Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#1051 in the Series) is Rave On Buddy Holly. Back in the early 90s I worked as a District Manager for a music distributor.  One of our accounts was Wal-Mart.  We would stock them with their music and make sure they were fixture properly etc.  (BTW, back then, they refused to stock AC/DC because their albums had parental warning stickers on them. Later there was a new AC/DC release and the ONLY place you can get it was Wal-Mart!) At one point, we were doing some major renovations that had to be done only at night after the stores closed.  I was the head of one of these projects.  I had to use...

  Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#982 in the Series) is My Morning Jacket, Circuital A Review of Circuital ….With a Slight History and Very Public Secret Crush Thrown in. When I first heard of My Morning Jacket, their genre was described as “Southern Rock”, which instantly made me turn my head and say bleh. Then, shortly thereafter,  WXRT in Chicago played a song from their 2001 Release, At Dawn. (Bermuda Highway). I remember being in the car, pausing, thinking, then saying to myself. “Who the hell was that?” You see, that was long before I could look anything up in the car, , and I certainly didn’t have the internet at my fingertips, otherwise known as the Pre-...

  Today’s Cool Album of the Day (#966 in the Series) is My Morning Jacket, Circuital A Review of Circuital ….With a Slight History and Very Public Secret Crush Thrown in. When I first heard of My Morning Jacket, their genre was described as “Southern Rock”, which instantly made me turn my head and say bleh. Then, shortly thereafter,  WXRT in Chicago played a song from their 2001 Release, At Dawn. (Bermuda Highway). I remember being in the car, pausing, thinking, then saying to myself. “Who the hell was that?” You see, that was long before I could look anything up in the car, , and I certainly didn’t have the internet at my fingertips, otherwise known as the Pre-...

Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” by Bob Dylan and his Band from the “Americanarama Festival” 2013 We live in the day and age of festivals. For music fans, festivals offer bang for the buck providing the opportunity to see numerous bands that you might not ever get to see otherwise at one time and in one place. For musicians, they open up the possibility of gaining a wider audience, particularly with festivals like the annual Pitchfork Music Festival that will be taking place here in Chicago next weekend. With a roster consisting of mostly up and coming artists, Pitchfork provides a bonanza for inquiring fans who want to discover music they’ve...

Jim James Announces North American Tour Full Album Now Streaming on NPR Jim James is thrilled to announce his full US tour in support of his forthcoming debut solo album Regions Of Light And Sound Of God, out February 5 on ATO Records.“hello friends! i have put together a special band of some of my oldest pals to help bring this album to life on the road! we are very excited about it and cant wait to bring it to light! see ya out on the open road!” – jim jamesGeneral on sales for the tour begin this weekend while Roll Call members (My Morning Jacket fan club) have first access pre-sales this Wednesday at 12noon EST. Go to jimjames.com for event and ticket details....

    Jim James, he of the ultra-cool band My Morning Jacket has given us another track from his soon-to-be-released album titled  Regions of Light and Sound of God. This newest song is called “A New Life” and it joins “Know Til Now” which was released in the fall. Look for Regions of Light and Sound of God on February 5th. You can listen to them both below.   Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

  (Setlist and Videos From Show Here) October 3rd has been announced as the date for the “Love For Levon” concert. The show will be held at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Taking the stage will be The Levon Helm Band, John Mayer, My Morning Jacket, Lucinda Williams, Mavis Staples, Gregg Allman, Ray LaMontagne, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Marc Cohn, Patty Griffin, Warren Haynes, John Hiatt, Bruce Hornsby, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Randolph and Joe Walsh. Musical Director responsibilities will be handled by The Levon Helm Band’s Larry Campbell and famed producer Don Was.  Surprise guests are expected as well. Proceeds will be donated to the Levon Helm’s Woodstock New York studio and concert hall where the...

    There is very little known as far as details at this point, but My Morning Jacket’s Jim James has confirmed publicly that he will have a solo album later this year. The announcement was made in a not yet published interview with Paste Magazine.  This would be his first solo release since Jim, (As Yim Yames) released an EP of George Harrison covers in 2009. He’s also recently was part of a Woody Guthrie tribute album called New Multitudes and also performed a duet with John Prine on John’s Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows: Song of John Prine.  On that album they covered “All The Best” You can hear a live performance of the track below. –Larry Carta See our review...

    Tomorrow, iTunes will release a SPECIAL HOLIDAY EP of music recorded while the band was on tour in Europe titled “My Morning Jacket: iTunes Session”. This EP features covers of your Christmas favorites along with one brand new song called “Welcome Home” and a beautiful rendition of Circuital’s “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)”. Recorded in Amsterdam, this EP also features guest vocals from Seattle’s The Head And The Heart. Also arriving next week in select independent record stores is the limited 7″ with fan favorite “Friends Again” on the A side and “Outta My System (Alternate Universe Take)” on side B. Please check your local independent record stores to make sure they will carry this very limited piece. – –...

It’s just a few days before the show, and we now know which acts will be streamed for the 2011 Lallapalooza music fest. Quite a few of the favorites will be on there as well. Highlights include, Big Audio Dynamite, My Morning Jacket, Coldplay, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals,  Imelda May, White Lies, Bright Eyes, Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses, The  Cars and Foo Fighters.  There are many, many more as you can see below. Ah, so where is this stream which you speak.  Well you can get there by clicking HERE   Read below and make sure you keep this list handy!!! (These times are Central Time) Friday, August 5th: 01:30 – The Vaccines 01:45 – TAB the Band 02:15...