AP - Jun 18, 2006
As Beck took the stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, he had dancers in bear suits and a band that played on water glasses and dinner plates. He also had a puppet alter-ego take a swipe at...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2005
Kanye West, Shakira, Maroon 5 s Adam Levine and Fall Out Boy lead the lineup for MTV s 14th annual New Year s Eve broadcast, which will begin at 10:30 p.m. ET. Common, All-American Rejects and Young...
More »Reuters - Jul 25, 2005
Lollapalooza staged its return during the weekend in the true underdog spirit of the counterculture it has always supported. Transformed into a single-site event at Chicago s Grant Park, the two-day...
More »Reuters - Jul 20, 2005
Primus classic lineup of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Herb Alexander will hit the studio later this year to record its first album together since 1995 s Tales...
More »AP - Jun 23, 2005
THURSDAY, 5:45 p.m.: The empty expanse of cow pasture that was once Manchester is morphing into Tennessee s third largest city. Meanwhile, somewhere near Centeroo, the first major drum circle has been...
More »AP - Apr 27, 2005
In its fifth year of preaching the virtue of live performance and grassroots success, Dean Budnick and the rest of the Jammy Awards committee continue to preserve the most valuable elements of the jam...
More »Reuters - Apr 25, 2005
Patti Smith), former Phish bassist Mike Gordon, Huey Lewis and Mavis Staples have joined the performance lineup for the fifth annual Jammy Awards, honoring the best in improvisational music. Other late...
More »AP - Mar 24, 2005
Alt-rocker Ryan Adams and mellow piano man Bruce Hornsby will immerse themselves in the jam band scene at the fifth annual Jammy awards, which will also feature Medeski Martin & Wood, Les Claypool...
More »Reuters - Sep 27, 2004
After a brief European tour, singer-songwriter Tom Waits has scheduled a lone U.S. concert date this year. The Oct. 18 show at Seattle s Paramount Theater will be one of only two North American shows...
More »Reuters - Jul 7, 2004
Stewart Copeland is big in Italy. He s also big as a TV and film composer, and he was in a really big rock band called the Police. Stewart says he especially likes being big in Italy because he loves...
More »Reuters - Jun 23, 2004
Former Pearl Jam/Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons gets a lift from a host of his ex-bandmates on his solo debut, Attention Dimension, due in August. Pearl Jam vocalist Eddie Vedder takes the...
More »Reuters - Jun 11, 2004
Kenny Wayne Shepherd is spending a good part of this month filming a blues music documentary that will raise funds for Southern musicians in need. Across a 10-day period that began June 8, the blues...
More »AP - Jan 23, 2004
On January 23rd, 1958, Brunswick Records released Maybe Baby backed with Tell Me How by The Crickets. In 1970, singer Judy Collins was denied permission to sing her testimony at the Chicago Seven trial...
More »Reuters - Jan 20, 2004
Reunited rock trio Primus has extended its touring plans with a new slate of U.S. dates. Shows get underway Feb. 24 in Kansas City, Mo., and run through March 13 in Washington, D.C. As with shows on...
More »USRN - Jun 10, 2001
(6/10/01, 7 a.m. ET) -- Primus frontman and multiple Jammy nominee Les Claypool has been added to the list of performers slated for the second annual Jammy Awards, taking place June 28 at the Roseland...
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