CAKE has announced they will release two new albums this year through Upbeat records; “B-Sides and Rarities” (sometime this spring,) which features covers of Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” and Barry White’s “Never, Never Gonna Give You Up”, plus other covers and CAKE originals.
The second release will be “Live at the Crystal Palace” sometime […]

Erasure, the iconic British pop duo of Andy Bell and Vince Clarke, have released their new single “I Could Fall in Love With You.”  The song is from their new album Light At The End Of The World, which comes out May 22. 
Following their 2006 success with the acoustic album Union Street, these new Erasure […]

The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival is primed and ready to blow the doors off last year’s performances.  The official dates are April 27 - 29 and May 4-6, and will feature these great artists on ten performance stages:
Allen Toussaint
Allman Brothers Band
Better than Ezra
Bonnie Raitt
Branford Marsalis
Counting Crows
Dr. John
Irma Thomas
Jerry Lee Lewis
John Mayer
Marcia Ball
New Edition
Norah Jones
Rod […]

Performers have been announced for the US and UK Live Earth concerts, to be held on July 7th this summer. The US show will be in Giants Stadium in New Jersey and will feature the following performers:
AFI
Akon
Alicia Keys
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Fall Out Boy
John Mayer
KT Tunstall
Kelly Clarkson
Kanye West
Ludacris
Melissa Etheridge
Roger Waters
Rihanna
Sheryl Crow
Smashing Pumpkins
The Police
The London show […]

Sheryl Crow is making news with her Stop the Global Warming Tour, with activist Laurie David.  They just played their first show in Dallas at SMU’s McFarlin Auditorium.  The two week college tour is encouraging students, faculty and staff to join the Stop Global Warming Virtual March to acknowledge the impact of global warming and […]

Eric Clapton has announced his second Crossroads Guitar Festival,
taking place this summer on July 28th at Toyota Park in Chicago. 
Proceeds will benefit The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for chemically dependent persons.
The day-long festival will feature legendary music and collaborations including: Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, B.B. King, […]

Reunion tours continue this year with big names making a big splash.  Genesis, one of my favorite groups from across the pond, will return to U.S. soil this autumn.  Phil Collins will reunite with fellow band mates Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks in their first tour together in 15 years. 
I’ve seen Genesis in concert a […]

Eric Clapton, Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks trade licks on “Little Wing” during the first night of Clapton’s North American Tour, in Dallas, Texas, 2-28-07.  Source:  YouTubeVideo

Eric Clapton opened his North American Tour last week in Dallas.  I was fortunate to get tickets at the last minute to this sold out show.  Too bad it was at American Airlines Center, which has terrible acoustics for live music.  The sound was awful, but the band was red hot, and ripped through a two hour […]

What:
SOS (Save Our Selves) is the campaign to educate and engage us all into action to combat our climate in crisis.  Live Earth is a series of live concerts planned on July 7, 2007, to be staged across seven continents to call attention to this global movement.  Like Live Aid and Live 8 before, the Live […]