Good Listening: Foo Fighters in Cologne – February ’11
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
One of the great things about the Foo Fighters is that they tend to do quite a few radio broadcasts throughout the cycle of promoting a new album. 90 minutes to two hours worth of Foos favorites mixed with whatever new album they happen to be promoting at the time is always a good recipe for guaranteed awesome listening and likely, occasional headbanging and air guitar as well.
Having seen the Foo Fighters towards the end of their last run promoting the Echoes (etc.) album, it was pretty clear that Dave Grohl was in need of a break to give his tired vocal chords a well deserved rest. That's no bash, but when you give 200 percent on stage every night as Grohl does, it's bound to take its toll eventually. With the release of a greatest hits package and what seems like barely any time off of the road, the Foos are back at it and about to drop a new album (Wasting Light) in little more than a month from now on April 12th.
This concert from Monday night in Cologne (in front of an invited audience of 600 concert winners) finds the band rolling through nearly 100 minutes of material stretched across 20 songs including a handful of new ones. If that seems a tad short, it's because the additional encores weren't broadcast, but with what is here, that's hardly anything to complain about. I can't wait for my next chance to see Grohl and the boys kick it out!
Foo Fighters
2011-02-28
1Live Radio Konzert
Gloria Theatre
Cologne, Germany
01. Bridge Burning
02. All My Life
03. Times Like These
04. White Limo
05. Learn To Fly
06. My Hero
07. Up In Arms
08. Long Road To Ruin
09. Rope
10. Generator
11. The Pretender
12. Enough Space
13. Cold Day In The Sun
14. Stacked Actors
15. These Days
16. Breakout
17. Skin And Bones
18. Monkey Wrench
19. Hey, Johnny Park
20. Everlong
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Encores (not broadcast)
21. Aurora
22. Young Man Blues
23. Matter Of Time
24. Miss The Misery
25. Best Of You
26. This Is A Call
Bruce and Bela
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
So what's Bruce Hornsby up to right now, anyway? And better yet, what are his plans for this summer?
In a recent radio interview, Hornsby covered both subjects, talking about his current (and long-awaited) debut musical SCKBSTD and also his touring plans for the summer. The first 45 minutes of the interview will net you plenty of SCKBSTD chat, but it's the last 5 minutes of interview time that really bring it all home.
First up, that previously mentioned live album (although the title has been amended slightly) Bride of the Noisemakers will be in stores in April, according to Hornsby. The live release will be a perfect fuse to set your fires burning in anticipation of what will certainly be an excellent summer vacation for Hornsby fans. Hornsby says that he'll perform this summer at several festivals including this year's edition of Bonnaroo and he'll also spend the summer touring with the Noisemakers as part of a package tour featuring Hornsby and.....drumroll.......his longtime pals Bela Fleck and the Flecktones! Hornsby calls the package "The Bela and Bruce Show" and says that the pairing will be hitting markets during July and August and promises that there will be the expected jam sessions featuring both Bela and Bruce.
Listen to the entire chat here (left click and download) via Bruuuce.com and if you're so inclined, don't forget to check out the "Free Noise" series featuring a ton of live Hornsby/Noisemakers recordings from the 2009 tour, for free! (There are also some 2004 recordings posted that are not free, apparently newly migrated from similar downloads previously available at Munck Music.)
2010 found Bruce off the road taking a break to recharge the batteries, so his return to touring this summer will certainly be welcome!
moreGood Listening: Under The Covers with Big Head Todd & The Monsters
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
Somewhere on my list of New Year's resolutions, there's a simple one: Must get replacement copy of Rocksteady, the newest album from Big Head Todd & The Monsters that came out earlier this year. True to its title, Rocksteady definitely maintains a steady rockin' pace throughout the entire album, but the promo copy I received has skip skip skipping on several of the tracks. Which is fine, because I'm always happy to throw dollars at the Big Head Todd boys.
Checking in, I discovered that they've got quite a bit going on at the moment, including a $10 download featuring a full album performance of their Midnight Radio LP, commemorating the 20th anniversary of its release.
At present, the band is out on a set of tour dates labeled as "Big Head Blues Club - Blues at the Crossroads." The current tour dates are a preview for an interesting project due for release in February of next year, an album celebrating the 100th birthday of Robert Johnson. Recorded at Ardent Studios with a slew of special guests, it looks to be a killer.
As the above proves, there's never a shortage of things to listen to for Big Head Todd fans. I came across the following covers compilation via Hear Rock City and it's a nice collection of recordings sourced from the band's shows on Archive.org. Although I'm a cover song kinda guy, I do like it when a band actually does something interesting with a familiar song instead of putting forth a straight forward version by the numbers. And truthfully, I've never really met a cover of "Suspicious Minds" or "Friend of the Devil" that I didn't like.
Long May You Run
Friend of the Devil
Tangerine
Tumbling Dice
Black Betty
Ring of Fire
Voodoo Chile
Train Kept A Rollin'
James Brown Medley
Suspicious Minds
Custard Pie
Jesus Just Left Chicago
Red House
Polk Salad Annie
Boom Boom
photo above - BHTM in Boulder, CO, from the official website
oneGood Listening: A Cockburn Christmas Miracle
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
If you've been following the series of Bruce Cockburn Christmas-themed broadcasts that Kevin has been posting in the past week, the following story might warm your heart. Or at the very least, you'll appreciate one last piece of holiday musical booty. In the last installment, Kevin noted that there were a total of 5 Cockburn Christmas broadcasts, of which he only had 4. (I honestly was shocked to find out that he had more than one!)
Thanks to random ATV reader Mark, we now have a copy of the missing broadcast from 1995 featuring special guests Jonatha Brooke, Patty Larkin and Peter Stuart (of the sorely missed Dog's Eye View). Mark figured that even though Christmas is now several days gone, there might still be a few people that would enjoy hearing it. We're guessing that he's right about that. And at the very least, you'll have some advance listening material to stow away for next year!
Huge thanks to Mark for the share!
Enjoy.
Bruce Cockburn 12/17/95
Columbia Radio Hour "Christmas with Cockburn" Guests: Jonatha Brooke, Patty Larkin, Peter Stuart
Sony Music Studio, New York, NY
01 Intros
02 Joy Will Find a Way
03 Chat
04 The Coming Rains
05 The First Noel
06 Tango (Patty Larkin)
07 Chat
08 Small Wonder (Peter Stuart)
09 O Come, O Come Emmanuel (with Jonatha Brooke)
10 Chat
11 Don't Explain (Patty Larkin)
12 Chat
13 Is This All (Jonatha Brooke)
14 Chat
15 War (with Jonatha Brooke)
16 Joy Will Find a Way
17 Outro
Bruce Cockburn portrait by Karen Robinson
moreGood Listening: Christmas with Chicago
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
I need better connections in Youngstown (that's in Ohio, for those of you that are either unfamiliar with the Springsteen song of the same name or living in one of the other states not named Ohio).
In the past few weeks, I've missed concerts from both Eddie Money and Bryan Adams in the Youngstown area. Adams is still touring acoustically and after hearing his Bare Bones acoustic live release, I don't feel so bad about missing that one.
The Money Man on the other hand, played a series of Acoustic Christmas shows, which made my eyes bug out when I heard the news and realized that I had missed a tour date within driving distance. You have to understand how much I LOVE the Unplug It In acoustic EP that he put out in the early '90s. It's one of my great concert regrets that I missed his acoustic tour during the same era, which I believe played at Nautica Stage.
The good news for both you and me is that Money is selling copies of two of the Acoustic Christmas shows and that thought makes me salivate, thinking about what the setlist might be. The tour is becoming an annual event and reading this interview with Eddie about last year's show, it certainly sounds like a fun evening of music.
Perhaps I'll get a chance to catch it next year.
moreGood Listening: More Free Live “Noise” from Bruce Hornsby
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
Thinking in the context of the Grateful Dead's Dick's Picks series (curated by their late great archivist Dick Latvala), some of the best live releases are compiled by the people that know the artist/band inside and out. In the case of Bruce Hornsby, recording engineer/producer Wayne "Dagle" Pooley has been an important part of the Bruuuce universe since 1991, helping to capture Hornsby's sound both in the studio and on the road as the front of house (FOH) mixer for Bruce. Mix describes Pooley as Hornsby's "architect of all things technical," and that's not a stretch at all when you wrap your ears around Dagle's Choice, Volume 1, the new three CD compilation of recordings from assorted dates on Hornsby's 2009 tour (with audible shout outs to Sioux City and St. Louis), as collected by Pooley.
Wayne Pooley in the studio with Bruce and R.S. Hornsby
Issued as the second volume of the recently launched Free Noise series, if this isn't Pooley's crack at creating a nice little "dream setlist" for Hornsby fans, it's certainly a mighty fine coincidence that it plays out as just exactly that. As a compilation, it certainly whets my appetite for the prospects of future full show downloads (and just like the initial dose from Free Noise, this edition is a complimentary download as well!), and hopefully one of those will be the Pittsburgh-area date that I saw at the Carnegie Library Music Hall last year. (Please?)
Listening to the collection, I'm struck by the reality of the instant gratification that we enjoy these days as music fans. The live albums that we used to wait months and years to receive, now can be sprung on the unsuspecting audience instantly, available to download with a few clicks of the mouse for all who are interested. Unlike the previous Free Noise offering, which was a bit rough around the edges, Pooley's mixes here are pristine and would be worthy of an official release. (And it's a nice little tuneup for the upcoming official live release Bride of Noisemakers, which will land in stores next year.)
Sample the set here with the opening track "Sneaking Up On Boo Radley" (originally from Spirit Trail) and then head on over to Hornsby's download site to grab the whole collection.
moreGood Listening: Georgia Satellites in Austin, 9/26/88
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
The term "good listening" takes on a bit of a different definition for this particular show. The sound quality is far from pristine - this is a "bootleg" straight out in every sense of the word. But take a look at that setlist and tell me that your heart doesn't ache for either a proper Georgia Satellites reunion, or a feasible way to go back in time to catch a few more gigs on the 1988 tour for In The Land of Salvation & Sin Open All Night? (Thanks to Jefito, the other Satellites fan on the internet for pointing out my timeline faux pas!)
(And as long as we're sitting in the wayback machine and hanging out in 1988, shouldn't we also refresh the links for this previously posted FM broadcast from the same tour, recorded right here in Cleveland? You're welcome.)
moreStream the new Doobie Brothers album “World Gone Crazy”
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
As you might have heard, I'm pretty excited about World Gone Crazy, the new album from The Doobie Brothers that will finally be in stores on Tuesday. Thanks to the fine folks at Yahoo Music/Early Edition, you can stream the entire album right now.
And in even better news, the Doobie Bros will launch the album with a special 90 minute interactive performance on Monday night at 6:30pm EST sponsored by Cisco. The event sounds pretty cool!
The last time The Doobie Brothers released a studio album iTunes did not exist, and now working with AT&T, Cisco and Marriott, the World Gone Crazy album release event will utilize Virtual Meetings by Marriott with AT&T and Cisco TelePresence, the most advanced interactive video conferencing technology available in select Marriott properties worldwide. Cisco TelePresence™ is a rapidly growing and increasingly popular technology that enables groups to meet and collaborate in multiple locations worldwide in real time. The Virtual Meetings by Marriott studios can connect to more than 100 companies and organizations via more than 1,100 telepresence sites worldwide, using the AT&T Business Exchange, AT&T’s unique, network-based, inter- and intra-company collaboration feature.
Additionally, fans attending the preview concert will be given the ability to interact, react and be a part of the action from remote locations throughout the United States. The Doobie Brothers’ performance will be transmitted to the various locations and the fan’s actions, voice, and applause will be transmitted to the performance studio and will be seen and sensed by The Doobie Brothers.
In addition to the public Cisco TelePresence suites and Virtual Meetings by Marriott locations, the entire concert and experience will be broadcast over the Internet. The Doobie Brothers will perform hits and premier new songs from World Gone Crazy in a live 90-minute concert interspersed with questions from fans across the country. ATT, Cisco and Marriott will put the audience face-to-face with the legendary band.
Click here for more information about the event.
We'll put a page up here on ATV on Monday that will allow you to watch this special performance. Stay tuned!
Good Listening: A Show for Everyman
Written by: Kevin Brennan
As summer winds down, the opportunity to enjoy a great outdoor concert becomes more elusive with each passing day. As a public service, I bring to you this concert flashback of the great Jackson Browne who happens to be appearing at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater in Cleveland on Sunday, September 19 accompanied by longtime sideman David Lindley in the role of opening act.
Recorded at the Grand Opera House in Belfast on June 28, 1994, this show is one of several quality recordings available from the spectacular I’m Alive world tour. The album and tour brought Browne back into the spotlight and greatly enhanced his status as one of the great songwriters of his generation.
Featuring staples such as “Doctor My Eyes,” The Pretender,” Running On Empty” and more, the show contains seven songs from I’m Alive including radio favorite ”My Problem Is You” and the haunting “Too Many Angels.”
If you’ve seen Jackson Browne before, you know Sunday’s show is guaranteed to be worthwhile. If you’re new to the fold, let this show be your guide to a good time and a great musical experience.
SETLIST
Disc One
Doctor My Eyes
I’m Alive
World in Motion
Rosie
Everywhere I Go
My Problem is You
Shape of a Heart
For a Dancer
Late for the Sky
Your Bright Baby Blues
Linda Paloma
Take It Easy
Our Lady of the Well
Disc Two
Before the Deluge
Take This Rain
Miles Away
Too Many Angels
For Everyman
Sky Blue & Black
The Pretender
Running On Empty
The Load Out
Stay
Somebody’s Baby
I Am a Patriot
moreGood Listening: Crowded House at the Mermaid Theatre, May 2010
Written by: Matt Wardlaw
Intriguer is the name of the new album from Crowded House, coming out on July 13th via Fantasy/Rounder. You can pre-order the album now from Amazon for only $13.99, and it comes with a free bonus live DVD, which is a pretty awesome deal for the price! The band is already out playing shows in support of the disc, and looking at the setlists, it looks like a fun show. I'll be looking forward to seeing the band personally when they hit Chicago in September over Labor Day Weekend.
Last week, the band played a gig for the BBC, which was broadcast live from the Mermaid Theatre and the show featured a hefty preview of material from the new album.
Check it out for yourself, and take a look at the band's upcoming tour dates here!
Crowded House - Live at the Mermaid Theatre
5/20/10
Download full-res files of this show via Dimeadozen
01 Introduction
02 Saturday Sun
03 Banter
04 Weather with You
05 Banter
06 Twice if You're Lucky
07 Banter
08 Elephants
09 Banter
10 Fall At Your Feet
11 Banter
12 Amsterdam
13 Banter
14 Either Side of the World
15 Banter
16 Falling Dove
17 Banter
18 Don't Stop Now
19 Four Seasons in One Day
20 Banter
21 Distant Sun
22 Don't Dream It's Over
Photo from the official Crowded House Myspace
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