The Bacon Brothers – Kevin Bacon Can Sing?

August 2, 2009

While surfing through Facebook today I noticed a YouTube link to The Bacon Brothers on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Ferguson. Apparently Kevin Bacon not only can dance and act, but he sings and plays guitar? And he’s good at it? Quite the renaissance man if you ask me. Apparently they’ve been playing [...]

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Staxx Brothers: “We Are The Blaxstonz”

May 4, 2009

Artist: The Staxx Brothers Album: We Are The Blaxstonz Release: May 2009 A personal favorite of mine from Bumbershoot 2008, Seattle’s The Staxx Brothers are just about to release their second album, We Are The Blaxstonz.  Their first album, 2008′s 12th Street Blues, was a very soulful collection, but the band returns with a tighter [...]

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Ryan Adams – Cardinology Advance

October 24, 2008

Cover of Cardinology I just got an exciting package in the mail: a copy the new Ryan Adams & The Cardinals album Cardinology, set for release next Tuesday, along with an autographed copy of the watermarked CD, and an autographed tour poster. More photos after the jump…

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Trick or Vote = Get The Vote Out + Live Music

October 24, 2008

For those of you looking for a way to combine your political passions with the current Halloween season and some free live music, you may be interested in Trick or Vote. Trick or Vote is a nationwide nonpartisan costume canvass taking place on Halloween in a city near you. After a few hours of get-the-vote-out [...]

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Phish Petition: Get Hampton Simulcast Nationwide

October 18, 2008

After tens and likely hundreds of thousands of people got shut out of tickets for Phish’s March 2009 return shows, both during presale and this morning’s Ticketmaster stampede, a petition has emerged online to encourage the band the simulcast the upcoming shows in movie theaters nationwide.  The band has a precedent of doing this for [...]

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Free Panjea Album w/ Chris Berry and Michael Kang

October 9, 2008

Panjea, the african rhythm band led by Chris Berry who has toured for a couple years now with Michael Kang of String Cheese Incident, is giving away a free album featuring live tracks from their summer tour.  I had a chance to see these guys at Summer Camp 2006 and interview them for Burning Oak, [...]

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Seattle’s Reverb Fest Today

October 4, 2008

Just caught wind of this a couple days ago, but I’m headed over to Seattle Weekly’s Reverb Fest this afternoon.  $10 for an all day ticket buys you access to 65 bands at ± 9 venues in the Ballard area, which is hard to pass up.  Some possible sets I may catch: Kate Tucker & [...]

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Streaming Inbox: Rodriguez – Cold Fact

October 3, 2008

Artist: Rodriguez Album: Cold Fact Label: Light In The Attic I got wind of this vinyl reissue today from the folks at Light In The Attic, a record label in my newly adopted home of Seattle, and I thought checking out the album would be a good way to get acquainted with the happenings in [...]

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Phish Announces 2009 Shows

October 1, 2008

From Phish.com, 10/01/2008: PHISH TO PLAY THREE CONCERTS 10.01.08 Phish returns to the stage for three concerts at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009. A limited number of tickets are available directly through Phish Tickets’ online ticketing system at http://phish.portals.musictoday.com/ . The ticketing request period is currently underway [...]

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Bumbershoot 2008 Coverage

August 28, 2008

Photo by Flickr user SonyaSeattle Here are all of the links to my coverage of Bumbershoot 2008 on LiveMusicBlog.com: 08/28 – Bumbershoot Preview 09/10 – Bumbershoot Saturday Review 09/13 – Bumbershoot Sunday Review 09/14 – Bumbershoot Monday Review

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