U2
The band’s show in Chicago Saturday night, the first of four sold-out Windy City dates, was a stunning return to form... read more
Beatles 'Mystery' Film Discovered
Above: George Harrison directing operations on Plymouth Hoe in 1967 Archival footage of The Beatles in Devon has been unearthed after being stored in the BBC's film library for years. The Beatles visited Plymouth for a concert in 1963, and to film their 1967 movie, Magical Mystery Tour. Footage from the visits has been shown previously on TV, but some of the film remained unused and stored in the BBC's library in Plymouth. During the 1963 visit, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison answer reporters' questions. And in 1967, Paul McCartney tells the press he's not fed up with... read more
Landmark Woody Guthrie/Lead Belly Album Re-released
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has re-released Folkways: The Original Vision-Songs of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly. The 15-year-old album has been digitally remastered and has six bonus tracks, new packaging and expanded notes. Original Vision includes Lead Belly's signature "Midnight Special," "Rock Island Line," "Irene" and Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land.” Original Vision was a companion to the Grammy-winning 1988 album Folkways: A Vision Shared – A Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly (Columbia), which featured the original versions of songs reinterpreted by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, U2 and others. After Folkways founder Moses Asch's death in 1986, The... read more
Museum Planned To Honor Ray Charles
The legendary Ray Charles will soon have his own museum on the site of his historic Los Angeles Studios. The new, three-story, 18,000-square-foot museum—scheduled to open in late 2007 under the auspices of The Ray Charles Museum Foundation—will be a combination museum, educational center and working studio/offices. Charles’ museum will feature rotating exhibits and never-before-seen artifacts from the music icon's career. It will also present an ongoing program of concerts for the public. Museum exhibits, classroom facilities, a rooftop garden, archives, Charles’ original studios, a café and a retail shop will all be included in the expanded '60s-style space.... read more
Koch Records To Release Children’s Hip-hop CD
Koch Records will release Too Hoot to Handle, the debut album from kid-friendly hip-hop outfit The Hootz on May 24. Life-long fans of hip-hop, brother-and-sister creative team Scott Hunter Smith and Cheryl Anita Smith discovered that as new parents it was next to impossible to find true hip-hop music that was aimed at children. Realizing there was no credible children’s music out that reflected modern production values and hip-hop beats, they created The Hootz, a quartet of hip-hop owls who could teach educational and cultural fundamentals through music. "I went searching for a children's music album that I could feel... read more
Greenwich Village Folk Reunion Show
Some of the most influential figures from the Greenwich Village folk scene—Roger McGuinn, Odetta, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Eric Andersen and John Stewart—are reuniting for one night only at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in Manhattan. The performance will be hosted by Ed Sanders (pictured above). “In Greenwich Village, from 1961 to around 1969, there was an absolute explosion of genius and talent in the writing, recording and public performance of songs,” said Sanders, a renowned author and Greenwich Village historian. “Having them back together will be like creating a mighty delta of four mighty American rivers.” A portion of the... read more
Merlefest 2005
Once again, Paste is onsite for one of the best and biggest bluegrass/Americana festivals in the world... read more
Gomez To Release First Live Album
English rock band Gomez is releasing its first live album, Out West. The double-CD set documents their sold-out, three-night, January 2005 engagement at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco. Out West is in stores June 7, 2005. Track Listing: 1."Get Miles" 2."Shot Shot" 3."Hangover" 4."Going Out" West 5."Here Comes the Breeze" 6."We Haven’t Turned Around" 7."Fill My Cup" 8."Do One" 9."Revolutionary Kind" 10."Bring It On" 11."Nothing Is Wrong" 12."Love Is Better Than a Warm Trombone" 13."Do's and Don'ts" 14."Black Eyed Dog/Free to Run" 15."Ping One Down" 16."Blue Moon Rising" 17."Get Myself Arrested" 18."These 3 Sins" 19."Make No Sound" 20."Whippin'... read more
String Cheese Incident and The Flaming Lips co-headline All Good Music Festival
The ninth annual All Good Music Festival will feature String Cheese Incident and The Flaming Lips as co-headliners. The eclectic lineup also includes Les Claypool, Keller Williams, Dark Star Orchestra, Umphrey's McGee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Drive-By Truckers, Particle and John Brown’s Body with more to be announced. The festival takes place on Marvin’s Mountaintop in Masontown, W.V., from July 15-17, 2005. ... read more
Buckwheat Zydeco To Release New Album
Buckwheat Zydeco is releasing Jackpot!, the band's first studio disc in eight years—promising more classic zydeco and reuniting bandleader Stanley “Buckwheat” Dural, Jr., with his signature Hammond B3 organ. “It was great to get back in the studio with a batch of new song ideas and my band,” said Dural. The band contains longtime stalwart, Lee Allen Zeno (bass and vocals), the legendary Paul “Lil’ Buck” Sinegal and Olivier Scoazec (lead guitars), Buckwheat’s son Sir Reginald Master Dural (rub board and vocals), Gerard St. Julien (drums) and Curtis Watson (trumpet). Catherine Russell—who tours regularly with David Bowie and Jackson Browne—provides... read more
Rilo Kiley’s North American Tour
In support of 2004’s More Adventurous, Rilo Kiley has announced its summer tour dates, including this year’s Bonnaroo festival. The band just finished their European leg with Bright Eyes. Dates include: 5/6 - Austin, Texas - Stubbs BBQ 5/7 - Houston, Texas - Engine Room 5/8 - Dallas, Texas - TBA 5/11 - Lawrence, Kan. - Granada 5/12 - Omaha, Neb. - Sokol Auditorium 5/13 - Iowa City, Iowa - TBA 5/14 - Minneapolis, Minn. - First Avenue 5/16 - Chicago, Ill. – Metro 5/17 - Newport, Ky. - Southgate House... read more
Mike Gordon To Tour With Leo Kottke
Phish bassist Mike Gordon and acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke will soon join forces for a summer tour. Performing together for the first time since their appearance at Bonnaroo in June 2003, they will play a mix of festivals, multi-band bills and headlining appearances. Kottke and Gordon will highlight material from their collaborative debut CLONE as well as new material, featuring songs from their upcoming album, Sixty Six Steps. The album is tentatively set for a late summer release on RCA. Dates include: 6/19 - Telluride, Colo. - Telluride Bluegrass Festival 6/24 - Portland, Ore. - Northwest String Summit... read more
A Tribute To Sublime
Artists including Jack Johnson, Los Lobos, Gift of Gab, Ozomatli, Camper Van Beethoven, Fishbone and many others have come together for Look at All the Love We Found: A Tribute to Sublime. Organizers—the immediate Sublime family representing years of management, touring and grassroots marketing—designed Love with a particular goal in mind. "We want [remaining members] Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh to just be able to sit back, relax and hear some great artists paying tribute to the music they wrote," explained Zach Fischel of Cornerstone Recording Arts Society. The principals involved have agreed to donate part of the proceeds to... read more
Merlefest 2005 - Day 4
“Merlefest Traffic - Tune into 1690 AM,” the sign reads as we drive through the Appalachians and into Wilkesboro on this cloudless (and final) day of bluegrass... read more
Björk To Release Charity Record
Prompted by the earthquake and tsunami in Southeast Asia, Björk has decided to release a collection of cover versions and mixes of her song “Army Of Me” with all of the proceeds going to UNICEF. The CD will be released May 31. While researching online, Björk discovered that “Army Of Me” had been her most popular song to cover and remix. So she posted an invitation on her official website for musicians to submit their remixes and cover versions of “Army Of Me." She received well over 600 submissions in one week. Björk and the song’s co-writer, Graham Massey, then... read more
2005 Jammy Award Winners
Last weekend's Jammy Awards featured some incredibly interesting collaborations: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals with Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh; Nelly McKay with Keller Williams and The Roots' Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson; Les Claypool and Phish's Mike Gordon; Buddy Guy and the North Mississippi All Stars; Sinead O' Connor and Burning Spear; Mavis Staples, Huey Lewis and Umphrey's McGee; and Paste's personal favorite bizzarro pairing—Travis Tritt and The Disco Biscuits. Also—in the superstar jam tradition of one-off '60s band The Dirty Mac, with John Lennon (guitar, vocals), Eric Clapton (lead guitar), Keith Richards (bass) and Mitch Mithcell (drums)—the Jammys paired Buddy... read more
Pylon, Shawn Mullins to Headline Athfest
Athens, Ga., legends Pylon—in a rare public performance—and singer/songwriter Shawn Mullins will headline Athfest, an annual non-profit, music-and-arts festival held in the heart of downtown Athens. Started in 1997, Athfest is an opportunity to showcase the abundance of talent in the Classic City. This year the festival will take place from June 23 to June 26, 2005. Besides Pylon and Mullins, other performers include Bill Mallonee, The Whigs, Jack Logan, Elf Power, Summer Hymns, Love Tractor, Five-Eight, Stewart & Winfield, Randall Bramblett, Bain Mattox, Southern Bitch, David Barbe, Lona, Ken Will Morton, The Modern Skirts and Jet By Day.... read more
Merlefest 2005 - Day 3
It’s considerably drier Saturday afternoon. As the sun beats down from a cloud-dotted blue sky, I hear the sound of the Avett Brothers floating toward the Paste booth on vendor row... read more
Merlefest 2005 - Day 2
Nestled cozily against an Appalachian hillside, a few hundred festival-goers are in the midst of getting rocked by acoustic trio The Avett Brothers... read more
Merlefest 2005 - Day 1
Lush, rolling hills. Crisp mountain air. Banjos, fiddles and mandolins. ... Chicken Alfredo? read more
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