Singer/songwriter and native Virginian Scott Miller will perform at the Historic Masonic Theatre Friday, July 2nd in a birthday benefit concert for the theatre. All proceeds will go to the Masonic Theatre Renovation Effort. Although born in North Carolina, Scott […]
I’m in the mood for some serious rabble-rousing. Yesterday I saw “Capitalism: A Love Story” in the morning, and then went to see Steve Earle and Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman at night. Let us just say that after a breezy and […]
I wrote about The Stronghold as a music venue back in April of this year for The Beachhead, and wondered how it would turn out. I’ve seen a fair share of growing pains (mega-disorganization one night when we had a […]
After all the goings on in the world last week (upping the war in Afghanistan, the on-going health care debate, “Capitalism: A Love Story” not being on the Oscar short list, etc ..) I really needed a Nightwatchman show, mainly […]
The new album Black Ribbons by Shooter Jennings, and his new band Hierophant, is nothing short of jaw-dropping. It’s a good old-fashioned “Concept” album, complete with between track narration by Stephen King, here playing the part of radio D.J. “Will […]
It’s been a while since The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) last liberated Venice. In fact, Venice was the site of some of his earliest liberating. We used to have Friday nights at Abbot’s Habit that my brother, Paul, booked, called The […]
I first became friends with Matt Ellis when I heard him playing his songs at The Habit, the much-missed Friday jam my brother, Paul, started at Abbot’s Habit in Venice, California a few years back. I was impressed, and immediately […]
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/headlines/daniel-lanois-intensive-care-following-motorcycle-acccident/ The N.Y Times The singer-songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois was in intensive care after he was injured in a motorcycle accident over the weekend, The Guardian reported. Mr. Lanois, a Quebec-born musician who has worked as a producer on […]
Cowsill wants cap on Katrina experience By DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press Writer – Thu Jun 10, 6:06 am ET NEW YORK – One evening near the beginning of a four-month mystery journey that began after Hurricane Katrina swallowed their home, […]
A year and a half ago, the Brothers Comatose were playing for free beer. Right now, they’re somewhere between the Bay and the mountains of Northern Idaho—guitars, banjo, mandolin, stand-up bass, and foot-stomper packed into their newly-acquired vehicle, a red […]
