Performance / Tour News

Beck Returns to Echo

Source: Michael Ricci
June 12, 2008

Beck Back at the Echo Again...Is There and Echo in Here?

No, this post is not redundant -- for the second time in three days, Beck trotted his new band onstage at the Echo on Wednesday night for a surprise show. With three new band members joining him and keyboardist Brian Lebarton, Beck obviously wants to work some things out before the release of his new album, the Danger Mouse-produced Modern Guilt, and the summer tour supporting it. Wednesday's ...

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Kenny Barron/Mulgrew Miller in Detroit

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2008

From the department of when it rains it pours comes the news that two of the leading pianists in contemporary jazz are performing in separate corners of metro Detroit this weekend.

Kenny Barron and Mulgrew Miller were born a dozen years apart but in many ways they could be twins. It's not that they necessarily sound alike, though their styles -- swinging, harmonically sophisticated, melodically imaginative and braised by the blues -- do bear a resemblance to each other. The ...

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Baltimore Symphony Plays Dead

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2008

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Performs World Premiere Tribute to The Grateful Dead, August 1 Composer Lee Johnson's “Dead Symphony No. 6" includes orchestral arrangements of “Saint Stephen," “China Doll," “Stella Blue" and more

Jerry Garcia by Jay Blakesberg The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will delve into the psychedelic world of The Grateful Dead on what would have been Jerry Garcia's 66th birthday, Friday, August 1 at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with the world premiere performance of Lee Johnson's “Dead ...

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Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Boston

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2008

By: Andrew Bruss

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss :: 06.05.08 :: Bank Of America Pavilion :: Boston, MA

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Robert Plant and Alison Krauss offered up a unique performance by one of the most ground shaking collaborations of the past 25 years. The former Led Zeppelin frontman and the ever-endearing frontwoman for Union Station came to the Bank Of America Pavilion to dish out most of the better ...

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Wesseltoft/Kornstad/Opsvik Live at Nublu, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

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Beck Has New Band for Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
June 11, 2008

Beck's invitation-only show Monday night at the Echo not only stoked the buzz for the upcoming release of his 10th album, Modern Guilt, but it also was a toe-wetting experience for a largely new batch of side players

The musicians will have their work cut out for them if they're along for the ride on a world tour that begins later this month (and, down the road, includes a Sept. 20 stop at the Hollywood Bowl).

The frontman acknowledged that ...

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Mike Baggetta Quartet at Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

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Usher at the Apollo Theater

Source: Michael Ricci
June 10, 2008

In the Hands of a Pro, the Moves Meet the Grooves Usher Friday night with hits, splits and a handstand. “It's been about four years since we last met," Usher said addressing a sold-out audience as a single acquaintance. “I wanted it to be here at the Apollo."

He let that notion sink in a moment, implicitly evoking a roll call of legendary performers at the Apollo Theater, like James Brown and Marvin Gaye. Then he asserted his ...

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