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festival

G Love and Keller Williams Live From Langerado

March 13, 2006

Last weekend’s Langerado Music Festival marks the start of festival season. You can listen to some interviews and performances from Langerado including Keller Williams, G Love, and Michael Franti on the Relix podcast Cold Turkey. The Cold Turkey archives offer a ton of Jam goodness as well. Enjoy and happy festival season! Get your Cold [...]

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RockyGrass 2006

March 8, 2006

What a better place to listen to that high lonesome sound than in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado! Rocky Grass is one of the most laid back, down to earth bluegrass festivals around. It takes place last weekent in July in Lyons and hosts some of the most amazing talent in bluegrass. This year’s [...]

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Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven

March 7, 2006

There are very few bands that I can listen to over and over again for years without ever getting tired of them. Cracker is one of those bands! No matter how many times I hear Low, Euro Trash Girl or Teen Angst I just never seem to play them out. When Cracker released O Cracker [...]

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Sasquatch Festival 2006

March 2, 2006

Sasquatch Festival 2006 looks like one of the coolest festivals happening this summer. It takes place at one of the most magical music venues on this planet, the Gorge Ampitheater which is near the Columbia River in central Washington (about three hours southeast of Seattle). Sasquatch festival takes place over the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday [...]

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SXSW 2006

February 21, 2006

The lineup for the 2006 SXSW music festival was just announced and as always its going to be a great one. Many of the performances scheduled are free (as in beer). The music festival portion of the festival takes place March 15-19 in Austin. The linup includes: » Echo & The Bunnymen {FREE} » Spoon [...]

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Jazzfest 2006

February 15, 2006

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2006 lineup was announced today. Its so great to hear that the tradition is continuing. The lineup this year is incredible. I think that many musicians have opted to play to show their support for carrying on the Jazzfest tradition in wake of Katrina. Some of the noteable [...]

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Little Feat Telluride Bluegrass 1988

February 10, 2006

I just listened to one of the best Little Feat live performances that I’ve come across. This show comes from Telluride Bluegrass Festival 1988. Little Feat is in tip top shape for this performance with newly added Craig Fuller on vocals. Other highlights include Sam Bush and Washboard Leo on Cajun Girl. You can stream [...]

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Is Songbird An iTunes Killer?

February 9, 2006

I’ve had a chance to play with the new open source music player for windows, Songbird and I see a ton of potential there. I like the idea of being able to connect to any music store (iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, etc…). The interface is comparable to iTunes and has a slightly better interface for browsing [...]

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South Austin Jug Band Dark And Weary World

February 7, 2006

I’ve had the new South Austin Jug Band Album Its A Dark And Weary World stuck in my iTunes queue for weeks now. I just can’t seem to stop listening to this album every day. South Austing Jug Band is one of my favorite bluegrass/newgrass acts on the scene and they are just starting to [...]

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Coachella 2006 Lineup Announced

February 4, 2006

It looks like its going to be a killer summer for festivals! I better clear my calender now! Here is the 2006 Coachella lineup: SAT APRIL 29 Depeche Mode Franz Ferdinand Sigur Ros Common Damien Marley Atmosphere Carl Cox My Morning Jacket Ladytron Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! Posca Cat Power Animal Collective Hard-Fi Devendra [...]

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