http://www.kindweb.com/ Music news articles on KindWeb. en-us Copyright 1998 KindWeb.Com. All Rights Reserved. 5/27/2012 1:11:11 PM 20 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/_7ggDkNzluA/article.asp Legendary acoustic guitar player Doc Watson, 89, is in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery. An statement from his management company Folklore Productions International reports that Watson suffered a fall earlier in the week at his home in Deep Gap, NC, 5/25/2012 12:14:43 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15693 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/IfeR-IZy0yk/article.asp Twilight and Harry Potter star Robert Pattinson may play Levon Helm in a new movie about The Band, according to a recent article in Indiewire. The article points 5/25/2012 12:14:35 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15692 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/L2SCVaE8zMI/article.asp Charlestown, RI’s Rhythm & Roots Festival has confirmed its initial 2012 lineup. The 15th annual festival will return to Ninigret Park from August 31-September 2, offering a mix of roots music, dance lessons, family activities, gourmet food and drink, and more. The 5/25/2012 12:14:24 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15691 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/iT4ncIzi414/article.asp Travelin’ McCourys, Country Joe McDonald, Devon Allman’s Honeytribe and Fareed Haque’s MathGames are among the acts slated to join ekoostik hookah at Fall Hookahville. The annual fest will take place at Pataskala, OH’s Frontier Ranch from August 23-25 .Glostik 5/25/2012 12:14:16 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15690 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/-pKQFasXbz4/article.asp For the second day in a row, Phil Lesh, Furthur guitarist John Kadlecik and Ryan Adams & the Cardinals pedal steel player Jon Graboff treated fans to a last minute, free show 5/25/2012 12:14:07 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15689 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/kcDgZaxu1zo/article.asp Widespread Panic will revisit their July 1, 1997 performance as part of their new two-track Porch Songs series. The show—which took place at Omaha, NE’s Ranch Bowl—is now available online. As of the show’s selection, the 5/25/2012 12:14:00 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15688 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/dJuX3pFekTw/article.asp Photo by Frank Lanza The Mickey Hart Band—which features Widespread Panic bassist Dave Schools—has made three live tracks from their current tour available for free online. Those tracks include recent versions of “Friend of the Devil” (5/16/12, The State 5/25/2012 12:13:49 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15687 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/qtEcbVo7Kj8/article.asp Phish will return to Saratoga Springs, NY’s Saratoga Performing Arts Center from July 6-8. In celebration of the shows, the local Saratoga Springs club Putnam Den has confirmed a series of after parties. On Friday, July 6, Putnam Den will host Wyllys & The NY Hustler 5/25/2012 12:13:43 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15686 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/4Y2KQMIRm8I/article.asp Recordings by the Grateful Dead, Booker T. and the M.G.s, Prince, Donna Summer, Bo Diddley, Love and the Sugarhill Gang will be added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress, according to “a report by the New York 5/25/2012 12:13:33 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15685 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/e1XEnOR3L9A/article.asp moe. have added a series of additional dates to their upcoming summer tour. Following their performance at the Great South Bay Music Festival on July 14, the group will continue on the road for three additional shows leading up to their two-night run at Denver, CO’s Ogden Theatre. 5/25/2012 12:13:23 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15684 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/6igpKub9Sw4/article.asp <p><em>Pick</em>, to be released July 3, 2012 on SCI Fidelity Records, is the debut collaboration of... 5/24/2012 7:35:36 AM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15683 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/T5ihzG2b-F0/article.asp <p><strong>Cloud 9 Adventures</strong> today announces <strong>Strings &amp; Sol</strong>, the newes... 5/22/2012 9:40:11 AM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15681 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/eyNle-Mw1xg/article.asp <p>As he begins his first major tour in three years, guitarist <a href="http://tsunamipublicity.us2.... 5/14/2012 4:43:29 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15677 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/yJXz_1sbEt0/article.asp <p>Bear's Picnic Music &amp; Arts Festival adds Railroad Earth, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Juggling ... 5/9/2012 3:45:39 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15676 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/yLF0mG3Z3zc/article.asp On Friday, Keller Williams opened for Leftover Salmon at Memphis, TN’s Minglewood Hall. Appropriately enough, Williams emerged during Salmon’s set for “Minglewood Blues.” He remained onstage for “Pasta On the Mountain,” which segued into “Legalize It,” 5/4/2012 2:54:03 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15675 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/BpL2HNze-nw/article.asp The inaugural Crossing Brooklyn Ferry music festival kicked off last night. A three-day music and film celebration, Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, the event is taking place across the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s various theater spaces through Saturday night. 5/4/2012 2:53:56 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15674 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/kITQhsPJR_U/article.asp New Grass Revival staged something of a reunion at this past weekend’s MerleFest in Wilkesboro, NC. Country Standard Time reports that the stealth reunion took place near the end of New Grass founder Sam Bush’s headlining set on April 28. Former New Grass members Bela Fleck and John Cowan were 5/4/2012 2:53:46 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15673 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/9iECdux4AMA/article.asp Beastie Boys co-founder Adam Yauch has died after a three-year battle with cancer. He was 47. He was first diagnosed with cancer in 2009, forcing the Beastie Boys to postpone the release of 2011’s Hot Sauce Committee, Pt. 2. The Beastie Boys have not toured since Yauch’s diagnosis and, more 5/4/2012 2:53:38 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15672 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/MWhfsDLMpKY/article.asp Keller’s view of the Flecktones Keller Williams describes himself as “a music lover first, musician second and songwriter third.” So it is no surprise that the multi-instrumentalist makes time to see some live music between his own shows and time with his family. Williams recently caught some 5/4/2012 2:53:28 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15671 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/BSal2h7PUbY/article.asp Victor Wooten’s Center For Music & Nature will host a series of educational music and nature camps this spring, summer and fall at Wooten Woods, located just outside of Nashville, TN. Camps include a bass/nature Camp, jam camp weekend, theory weekend, spirit of music camp and more. Wooten teaches 5/4/2012 2:53:18 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15670 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/fvYzzuvoO90/article.asp On May 22, Leftover Salmon will release their first album of new material in eight years, Aquatic Hitchhiker, through their own LoS Records. Aquatic Hitchhiker features the band’s current lineup: Vince Herman (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin), 5/4/2012 2:52:43 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15669 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/aNDYLVXHglI/article.asp ATO Pictures has announced the release of Turn the Tide: Songs for ‘Last Call at the Oasis’ a companion charity album to the new film Last Call at the Oasis in support of the global water crisis. Featured on the album are 20 unreleased exclusive tracks from artists including Dave Matthews & 5/4/2012 2:52:28 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15668 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/ptj7PFwa5F0/article.asp Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to Levon Helm last night with a cover of “The Weight” at Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center. The song came in response to a sign calling for a Levon Helm tribute and was Springsteen’s first public tribute to The Band drummer. Helm regularly covered Springsteen’s 5/4/2012 2:52:17 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15667 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/_GI-yUhAf3s/article.asp Widespread Panic guitarist Jimmy Herring has put out a call for fans to help design some t-shirts and posters for his upcoming shows. Fans are welcome to submit their designs and, if your design gets selected, Herring promises “lots of nice gifts and all access to JHB 2012 concerts.” Herring plans 5/4/2012 2:52:07 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15666 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/pOyJpvBMek4/article.asp The Everyone Orchestra have confirmed a four-day Colorado run in support of their first studio album The Brooklyn Sessions. The outing will include a stop at The FIBArk Festival in Salida—America’s oldest and boldest whitewater festival—as well as a 5/4/2012 2:51:55 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15665 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/Lji4AGCYghc/article.asp Keller Williams & WMDS, George Porter, Jr & Runnin’ Pardners and Jeff Sipe & Friends are among the acts slated to appear at Drumstrong 2012. The charity event will take place in Weddington, NC on May 19 and 20 with the aim of raising money and awareness in the fight against 5/4/2012 2:51:46 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15664 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/145c9oxKFNA/article.asp A diverse mix of musicians with ties to New York will come together for a rally against fracking. The event will take place on May 15 at 4:00 on Albany, NY’s The West Capitol Lawn and will be followed by a concert at the nearby Egg at 7 PM. The stated purpose 5/4/2012 2:51:36 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15663 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/esr4Ku-J3Jk/article.asp Host Gent Treadly along with Charles Neville, Borahm Lee of Break Science and Pete Levin on Blind Boys of Alabama will appear as special musical guests on this year’s 3rd Annual Jubilee Cruise. The charity cruise takes place aboard The Jewel on May 31, with proceeds going to benefit free musical 5/4/2012 2:51:22 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15662 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/rPy_6qBDGOk/article.asp Trey Anastasio will throw the ceremonial opening pitch at next Monday’s (May 7) San Diego Padres game versus the Colorado Rockies. Anastasio is currently on the West Coast where the La Jolla Playhouse is showing a musical he helped score, Hands on a Hardbody. The cast of the musical will also 5/4/2012 2:51:11 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15661 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/aKOHorj2KjA/article.asp The first half of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival took place over the weekend with performances by Bruce Springsteen, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, GIVERS, Chuck Leavall, The Beach Boys, and many more local and national acts. In addition to official JazzFest performances, New Orleans 5/4/2012 2:50:59 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15660 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/eAyjMz7fCeo/article.asp A venerable list of artists and sports figures have donated their time and memorabilia for an auction benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Trey Anastasio, Emmylou Harris, Charlie Daniels, Lady Antebellum are among the long list of artists contributing to the auction, which kicked off Friday, 5/4/2012 2:50:48 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15659 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/XWcvaBJifM4/article.asp Adam Yauch, one-third of the pioneering hip-hop group the Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone has learned. Yauch, also known as MCA 5/4/2012 2:47:54 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15652 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/ZeeOL4ldCc0/article.asp <p><strong>Boone, North Carolina</strong>&nbsp;(May 4, 2012) -&nbsp;Music On the Mountaintop has con... 5/4/2012 2:45:06 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15651 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/zTDs-zFqKbc/article.asp <p>Early bird tickets and VIP packages are now on sale for the 2^nd annual <strong><a href... 5/4/2012 2:42:37 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15650 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/J0xhgQDYv7o/article.asp <p><strong>Tickets on Sale Friday!</strong></p> <p>Tickets to YMSB's Harvest Music Festival go on s... 5/4/2012 2:39:24 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15649 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/_qPy7J2Tcl0/article.asp <p>The 16^th Annual All Good Festival taking place July 19-22 at Legend Valley in Thornvil... 5/2/2012 1:45:49 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15647 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/F_H4iXrZmPk/article.asp <p>For the past decade, Jam Cruise has been delivering a musical experience like no other. Whether i... 5/2/2012 1:39:36 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15646 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/Z7zy9vb1uJo/article.asp <p><strong>Approved for distribution by the Chinese authorities, the band has also reached&nbsp;dist... 4/28/2012 12:11:56 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15645 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/4yQ0az7tBFA/article.asp <p>Dayton, OH &ndash; Ohio&rsquo;s nationally-touring jamband powerhouse, The Werks, are thrilled to... 4/23/2012 6:30:03 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15643 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MusicNewsOnKindwebcom/~3/Ai62S5iBK0Q/article.asp <p>After battling throat cancer for nearly 14 years, <strong>Levon Helm</strong> has passed away pea... 4/19/2012 2:59:47 PM http://www.kindweb.com/news/article.asp?ID=15640