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Weekly Alt

Ye olde LEO has a phoner with RJD2 (Ramble John Krohn), who’ll be at Headliners on Sunday. Mat Herron’s B-Sides column mentions the Endtables CD release coming from Drag City in April; the Endpoint reunion scheduled for May 15; the Appalachian Love show set for Saturday at the Green Building; the Watson Twins in-store [...]

HullabaLOU Additions

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. [...]

New Orleans JazzFest 2010 Lineup

Going to New Orleans for JazzFest 2010? Here’s the daily line-up

Survival Kit 2K10 Names Panelists

The Survival Kit 2K10 music networking event has named the panelists for the discussion. They include Caroline Beck, Digital & Mobile Sales and Marketing, Alternative Distribution Alliance, New York City; Rebecca Cornwell, Store Manager, Ear X- Tacy; Sean Wachsman, PR Manager, Southern Comfort; and Sean Cannon, Deputy Editor, Noise Creep, Editor, Buzzgrinder.
The event will take [...]

Forecastle Fest Teaser?

Ye olde Google alert dropped this little teaser into the LMN mailbox today: “Forecastle Fest: 2010 Lineup Panic, Keys, Umph, Avetts, PL – The Forecastle Festival and Nederlander Entertainment are excited to announce the artist lineup and stage schedule for the eighth annual event, …” but when the link was clicked, it returned a [...]

AC/DC Louisville Show, 5 Others Postponed

AC/DC has postponed six of the band’s U.S. tour dates, including the October 6 show in Louisville’s Freedom Hall, because of the health of front man Brian Johnson. No word on a return show or ticket refunds.

2009 Garvin Gate Blues Festival – Oct. 9-10

The 2009 Garvin Gate Blues Festival theme and schedule is out. The event is titled Harp Heaven and will feature Chicago’s Grammy-Award winning Sugar Blue as the headlining act. The event is set for October 9 and 10 and the schedule looks like this:

Friday, October 9, 6:30-11 PM
6:45 Sue O’Neil and Blue Seville – A [...]

A Look At the Music Business From Fly-Over Country

We’ve turned the orbital corner into summer; the days get shorter until December, but it’ll be awhile before you notice it. In the meantime, summer is Maximum Festival season, which has already been underway in Louisville since Derby.

What will be of interest to musicians, certainly, as well as [...]

Forecastle Fest Lineup Announced

Might as well get on the bandwagon:the complete lineup (but not the schedule) for the 2009 Forecastle Fest, set for July 10-12 on the Belvedere is out. Tickets are on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets.

Widespread Panic
The Black Crowes
The Black Keys
The Avett Brothers
Zappa plays Zappa
Umphrey’s McGee
Yonder Mountain String Band
Pretty Lights
Dead Confederate
Outformation
The Whigs
Cage the Elephant
Jason [...]

The Friday Before Derby Week

The pace of entertainment, both musical and none, picks up with a vengeance as Derby approaches. The C-J has a large section in the Features portion of the paper in today’s issue, with stories about Bob Dylan, who is releasing a new CD on Tuesday; a promo on the South By South End [...]