski, Martin and Wood (June 11), Reggie Watts (June 22), the Levon Helm Band (July 18) and Guster (August 8). Head over to SummerStage.org for the full list of performances. Stay tuned as we're preparing our annual look at all the free concerts in New York City this summer.

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Medeski, Martin & Wood @ Boulder Theater, March 4 Although it seems like it's happening more and more, it certainly isn't every day that a band turns 20. Maybe it's that we're getting old, or maybe our music taste is falling behind. Or, maybe (hopefully) the music we listen to has such longevity because the musicians themselves enjoy playing together so much that they couldn't possibly leave it behind. [All photos by Matthew Speck ] [...]

Avant jazz-jammers Medeski, Martin and Wood are celebrating their 20th Anniversary this year and today announced the start of that celebration. MMW will play ten shows out West this March in which the first set will consist of fan requests while the second set will be a nod to the improvisational shack party days with special guests to be announced. You can leave your song requests on the band's Facebook Page or by sending a list of the three songs you want to hear to info@mmw.net. The band [...]

At last year's SXSW music fest, John McCauley of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit debuted their new roots-rock supergroup, which at the time was dubbed MG&V after their collective last names. After a busy 2010 for the members' full time bands, and a name change to Middle Brother , the act has announced that not only will their long awaited self-titled debut finally come out on March 1, but that they will hit the road for a 13-date March tour that will also include select dates where both [...]

At last year's SXSW music fest, John McCauley of Deer Tick, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes and Matt Vasquez of Delta Spirit debuted their new roots-rock supergroup, which at the time was dubbed MG&V after their collective last names. After a busy 2010 for the members' full time bands, and a name change to Middle Brother , the act has announced that not only will their long awaited self-titled debut finally come out on March 1, but that they will hit the road for a 13-date March tour that will also include select dates where both [...]

In the pantheon of gut wrenching, emotionally charged break up albums none may top the sheer heartbreak found throughout Bob Dylan's 1975 release Blood On The Tracks . The album has been mined for its share of covers over the years, but it's the first time we are actually featuring a track from what is arguably one of Dylan's best LPs. While there may be a few more obvious choices, we're going with the moody album's melancholy closing track, Buckets Of Rain . The [...]

2010 has been a big year for tenth anniversaries, and one of the last is also one of my favorites. Medeski, Martin & Wood's fall tour, which featured guitarist and singer Oren Bloedow, whose album featured the trio as the session band, and percussionist Cyro Baptista, made its way to Upstate New York at the very beginning of December. [Photo by Billy LeRoux ] About half way through the second set on December 1 at Albany's Palace Theatre, Billy Martin announced a third, very special [...]

anotherfreesocialnetworkingsit e : MMW's Big Time Let's look @ some of the youtube comments, viewers left this video: - T his made me take the funkiest shit ever in my pants. i had to get up and dance around with my funky ass shit pants on so that I could spread that rank funk aroma around. - Hammond, Clav, Wurly, Farfisa, Vox, and is that a Mellotron?? This is all [...]

Following up on a story we told you about last week , Ezra Koening of Vampire Weekend has addressed the lawsuit filed against his band by Contra cover girl Kirsten Kennis. Koening tells the NME that the group doesn't have much experience in getting sued and that they are treading lightly but that "there's so many things we could say about it." Experienced or not, Ezra sure knows how to "no comment" with the best of 'em. The band's label, XL Recordings, issued a statement about the suit... [...]

LOCAL LOVE // SPRINGDALE QUARTET // BOULDER, CO Happy Friday Vagabonds! Sharing some local love with you today from Colorado, I'd like spotlight a pretty cool local band known as the Springdale Quartet . Drawing on the influences of Soulive and Medeski, Martin & Wood , this foursome will have you dancing all kinds of funky, 'till you can't dance no mo'! They are working on their first studio album and I'm really excited to see what the future holds for these guys. I recommend checking them out at one of their next shows, [...]

On June 8 and 9, Medeski, Martin and Wood will play host to a special two-night webcast event that will take place at the Nevessa Soundstage near Woodstock, NY, which will see the band playing a two-set show and sharing insights on the art of improvisation through an interactive Master Class. While a limited number of tickets are available for $100 for one night, and $160 for both - with access to the webcast running you $24.95, we're giving away a pair of tickets to both nights of the intimate event, as [...]