Per Pitchfork.com, the spring 2010 tour for My Morning Jacket will include the Preservation Hall Jazz Band as openers on all dates listed so far. Here’s the list:
04-20 Birmingham, AL – Alabama Theater
04-21 Nashville, TN – Municipal Auditorium
04-23 Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park
04-24 New Orleans, LA – Jazzfest
04-27 St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheater
04-28 [...]
More acts have been added to the HullabaLOU lineup. In addition to Dierks Bentley, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Ben Folds, Train and The Avett Brothers, Justin Moore, Tonic, Rick Bartlett’s Rockin’ Soul Revival, Exile, Green River Ordinance, Brigid Kaelin, Hazel Miller, J.D. Shelburne, Stealing Angels and Louisville’s own Villebillies have also made the list. [...]
A musician friend recently emailed me that he thought Open Stages and Jam Sessions were bad for working players, because it encouraged the venue owners to think they could get entertainment for free. A number of responses from other players finally encouraged me to write this:
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Some of The 2010 Kentucky State Fair’s Main Stage line-up has been released: Sugarland, Thursday, August 19 and Rascal Flatts on Sunday, August 29. Comedian Jeff Dunham will be there on August 21. Ticket info to be released later.
Hank Jr. will be at Freedom Hall on April 3, with Eric Church and The Grascals opening. Presale for the concert starts at 10 p.m. Thursday. Tamara Ikenburg at the C-J tells us this: “Go to www.ticketmaster.com and use the password ROWDY10. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Saturday and [...]
Over at ye olde LEO, Mat Herron wants you to go see Mountains at Skull Alley, Eric Condon reviews Paul K’s latest, Gavage Vol. 1: Queen of Hearts and David Mann reviews D.A. King’s newest, Awacian. Finally, Marty Kasdan has a story about the Bootleggers Ball at Wildwood Country Club on Saturday.
Smooth jazz saxophonist Kenny G has canceled all shows for February, including the Valentine’s Day show on February 13 with the Louisville Orchestra, according to a press release from the LO. No reason for the cancellation was cited. The orchestra plans to develop a new second half of the show to replace him.
Going to New Orleans for JazzFest 2010? Here’s the daily line-up
The more I listen to Wax Fang, the more impressed I am. The band traveled to Memphis for a live session at Ardent Studios recently. Audio and video are posted here. Check it out.
Metromix has a stack of photos of Peter Searcy’s recent Starbilly show at Gerstle’s.