The Band News

The Harlan Twins will have a CD release party July 10 at the Brillobox. Two or three minutes into the song "Greenline," from the new album by the Harlan Twins, you might think you're listening to the Band, as in that classic Americana group whose rag-tag sound is so hard to duplicate.

Fervent, soulful vibrato and strong harmonies lie at the core of The Holmes Brothers ' soulful blues music, heard here during the band's ninth appearance on Mountain Stage .

This collection of racing beats, synthesizer scrawls and rapped sweet-talk has a tight focus on living in the moment and grabbing as much pleasure as possible.

July 6th, 2009 by Leilani Polk in Late Night Music , TV , Video A weekly bulletin on musical guests playing late night TV; set your TIVOs or DVRs if youa ve got an early bedtime.

Wanna go? U.S. Army Band free concerts Thursday night: 7:30 p.m., Porter Center Amphitheatre, Brevard College Friday night: 7 p.m., Music on Main, downtown Hendersonville Saturday night: 7 p.m., Polk County High School Auditorium, Columbus Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Residents of Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties are in for a special musical ...

Samba hip-hop percussionist/singer Curumin, a.k.a. Luciano Nakata Albuquerque, a Brazilian native of Japanese and Spanish descent, was born musically advanced.

This time, America's Band shoots for the heart with "Summer Love Songs" , a neat little collection that celebrates surf, sun, and sentimentality.

I did a celebratory column on Al Franken's victory for The Daily Beast here . Oh and I appear to have started a twitter account, here , but don't get too excited about it yet.

If there's one thing a good drummer knows it's the power of a groove, and Helm, one of rock's greatest with the sticks, has them in spades on Electric Dirt, his second album since recovering from throat cancer.

DISC 1 for Electric Dirt * Album By Levon Helm 1 Tennessee Jed 2 Move Along Train 3 Growing Trade 4 Golden Bird 5 Stuff You Gotta Watch 6 White Dove 7 King Fish 8 9 When I Go Away 10 Heaven's Pearls 11 I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free More Albums by Levon Helm [ The Ties That Bind 1975-93 ~ Levon Helm ] [ Levon Helm & The RCO All ...

Your daily source for the best in blog. June 29, 2009 at 12:35 pm by Eric Snider First Levon Helm survived throat cancer, then, improbably, he started singing again.

The pop/rock star, who came to fame as the frontman for Matchbox Twenty, is finally ready to unveil his second solo record.

The Band was an uncommon institution in that it had three distinctive yet complementary vocal colors a ' Richard Manuela TMs indigo of broken hurt, Rick Dankoa TMs maroon melancholy and the earth-toned uplift of Turkey Scratch native Levon Helm, whose instrument was as homely and human as original sin, yet grazed by grace.

Gentleman of Leisure is writer, erstwhile lecturer and notionally overeducated Martin Marks 's PAPERMAG column on the things he likes and why.

BOB Dylan and The Band made some legendary music together, but it sounds like there's no love lost between them.

ZANESVILLE - In an effort to reach out to area teens and those in need, the Apostolic Gospel Church is gearing up to strum guitar strings to reach the heart strings.

With Mute Math's sophomore CD Armistice set for August 18 release - listen to new track "The Nerve" at their MySpace page - the innovative indie rockers just announced an international tour.

Levon Helm: Electric Dirt About a year and a half ago, I interviewed Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer, Levon Helm.

"Legend" is a term that often gets thrown around in an alarmingly casual manner.

A half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view: Levon Helm Band, Fitzgerald Theater.