Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
photos by Chris La Putt Nada Surf Frank Bango (Dean and) Britta Nada Surf (acoustic), Dean & Britta, Richard Buckner, Sam Champion, Scott Matthew, Tara Angell & David Poe, Simone White and Frank Bango himself performed at the Bowery Ballroom...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
"In 1993, Williams' life took a dramatic turn when she learned that she was suffering from multiple sclerosis. In 1993, an array of artists from different genres, including Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Maria McKee, Soul Asylum, Lucinda Williams and others,...
Obscene Jester (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of “the Midas Touch.” It could be applied, for example, to Mr. Damon Albarn, whose every project it seems turns to gold: from the Brit rock of Blur, to the amazing virtual band...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Damon Albarn and the Honest Jon's Revue featured, from left, Lobi Traor (with hat), Adama Sissoko, Victoria Williams (in white), Kokanko Sata and Mr. Albarn. The Honest Jon's Revue started with more than two dozen musicians walking on stage. This made a good minute of theater: there were musicians from Mali, sitting down to ancient and modern instruments, from a one-stringed fiddle to an electric guitar....
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 13/07/2008
Damon Albarn is performing, how can I not be there? If the man was putting on a juggling show, I'd go. My man pieced together an overwhelmingly successful gig on Saturday night -- complete with musicians from all walks of...
Little Hokum Rag (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Pearl Jam or Victoria Williams...take your pick. "Crazy Mary" is a great song. From YOUTUBE
The Plummet Onions (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Saturday was some kind of big day. We hit the road with our houseguests and drove down to Kent. Our destination was The Three Chimneys in Biddenden, a pub of some acclaim. It was certainly was very nice, but unfortuantely we’d only gotten through our starters when their power went completely out and they weren’t able [...]
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
For Garland firefighter Bill Cruz, the Muscular Dystrophy Association's summer camp at Camp John Marc is more than just a byproduct of the annual Fill the Boot campaign."I've been a counselor there for the past 10 years," he said. "It's a long, sleepless week, physically exhausting and emotionally draining, but I wouldn't miss it for the world. This year we had the largest number of firefighters volunteering...
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport 51 Browns lane Bellport, NY 11713 (631) 286-8459 www.uufb.org CAROLINE DOCTOROW IN INTIMATE ACOUSTIC CONCERT Nationally renowned Singer-Songwriter from Bridgehampton to headline Bellport Songwriter Series July 27 The new Bellport Songwriter Series at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport (UUFB) welcomes Caroline Doctorow in a rare acoustic performance...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
African drummer Tony Allen and southern singer/songwriter Victoria Williams to join Damon Albarn and The Honest Jon's Revue Saturday, July 12 Featuring Afel Bocoum, Kokanko Sata, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Lobi Traore, Simone White, Candi Stanton, Tony Allen, Victoria Williams and Damon Albarn One performance: Saturday, July 12 at 8 p.m. Running time: approximately 2 hours, no intermission Avery Fisher...
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
Damon Albarn is set to present and perform at the Honest Jon's Revue, a special event to take place at Lincoln Center in New York City next month.
No Good for Me (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Summer It starts on Friday! These are three of the things I'm most excited about: Farmers market fruit. My friend told me something about how the peaches are going to be especially sweet this year, something having to do with...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
While most bands used Bonnaroo as a platform to play hits, Pearl Jam used their Saturday night closing set to unleash some rarities. Around 10:15 p.m., the band strolled onto the stage and unleashed “Hard to Imagine,” a gorgeous ballad that the band has only played a few dozen times since 1992. Later on, they [...]
Billboard (Free subscription) | 15/06/2008
Pearl Jam capped its headlining slot Saturday at Bonnaroo with an impassioned rendering of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower," with frontman Eddie Vedder urging the sprawling thong to vote for change this coming November.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
A man by the name of Hayes Carll can only belong to one region: the South, where surnames are first names and a two-syllable limit abides.The 32-year-old Carll cut his teeth in the most southerly of southern points, near Galveston on Texas' sticky Gulf Coast. There, he encountered many of the w...
