Maxmillion Dunbar makes his European debut on the highly respected Live at Robert Johnson label backed with an urbane, European remix by Brontosaurus head Phillip Lauer.

New York’s City Winery will hose live rehearsals for two all-star tributes this winter. First up, on March 5 the winery will offer a preview of the Robert Johnson 100th birthday tribute show set for New York’s Apollo Theatre on March 6. The tribute show’s house band le...

Feeling the bite of 21 st century ennui? Hell with it. Strap in, turn on and tune down with some dark-as-a-black hole Delta blues. With 2012 here, the Mayan calendar coming to a close and Planet X swinging over the horizon, you may as well ride it out with some swamp infested, pass-the-Prozac slide-Dobro guitar.   And there’s no better way to ride out the end times than jamming some Brother Dege tunes – the Deep South’s best kept secret since the Georgia Guidestones. Brother Dege (aka Dege Legg – Louisiana born, swampland mad genius, and also frontman for the Lafayette ...

Big Head Todd and the Monsters may not be one of the names that leap to mind when discussing the early history of the modern jamband festival scene. Yet, when you look back on the old, grainy, Zapruder footage of the mid-90s H.O.R.D.E. festivals, Todd Park Mohr’s Colorado-based trio (now a quartet) doesn’t come across as a fuzzy blur in an off-center grassy knoll. Alongside Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic and a pre-Derek Trucks Allman Brothers Band, Big Head Todd & The Monsters were among one of the main draws of the 1993 and 1994 versions of the jamband world’s influential answer to Lollapalooza. At New York City’s Irving Plaza (mercifully nee Fillmore), BHT revisited their early days offering the fans that grew with them a real treat: Midnight Radio , their finest album, in its entirety. [Photo by C. Taylor Crothers] The only thing keeping the full album gimmick from having a renaissance is the fact that it may never have had a heyday. As it stands now, the results are mixed. When Bruce Springsteen breaks out The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle at Madison Square Garden, the event can become awash in the warm glow of revisionist nostalgia where everyone remembers the album being successful upon its release. When Peter Frampton takes Frampton Comes Alive out on the road, it makes fine business sense. When The Spin Doctors resurrect Pocket Full of Kryptonite  (and themselves) at the Bowery Ballroom, it becomes kitschy fun for a finely-hewed target audience. When Evan Dando decides to perform The Lemonheads’ It’s A Shame About Ray at the Knitting Factory, it reeks of desperation and begs intervention. (In all fairness, you could interchange The Spin Doctors and Evan Dando in those last two sentences and still maintain an acceptable semblance of journalistic accuracy). An interesting marriage of the home listening and live concert experiences, it has to be bittersweet for an artist to use an album from their distant past as a successful selling point for a show. On one hand, reconnecting with a collection of songs that presumably found an audience and helped launch or sustain a career can be pretty special for both an artist and their audience. On the other, artists grow; devoting a night to putting an album on a pedestal that an artist may very ...

In the modern, digital age, when there are more bands vying for your attention than ever before, something a little out of the ordinary needs to be done in order to endure. Nowadays, every move of Lady Gaga or Rihanna is meticulously planned and choreographed, but it hasn’t always been this way. Clash looks back over some of the most notable attempts at increasing sales, featuring some artists who can thank one moment of inspiration for almost their entire career, to some who must still be wishing they’d just returned to the drawing board. BEST Robert Johnson sells ...

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Todd Rundrgen @ Paradiso, Amsterdam 2010/02/08 - photo: HCTF Todd Rundgren is doing a string of solo semi-acoustic shows in Scandinivia and New York. He will also participate in a Robert Johnson tribute. Live dates: 02/19 Oslo, Norway @ Parkteatret 02/22 Bergen, Norway @ Ricks 02/23 Stockholm, Sweden @ Sodra Teatern 02/26 New York City, NY @ City Winery 02/27 New York City, NY @ City Winery 03/02 New York City, NY @ City Winery 03/06 New York City, NY @ Apollo Theater (part of Robert Johnson Tribute) 03/07 New York City, NY @ City Winery » tr-i.com » trconnection.com

Die Berliner Experimental-Elektroniker Brandt Brauer Frick melden sich in diesem Frühjahr auf deutschen Bühnen zurück. Auf sechs Terminen präsentiert das Trio Songs ihres letztjährigen Zweitwerks " Mr. Machine ", sowie andere Stücke in ihrem gewohnt abwechslungsreichen Mix aus Elektronik und klassik-motivierten Arrangements. Dabei geht es Daniel Brandt, Jan Brauer und Paul Frick allerdings nie primär darum, bekannte elektronische Beats einfach nur mit einem Streicherteppich zu versehen, sie wollen viel eher die rhythmusbetonte und perkussive Seite klassischer Instrumente erkunden – eine Suche, welche für das Publikum stets zu einem imposanten Vergnügen wird. motor.de präsentiert euch das abwechslungsreiche Trio bei folgenden Terminen: motor.de ...

Nina Kraviz, eine der Shooting-Stars der internationalen Deep House- und Techno-Szene, hat für den 24. Februar ihr selbstbetiteltes Debüt-Album via Rekids/Alive angekündigt. Darauf präsentiert die kreative Russin vierzehn Songs, die sich zwischen klassischem Chicago-House sowie minimalistisch-elektronischen Spielarten ansiedeln. Untermalt wird dieser Unterbau von ihrer sinnlichen Stimme. Mit diesem treffsicheren Gespür für den richtigen Nerv von Clubmusik hat es Kraviz bereits in die wichtigsten Tanztempel Europas geschafft. Ihr habt an dieser Stelle die Möglichkeit, in Form eines Preview-Streams, in den Langspieler hineinzuhören und einen Blick auf die vollständige Trackliste zu werfen: Nina Kraviz - Album-Preview "Nina Kraviz" – Tracklist: 01. Walking In ...

In 2011 there's a name that catched up our ears! It is Matthias Schildger (aka Matt Star), which seems to be one of the greatest talents coming from Offenbach (Frankfurt Am Mainz). Needless to say the connection between Offenbach and Electronic Music, it's only a question of naming the underground club "Live At Robert Johnson" and then things get more clear. Btw, Their Label is now about to release a special book in March with all the histories and important moments that marked the 13 years of Robert Johnson club in Offenbach, a probably not to miss one ...

Everybody knows Wu-Tang Clan is nothing to fuck with, but the police were keeping tabs on Wu rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard like it was their job. Rich Jones of hacker-oriented site Gun.io got his hands on the FBI's massive file on the late Russell Jones by filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Although severely redacted, the report includes plenty of memorable tidbits about Dirty, who died in 2004 of what was ruled an accidental overdose. "The detectives have documented, in their case files, that the WTC [Wu-Tang Clan] is heavily involved in the sale of ...

1985-1990: Model 500 - Classics by Miles Bowe on 01-09-2012 It is a valid argument that most popular electronic music – in clubs and on the radio – can be traced back to techno, the creation of which can be credited to three high school friends. With an equal appreciation for the club music of the time and artists like Kraftwerk, these kids became immortalized as powerful innovators: The Belleville Three. This is a famous story, and one that you might already know. What many do not know is where to find an entry point when checking out Detroit techno. Enter Model 500 ...

Matthew Davidson, a 13-year-old blues and rock guitarist, has won the 2011 Robert Johnson New Generation Award

Matthew Davidson, a 13-year-old blues and rock guitarist, has won the 2011 Robert Johnson New Generation Award

"Travelling Riverside Blues," sometimes called "Mudbone" or "Mud Bone," is a blues song written and recorded in Dallas, Texas by the bluesman Robert Johnson.