Nels Cline

Few people in underground music retain the unvarnished status, proclivity for chance and change, and ductile dedication to musically honesty that Mike Watt does. Read More

SANTA MONICA, Calif. , May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In the annals of rock history, Tommy Bolin occupied a brief, but shining stint as a brilliant guitarist who wowed those in the know with his mastery of many genres—rock, fusion, funk, reggae and heavy metal among others.  Along with a much lauded solo career that, pushed the boundaries of rock/jazz fusion, Bolin played with The James Gang and Deep Purple which set him up for major solo guitar stardom which was cut short by his untimely death in 1976.  Not to be overlooked, there's been much written about the guitar wunderkind and now a top notch roster of players have signed on to pay tribute to Bolin on GREAT GYPSY SOUL.  Produced by Greg Hampton and Warren Haynes , it's a remarkable project that brings together major players who actually perform alongside Tommy Bolin 's playing and vocals from the recording outtakes to his solo debut album "Teaser."  Peter Frampton , Warren Haynes (a key supporter of the project), Nels Cline , Steve Lukather , Steve Morse , Brad Whitford , Joe Bonamassa , John Scofield , Derek Trucks , Glenn Hughes and Myles Kennedy all contribute to this amazing project.  GREAT GYPSY SOUL was released on 429 Records on March 27 in a single CD format and digitally.  The deluxe version was available as an Amazon exclusive and  hit #1 on their rock chart.  The deluxe double CD with bonus tracks will now be available physically and digitally everywhere on May 29th . Read More

At first glance, the ramshackle structure looks like some-thing out of Spanky and "Our Ganga kid-size shantytown cobbled together without adult supervision from old lumber and junkyard castoffs. This is no playground, however. The Music Box, in the historic Bywater section of New Orleans, is a new performance space consisting of nine shacks, rigged by a team of musicians, artists, inventors and tinkerers to coax novel sounds from salvaged building materials—musical architecture. Read More

Hearing songs and albums in a circular, cyclical fashion and relating them comfortably to what has gone before is a part of how our lovely little brains have been conditioned. Read More

Six major commissions, three world premieres and more than two-dozen performances make up Walker Art Center's 2012-13 performing arts season. Read More

In today's fast evolving music industry it's not just the musicians and the marketplace that need to be flexible and adaptable; music venues also need to accommodate every conceivable audio-visual need. Read More

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound , an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Read More

Bending Bridges ," reveals Mary Halvorson, "is a title I came up with in a semi-conscious state", the same as how most of the titles in her songs come about. Read More

In the documentary Man in the Sand , which chronicles the collaboration of Billy Bragg and Wilco to turn long-forgotten Woody Guthrie lyrics into actual songs, Bragg walks around Guthrie's hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma, trying to get an idea of the people and surroundings that inspired the populist bard of American folk. Read More

Born in London and raised in New York by a socialite mother and stepfather who played in Foreigner , Mark Ronson 's various early career highlights include modeling for Tommy Hilfiger, forging a somewhat regrettable lane as downtown New York's first celebrity DJ, an engagement with Quincy Jones ' daughter, actress Rashida Jones and production work for Ol' Dirty Bastard and Ghostface Killah. Read More