Wal-Mart has been pressuring major labels for reductions in wholesale costs for CDs, with apparent success, according to digitalmusicnews.com. Fresh titles from Michael Buble, Josh Groban and Blake Shelton are currently available on walmart.com for $5, and other titles are available sub-$10.
The 2008 Virgin Mobile Festival, set for August 9 and 10 at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, has a lineup with something for everyone, including oldsters: Chuck Berry, by God, is on the list, along with Foo Fighters, Jack Johnson, Nine Inch Nails, Kanye West and Stone Temple Pilots; Bob Dylan, Wilco, The Offspring, Iggy Pop & The Stooges and more and more. Might be worth a road trip.
Word has it that Flaw will play a show at Tailgater’s on Friday, May 1, but which Flaw is it? You’ll have to go see.
J. L. Puckett’s Tune in Tuesday at the C-J features this week’s CD releases and includes a highlight of the release of a Mudcrutch CD, the name of one of Tom Petty’s early bands.
The Monday of Derby Week and the May issue of LMN is off to the printers! Should be back and distribution done by Wednesday or, perhaps, Thursday, if the traffic is too fierce. The cover story is Your Black Star and their incredible similarities to Foghat
The Whigs set from the Waterfront Wednesday show is available at 37 Flood blog.
Three months out and the lineup for Forecastle Fest has been announced. This means there shouldn’t be more than five to ten changes between now and then as circumstances interfere. Joe Lord’s blog and Backseat Sandbar have the list(s).
Caesar’s Indiana has announced a summer concert series that should draw more than a few folks to the Ohio shore. The lineup looks like this:
All tickets are either on sale now or will go on sale Saturday, April 26.
A musician friend dropped into the Bluegrass Brewing Company for the Wednesday night jam session after stopping off at the Waterfront Wednesday show, featuring The Whigs, Wild Sweet Orange and Griffin House. We asked him about the show and he said that he didn’t really have much time to check out the bands, as he kept running into people he knew and talking to them instead. Apparently, Nick at the Backseat Sandbar had similar thoughts.
Dude, former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty will be the headliners for the Garden Party on Saturday, July 12, during the 7th Annual Lebowski Fest at the Executive Strike and Spare. Other performers include Kentucky Prophet, Everthus The Deadbeats and Snow Monster , so far. Keep up with the Lebowski Fest at their website.