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Buddy Miller: The Majestic Silver Strings

January 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

NEW ALBUM & BONUS DVD OUT MARCH 1, 2011 VIA NEW WEST RECORDS

Buddy Miller

Buddy Miller teamed up
with esteemed guitarists Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell and Greg Leisz to create The Majestic
Silver Strings, a monumental musical experience to be released on CD, with bonus DVD, March 1, 2011
via New West Records.

The Majestic Silver Strings, produced by Buddy, is his re-imagination of country songs, loaded with guitars,
atmosphere and attitude. Guest vocalists on the album include Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, Lee
Ann Womack, Chocolate Genius, Ann McCrary and Julie Miller. Rounding out the band are
Dennis Crouch on bass and Jay Bellerose on drums. A bonus DVD with concert footage of the
first, and only performance to date with Buddy, Marc, Bill and Greg playing the tracks selected for this project, will be
included with the CD.

THE MAJESTIC SILVER STRINGS TRACK LIST:

1. Cattle Call (Buddy Miller sings)
2. No Good Lover (Buddy Miller & Ann McCrary sing)
3. I Want To Be With You Always (Buddy Miller & Patty Griffin sing)
4. Barres De La Prison (Marc Ribot sings)

5. Meds (Lee Ann Womack sings)

6. Dang Me (Chocolate Genius sings)

7. Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (Marc Ribot sings)
8. That’s The Way Love Goes (Shawn Colvin sings)

9. Freight Train (Instrumental)

10. Why I’m Walkin’ (Emmylou Harris sings)
11. Why Baby Why (Buddy Miller & Marc Ribot sing)

12. Return To Me (Lee Ann Womack sings)
13. God’s Wing’ed Horse (Buddy & Julie Miller sing)

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David Lowery: The Palace Guards

December 14th, 2010 | No Comments

CRACKER AND CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN CO-FOUNDER
RELEASES DEBUT SOLO RECORD OUT FEB.
1,
2011

The Palace Guards

After years of helping steer the lauded and eclectic careers of both of his bands, Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, co-founder and
frontman David Lowery has seen fit to present a
collection of songs recorded apart from those iconic indie & alternative rock entities. Stopping short of calling it a
solo record, Lowery has collaborated with a handful of trusted musical cohorts associated with his Richmond, VA-
based studio, Sound of Music – an inner circle that Lowery has relied on for over 17 years and who’ve been
instrumental in helping create the sounds heard on this album as well as past projects.

David recorded and produced The Palace Guards in conjunction with John Morand and
Alan Weatherhead. Key players include Miguel Urbiztondo on drums, David
Immergluck on guitars and bass, Craig Harmon played organs and Ferd Moyse on upright
bass and fiddle. Special guest appearances include Cracker mates Sal Maida and Johnny
Hickman, as well as the late Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse) who played keyboards on Â“Big Life.Â” The Palace Guards will be
available everywhere February 1, 2011 through 429 Records.

THE PALACE GUARDS TRACKLISTING:

1. Raise ‘em up on Honey
2. The Palace Guards
3. Deep Oblivion
4. Ah, You Left Me
5. Baby, All Those Girls Meant Nothing To Me
6. I Sold the Arabs the Moon

7. Marigold

8. Big Life
9. Submarine

Bright Eyes: The People’s Key

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

NEW ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes will release
The People’s Key on February 15 2011 on Saddle Creek. The People’s Key – the band’s
seventh studio album – is the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2007′s acclaimed Cassadaga. In support of the
album Bright Eyes can announce two very special shows next year: Radio City Music Hall in New York City on March 9
and London’s famed Royal Albert Hall on June 23.

Live shows & on sale info:
March 9 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall*

June 23 London, UK Royal Albert Hall#

*Pre-Sale Begins: December 1 at 12PM EST. Public On-Sale: December 4 at 10AM EST

# Pre-Sale Begins: December 1 at 12PM EST. Public On-Sale: Saturday, December 4 at 9AM

The People’s Key Tracklist:
1. Firewall
2. Shell Games
3. Jejune Stars
4. Approximate Sunlight
5. Haile Selassie
6. A Machine Spiritual (In The People’s Key)
7. Triple Spiral
8. Beginner’s Mind
9. Ladder Song
10. One For You, One For Me

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The Wheel – A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia Concert

November 30th, 2010 | No Comments

LIVE AT THE FILLMORE ON DECEMBER 4

Jerry Garcia

Set up in festive, intimate cabaret style with reserved seating on the floor, The Fillmore, with its beauty and iconic
connection to Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, sets the stage for The Wheel – A Musical Celebration of Jerry Garcia on
December 4.
There will be a pre-concert reception to enjoy hearty finger foods and beverages as you reconnect with friends and
family. And, you’ll receive a print of the event poster designed by Corey and Catska Ench.

Click here for all event details,
including
how to arrange for special discounted rates at two Joie de Vivre hotels in walking distance from The Fillmore.

Lineup:
Jesse McReynolds
Garrett McReynolds

Steve Thomas

Peter Rowan Blue Grass Band: Peter Rowan, Jody Stecher, Keith Little, Paul Knight
David Nelson & Friends, Electric: David Nelson, Barry Sless, Robin Sylvester, John Molo, Mookie Siegel
and
Special Guests

Todd Snider: The Storyteller

November 29th, 2010 | No Comments

DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 1 2011

Last year, Todd Snider
released The Excitement Plan, called the “finest album of his career” by the Associated Press and
“brilliant” by The New Yorker. Now, his own imprint Aimless Records will release The
Storyteller a new double-disc live album out Feb 1, which captures
Snider in his true element: onstage before a rapt audience.

On The Storyteller, you’ll hear some of Todd’s off-the-cuff and downright hilarious folkloric tales and
meditations on contemporary culture, plus all your favorite tracks from recent years, as backed by Great American Taxi during a recent
performance in Nashville. Along with many of his most beloved tunes, including standouts like
“Tension” and “Rose City,” the 24 tracks on the The Storyteller capture Snider’s candid takes on the personal
and
the political, from marijuana legalization and gay rights, to “Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight,
White, American Males.”

For a glimpse of Snider’s sense of humor, watch this live video clip of him below introducing his own concert as a
“90 minute distraction from our doom.”

The Storyteller Tracklist:

DISC 1

1. Greencastle Blues
2. Is This Thing Working?
3. Just Like Old Times
4. Eighteen Minutes Speech
5. Tension
6. Doll Face
7. Rose City
8. Stuck on the Corner
9. Sunshine

10. Bill Elliot Story
11. Sideshow Blues

DISC 2

1. 45 Miles
2. Looking For A Job
3. Play A Train Song
4. KK Rider Story
5. Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance

6. East Nashville Skyline

7. The Devil You Know
8. The Ballad of the Kingsmen
9. America’s Favorite Pastime
10. Mushroom Story

11. Conservative Christian, Right-Wing Republican, Straight, White, American Males

12. If Tomorrow Never Comes

13. Good Fortune

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The Decemberists: The King Is Dead

November 16th, 2010 | No Comments

FOLLOW UP TO 2008′S THE HAZARDS OF LOVE OUT JANUARY 18

The King is Dead

The Decemberists have
announced a January 18, 2011 release date for their new album The King Is Dead (Capitol
Records, EMI). Rough Trade Records will be releasing The King Is Dead in the UK and Europe on January 17.
The albumÂ—a set of 10 concise, country-based songsÂ—marks a deliberate turn towards simplicity after the band’s
wildly ambitious and widely acclaimed 2009 song-cycle The Hazards of Love. Produced once again by
Tucker Martine, The King Is Dead features special guest appearances by Gillian Welch on seven
tracks and legendary R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck on three tracks.

The Decemberists will be performing the album’s lead single Â“Down by the WaterÂ” on Conan O’Brien’s newly
launched late show Conan on TBS on November 18. Â“Down by the WaterÂ” will be released digitally on
November 16. A pre-order of The King Is Dead will launch at Decemberists.com beginning November
22.

Track Listing

1. Don’t Carry It All

2. Calamity Song

3. Rise to Me

4. Rox in the Box

5. January Hymn

6. Down by the Water

7. All Arise!

8. June Hymn

9. This is Why We Fight

10. Dear Avery

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LCD Soundsystem: The London Sessions

November 4th, 2010 | No Comments

OUT NOVEMBER 9 ON DFA/VIRGIN RECORDS

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem will
release The London Sessions on November 9 2010 through DFA/Virgin Records, available
exclusively on iTunes through December 6.

The London Sessions is a unique ‘john peel session style’ 9 track encapsulation of one of today’s most
acclaimed acts in perhaps their rawest and most original recordings to date. The session itself was recorded in one
day at the Pool/Miloco studios in South London on June 29 2010, in the week following this year’s triumphant
Glastonbury performance.

LCD is currently in the midst of an extensive US tour that takes them through to their
arrival in Europe for a series of co-headline shows with Hot Chip throughout november.

Tracklisting:

us v them
all I want
drunk girls
get innocuous
daft punk is playing at my house
all my friends
pow pow

I can change
yr city’s a sucker

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Bruce Springsteen: The Promise 3 CD/3 DVD Box Set

November 1st, 2010 | No Comments

INCLUDES REMASTERED ALBUM, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN STUDIO & LIVE FOOTAGE, 80-PAGE NOTEBOOK,
21 PREVIOUSLY-UNRELEASED SONGS, AND FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

The Promise

On November 16, Columbia records will release The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town
Story, a 3 CD/3 DVD box set chronicling the making of Bruce Springsteen‘s landmark 1978
album, Darkness on the Edge of Town. Media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook
containing facsimiles from Springsteen’s original notebooks from the recording sessions, which include alternate
lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes in addition to a new essay by Springsteen and never-
before-seen photographs.

The set will include a digitally remastered version of Darkness on the Edge of Town, live concert footage
from a 1978 Houston show, a special 2009 performance of the album in its entirety at Asbury Park, a critically
acclaimed 90-minute documentary The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, which offers
never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978, including home
rehearsals and studio sessions, with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau,
former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.

“Darkness was my ‘samurai’ record,” Springsteen writes, “stripped to the frame and ready to rumbleÂ…But
the
music that got left behind was substantial.” For the first time, fans will have access to two discs containing a total of
21 previously-unreleased songs from the Darkness recording sessions, songs that, as Springsteen writes,
“perhaps could have/should have been released after Born To Run and before the collection of songs that
Darkness on the Edge of Town became.” The tracklist is available below.

As of right now, you can stream 15 of the 21 tracks over at NPR.com.

Containing a wealth of previously unreleased material, The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town
Story offers an unprecedented look into Springsteen’s creative process during a defining moment in his
career.

THE PROMISE (DISC 1)
1. Racing In The Street (’78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We’ll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous

10. Candy’s Boy

THE PROMISE (DISC 2)
1. Save My Love

2. Ain’t Good Enough For You
3. Fire
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It’s A Shame

6. Come On (Let’s Go Tonight)
7. Talk To Me
8. The Little Things (My Baby Does)
9. Breakaway
10. The Promise

11. City Of Night

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Mavis Staples & Jeff Tweedy On The Colbert Report

October 7th, 2010 | No Comments

A SOUL LEGEND AND AN INDIE ROCK ICON

Last night, Mavis Staples and
Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy stopped by The
Colbert Report for an interview with Stephen Colbert and a performance of the title track off Staples’ new album
You Are Not Alone, produced by Tweedy. Check out both clips below. (via The Audio Perv)

The New Deal: Tour Diary The Shearer Report Debuts

October 5th, 2010 | No Comments

SIGHTS, THOUGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE ROAD

In a happy JamBase exclusive, Darren Shearer of live-electro masters The New Deal will be reporting from the band’s fall tour (currently in progress – find dates here). The Shearer Report will bring weekly updates of what’s happening with tND as they carve out their unique, highly engaging musical language in front of audiences nationwide. Welcome to the first video missive!

Darren will be heading to Colorado with tND this coming weekend, where he will also be attending his first ever Phish show! Look forward to hearing about his introduction to live Phish-dom as well as the latest happenings with tND next week.

The New Deal performs next at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO on Thursday, October 7, alongside future-forward kindred spirits Brothers Past.

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Sat Eye Candy: My Morning Jacket’s The Tennessee Fire

September 25th, 2010 | No Comments

FIRST PART OF OUR LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST STEP IN MMJ’S JOURNEY

Next month My Morning Jacket has a five night stand at NYC’s Terminal 5, where they will perform each of their studio albums in its entirety [details here]. While the shows focused on their most recent work are long sold out, there remains a handful of tickets for opening night, Monday, October 18, when they will tackle their 1999 debut The Tennessee Fire (as well as a few tix for sophomore follow-up At Dawn on October 19). Likely the least explored chapter of MMJ’s rich catalog, The Tennessee Fire possesses a strikingly unique character few bands manage their first time at bat, and within it lay the rudiments of what this incredible band would grown into (not to mention some charms all its own which remain lodged in that particular time). Gut instinct says this is likely to be one of the more interesting installments in this run. Even though many songs remain in setlist circulation, this lineup has never tried to wrap itself around the entirety of this striking record, and what emerges should be another unique, memorable MMJ live experience. As an added bonus, JamBase faves Dungen open the Tennessee Fire show. Tickets are available here.

JamBase will be talking about MMJ’s debut at length next month with bassist Two Tone Tommy (or Tom Blankenship to those shunning nicknames). In the meantime, here’s an assortment of takes on tracks from The Tennessee Fire to highlight just how good this band was right out of the gate. (Dennis Cook)

And one for the openerÂ…

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Umphrey’s McGee: The Tabernacle Documentary

September 1st, 2010 | No Comments

THREE PART DOC FROM HYPER TALENTED LIGHTING DESIGNER DEBUTS TODAY

On February 6, 2010, Umphrey’s McGee took the stage at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA for a now legendary performance in front of a rabid sold out crowd. The energy in the historic room was so contagious that it created a palpable band-audience synergy, propelling the music to incredible heights. Luckily, the band’s HD video camera captured the show from the soundboard and now you can experience The Tabernacle, a short film directed by the band’s lighting designer Jefferson Waful, who has worked in television, radio, and print media for more than 20 years.

The 3-part documentary takes fans behind-the-scenes, in the dressing room and on stage during the night. Also included are musical highlights, in-depth interviews with the band and crew, and humorous outtakes that truly capture the band’s collective personality.

“It was one of the most magical and most energetic rooms and crowds that I’ve ever been a part of,” says bassist Ryan Stasik. “I could feel and hear the crowd and when that happens, I can’t really describe how that is, but it’s the most amazing thing in the world.”

The Tabernacle was released this afternoon.

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Kenny Chesney Football Doc: The Boys of Fall

August 26th, 2010 | No Comments

PREMIERES SUNDAY AUGUST 29 AT 2PM EST ON ESPN

This Sunday, August 29 at 2pm EDT, Kenny Chesney‘s 60-minute documentary on high school football Boys
of Fall will premiere on ESPN. The focus is on the high school and to a lesser degree, college
football experiences, with emphasis not on the stars, but on those who don’t make it big. It depicts how for those
who do not go on to long, storied careers in the NFL, and the lessons learned on
the field help to shape who they are today.

Shooting began in fall 2009 as Chesney compiled football interviews and footage for the video for his new single
“The Boys of Fall,” from the new album Hemingway’s Whiskey out September 28 on BNA Records.
The film features interviews with New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton, as well as interviews with stars
such as Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, John Madden, Tony Dungy, Bill
Parcells, Nick Saban, Mack Brown, Jim Tressel and Bobby Bowden.

For a taste of the Boys of Fall documentary, watch the extended video for Chesney’s single “The Boys of
Fall,” which features footage from the film:

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Old 97′s: The Grand Theatre Volume One

August 10th, 2010 | No Comments

THE GRAND THEATRE VOLUME 1 OUT OCTOBER 12

Old 97′s

Old 97′s make their triumphant return on October 12 with The Grand Theatre Volume One, their eighth studio album, from New West Records. The band recorded over two dozen brand new songs during the studio sessions and will be releasing a second volume in 2011. The 12 song album was once again produced by Salim Nourallah (who produced the band’s previous release, Blame It On Gravity) and engineered by Jim Vollentine (Spoon). Legendary for their blistering live performances, the Old 97′s spent a week of pre-production recording the new songs completely live at the nearly 100-year-old (and reportedly haunted) Dallas venue Sons of Hermann Hall.

Track Listing:

1. “The Grand Theatre”
2. “Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You)”
3. “The Magician”
4. “You Were Born To Be In A Battle”
5. “The Dance Class”
6. “Let The Whiskey Take The Reins”
7. “Champaign, Illinois”
8. “A State Of Texas”
9. “You Smoke Too Much”
10. “Love Is What You Are”
11. “Please Hold On While The Train Is Moving”
12. “The Beauty Marks”

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Black Crowes: “My Morning Song” On The Tonight Show

August 4th, 2010 | No Comments

CROWEOLOGY OUT NOW; TOUR STARTS AUGUST 13

Last night, The Black Crowes
performed The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion classic “My Morning Song” on The Tonight
Show
with Jay Leno. Their “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys” 2010 tour kicks off August 13 at the Riverside Theatre in
Milwaukee.

Croweology (Silver Arrow/Megaforce Records), their first-ever double album of all-acoustic
material
with new arrangements of their best-loved songs and deep cuts, is out now.

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Elton John & Leon Russell: The Union Out 10/19

June 24th, 2010 | No Comments

ALBUM FEATURES GUESTS NEIL YOUNG, BRIAN WILSON AND ROBERT RANDOLPH

Leon Russell

Direct Current is reporting that Elton John and Leon Russell have finished recording an album of new material. The
Union is scheduled for an October 19 release on Decca Records. The album is produced by T Bone Burnett
and
features fifteen original songs written by the duo of Elton John and Bernie Taupin, together with Leon
Russell.

Taupin’s website states: “The trio has cut fifteen songs ranging from Stones-like rockers, country tinged ballads,
gospel and even a Sinatra like weepy similar to something torn from the grooves of ‘In the Wee Small Hours’. As
reported before it’s varied in scope and drenched in a rich tapestry of atmospherics. Don’t expect to hear the old
EJ/BT sound; this is organic recording unlike anything you’ve heard from our duo before.”

Says John via his website: “I can’t stress enough how significant an influence Leon Russell was on the music of Elton
John and Bernie Taupin. In 1970, when we first went to America and I played The Troubadour, we were obsessed by
Leon’s music, and looked up to him as some kind of musical god. On the second night of the Troubadour concerts
he was there in the front row, but luckily I didn’t spot him until near the end of the show, otherwise I would have
been a nervous wreck.”

The album features a stellar backing band of drummers Jim Keltner and Jay Bellerose,
Dennis Crouch on bass,
guitarist Marc Ribot and Keefus Ciancia on keyboards. Joining in on the fun will be guest spots
by Neil Young, Brian Wilson, Robert Randolph, and Booker T. Jones.

Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica Reissue On Vinyl 4/17

April 13th, 2010 | No Comments

MODEST MOUSE CELEBRATE THE 10th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON & ANTARCTICA

WITH LONG AWAITED VINYL REISSUE OF LANDMARK ALBUM ON APRIL 17

Modest Mouse

Epic/Legacy Recordings will celebrate the 10th anniversary of The Moon & Antarctica, the highly
acclaimed major label debut from American indie rock band Modest Mouse, with the long
awaited vinyl reissue of the landmark album on April 17.

Out-of-print on vinyl for the past five years, 12″ copies of The Moon & Antarctica have become prized
collector’s items.

Available in time for Record Store Day 2010, The Moon & Antarctica, newly-struck on 12″ heavy double
vinyl, has been remastered using the band-approved 2004 CD master. The album features restored original artwork
and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a
download card for The Moon & Antarctica.

Recorded from July through November 1999, The Moon & Antarctica, the third Modest Mouse album, was
first released on both vinyl and CD in June 2000. A milestone for the band and a sublime presence on the
American pop music landscape, The Moon & Antarctica turned up on many year-end best-of lists.

The highly influential Pitchfork Media ranked the album #3 for 2000, #7 for 2000-2004, and #6 for the decade
(2000-2010). Better Propaganda named The Moon & Antarctica #23 for the decade, Rhapsody ranked it #4
on their Alt/Indie’s Best Albums of the Decade” list and Entertainment Weekly, who ranked it #37 (out of 100) in
“The New Classics” list (from 1983-2008) calling the “…major-label debut from the Northwest indie heroes…an
angular, experimental treasure….”

A success in both the mainstream and the underground, The Moon & Antarctica was certified gold by the
RIAA as of March 9, 2009.

Fans may pre-order the album online at
www.modestmouse.com or
www.modestmousemusic.com

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Roger Waters: The Wall Tour

April 12th, 2010 | No Comments

ROGER WATERS COMMEMORATES 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WALL ALBUM

WITH HISTORIC TOUR & MONUMENTAL PRODUCTION OF HIS MASTERPIECE

Roger Waters’ The Wall North American Tour Opens September 15 in Toronto

Up Against The Wall! Photo by: Mark Fisher

Roger Waters, co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original release of The Wall with a monumental tour featuring a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production of his epochal masterpiece of alienation and transformation performed in its entirety.

Up to date details on Roger Waters’ The Wall Tour, and more, may be found on the artist’s newly relaunched and redesigned website, RogerWaters.com. Waters is personally involved with the site and will be communicating with fans through it.

The Wall has been previously performed live in its entirety by Waters just 31 times including Pink Floyd’s 1980-81 tour in support of the album. A spectacular Roger Waters solo staging and performance of the rock opera in July 1990, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, drew nearly a half million fans to the Potsdamer Platz.

Roger Waters’ The Wall North American Tour, produced by Live Nation, will open September 15 in Toronto and runs through December 14 at the Anaheim Honda Center (please see full itinerary following).

The New York Times (March 2, 1980) declared that “The Wall show remains a milestone in rock history, it will be the touchstone against which all future rock spectacles must be measured.”

Originally released in November 1979, The Wall was America’s top-selling album of 1980, is one of the top-selling double albums of all time, and is still in the U.S. Top 5 best-selling albums of all time.

The Wall was made into a metaphorical musical film, directed by Alan Parker with screenplay by Roger Waters, in 1982.

One of the most profoundly influential albums in the history of recorded music, The Wall continues to affect pop culture while resonating with generations of music fans.

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Matt Pond: The Dark Leaves

February 9th, 2010 | No Comments

MATT POND TO RELEASE THE DARK LEAVES APRIL 6

Matt Pond

From a cabin in the woods outside of Bearsville, NY – where there’s not much to do but watch the grass grow up with the coyotes, deer, turkeys and bears – Matt Pond (The Wooden Birds) let go of all those studio entanglements and hacked off a piece of his own fate. Trusting in the flicker at the end of the tunnel, Pond will release The Dark Leaves April 6.

After almost giving up on the world outside the woods, Pond, with the invaluable aid of Chris Hansen (engineer, co-producer), returns with this new effort. Additionally, Matt and Chris composed the motion picture soundtrack for the feature film “Lebanon,” premiering Spring.

Download the first single, “Starting,” here.

The Dark Leaves Track Listing

1 Starting
2 Running Wild
3 Specks
4 Remains
5 Sparrows
6 Brooklyn Fawn
7 Ruins
8 Winter Fawn
9 The Dark Leaves Theme
10 First Song

John Hiatt: The Open Road

January 28th, 2010 | No Comments

JOHN HIATT TO RELEASE THE OPEN ROAD MARCH 2

John Hiatt

Looking at life through the rearview mirror was the inspiration for John Hiatt‘s brand new album, The Open Road, due out March 2 via New West Records. The legendary songwriter’s 19th studio album is classic Hiatt, picking up the tempo and returning to rock following his previous critically acclaimed Same Old Man.

Backed by his touring band, (Kenny Blevins on drums, Patrick O’Hearn on bass and Doug Lancio on guitars), the songs are inspired by life on the road, without looking back. “All the other years, my songs are about coming home,” Hiatt says.

Hiatt will take the new songs on the road beginning with a run of international dates with Lyle Lovett. Upon returning to the states, he will appear on the 3rd annual Cayamo Cruise, on which he’s played since the first voyage. Tour dates in North America will follow in March, with stops in New York City on March 10 followed by Pittsburgh, DC and Annapolis, which is already sold out.

Hiatt has written songs covered by a multitude of artists in a wide variety of genres including Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, Willie Nelson, Jewel and Bonnie Raitt, who most famously recorded “Thing Called Love.” On The Open Road he showcases both his lyrical and musical talent with his blues driven, rock songs including the title track and “Haulin’.” Hiatt produced The Open Road himself after recording with his band in his garage-turned-studio.

The Open Road Track Listing
1. The Open Road
2. Haulin’
3. Go Down Swingin’
4. Like A Freight Train
5. My Baby
6. Homeland
7. Wonder of Love
8. What Kind of Man
9. Movin’ On
10. Fireball Roberts
11. Carry You Back Home

John Hiatt Tour Dates

02/01/10 Mon Volkhaus Zurich, SWI

02/02/10 Tue Conservatorio Milan, IT

02/03/10 Wed Wuk Vienna, AUS

02/05/10 Fri Royal Theatre Copenhagen, DK

02/06/10 Sat Kulttuuritalo Helsinki, FI

02/07/10 Sun Rockefeller Oslo, NO

02/08/10 Mon Cirkus Stockholm, SE

02/10/10 Wed Ancienne Belgique Brussels, BEL

02/11/10 Thu Trabendo Paris, FRA

02/13/10 Sat The Paradiso Amsterdam, NL

02/15/10 Mon Shepherd’s Bush Empire London, GB

02/16/10 Tue Waterfront Hall Belfast, GB

02/17/10 Wed Olympia Theatre Dublin, IR

02/21/10 Sun Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

02/22/10 Mon Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

02/23/10 Tue Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

02/24/10 Wed Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

02/25/10 Thu Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

02/26/10 Fri Cayamo Music Cruise Miami , FL

03/04/10 Thu Hart Theatre at The Egg Albany, NY

03/06/10 Sat Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel Providence, RI

03/10/10 Wed The Fillmore at Irving Plaza New York, NY

03/15/10 Mon Birchmere Alexandria, VA

03/16/10 Tue Birchmere Alexandria, VA