LEO’s site was inaccessible yesterday morning, so here’s what’s musical there this week: Bill Doolittle has a lengthy interview with violinist Joshua Bell, who’s coming to town for a concert with the Louisville Orchestra on September 5.
Mat Herron has a phoner with Tony Rice, scheduled to play with Peter Rowan at St. Francis [...]
Over at the C-J, Andrew Adler has an article about the Mellwood Arts Center
Recollections about the Woodstock Festival are all over everywhere; Ric Manning has one
In Saturday’s C-J, J.L. Puckett’s Digital Downloads column featured a short blurb about a new Lou Barlow CD; Barlow was a the founder of Sebadoh, which featured one-time adopted Louisvillian [...]
I overlooked an article about seeing the Grateful Dead at Freedom Hall in 1974 by Martin Z. Kasdan Jr. in the current issue of LEO. My bad, but here’s the link.
Ask pretty much any Louisvillian if they know who Will Oldham is and you’ll get a quick head shake. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Palace and Palace Brothers also evoke a quizzical look. That may change a little, now that J. L Puckett has written a bit of a feature piece on Oldham. This is not [...]
Cory Greenwell caught the Dead Child show at Cahoots last night (4/16/2008) and took a bunch of photos. He notes that their style is not really to his taste. that Phantom Family Halo is more his thing musically. The summary line “All in all, it was a fun performance of a couple guys just [...]
Those gluttons for musical punishment via excess at Backseat Sandbar have a review of the Wax Fang/Ultra Pulverize show at Headliners, with photos. Clearly, UltraPulverize is into dress-up. Wheee.
Country Music Hall of Fame member Porter Wagoner has died at the age of eighty. His publicist said that he had lung cancer. Read more here.
TicketMaster, Major Labels, MTV, Terrestrial Radio Top the List
The irrepressible, irascible Bob Lefsetz sums up the state of the music industry with a Top-Ten Most Hated in the music industry. If you’re in the business, it’s a must-read.
The study did note differences between British and American rockers.
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