Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
Love is All @ Market Hotel (more by Ryan Muir) Love is All are returning to our area in October to open three shows for Of Montreal. That includes the previously announced Roseland date. Tickets are still on sale. All...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
by Damian Bradley The great thing about Seattle is that great musicians grace our presence every day. Last night, blues legend and historian John Hammond (son of the also legendary John Hammond, Sr.) opened a two night run at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, taking the crowd on a musical journey through the history of American blues. [...]
Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
Today is the 5th anniversary of the death of Sam Phillips, founder of Sun Records, Memphis, and therefore a friend to us all. He doesn't have his own entry in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia but he's referred to not only in the entries on Arthur Crudup, Howlin Wolf, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Billy Lee Riley, rock'n'roll and Warren Smith but also in those on the inequality of reward in the blues ; T-Bone...
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The Free Music Archive -- WFMU's interactive library of curated, legal music downloads -- is in pre-launch-blog-mode until November while we continue to build the site and grow the library. In the meantime, here's a sampling of some participating artists...
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
in post Chicagoland Free Music Archive preview (mp3s) from WFMU's Beware of the Blog .
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
in post Chicagoland Free Music Archive preview (mp3s) from WFMU's Beware of the Blog .
The Yellow Stereo (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
I’ve been catching up on all of the new Of Montreal goodness over at You Ain’t No Picasso, as Matt has been serving the internet well with all of the news regarding the forthcoming record titled Skeletal Lamping, which is due out later this year. As you can see from the newly unveiled artwork for [...]
You Ain't No Picasso (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
It’s a good time to be an Of Montreal fan. Kevin finished up work on their next record Skeletal Lamping over a month ago, the band are setting out on tour later this year with an album shortly after and they’ve got a live DVD coming out later this year. Now we’ve got a few [...]
Article Archive (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
This article discusses about the geniuses who helped create the music of Memphis soul.
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
KT Tunstall reveals that she finds her busy schedule of gigs "cathartic".
Switched (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Filed under: Audio/Video , Celebrities , iPod , Summer Fun Proving that politicians can have good taste in music , Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke with Rolling Stone magazine about his favorite artists -- which include Bruce Springsteen , Bob Dylan , Jay-Z , and Stevie Wonder -- and how they've affected him personally. "If I had one musical hero, it would have...
Manchester Online (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
ERIC Clapton says Buddy Guy is “by far and without doubt the best guitar player alive”. Bill Wyman believes he’s the “greatest living exponent of the post-war blues guitar.”
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
UNDISPUTED blues legend Buddy Guy comes to Liverpool this weekend, playing the Philharmonic Hall on Sunday night, just a day after he will have wowed the crowds at the Glastonbury festival.
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
UNDISPUTED blues legend Buddy Guy comes to Liverpool this weekend, playing the Philharmonic Hall on Sunday night, just a day after he will have wowed the crowds at the Glastonbury festival.
Internal Monologue (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
Apparently, Obama is a Dylan fan : Wonder shares room on Obama’s iPod with "everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo Ma to Sheryl Crow," he says. "And I have probably 30 Dylan songs on my iPod." Though he’s partial to 1975’s Blood on the Tracks, "Maggie’s Farm" is "one of my favorites during the political season," says Obama. "It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric." Liking the...
