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Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival: June 25-26, 2011
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz FestivalSaratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NYJune 25-26, 2011This year's Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival, the 34th edition of the upstate New York event, featured a great touch when famed jazz impresario George Wein was awarded a star on the Saratoga Performing Arts Center Walk of Fame. Wein created the ...
Honey Ear Trio - Steampunk Serenade (2011)
By S. Victor Aaron Listening to Allison Miller's superb CD from last year Boom Tic Boom, I appreciated how it covered a lot of ground within advanced modern jazz, helped along by such sympathetic supporting players in this piano jazz trio. But that album still left me wondering where this ace drummer, composer and bandleader was ...
Levon Helm - Ramble at the Ryman (2011)
We're reminded again on Ramble at the Ryman, a record both timeless and new, that Levon Helm was the loamy voiced, rail-jumping rhythmic center point of the Band, the yearning storyteller and gritty soul. Their records were drawn from continuity, bringing in dizzyingly diverse, age-old influences and performed in a chorus as if by brothers. That ...
Gathering of the Vibes Festival Announces Lineup
16th Annual Gathering of the Vibes Festival Announces Initial Lineup FURTHUR Featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, Jane's Addiction and Elvis Costello to Perform July 21-24, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT Single Day, Camping and VIP Tickets On Sale Now! Gathering of the Vibes, the Northeast's premier summer music festival, announces initial lineup including: FURTHUR featuring Phil ...
Honey Ear Trio: Steampunk Serenade
by Troy Collins
Building on an established legacy, Honey Ear Trio updates the time honored acoustic instrumentation of the classic saxophone trio with a subtle use of electronics on their debut Steampunk Serenade. Saxophonist Erik Lawrence, bassist Rene Hart and drummer Allison Miller draw upon their diverse experiences in an array of popular music forms (rock, soul, folk) to ...
Levon Helm: NYE Ramble
TICKETS ON SALE OCTOBER 1 In addition to Midnight Rambles scheduled for December 4, 11, and 18, Levon Helm will perform with his band on December 31 as part of a special New Years Eve Midnight Ramble. The opening act is yet to be announced. Tickets will go on sale Friday, October 1 at 10 AM ...
2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
by Gary Firstenberg
The city of New Orleans is riding high these days. With the beloved football team winning the Super Bowl, a new mayor promising a brighter future, a rebuilding of structures and economy, and a new HBO television show, Treme, extolling the virtues of the unique culture of this musical mecca, times could not be better for ...
Levon Helm's 'Electric Dirt'
If there's one thing a good drummer knows it's the power of a groove, and Helm, one of rock's greatest with the sticks, has them in spades on Electric Dirt, his second album since recovering from throat cancer. Helm's upped the rock energy quotient here, taking him even closer to that timeless Americana sound he and ...
Jorma Kaukonen: River of Time
by Doug Collette
Jorma Kaukonen's revival of his partnership with Jack Casady of Hot Tuna over the last decade has also inspired him as a solo musician. The guitarist/vocalist/composer has produced the Grammy-nominated Blue Country Heart (Columbia, 2002) as well as the splendid Stars in my Crown (Red House, 2007). River of Time is an even more heartfelt and ...
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