Two lines in and I was laughing hysterically, oh, this is rich! Nashville’s, Those Darlin’s have a way with lyrics that’s all too hard to come across these days. They are sure to bring some fun and good times to Bonnaroo 2014 in Manchester, TN. The Bangles meet The Kinks… that was my first thought […]
DeafHeaven coming to Bonnaroo
All-inclusive is the attitude at Bonnaroo (which explains former acts like Jay-Z) and it’s really a good thing over all. There’s a little bit of every style of music on the farm, including black metal. This year’s big heavy chunk is DeafHeaven from San Francisco! These dudes are all over the map playing fests and […]
Bonnaroo taps Lake Street Dive for 2014
Lake Street Dive have been featured in Showtime’s “Another Day, Another Time,” and “House of Cards” on Netflix. Now they are headed to Bonnaroo in the sleepy little town of Manchester, TN. I’ve been running down their YouTube playlist this morning, and dang-it, I’m beginning to wonder how I’m going to see all the good […]
Bonnaroo Calls on St. Paul and the Broken Bones
Ooh! Brass! and Telecasters (ok, Reverends) and damn the soul in that voice! This just can’t be ignored. Bonnaroo bound St. Paul and the Broken Bones’ sound is timeless in that Motown sense. Lawdy mercy I’m swooning… Add another to the “must see” list for Bonnaroo 2014 in Manchester, TN. I think I’ve said enough. […]
The Wild Feathers to play Bonnaroo 2014
The Wild Feathers will be playing at Bonnaroo 2014. I’ve been trying to figure out where they are from… Nashville, LA, Texas… all those places are mentioned in their bio, and the sounds of the areas come out in the music. Out in the wilds of the Texas country, as you scan the radio dials […]
Blank Range – Bonnaroo Bound!
Blank Range – they’ve only been a band for just under a year – Most of us have been playing together in different bands for the last two and a half years so the groundwork was laid. We had two separate bands of the same people to play each writer’s songs. Deciding it made more […]
Cass McCombs playing Bonnaroo 2014
Still loving the Bonnaroo 2014 lineup and now I’m checking out Cass McCombs on the tube… You can find ‘im all over the place. Pitchfork has a whole tome dedicated to Cass. “OVER THE LAST DECADE, MCCOMBS HAS BEEN A REMARKABLY CONSISTENT SONGWRITER [AND] HE’S QUIETLY BECOME ONE OF AMERICA’S FINEST CHRONICLERS OF FRINGE CHARACTERS, […]
East TN band The Black Lillies at Bonnaroo 2014
Welcome East Tennessee’s The Black Lillies to Manchester for Bonnaroo! These guys are just too much. Beautiful, rich layers of acoustic instruments and harmonic folk melodies touch things deep inside. Oh, I hope it’s a nice night-time show at The Other Tent. ” When the Lillies weren’t playing their 200-odd gigs during 2012, they were in […]
Bonnaroo 2014 Line-up Elton John, Kanye, Big Sam’s Funky Nation!!!
June 12-15, 2014, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival comes back to it’s home in Manchester, TN. We all eagerly await the announcement of the line-up and speculate for months about who will play. Well, today was the day! The B.L.A.M! annoucement show went live while I was on air with the featuring.me folks, so we […]
We are the West – EP II – Listen – It’ll do ya Good
We Are The West uses sound and space to create an experience that is welcoming and honest. The Los Angeles-based duo has recorded in storm drains, performed on sheep farms, and now hosts a concert series in the underground parking garage of an office building the Saturday night before each full moon. This Spring they […]