‘Booze and narcotics are all well and good, but if you really want to get out of your head, write a book,’ says Barnes, while Jane Harper wins Gold ABIA
Read MoreLennon and McCartney. Laurel and Hardy. Peanut butter and jelly. Politicians and pontificators. Some combinations are so in sync, they’re not only the sum of their parts but all but the parts are indistinguishable from one another. The same could be said of Keb’ Mo’ and Taj Mahal, two veteran musicians who possess so much in common that they often seem as if they were born brothers of different mothers.
Read MoreFor over 20 years, Gov’t Mule has been blurring the lines between Southern rock and jam, mixing a heavy muscularity and an exploratory spirit into some truly boundary-breaking music. Led by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Warren Haynes, the band has carried the tradition of Haynes’ old day job, the Allman Brothers Band, into new territory, working the instrumental mastery of jazz and the lyrical sophistication of folk music into their riff-heavy rock.
Read MoreFive years ago today Levon Helm, a founding member of The Band, died at the age of 71 after a long battle with cancer. Helm’s emotion-filled vocals and swinging drum style were at the heart of many of The Band’s most beloved songs including “The Weight,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Ophelia.”
Read MoreJonathan Taplin will discuss his book and screen his film The Last Waltz at City Winery
Read More*Three-time Grammy award-winning songstress and activist, Angélique Kidjo, is back with a new album and tour.
Kidjo is one of Africa’s most celebrated singers, and one of the few celebrities speaking out against any form of injustice and human rights violations.
Read MoreUdo Lindenberg, Westernhagen, Wolfgang Niedecken, Peter Maffay, Joe Cocker, Willy DeVille, Robert Palmer – sie alle haben verschiedene Gemeinsamkeiten. Nicht nur der kleinste gemeinsame Nenner, dass alle Musiker sind/waren, sondern vor allem, dass sie mit Carl Carlton schon einmal zusammengearbeitet haben
Read MoreEr kommt von einer Insel im Wattenmeer, und hat die ganze Welt gesehen: Rocker Carl Carlton.
Read MoreDer in Ostfriesland geborene Gitarrist Carl Carlton ist eine transatlantische Schlüsselfigur des Rock. In den USA spielte er für Willy DeVille und Robert Palmer. In Deutschland kennt man ihn als Musiker und Produzenten von Künstlern wie Udo Lindenberg, Peter Maffay und Marius Müller-Westernhagen.
Carl Carlton ist wahrlich ein Gitarren-Gott. Er spielte mit Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker, Paul Young und Bob Geldof. Am Freitag ist der Musiker mit seinem Soloprogramm „Songs & Stories“ im Erfurter Dasdie Brettl. Die Fans können sich auf wilde Anekdoten aus seinem Rockerleben und ruppige Riffs freuen.
Read MoreDer gebürtige Ostfriese Carl Carlton erinnert bei seinem Konzert in der „Batschkapp“ daran, wie der moderne Pop aus dem Blues und dem Rock ’n’ Roll entstand.
Read MoreIn my imagination, here's how I see this project coming about. Two guys, one named Henry, the other Kevin, sitting around on a front porch, plucking guitar strings.
One of them says, "Hey, that groove feels good. What'd ya do?"
Read MoreAls exklusiven Auftakt zur ISH, der Weltleitmesse für innovatives Baddesign, präsentiert GROHE eine Vielzahl an Innovationen. Der Marktführer stellt mehrere Produkte vor, die das Wohlbefinden im eigenen Zuhause verbessern, sowie eine revolutionäre Smart Home Innovation: ein einzigartiges System, welches ihr Haus vor Wasserschäden schützt.
Read MoreDer deutsche Sanitärarmaturen-Hersteller Grohe nutzt die Weltleitmesse für innovatives Baddesign, energieeffiziente Heizungs- und Klimatechnik und erneuerbare Energien (ISH) um einige Smarthome-Innovationen vorzustellen.
Read MoreJust a few weeks ago, a collection of renowned musicians hit the road in honor of The Last Waltz and its 40th anniversary. The Band’s final performance has been well known as one of the best live shows of all time, and thus it required an all-star cast of characters to do it justice. Warren Haynes and Don Was led the charge on the first tour, and they’ve done it again with a great group of artists for another spring tour schedule.
Read MoreJohnny Cash's hometown is preparing to host one heck of a party. According to a release from Arkansas State University, Dyess, Ark. plans on throwing the first ever Johnny Cash Heritage Festival.
Read MoreWarren Haynes, the versatile US guitarist who played with the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule and the Grateful Dead and who fronts The Warren Haynes Band and Ashes and Dust Band, has inked an exclusive global music publishing deal with US independent music publisher Atlas.
Read MoreGrammy Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash will play a concert at the South Orange Performing Arts Center on February 3rd at 8 p.m. featuring music from her multiple Grammy Award-winning album The River & the Thread. John Leventhal, Cash’s co-writer, producer and husband will play alongside her.
Read MoreWest African born world music icon Angélique Kidjo -- a three-time Grammy Award winner and recipient of the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award -- flew in to Washington, D.C. this weekend to perform as one of the headliners of Saturday's (Jan. 21) Women's March.
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