When Matthew Montfort was working on his debut solo recording for scalloped fretboard guitar (a special guitar modified to enable ornaments characteristic of the sitar), he recorded a number of spontaneously improvised serenades. Were it not for some serendipitous sequencing coupled with the allure of alliteration, it’s likely that this recording would have been released… Continue reading Matthew Montfort's 'Sympathetic Serenade' Streets May 22, 2012
The fabulous Gil Evans Orchestra led by Miles Evans, Gil’s son, featuring world-class jazz artists who were long-term members performing Evans‘ arrangements: from Hendrix and Jaco to the Classics!Gil Evans Centennial Celebration a Moment in Music History! | Monday, May 21st 9PM at Highline BallroomSaxophones: Chris Hunter, Billy Harper, Alex Foster Trumpet: Lew Soloff, Jon Faddis, Miles… Continue reading Gil Evans Centennial Celebration, a Moment in Music History
Marshall Blonstein, president of Audio Fidelity, has announced May 22 as the release date for the reissue of a trio of legendary rock recordings. Elvis Presley’s 1957 JAILHOUSE ROCK EP and Jeff Beck’s 1972 album THE JEFF BECK GROUP will be issued in 12-inch vinyl editions, and Jane’s Addiction’s 1988 debut, NOTHING’S SHOCKING, will arrive… Continue reading Audio Fidelity Schedules Audiophile Elvis, Jeff Beck Group Vinyl & Jane's Addiction
KOTOfm and Big Head Todd & The Monsters Today unveil the inaugural Ride Festival – August 25 and 26, 2012 in Telluride, Colorado – featuring Big Head Todd & The Monsters, (Ben Harper (his only Colorado appearance this year), Los Lobos, JJ Grey & Mofro, The Lumineers, North Mississippi Allstars, The Wood Brothers, James McCurtry,… Continue reading KOTOfm & Big Head Todd & The Monsters Announce Fest in Telluride
On the heels of playing his own national tour dates, Jon Cleary will join Dr. John’s (a.k.a. Mac Rebennack) Locked Down tour across the U.S. and Europe as a featured player in Mac’s band, The Lower 911. Jon Cleary’s sixth solo CD, Occapella!, now in its fourth week of release, became one of the best… Continue reading Jon Cleary Joins Dr. John Tour
Media shapes cultures shapes images shape persona. It’s the inescapable cycle that is the source of frustration for many within a society where news and advertising communicate what is news and what’s hot and what’s not. It is such anger and disgust with society that in part drive Letters to Kurt, a short, poetic epistolary… Continue reading Letters to Kurt: Exploring Death, Media, Society & Finding Self
Phish’s WaterWheel Foundation and the Mimi Fishman Foundation have teamed together once again with an on-line charity auction. The auction features ticket packages for the second leg of the Phish 2012 Summer tour.Phish kicks off the second half of their 2012 Summer Tour on August 15 in Long Beach and concludes the tour on September… Continue reading Phish Ticket (Summer Leg 2) Package Charity Auction
BMI will dispatch three of the freshest voices from Nashville’s thriving independent rock scene to the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 4th annual Road to Bonnaroo contest victors By Lightning, Wild Cub, and Fly Golden Eagle each earned slots in the festival’s Great Taste Lounge Brewed by Miller Lite, where they will serve… Continue reading Catch Nashville's Road to Bonnaroo Winners: By Lightning, Wild Cub, & Fly Golden Eagle @ Roo
Ian Tyson is a cowboy, sure as Hell. And with Raven Singer, the 78-year-old songwriter’s second album following a near-debilitating throat infection, he makes certain to remind his listeners of just that.For the uninitiated, Tyson began his prolific career as one-half of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia in the early ’60s, penning classic standards… Continue reading Ian Tyson | 'Raven Singer' | CD Review
Newly announced as part of NXNE Music are five-piece progressive metal group PROTEST THE HERO, psychedelic-rockers PORTUGAL. THE MAN, Canadian singer-songwriter MATT MAYS, noise rock trio A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, minimalist pop duo ETERNAL SUMMERS, and DUSTED, the latest project from Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt and Bruce Peninsula’s Leon Taheny.Previously announced is the return… Continue reading NXNE Presents: Protest the Hero & Portugal. The Man
