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- Friday,August 31,2012
As Labor Day weekend brings the summer to its unofficial close, late summer festivals abound. Allen Toussaint performs The Bright Mississippi at Curaçao North Sea and Chicago jazz fests ... Joshua Redman is at Curaçao with James Farm ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play Rhode Island's Rhythm & Roots ... Dr. John plays Wyoming's Snowy Range Music Fest and St. Louis' Big Muddy Blues Fest ... Emmylou Harris returns to the Greenbelt Harvest Picnic ... Lianne La Havas is at Dublin's Electric Picnic ... k.d. lang closes out US tour in California ... The Low Anthem is at End of the Road ... Pat Metheny resumes Unity Band tour ... Sara Watkins plays Four Corners Folk Fest in Colorado ... and more ...
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsWednesday,August 29,2012The Black Keys closed out their European summer festival tour with a performance at the Reading Festival Sunday night. The BBC was there and captured their performance of "Little Black Submarines," off El Camino. The band was also featured on last night's episode of Le Grand Journal on Canal+, performing "Gold on the Ceiling," also from El Camino. Watch both videos here. And listen to an interview with Patrick Carney from Lollapalooza via The Weekly Feed.
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsVideoTelevisionSunday,August 26,2012The Black Keys have announced new UK dates in December 2012. The tour includes concerts in Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, and Manchester, culminating with a night at London’s O2 Arena on December 12. The tour also includes dates in Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Holland, and Germany. Tickets for the UK shows go on sale this Friday, August 31.
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsFriday,August 24,2012The Black Keys close out their European summer tour with three festival sets this weekend: two in the UK—Leeds and Reading—plus Paris' Rock en Seine ... Billy Bragg plays three UK festivals: Shambala, Solfest, and Galtres ... Dr. John hits Gulf Shores for SEC BeachFest ... k.d. lang closes out East Coast tour in Atlantic City ... Jessica Lea Mayfield has two shows in the Midwest ... Pat Metheny concludes his Summer Music Workshop ... Punch Brothers are on VH1's Hard Rock Calling special ... and more ...
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsThursday,August 23,2012Nonesuch Records wishes Lianne La Havas a very happy birthday. The British singer, who turns 23 today, saw her first album, Is Your Love Big Enough?, debut at #1 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. Today, she premieres a new video for the album track “Forget,” directed by Alex Southam and shot in early August on location in Brooklyn. Watch it here. La Havas has added a San Francisco headline show, at the Rickshaw Stop, on an off date from her fall tour supporting John Legend.
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsVideoThursday,August 23,2012Punch Brothers were in London to perform at the 2012 Hard Rock Calling festival in Hyde Park this past July. Among the other artists performing at this year's festival were Paul Simon, Tom Morello, Allison Krauss, Bruce Springsteen, and Paul McCartney. Tune in this weekend to see highlights from the festival, including a song from Punch Brothers' set, airing in the US on VH1 and Palladia and in the UK on Sky Arts. The band resumes its North American tour in September.
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsTelevisionFriday,August 17,2012Emmylou Harris hosts the inaugural Woofstock in Nashville, a day of music and more to benefit her dog rescue, Bonaparte's Retreat ... The Black Keys continue their European tour with three festival sets: Lowlands, Pukkelpop, and Highfield ... Lianne La Havas plays Lowlands as well, and Summer Sundae Weekender ... Billy Bragg plays Summer Sundae too plus Strummer of Love and Beautiful Days ... Jeremy Denk performs Bach and Elgar at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival ... Dr. John plays San Francisco and Los Angeles ... k.d. lang is in New England ... Jessica Lea Mayfield concludes her Langhorne Slim tour in Louisville ... Punch Brothers are in Kentucky too and Wisconsin ... and more ...
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsTuesday,August 14,2012Amadou & Mariam bring their North American tour to a close with a free performance on the Santa Monica Pier on Thursday, as part of the Twilight Concert Series. The show follows tour stops at festivals like Lollapalooza, Central Park SummerStage, Outside Lands, Edmonton Folk, and Osheaga, in addition to headlining shows at theaters and clubs. The Los Angeles Times, in a feature previewing Thursday's show, calls their new album, Folila, "the culmination of a midlife rise to the top strata of the world music scene in Africa, Europe and North America."
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsMonday,August 13,2012London-based singer Lianne La Havas has announced details for her first North American tour promoting her highly praised debut album, Is Your Love Big Enough?. She will join nine-time Grammy Award winner John Legend on 14 dates across the US, in addition to her previously announced September headline shows: September 11 at Bowery Ballroom in New York and September 13 at Le Belmont in Montreal. The New Yorker has described her live show as "stunning."
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsFriday,August 10,2012Pat Metheny, who celebrates a birthday on Sunday, closes out the current leg of his US tour with the Unity Band with shows in PA and NY ... Amadou & Mariam are at SF's Outside Lands ... Björk, The Black Keys, Billy Bragg play Nordic festivals ... Carolina Chocolate Drops play NYC's Cental Park SummerStage ... Shawn Colvin is in Denver with Loudon Wainwright III ... Dr. John, Emmylou Harris are at Edmonton Folk Festival ... Lianne La Havas plays UK's Wilderness Festival ... k.d. lang has two shows in NY state ... Jessica Lea Mayfield joins Langhorne Slim out West ... Punch Brothers close out Australia tour ... Sara Watkins joins Jackson Browne in Ohio and Kentucky ... and more ...
Journal Topics: On TourWeekend EventsTuesday,August 7,2012The Black Keys, Neil Young with Crazy Horse, and Foo Fighters will headline The Global Poverty Project's Global Festival 2012, a multifaceted event culminating with a free ticketed concert on the Great Lawn of New York's Central Park on Saturday, September 29, 2012. Also performing are Band of Horses and K’Naan. The Festival celebrates achievements made towards eradicating extreme poverty. Tickets to the concert can be earned through the Global Citizen website.
Journal Topics: On TourArtist NewsFriday,August 3,2012The Black Keys continue their North American summer festival run at Lollapalooza in Chicago and Osheaga in Montreal, plus a show with The Shins in Toronto ... Amadou & Mariam play Lollapalooza and Osheaga too, plus NYC's Central Park for SummerStage ... Laurie Anderson is at Antony's Meltdown in London ... Björk, Emmylou Harris play Stockholm Music Fest ... Carolina Chocolate Drops treat New England to two free shows ... Jeremy Denk plays Aspen Music Fest ... Dr. John, Pat Metheny play Newport Jazz Fest ... Lianne La Havas is on Livestream ... k.d. lang, Jessica Lea Mayfield converge in Colorado ... Sara Watkins joins Jackson Browne for two nights at NYC's Beacon Theatre ... and more ...
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