John Brown’s Body New Album & Fall Tour Dates
It’s been four years since groundbreaking reggae band John Brown’s Body last put out a record, 2008′s Amplify, which debuted at number one on Billboard’s Reggae Chart. The wait for new music is over, as the octet will release an EP of mostly instrumental dub, JBB In Dub, on September 18th. Two days later the band kicks off their fall U.S. tour at One Pelham East in Newport, RI. The four-week tour will span the Northeast, the West Coast, and Colorado. (The band has posted this song “Wellington” for free download on their Facebook page.) Once again working with their longtime label Easy Star Records, John Brown’s Body has focused this latest release on dubs that reflect…
North Coast Music Festival 2012 Preview
Labor Day Weekend marks a last hurrah for music lovers in the Windy City and the crew running North Coast Music Festival has made sure there is a “little something for everybody” in this years line up. This is the third year of NCMF hosted at Union Park in Chicago, IL and the first act takes to the stage at 2:00 p.m. sharp. If you haven’t already bought your tickets, good luck! All but 3-Day VIP tickets have been sold out; if you’re lucky you can catch some of the after party’s going on throughout the city. Headliners include Pretty Lights, Girl Talk, STS9, and hometown heroes, Umphrey’s McGee. And when I mentioned there is…
Donna The Buffalo Fall & Winter Tour 2012 + NYE
ASHEVILLE, NC – Donna The Buffalo has just announced their fall & winter tour for 2012. In addition to touring and playing festivals across the country DtB spent some time in the studio this past spring and summer working on their 10th album. This tour will see the band performing new songs, along with the old favorites. Donna the Buffalo’s feel-good, groove-oriented, danceable and often socially conscious music all began over twenty years ago with roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric Americana mix infused with elements of cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. The band is known for touring the country and remaining fiercely independent as one of…
Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival 2012 Lineup
TRUMANSBURG, NY – The Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance has announced their 2012 lineup. The festival is entering it’s 22nd year of supporting arts, education & the fight against AIDS. This unique world music festival in upstate NY continues to be a staple in world, Americana, reggae, & roots music. This years lineup features American country music and Grammy Award Winning singer George Jones, GrassRoots hosts Donna the Buffalo, The Campbell Brothers, & Preston Frank & his Zydeco Family Band. We’re excited to Rebirth Brass Band from New Orleans who won a Grammy in 2012 for best Regional Roots Album. Other world music bands featured at this years festival include Khaira…
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad | Buffalo, NY | 4.27.2012
(Photos by Matthew Buckley) BUFFALO, NY – Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad threw down last Friday night in Buffalo. The band is currently on tour in support of their latest release “In These Times” on Controlled Substance Sound Labs. Buffalo jam band “Slip Madigan” opened the night with an incredible jam filled set that set the tone for GPGDS psychedelic improvisational reggae. The night featured one long set with many songs off the new album. The crowd was also treated to a new yet to be titled song. This was the bands first time playing The Tralf in Buffalo after outgrowing the famed Nietzshe’s night club in the Allentown district in Buffalo. The band is currently in the…
Gallery: Kung Fu-The Bowl Sessions #2
Photos by Shane Weber BROOKLYN, NY - On April 16th, Shane Weber took a trip to Brooklyn Bowl for installment number 2 of Kung Fu’s now famous ’The Bowl Sessions’. He came back with one hell of a gallery, especially for his first time out. Opening the night, and warming up the crowd were north-east favorites Sonic Spark and Biodiesel. Joining Kung FU were Jeff Llolyd of The Heavy Pets, Dopapod’s Neal Evans, and the one and only Victor Bailey of Weather Report. Both The Heavy Pets and Dopapod have been touring like mad up and down the east coast, and are familiar and surely welcome faces to the Brooklyn Bowl crowd. Though Installment #3 has passed, the final Bowl…
Umphrey’s McGee | 11.3.11 | Toronto
TORONTO, CA – Last Thursday night Umphrey’s McGee made a long awaited return to Toronto for hundreds of rabid fans. On the 2nd night of a four night run the nationally touring progressive rock masters Umphrey’s McGee delighted the crowd with an incredible two set performance. First set highlights included a masterful Turn & Dub > Booth Love > & Wappy Sprayberry funk dance party. To close out the set Umphrey’s brought on home town drummer Daren Shearer of The New Deal in place of Kris Myers. The second set featured another special guest appearance with Marla Joy joining the band for a bust out of G&R’s “Sweet Child of Mine.” The band had no…
Interview: Mason Jennings
BTJ Photographer Chris Monaghan sat down recently with singer/songwriter Mason Jennings to talk about his current cross country tour, his beginnings as a musician and his songwriting style. You can stream Jennings’ latest Minnesota and see his remaining dates on his website. BandsThatJam:    How old were you when you started playing guitar, and when did you know you wanted to be a musician? Mason Jennings: I would always write these songs when I was pretty little, even when I was 8 or 9 I would write these full songs and sing them in to a tape recorder, so I was always really writing. But I really wanted to play drums. I started on drums…
Interview: Victor Wooten, Bassist
Victor Wooten (twitter: @victorwooten) is one of the world’s most talented bass players. He is well known as a member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones as well as a solo artist. He discussed the biggest obstacles he’s had in his career, how he met Bela and how his family got him into music.
Phish 2011 Summer Tour Dates
5/27 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY 5/28 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY 5/29 – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY 5/31 – PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 6/01 – PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 6/03 – DTE Energy Music Theater Clarkston, MI 6/04 – Blossom Music Center, Cleveland, OH 6/05 – Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH 6/07 – Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA 6/08 – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY 6/10 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ 6/11 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6/12 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD 6/14 – Verizon Wireless @ Encore Park, Alpharetta,…
