ACL Presents: Americana Festival Hits a Home Run With Viewers
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Americanafest Announced 2012 Dates Following Most Successful Event Ever
musical presentations. The conference expanded it’s outreach into the Nashville community partnering with the Country Music Hall and Fame Museum, Musician’s Corner, the Tinney Contemporary Gallery, the Southern Festival of Books, the Hard Rock Cafe and the Second Fiddle.
best acts, including a diverse mix of both legends and the next generation of stars. Attendance increased proportionately with thousands of fans and conference attendees packing houses at all five participating venues through the purchase of festival wristbands or limited general admission purchases.
“This year’s event reflects the growing national and international popularity of the Americana genre,” says Americana Executive Director Jed Hilly. “That artists like Gregg Allman, Robert Plant and Lucinda Williams along with industry leaders like Neil Portnow, Rich Bengloff and Michael Huppe have flown to Nashville to be a part of our community is a huge honor.” Hilly added, “What’s really exciting is the attendance of the genre’s next generation at both the festival and conference portions of our event – from the Avett Brothers to Jessica Lea Mayfield and the Civil Wars, and the hundreds of
other new artists and younger fans eager to understand the new music landscape and
experience great live music. The Americana future is bright.”
2012 WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES
2012 WANEE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Wanee Festival 2010
ANNOUNCES EARLY BIRD TICKET SALES
The 2012 Wanee Music Festival, held April 19th to 21st at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, FL, is putting Early Bird Tickets on sale Monday, December 5th at 10AM. 3 Day Tickets are just $165 (plus applicable fees) and are available through waneefestival.com and livenation.com. They are only on sale through Sunday, December 11th and the supply is limited so get them before they are all gone!
For more information go to www.waneefestival.com
Wanee Festival 2010
DR. DOG TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM Be The Void Out February 7th 2012
Beloved Philadelphia band Dr. Dog are poised to release a staggering burst of vital rock ‘n’ roll with their new record Be The Void. The album hits stores this February 7th via Anti-Records and is the raucous follow up to the group’s critically lauded Shame, Shame.
While the band’s previous records boasted meticulously crafted symphonic pop, this time around the band turns up the guitars and delivers a truly great cathartic rock ‘n’ roll album played with near reckless abandon and passion.
With the addition of new drummer Eric Slick and electronics-percussionist-guitarist Dmitri Manos, the band entered the studio (Meth Beach) with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and confidence, tracking the songs liveto perfectly capture the rough and tumble energy of their renowned live show.
“We would just get in the pocket and go with it because it sounded great,” bassist-vocalist Toby Leaman explains. “There wasn’t this endless deliberating. We just went with our gut feelings on things.”
“It was reminiscent of when we were starting out and were these fearless weirdoes in a basement, so confident and reckless and bold,” guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken adds. “It was really liberating.”
The songs on Be The Void flawlessly combine Dr. Dog’s adventuresome and expansive arrangements with a far leaner and meaner primal sound. The beats are harder, the guitars louder and edged with a warm distortion. “Guitars stopped being problematic and started becoming very exciting to us,” McMicken explains.
From the rollicking re-imagined blues of the disc’s title track to the searing guitars of “Vampire,” the frenetic punk urgency of “Over Here Over There” and the beautifully fuzzed out rock of “Warrior Man,” Dr. Dog’s Be The Void is a truly great rock ‘n’ roll record and the unmistakable sound of a band whose moment has arrived.
Be The Void Track Listing:
Lonesome
That Old Black Hole
These Days
How Long Must I Wait
Get Away
Do The Trick
Vampire
Heavy Light
Big Girl
Over Here, Over There
Warrior Man
Turning The Century
Bonamassa Shocks Music Industry
Sells out 2 nights at Legendary Beacon Theater in New York City
November 7, 2011- Award-winning blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa kicked-off his 2011 U.S. Fall Tour on October 25, 2011. On his tour, Bonamassa has performed to sold-out crowds in Minneapolis’s State Theater, Detroit’s Fox Theater, Chicago Theater, Boston’s Wang Theater and most recent, sold-out a two night performance at the legendary Beacon Theatre in New York, NY on Friday, November 4, 2011 and Saturday, November 5, 2011. Bonamassa has been on a roll selling out historic theaters such as the Chicago Theater, Detroit Fox Theater, and Boston’s Wang theater. During the two-night show in NY, Bonamassa performed with special guests: Legendary Classic Rock Singer Paul Rodgers (Bad Company and Queen), John Hiatt, Nashville Music Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for songwriting, and American Music Award (AMA) winner for Hit song “Have a Little Faith in Me” and Blues-Rock Songwriter Beth Hart. Bonamassa’s U.S. tour is in support of his 12th solo albumDust Bowl, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Blues Chart and #37 on Billboard’s Top 200, making it his highest-selling and chart-ranking U.S. debut to date. To get a free download of the single “Dust Bowl” click – http://bitly.com/jbfalltour
The two night show at the Beacon Theatre will be released as Bonamassa’s fourth live concert DVD, following a hugely successful DVD release “Joe Bonamassa – Live At The Royal Albert Hall” featuring a special guest appearance from Eric Clapton. “Joe Bonamassa – Live at the Beacon Theatre” DVD is set to release early 2012.
Bonamassa collaborated with John Hiatt on the album Dust Bowland most recently, with Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Beth Hart, known for her raw and powerful blues-rock sound, on a record called Don’t Explain, released Sept. 27, 2011 through J&R Adventures. Don’t Explain features Hart’s interpretations of ten classic songs first made famous by artists including Billie Holiday, Etta James, Tom Waits, Ray Charles, Delaney & Bonnie, Bill Withers, and Aretha Franklin with Bonamassa on guitar. Fans can get a free download of the first single “Well, Well“.
Joe Bonamassa plays The Louisville Palace Nov 15
Black Sabbath Reunite, Plan First LP With Ozzy in 33 Years
Posted on Noisecreep http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/11/11/black-sabbath-reunites Nov 11th 2011 5:00PM by Chris Epting
11/11/11, also being called “Nigel Tufnel Day” in honor of the Spinal Tap guitarist’s special “goes to 11” amp, will also be remembered as the day the original four members of Black Sabbath — Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward — announced they are reuniting with plans for a new album and tour in 2012.
The announcement was made as the four musicians (joined by producer Rick Rubin, who will work on the band’s new album) gathered at the site of their very first U.S. show, L.A.’s famed Whisky a Go-Go on the Sunset STrip. That gig was played 41 years ago to the day on 11/11/70, so that’s where the men convened at 11:11AM, along with emcee, musician and spoken-word artist Henry Rollins.
Walking out on the intimate stage to a loud round of applause from the assembled press (after a short, thoughtful intro by Rollins and a video featuring vintage Sabbath footage), the four metal icons from Birmingham, England took questions first from Rollins then from the media. (And both Rollins and the band all acknowledged the importance of Veteran’s Day, as well.)
Ozzy described how this simply seemed like the right thing to do, given the fact that the band members are in touch (and still happen to like each other). All four seemed confident that the new material they are working on with Rubin is more than up to snuff, and Rubin expressed a lot of enthusiasm at being able to work with such seasoned legends. According to Rubin, the writing process is ongoing, with several songs already written. Recording will begin early next year.
Recently, the band signed a worldwide record deal with Vertigo and Vertigo/Universal Republic in the U.S., its original label. The new LP will mark their ninth studio album together and their first since 1978’s ‘Never Say Die!’
Next summer, Sabbath will headline the mammoth multi-day U.K. Download Festival on June 10, and the new album, set for a fall 2012 release, will be supported with a worldwide headline arena tour (dates TBA).
Noisecreep asked the band if they had any special memories from playing the same Whisky stage 41 years ago to the day. After disputing a much-reported and documented fact that the gig was actually an opening set for Alice Cooper, Iommi recalled that the band rented special white tuxedos for the show and that Bill Ward’s had become so filthy that the tux rental shop would not accept it back.
“I’ve still got the suit,” Ward said with a laugh. “And I’m thinking maybe I should give it to one of those halls that collects artifacts like that.”
Black Sabbath also announced today the launch of www.BlackSabbath.com, the first-ever official Sabbath website for all authorized band news. In addition, the band’s online presence will also be supported by social media via Facebook and Twitter, marking the band’s first foray into the social media world.
The Cure Announces New Live Album From Bestival 2011, Due Out 12/6 In the US!
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District 97 and Little Atlas to play Headliners
Friday, November 18th will see two of the country’s most vibrant and original bands, Chicago’s District 97 and Florida’s Little Atlas, share the stage at headliner’s Music Hall in Louisville.
District 97 is undoubtedly the most musically adventurous rock band in the world to feature an American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist. The band was formed in the Fall of 2006 by drummer Jonathan Schang, keyboardist Rob Clearfield, bassist Patrick Mulcahy and guitarist Sam Krahn (eventually replaced by current guitarist Jim Tashjian). The foursome from Chicago honed a no-holds barred style of Liquid Tension Experiment inspired Instrumental Rock before deciding the right vocalist was needed to complement their sound; enter 2007 American Idol Top 10 Female Finalist, Leslie Hunt.
With a look, sound and stage presence comparable to a young Ann Wilson from Heart, Leslie’s dynamic performances pushed the band into a new direction that forged a unique marriage between accessible, catchy vocal melodies and an adventurous instrumental prowess. She was followed shortly thereafter by one of Chicago’s finest young guitarists, Jim Tashjian. With this new lineup of peerless musicianship in place, District 97 began wowing crowds and establishing a devoted fanbase through packed shows at legendary Chicago venues such as House of Blues, Schubas and Martyrs’, along with appearances at festivals such as CalProg 2010 in Whittier, CA and the Rites of Spring Festival in Gettysburg, PA in 2011. Most recently, the band brought the house down performing with the legendary band “Kansas” in Elkhart, IN.
In May 2010, the band signed with progressive indie label Laser’s Edge, who oversaw worldwide physical and digital release of District 97’s debut effort, Hybrid Child, which was released to worldwide acclaim in September 2010, and went on to top many “Best of 2010” lists. Running the gamut from Meshuggah-inspired metal, the epic majesty of Yes, and the melodicism of the Beatles, Hybrid Child unveiled District 97 as a true force to be reckoned with, and one that has taken the music world by storm. With fans ranging from high school students to world-class musicians such as Bill Bruford, John Wetton and Carl Palmer, it appears no one is immune from the alluring new sounds of District 97.
Joining District 97 will be Florida’s Little Atlas. Voted best original rock band in Miami, Little Atlas has released their last two albums on Atlanta’s 10T Records. This adventurous four-piece band is known for their instrumental prowess, heady lyrics, and turn-on-a-dime arrangements. Like District 97, they are alumni of the Rites of Spring Progressive Music Festival.
The Nov. 18th Show at Headliners Music Hall, a state-of-the-art music venue that holds up to 750 fans, will be the first Kentucky show for either band.
Ronnie Milsap at Horseshoe photos
Ronnie Milsap play many of his greatest hits, sang some gospel and even his rendition of Acapella. Milsap entertained the sold out audience for an hour and thirty minutes. The country legend still has a strong voice and a great show.
Here are photos from the event:
Ronnie Milsap at Horseshoe Casino
Ronnie Milsap at Horseshoe Casino
Ronnie Milsap at Horseshoe Casino
Ronnie Milsap at Horseshoe Casino
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