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The Villains
Check out this rockin’ group, The Villains, from Atlanta! They’ve been kind enough to give us a free download so you can rock these tunes yourself.
Love this lyric from their song “Let’s Forget About it Tonight” …it’s OK to be out of control!
Download Let’s Forget About it Tonight
I got a chance to listen to the new Jimi Hendrix album, Valleys of Neptune, sitting alongside one of the biggest Hendrix fans I ever met, my boyfriend Mike. We both liked it, but for different reasons.
Mike is a completionist when it comes to Hendrix. He has dozens of Hendrix CD’s, albums, box sets and bootlegs. So it kind of seemed impossible to me that the archivists from the Hendrix family could find anything he hadn’t heard before. And for the most part that was true.
These were studio recordings made by Jimi and the Experience shortly after Electric Ladyland, and feature a lot of songs that a lot of us have heard before, mostly in live concert recordings, or new versions of songs that appeared on other studio albums. Serious Hendrix freaks probably have a few of them on bootleg albums. But the title track and some of the other songs were new to us.
One thing we both noticed right away is that the recording quality is excellent, and that the drums are more prominent than other Hendrix recordings.
There’s a beautiful melodic version of “Red House,” a great bluesy song called “Bleeding Heart” that was often played live, and a very strange version of “Fire” that features Noel Redding alternating vocals with Jimi. There’s something just wrong about that.
Some of the songs simply fade out before the songs are finished.. probably because hey.. the songs weren’t finished. For example, even though the version of “Red House” clocks in at 8:20, it fades right as Jimi is starting the second verse.
I really liked the instrumental cover of Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.” Mike had heard it before, but I hadn’t. It featured a lot of different guitar effects and tones..and to me even had kind of an India feel in the middle. Very tasty.
One new song to both of us was “Ships Passing Through the Night.” While the guitar playing was Jimi quality, I thought the lyrics were a bit weak. “Lay your troubles down on the chair, you gotta shake those blues outta your hair.” Maybe the song was a work in progress.
If you buy the album at Target, you get two new songs that you don’t get anywhere else. Both are instrumentals. One is called “Slower Version” and it’s a slower version of the song that precedes it on the album, “Crying Blue Rain.” And the last song is called “Trashman.” That’s the song that most impressed my guitar playing Hendrix fan boyfriend.
So what’s the bottom line? If you’re a huge Hendrix fan..you must buy this, and get it at Target. If you’re a garden variety Hendrix fan (like me), you’d probably enjoy it, so pick it up when you get a chance. If you’re a new Hendrix fan, you’d be better off buying the newly remastered Electric Ladyland or Axis Bold As Love.
If you’re not a Hendrix fan, why are you reading this?
Find out what Rolling Stone had to say and preview the album here.
Check out this great new Live From Studio M performance from One eskimO, who opens for Gomez this Friday @ the Majestic Theatre!
If you haven’t already, you can still download a free .mp3 from One eskimO
You can also listen to “Kandi” Live From Studio M
Here they are with “Hometime”
Tonight at the High Noon Saloon, Michael McDermott plays his classic debut album, “620 West Surf,” in it’s entirety. To get you ready for the show, we’ve got two free downloads!
Here’s something new from Michael – “So Am I” is from his new album “Hey La Hey” PLUS something old- “A Wall I Must Climb” from that classic album “620 West Surf.”
http://wmmm.radiotown.com/MichaelMcDermottSoIAm.mp3
http://wmmm.radiotown.com/MichaelMcDermottAWallIMustClimb.mp3
Want to relive great moments from Bonnaroos past AND preserve the planet for the future? Well check this out…
Bonnaroo has teamed up with HeadCount and the NRDC Action Fund to release a special a “Best of Bonnaroo” download compilation and encourage action on climate change.
It features live performances by Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Phish, Jack Johnson, Wilco, My Morning Jacket and a dozen other artists, most of whom personally hand-picked tracks that represent their best on-stage moments at Bonnaroo.
You can download the compilation for FREE at www.musicforaction.org. While you’re there, learn more about pending legislation and email your elected officials. It takes less than a minute to speak out on climate change, and more than 90 minutes of great, free music awaits you. Download “Best of Bonnaroo” now.
Wilco will be live webcasting their show at Overture Hall in Madison on Saturday, February 20th.
The sold out show will be available via WilcoWorld.net beginning at 8:30pm.
You’ve already heard Gabby raving about One Eskimo, a new four-piece indie group from London. Make sure to check them out when they’re in town opening for Gomez Friday March 5 @ the Majestic Theatre.
Now’s your chance to listen to “Kandi” over and over again with a free .mp3 download!
Get it, and share the love
http://wmmm.radiotown.com/kandi
Mark Knopfler
Legendary singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler will hit the road for a North American tour in support of his current solo album, Get Lucky, this spring. The tour — during which Knopfler will also dip into his illustrious back catalog — begins April 8th in Seattle and criss-crosses the continent before finishing up in Albany, NY, on May 9th.
Released on September 15th, 2009, Get Lucky is the Dire Straits’ lead singer and songwriter’s sixth studio album and follow-up to 2007’s highly successful Kill To Get Crimson, which Rolling Stone heralded as “a gem” and USA Today described as “yet another unpretentious showcase for his unmistakable gifts as a musician, tunesmith and storyteller.”
In its four-star “instant classic” review, USA Today called Get Lucky “a beauty, full of ripe, haunting melodies and gently vital, folky arrangements that showcase his robust and lyrical guitar work,” while the New York Times noted that it “radiates wariness and maturity as well as poise.”
The album was recorded at Knopfler’s award-winning British Grove Studios in West London, and co-produced with longtime collaborators, engineer Chuck Ainlay and keyboardist Guy Fletcher. It also features Richard Bennett, Danny Cummings, John McCusker, Matt Rollings, and Glenn Worf.
A multiple Grammy award winner for work with Dire Straits, Knopfler combined his wry lyrics with his guitar prowess to create such major hits as “Money For Nothing,” “Sultans Of Swing,” “Romeo and Juliet” and “Walk of Life.” He has produced records for Bob Dylan and Randy Newman as well as scoring several films including Cal, Local Hero, Princess Bride and A Shot at Glory.
Mark Knopfler’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:
4/08 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
4/09 Vancouver, BC Queen Elizabeth Theatre
4/10 Portland, OR Keller Auditorium
4/11 Eugene, OR Hult Center for the Performing Arts
4/13 Oakland, CA Paramount Theatre of the Arts
4/14 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
4/15 Temecula, CA Pechanga Resort & Casino
4/16 Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theatre
4/17 Los Angeles, CA Pantages Theatre
4/18 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
4/20 Denver, CO Temple Hoyne Buell Theatre
4/21 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
4/22 Saint Louis, MO Fox Theatre
4/23 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre
4/24 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
4/25 Minneapolis, MN State Theater
4/27 Ann Arbor, MI Michigan Theater
4/28 Buffalo, NY University of Buffalo Center for the Arts
4/29 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
4/30 Montreal, PQ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, Place Des Arts
5/01 Mashantucket, CT MGM Grand at Foxwoods, MGM Grand Theater
5/02 Washington, DC Warner Theater
5/04 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre
5/05 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theatre
5/06 New York, NY United Palace
5/07 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theater
5/08 Atlantic City, NJ Caesars Circus Maximus
5/09 Albany, NY The Palace Theatre
“I do it because I want to hear these players,” Eric Clapton says, during an exclusive interview announcing his third Crossroads Guitar Festival. The all-day stars-of-guitar show will be held on June 26th at Toyota Park in Chicago; tickets go on sale February 20th. Like his 2004 and 2007 Crossroads concerts and the best-selling DVDs from those festivals, this year’s event benefits the Crossroads Centre, the addiction-treatment facility founded by Clapton on the Caribbean island of Antigua in the early Nineties. “But it’s a selfish thing,” he admits delightedly. “I can go to one place and hear all of my favorite musicians in one day.”
Tickets for the Crossroads Guitar Festival will go on sale to the public on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10am Central Time via www.Ticketmaster.com or Ticketmaster phone charge at 800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster retail outlets or the Toyota Park Box Office.
Tickets will be priced at $100 plus parking and applicable fees.
Full list of confirmed performers:
Albert Lee
Allman Brothers Band
BB King
Bert Jansch
Buddy Guy
David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos
Doyle Bramhall II
Earl Klugh
Eric Clapton
Gary Clark Jr.
Hubert Sumlin
James Burton
Jeff Beck
Jimmie Vaughan
Joao Gilberto
Joe Bonamassa
John Mayer
Keb Mo
Pino Daniele
Robert Cray
Robert Randolph
Sheryl Crow
Sonny Landreth
Steve Winwood
Vince Gill
ZZ Top
Nearly 30 of those favorites are confirmed for the June 26th show, which will feature Clapton in a headlining set with his own band and, if previous festivals are any indication, jamming with many of his guests as well. Returning veterans of the first two Crossroads shows include Jeff Beck, Robert Cray, B.B. King, the great Rick Nelson and Elvis Presley sideman James Burton, Jimmie Vaughan, Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, ZZ Top, Steve Winwood, gospel-steel phenomenon Robert Randolph and one of Clapton’s personal heroes, Louisiana slide-guitar ace Sonny Landreth. “He’s a giant to me — his thing is so perfect,” Clapton says of Landreth. “When we send the invites, he’s the first guy that always comes back, the next day: ‘I’m in, what do you want me to do? I’ll open the show.’ Absolutely no bones with that guy.”
Among the artists making their Crossroads debuts this year are the Allman Brothers Band, British folk-guitar master Bert Jansch, singer-guitarist Keb’ Mo’ and Brazilian bossa nova legend Joao Gilberto. “I wanted to open it up a little,” Clapton says of the bill, “so it’s not so much about virtuosity as roots.” Clapton is especially excited by the booking of the reclusive Gilberto, who rarely performs abroad. “The whole thing was an excuse for getting him out of Brazil,” Clapton confesses with a laugh. But, he adds, “a festival about guitar doesn’t have to be all heavy metal or all rock. It would probably surprise a lot of people who don’t play that someone like me or Derek Trucks [of the Allmans] can admire and enjoy someone like Gilberto.”
Clapton notes that the musical success and smooth production of the 2007 festival — a one-day event also held at Toyota Park, a relatively intimate soccer stadium just south of downtown Chicago — encouraged him to do Crossroads at least one more time. The 2004 concert was, in contrast, a two-day marathon, held at the enormous Cotton Bowl in Dallas. “I’ve convinced the business guys this is the last one,” Clapton says, grinning. “Because they’re the ones who have to deal with all of the unraveling — the agencies, managers and record companies. I’ve kind of said, ‘We’ll do three.’ I like three. I’m a ‘three’ guy.”
Asked what the Crossroads festivals have achieved in greater public awareness of his peers and influences and the art of guitar playing, Clapton modestly responds, “I have no idea.” But the guitarist contends that Crossroads is not a typical music festival in that “it comes from the heart of a musician. It’s not a business deal, and there is an enlightenment in that. People realize we really love what we do.
“And hopefully,” Clapton adds, “it gets better every time. That’s the deal.”
From rollingstone.com
Brandi’s new Valentine’s Day EP, XOBC, is available now exclusively through iTunes for only $3.99! The EP features three new original songs, “Us Again,” “Way To You,” and “Love Songs” as well as two amazing covers, including “All You Need Is Love” (The Beatles) and “Heaven” (Bryan Adams). The EP is only available digitally through iTunes and you can download your copy here.
Give Up The Ghost is also available on iTunes for only $7.99! Buy your copy today or gift it to someone for Valentine’s Day!
The Give Up The Ghost Traveling Show:
February 9 – Asheville, NC: Orange Peel
February 10 – Knoxville, TN: Bijou Theatre
February 11 – Carrboro, NC: Cat’s Cradle (SOLD OUT)
February 15 – Charlotte, NC: McGlohon Theatre
February 16 – Nashville, TN: (SOLD OUT)
February 17 – Athens, GA: Melting Point (SOLD OUT)
February 18 – Clearwater, FL: Capitol Theatre (SOLD OUT)
February 20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Culture Room
February 21-26 – Miami, FL: CAYAMO Cruise 2010
February 27 – Orlando, FL: House of Blues
(Brandi and Indigo Girls are both playing full sets)
March 1 – Tallahassee, FL: The Moon
(Brandi and Indigo Girls are both playing full sets)
March 2 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theater
(Brandi and Indigo Girls are both playing full sets)
March 4 – New Orleans, LA: House of Blues
March 5 – Charenton, LA: Cypress Bayou Casino
March 6 – Austin, TX: Hogg Memorial Auditorium
March 7 – Dallas, TX: House of Blues
March 8 – Helotes, TX: Floore’s Country Store
March 11 – San Diego, CA: House of Blues
March 12 – Anaheim, CA: House of Blues
March 13 – Petaluma, CA: Mystic Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 15 – Reno, NV: Knitting Factory
March 17 – Bend, OR: Tower Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 18 – Bend, OR: Tower Theatre (SOLD OUT)
March 19 – Bellingham, WA: Mount Baker Theatre (SOLD OUT)
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