Héloïse Letissier has once again injected enormous emotional heft into the vessel of warped, left-field pop. And this one takes on classic literature! Christine and The Queens’ newest release ‘La Vita Nuova’ borrows its name from a Latin text by Dante Alighieri, which tells the story of his love for a woman named Beatrice and  details the emotional toll of her early death.

Johnny Lee Schell, Tony Braunagel, Mike Finnigan, Darrell Leonard, Lenny Castro all part of this great album.

Angélique Kidjo won Best World Music Album for Celia at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. This marks her fourth win in the category and fourth GRAMMY win overall. 

During her acceptance speech, Kidjo celebrated a new generation of African artists coming up to represent the continent while thanking luminaries who came before her for their contriutions to world music, including Celia Cruz.

Keb' Mo' beat out fellow category nominees Calexico And Iron & Wine (Years To Burn), Madison Cunningham (Who Are You Now), J.S. Ondara (Tales Of America) and Yola(Walk Through Fire).

Woodstock musician Amy Helm is working on a new album. The Grammy winner has posted news of her latest endeavor on Facebook. Details have yet to be released, but the daughter of the late Levon Helm has revealed where she is recording the album – Levon Helm Studios; and who is performing on the project – musicians Tony Mason, Josh D. Kaufman and Phil Cook.

Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Martin Scorsese praise the Band in the new trailer for Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, an upcoming authorized documentary about the group.

Fifty years on, it’s difficult to convey just how much The Band changed the game. As psychedelia and acid rock were exploding, they were mentally and musically galaxies away, sequestered in Woodstock, creating their earthy, rickety fusion of folk, blues, country, old-school rock and soul.

Robbie Robertson has announced an all-star tour celebrating the Band’s legendary farewell concert The Last Waltz. Warren Haynes, Don Was, Jamey Johnson and Lukas Nelson are among the artists that will take part in the 12-date The Last Waltz Tour 2019: A Celebration of The Band’s Historic Farewell Concert.

Rund 40 Jahre nach dem legendären Album "Mit Pfefferminz bin ich dein Prinz" hat Westernhagen die Songs neu aufgenommen. Entstanden ist "Das Pfefferminz-Experiment - Woodstock Recordings Vol. 1". Producer : Larry Campbell.

Unter seinem bürgerlichen Namen Karl Walter Ahlerich Buskohl kennt den Ostfriesen kaum jemand. Doch als Carl Carlton wird er in der Musikszene wie ein echter "Gitarrengott" gefeiert.

Gäbe es einen offiziellen deutschen Botschafter in Woodstock, wäre das Carl Carlton. Wobei Woodstock da eher metaphorisch für die goldenen Jahre des Rock steht, auch wenn der Ostfriese im New Yorker Künstlerdorf eine Zweitwohnung hat. Er ist da wegen Levon Helm hin, der Schlagzeuger bei The Band war und der da wiederum wegen Bob Dylan hingezogen war, für den die Band arbeitete.

Der friesische Gitarrist, Songwriter und Weltbürger Carl Carlton kommt wieder auf Tour – mit seiner eigenen Band The Songdogs. Für ihn ein Schritt aus dem Schatten der Künstler, für die er sonst als Musiker arbeitet.

Er arbeitete bereits mit Namen wie Robert Palmer, Joe Cocker und Paul Young zusammen. Nun kündigte Carlton eine erste Retrospektive auf das Werk seiner eigenen Band an, das in Form eines Box-Sets am 13. September erscheint.

Carl Carlton & The Songdogs:

“Lifelong Guarantee - The Best Of Carl Carlton & The Songdogs“ 

(4LP+2CD+7” Vinyl-Single-Box oder 2CDs oder 7“ Vinyl-Single oder digitaler Download)

(Staages Music/Cargo)

Vö.-Termin: 13.09.2019

Der Ostfriese Carl Carlton ist nicht nur Gitarrist bei Maffay, Lindenberg und Westernhagen – auch in Amerika ist er ein gefragter Musiker. Dabei begann seine Karriere denkbar tragisch.

Singer won five Grammys and received Recording Academy’s lifetime achievement award as leader and co-founder of gospel group

The Beacon Theatre rocked on March 7 when an incredible lineup of rock, soul and blues stars came together to play the third annual Love Rocks NYC, our annual benefit concert, which raised an astonishing $2.3 million dollars.

Carl Carlton and the Songdogs are back on the road.

For years rock guitarists have crossed-over into the classical realm to pair up for performances with symphony orchestras. This week Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio appeared with the Nashville Symphony for a concert featuring three new orchestral arrangement of the guitarist’s songs. This edition of Sunday Cinema presents Trey and four other axemen collaborating with symphony orchestras.

Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson reunited on the latter’s “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down” for the 2016 tribute concert, The Life and Songs of Kris Kristofferson: All Star Concert Celebration. The show will be released as a concert album and film October 27th. CMT will air the full show that same night at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. 

The light behind Angelique Kidjo is bright. Skyping me from New Jersey, where she was to deliver a keynote address for the Segal Foundation, the global music icon looks like a nubian angel. 

After spending many years supporting the likes of Levon Helm, Little Feat and Hot Tuna, the “First Couple of Americana” strike out on their own with another album of original material and classic covers.

He was a brilliant perfectionist behind one of rock’s most eccentric bands – even if he preferred life in the shadows.

Founding member Jimmy Carter’s tales of the Deep South and the civil-rights fight now form a musical memoir