Posts Tagged ‘Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings’
Forecastle Festival 2013 Lineup: Black Keys, String Cheese Incident, Animal Collective and more
The lineup for the annual Forecastle Festival in Louisville was just announced! Holding down the top slots this year will be The Black Keys, String Cheese Incident, the Avett Brothers and the Flaming Lips. LMB faves like Alabama Shakes, Jim James, Bombino, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Big... more
FESTIVAL RECAP: Life is good Festival 2012
Words and Photos by Craig J. Sandor Good Weather, good vibes, good people, good times and all for a good cause (The 2012 Life is good Festival raised over $1 million to help kids in need) - the 2012 Life is good Festival in Canton, MA certainly lived up to its... more
Life is Good 2012 Festival Lineup Announced
The lineup for the annual Life is Good festival dropped today! Set on Prowse Farm in Canton, MA on the weekend of September 22-23, 2012, the annual fundraiser for their nonprofit arm helping kids overcome poverty is welcoming another year of top tier talent. Topping this year's lineup... more
Bonnaroo 2012 Webcast Schedule Posted
The webcast schedule for this year's Bonnaroo Music Festival has been announced and posted on YouTube. It's effing stacked, too. For those of us enjoying this year's festival from the comfort of our own Couch Tour parties, we're in for a treat with webcast sets planned for tUnE-yArDs,... more
LMB NYC: Concert Calendar (April 16-22) – Furthur, Kraftwerk, Paul Simon, Greyboys, Sphongle, Brothers Past
We've got another big week of concerts in NYC on our hands. Furthur and Kraftwerk are back to finish off their long multi-night runs, Paul Simon makes his NYC return, Rodrigo y Gabriela step it up to Radio City, the Greyboy Allstars get set to funk out Brooklyn Bowl, Portugal.... more
LMB NYC: This Week’s Concert Calendar (Dec. 12 – Dec 18)
This week's NYC concert calendar features another diverse mix of shows, including a six-night run by the National, My Morning Jacket at MSG, American Babies at Mercury Lounge, and two nights of Atlas Sound, among many other interesting shows. The National kicks off a six-night run at the Beacon with... more
THOUGHTS: Day One @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival 2011
Yesterday was a fantastic day down in Golden Gate Park for the first official day at the 2011 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, and I got to take in a ton of music that I hadn't ever seen before while enjoying a sunny day in the park. All for FREE.... more
My Morning Jacket: New Dates (SF, LA, NYC), Videos from ACL Fest
Good news for My Morning Jacket fans just dropped in my inbox. While the band is coming off a triumphant headlining set on Saturday night at ACL Fest, they're looking ahead to a December full of awesomeness with the announcement that they'll be playing dates with Sharon Jones &... more
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings @ House of Blues – 3/15/2011
Sharon Jones teaches us how to Camel Walk, do the Funky Chicken and Tighten Up; photos and video over at LMB NOLA.
Wakarusa 2011 Lineup Announced
The start of the 2011 festival season is already well underway for our friends that are rocking Jam Cruise, but the true festival season really won't start picking up until we see Coachella in April and Jazz Fest soon after. But the promoters for Wakarusa got out ahead of... more
Tour Dates: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Release I Learned The Hard Way
I've had a huge appreciation for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings from the first time I saw them at Outside Lands in 2008, and the appreciation only grew fonder when she supported Phish for their Exile on Main Street set at Festival 8. Her latest release, I Learned The... more
Newport Folk Festival 2010 Lineup: Levon Helm Band, John Prine, Andrew Bird, Avett Brothers, Yim Yames
Newport Folk Festival 2010 from Mike Anderson on Vimeo. The annual Newport Folk Festival has announced their 2010 lineup, releasing this artsy video above to celebrate the occasion. The three-day festival takes place July 30 - August 1 at Fort Adams in Newport, RI, and this year's lineup includes artists like... more
NPR’s SXSW 2010 Webcast Schedule: Local Natives, Sharon Jones, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen
NPR Music has rolled out its schedule of audio webcasts for SXSW 2010, including performances by Local Natives, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen, among others. Check it out: Wednesday, March 17 - NPR Music's Opening-Night Showcase At Stubb's: 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT: Visqueen 9:45 p.m.... more
Wanee Music Festival 2010 Lineup
The Wanee Music Festival has released its 2010 lineup, with the Allman Brothers Band unsurprisingly at the top of the bill for two nights (as has been the case almost every year since the festival's inception). The North Florida festival takes place April 16 - 17 at the Spirit of... more
Charlottesville’s Jefferson Theater to Open Nov. 27th
It has only been a few months since I made the move to Brooklyn from Charlottesville, so I thought I'd give a little Cville music shout-out. Although it's a pretty small city, Charlottesville has always had a fairly bustling live music scene. But over the last few years, it... more
Setlist: Phish Festival 8, Day Two
Day two of Phish's Festival 8 is upon us. Check it out: Phish Festival 8, Indio, CA, Night Two 10/31/09: Set I: Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim, Possum, Run Like an Antelope *Set II - "Musical Costume" Cover Set:... more
Phish Festival 8: Halloween Musical Costume and New Year’s Eve Confirmed
I just spoke to Justin who's on the scene at Festival 8. He was able to grab a playbill for tonight and it appears to confirm that Phish will cover the Rolling Stones' classic album Exile on Main Street as their Halloween Musical Costume! The set will also... more
10KLF ’09 | 10,000 Lakes Music Festival Lineup
The lineup for the 2009 10,000 Lakes Music Festival was announced a while back while we were still on hiatus, and they announced a few lineup additions late last week. The festival is set for July 22-25 back at Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, MN, the long-time site... more
20 Bands, 20 Nights | My End of Summer Music Tour
A month or two ago, I wrote a column forecasting some of the changes in the current state of live music and the path the industry may take over the next year or two in natural response to the current state of the overarching music industry. In it, I claimed... more
Sharon Jones Closes Out Summerstage
It was a rare kind of August Sunday in New York City. Sunny, comfortable with no humidity in the air. A perfect day, as Central Park's Summerstage wrapped up its 2008 schedule with a day of soul and funk. We got to the park in time to hear the... more
Sunday Free Show: Sharon Jones at Summerstage
Sunday is the final show of the 2008 Summerstage season. Wrapping up this twenty-third season of music are bands associated with Daptone Records, bearer of the torch of classic R&B. For the friendly price of nothing, you're getting three Brooklyn based soul and funk bands, headlined by Sharon... more
Lollapalooza 2008 | Staff Reviews
Even though I checked in briefly and dropped some thoughts on the first day of Lollapalooza, I really wanted to try and round up the entire staff experience considering that Mitch, Andrew and myself all attended the festivites (and on entirely different days). The festival has become a true... more
Lollapalooza 2008 | Day Two Preview
Now that Justin has properly filled everyone in on what to see at Lollapalooza Day 1, I'll take the reigns and give everyone some can't misses for Saturday's action. In my opinion Saturday has the best line-up top to bottom, including two of the top three headliners -- guess the... more
Voodoo Experience | 2008 Lineup Announced
The Voodoo Experience has announced its 2008 lineup to celebrate its tenth year in existence. The annual New Orleans festival runs October 24 -26 and includes a shitload of artists big and small. The 2008 lineup includes -- but is definitely not limited to -- the following: R.E.M. Nine Inch Nails Stone Temple... more
From the Pit | Mountain Jam Photos from Day 2
Saturday was going to be a long day. We planned on getting to the mountain in time to see Sharon Jones, whose set began at 2:15 p.m., with plans to stay and see Dark Star Orchestra, whose set was scheduled to run until 4 a.m. After blowing me away at... more
Mountain Jam 2008 | From the Mountain Recap and Photos, Day 2
Day Two of Mountain Jam was a bit stormy for a time, but before that it was warm and sunny. After the storms blew through there was nothing but a clear cool night. The musical highlights for me can be summed up like this...Sharon Jones and Michael Franti. Sharon Jones and... more
iClips to Webcast Mountain Jam
I got to watch a bit of the iClips webcast of Summer Camp this past weekend -- I saw some of the Umphrey's McGee set from Saturday and got super nostalgic for the two years that I went to the festival. It's a nice, quality webcast experience for sure... more
From the Pit: The 2008 Jammys
This is the first in a new series here at the Live Music Blog. I've tried to write conventional reviews of a show and it just doesn't work for me. When I'm covering a show, my focus is on capturing the visuals. I'm not usually making notes on setlists... more
Virgin Mobile Festival 2008 | Full Lineup Announced
Sir Richard Branson and his Virgin Mobile Festival just announced and finalized their lineup for the 2008 event, which is set for August 9-10 at Pimilco Race Course in Baltimore, MD. Baltimore's third annual Virgin Festival has announced the official lineup. Previously announced headliners Kanye West, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch... more
Monolith Festival | 2008 Lineup Announced
The Monolith Festival is back for its second year at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. They've put together a pretty solid lineup for 2008; one that should be especially tantalizing to the indie hipster crowd. The festival takes place September 13 -14 , and includes the following: Justice,... more
Outside Lands Festival | Daily Lineups Announced
We've already seen that big ass lineup for the inaugural Outside Lands Festival, but they've now released the daily artists lineups. They're making a bit of a deal about the fact that no other artist has ever played Golden Gate Park at night, making Radiohead's PM performance a first. They... more
