Proceeds from ‘Occupy This Album’ will benefit movement Occupy Wall Street now has an A-list soundtrack: the compilation Occupy This Album, which was announced today and will be released sometime this spring. The record will feature music from Debbie Harry, Jackson Browne, Yoko Ono, Third Eye Blind, Crosby and Nash and many more. Several of the contributors, including Joan Baez and Crosby and Nash, performed at the New York OWS site while it was still active. Proceeds from Occupy This …continue
Neil Young has completed work on a brand new album with Crazy Horse, their first album since 2003′s ‘Greendale’. Neil Young news site thrasherswheat.org reports that not only has one Crazy Horse album been completed but they are also working on another one. Young broke the news on Sunday during a master class at the Slamdance Festival where he spoke with film-maker Jonathan Demme about their film together ‘Journeys’. Demme also directed Neil’s ‘Heart Of Gold’ (2006) and the still …continue
Considering Warren Haynes hasn’t released a “solo” studio record since 1993, it is not surprising that, these days, he is best known for his efforts with The Allman Brothers Band and/or Gov’t Mule. An accomplished guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, he has collaborated with everyone from Blues Traveler, The Dave Mathews Band, The Grateful Dead and Peter Frampton to Little Milton, Elvin Bishop, Taj Mahal and John Lee Hooker…as well as the contemporary progressive heavy metal group Coheed and Cambria. To …continue
Four decades ago, during the early days of The Marshall Tucker Band (MTB), the multi-platinum selling southern rock group never had the option of releasing their music on CD or digitally through online retailers. Those were the years when the MTB and every musical act on the planet depended on the trusty vinyl record as the vehicle for delivering music to the consumer. On November 22, 2011, in celebration of 40 years, the MTB comes full circle with the release …continue
These days, Gregg Allman feels like a brand new life lies ahead. About a year and a half ago, Allman, who will take the stage at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre on Wednesday, had a liver transplant. He’d developed cancer after a lifelong battle with hepatitis C. For decades, it was a battle Allman, 64, didn’t know he was fighting. He believes it stemmed from a tattoo he received in his early 20s, and was exacerbated by years of heavy …continue
Fiery guitar shredder showcases new CD, world-class chops “Loud, tough, raw, raging – the real deal. The rafters are probably still shakin’.” Yup, that Los Angeles Times concert review sums up the blues-rock guitar shredder, whose brand-new CD, Blues in the Afterburner, is winning global acclaim. “This man sure can play the guitar,” says a British critic (uberrock.com), hailing his talent as “virtuoso blues guitar-playing in the mold of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robin Trower, Eric Clapton and even Jimi Hendeix.” …continue
Darius Rucker kept concertgoers in a Southern state of mind Friday evening, bringing down-home good times with a splash of rock and roll to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre. The performance showcased all the highs of Rucker’s recording career with a country/Southern rock smashup that had many audience members on their feet throughout the night. Although Rucker’s widely known for his stint as the lead singer of rock band Hootie and the Blowfish, in recent …continue
38 Special Live from Texas 38 Special Records If you’ve forgotten just how good 38 Special sounded as they tore up radio with hit after hit back in the ’80s here’s your chance to get reacquainted with one of the most popular southern rock bands of all time. And don’t give one single thought to the notion that these guys are ready for the old folks home; lead singers Donnie Van Zandt and Don Barnes are in strong voice and …continue
