Talking Heads tribute band Psycho Killers will perform the setlist from the famed Stop Making Sense movie in honor of its 30th anniversary. The band will partner with Devon Bryant, a visual artist out of Boston, to recreate the images portrayed in the film. Soohan, a Baltimore based DJ, will open the show with a set comprised of 80s/Talking Heads inspired songs.
Phish made their return to the Crescent City with their first Jazz Fest show since 1996. The first set saw a relaxed, well-rehearsed band tear through a selection of familiar cuts such as the opening “Kill Devil Falls,” “The Moma Dance,” “Rift” and “Wolfman’s Brother” before Page McConnell (who performed with The Meter Men the night before) serenaded the crowd on “Lawn Boy.” Trey Anastasio dedicated the song to the people of Jazz Fest and McConnell reiterated Anastasio’s previous sentiment on how special it was to return to New Orleans..jpg)
That's the Way of the World is a 1975 album by Earth, Wind & Fire released on Columbia Records. It was also the soundtrack for a 1975 motion picture of the same name which featured several of the band members in cameo roles. Included on the album was the single "Shining Star", which was a #1 U.S. pop and R&B hit. Another popular single was the title track, which reached #12 on the pop chart. The album spent three weeks atop the Billboard Pop Albums Charts, five nonconsecutive weeks atop the Soul Albums chart.
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante will appear on Duran Duran’s forthcoming album. The band made confirmed the rumors earlier this week with a post on their website, which reads:
It’s safe to assume anybody who has been entrenched in any kind of specific music subculture (from pop-punk to hardcore to death metal to sheer painful abrasive noise and beyond), has a significant collection of vinyl records—or painfully covets all those people who actually do. Yeah, yeah, we can discuss the merits of compact disc digital audio versus needle-in-the-groove playback until the day comes when we’re directly interfacing our fetid noggins with our fave sounds like we’re a veritable Johnny Mnemonic society. But despite the lip service that is sometimes given toward the beloved format, this writer appreciates the size, the characteristics and the literature (graphics, credits etc) that accompanies a vinyl record. And you should, too. Because you can’t put your arms around an MP3 or FLAC file.
Prince and Warner Bros. Records confirmed a new partnership today “that will see the release of long-awaited, previously unheard material” including a 30th anniversary reissue of Prince’s iconic Purple Rain, first released in 1984.
Bruce Springsteen rolled into Charlotte, NC with his newly inducted Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band in support of their latest effort High Hopes. Throughout the 30-song setlist, The Boss took a variety of sign requests from the audience including a cover of Richard Berry’s “Louie Louie,” Sir Mack Rice’s “Mustang Sally” and Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” to go along with his originals “Racing in the Street” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” among others. In all, Bruce would deliver four tour debuts by the end of the show. 
Judging from the lyrics of these famous pot songs, marijuana has been part of the lifestyle and creative processes for some of rock’s most famous stars for a long time now. It seems pretty clear that artists like Tom Petty, Bob Dylan and Aerosmith didn’t wait for the recent wave of reefer-friendly legalization in states across America to take effect before drawing inspiration from lighting up. Come to think of it, legalization may ironically wind up diminishing some of the romantic appeal of writing songs about pot, so before that prospect turns into a real downer, why don’t you join us as we celebrate the Top 10 Pot Songs.
As a part of Record Store Day, Jack White set out to claim the world record for the fastest released record. At 10 AM CT yesterday, White walked on stage at Third Man Records in Nashville to record a limited edition 7-inch of “Lazaretto,” the title track to his forthcoming release due out June 10.
Atlas is the third studio album by Real Estate, released in March 2014 throughMexican Summer (US) and Domino Records (Europe).
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AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson has confirmed that an unidentified member of the band is suffering from a “debilitating illness,” leaving the band’s future “up in the air at the moment.” However, he also indicates the band hasn't decided to say goodbye just yet.
Antemasque, the new band from Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and Mars Volta co-founders Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala, will release their eponymous debut LP on July 15. The collaborative band has already previewed three songs (“4AM,” “People Forget,” and “Hangin’ in the Lurch”) and a fourth, titled “Drown All Your Witches,” which serves as the soundtrack to a behind-the-scenes video, was released today. Please follow the link to read full article on jambands.com
Jimmy Fallon impersonated Tom Petty while performing ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’ with the main Heartbreaker’s original duet partner, Stevie Nicks, on ‘The Tonight Show’ last night.
The Allman Brothers Band will release a DVD pulled from their March 26, 2009 show at the Beacon Theatre in New York. The show, which commemorated the band’s 40th anniversary, featured no guests (the entire run included 60+ guests), highlighting the original lineup on the very day they formed in 1969...
All Day Music is the fourth album by funk group War, released November 1971 on United Artists Records. The title single was backed with "Get Down." 
A posthumous album from Michael Jackson will be released on May 13 via Epic Records. XSCAPE features eight previously unreleased recordings that have been re-structured by producers such as Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins, Stargate, John McClain and Jerome “Jroc” Harmon. The album will be available in multiple formats as well as a deluxe edition featuring the original MJ recordings.
Widespread Panic got some help from a couple of special guests during their performance at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles over the weekend. Steep Canyon Rangers fiddler Nicky Sanders sat in with the group toward the beginning of their second set for “Diner,” “Chunk of Coal” and “Quarter Tank of Gasoline.” 
Give the People What They Want garnered generally positive reception from music critics. At the review aggregator website Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score based on independent reviews, the album scored an 80/100 based on 31 selected ratings, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. At The A.V. Club, Annie Zaleski graded the album a B+, noting that the album is not a "rehash of the past—or a collection that panders."
