THE MUSIC RAMBLER

Miles From India: Miles Davis Sidemen and Indian Musicians In Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Miles Davis sidemen and Indian jazz and classical musicians have joined together to interpret well known  Davis compositions on a CD that will be released on April 15th and a concert at New York's Town Hall on May 9th, 2008. The CD features over two dozen musicians from two continents including Miles collaborators Dave Liebman, guitarists Mike Stern and John McLaughlin, bassists Ron Carter and Chick Corea. The Indian musicians include members of Shakti  Vikku Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh, U. Shrinivas  and a host of others. For the Town Hall concert Ron Carter, Wallace Roney, Lenny White, Pete Cosey and Badal Roy will  be joined by a half-dozen Indian musicians. Excerpts from the CD can be found at this Town Hall web site.

Town Hall Ticket Information

Also See: New York City Jazz Guide

King Crimson Summer 2008 Tour Dates

Prog rock legends King Crimson will play a three city tour of the U.S. this summer.  The dates are:

August
6, 7, & 8th at Park West, Chicago
11 & 12th at the Keswick Theater, Philadelphia
14, 15, &16th at the Nokia Theater, New York

The line-up for this tour is Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto and Gavin Harrison.

“This is a historic find, the earliest known recording of sound,”

The New York Times is reporting that researchers "have unearthed a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman, that predates Edison’s invention of the phonograph by nearly two decades." Follow the link to read the story and hear the recording.

Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison  (New York Times)

Dr Pepper Wants To See Chinese Democracy

We suspect think that Dr Pepper isn't thinking of the beleaguered Monks in Tibet when they declare their support for "Chinese Democracy". In this "pressreleasetosavetheworld", the purveyor of tooth decay promises that they "WILL GIVE EVERYONE IN AMERICA A FREE SODA IF AXL ROSE RELEASES NEW GUNS N’ ROSES ALBUM, CHINESE DEMOCRACY, IN 2008". Everyone except Slash and Buckethead that is.

Dr Pepper officially declares support for Chinese Democracy

Bob Dylan 2008 Canada Tour Dates

Bob Dylan will be headed toward Canada's Maritime provinces in mid-May on his way to Iceland and Europe. Tickets on sale for all of the Canadian shows on March 29th.

5/19    Saint John NB    Harbour Station   
5/20    Moncton NB    Moncton Coliseum Complex      
5/21    Halifax NS    Halifax Metro Centre    
5/24    St. John's NL    Mile One Centre

Bob Dylan Tour Dates  ( bobdylan.com)

Clarksdale Mississippi's Juke Joint Festival

If you have ever wanted to experience the genuine down-home blues of the Mississippi delta than you will have a hard time finding a better experience than Clarksdale's Juke Joint Festival taking place April 19th,2008. This is far from a one day affair as there will be related events all weekend starting on Thursday the 18th and continuing until late Sunday night. The official live music part of the festival will will take place on a half-dozen stages around town on Saturday until about 6pm. And that's just the beginning, after dark there will be live blues at close to another dozen venues, including actor Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero and the legendary Red's Lounge.

Juke Joint Festival Website

The Music Rambler in the coming weeks will be posting a music guide and travel information about Memphis and the Mississippi Delta.

San Fracisco's Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Announces Lineup

Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Jack Johnson are the headliners of the inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival which will take place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco on August 22, 23 & 24, 2008. General admission 3-Day festival ticket will cost $225 and go on sale March 30th at 10AM. There will be over 60 acts performing on five stages. Some of the other acts include Beck, Wilco, Widespread Panic, Steve Winwood, and Steel Pulse.

Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Steely Dan Summer U.S. and Canada Tour Dates

   

Steely Dan will start a ten city tour of the U.S. and Canada on June 8th that includes two performances at the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal and three nights at the Beacon Theatre in NYC. Complete list next page   

George Harrison's "Fifth Beatle" Dies

There have been any number of "fifth Beatles" over the years, but only Neil Aspinall was called that by George Harrison when the Beatles were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.  The New York Times has a nicely written and informative obituary. 

Neil Aspinall, Beatles Aide, Dies at 66  (New York Times)

Web Sheriff To Bloggers: We're Watching You

In two recent posts, we detailed how Van Morrison or his representatives have used Web Sheriff to stifle unofficial fan sites and bittorrent file sharing sites from sharing his material on the Internet ( Van The Man Fan Websites Close Down and Van The Man Requests File Sharing Ban ). Now comes word that Web Sheriff has been making cryptic posts to music bloggers comments sections. Sterogum has reported that the Sheriff has been leaving messages similar to this on various blogs:

On behalf of XL Recordings and Warner Bros Records, many thanks for plugging "Consolers Of The Lonely" and The Ranconteurs' pioneering, 'fans-first' release concept ... .. it's a pity about the early leak via iTunes, but thanks also, on belalf of the labels and the artist, for not posting any pirate links ... .. it's not long to go now until the official release (on Tues), so your patience is much appreciated by all concerned.
Regards & Happy Easter,
WEB SHERIFF

The Berkeley Place blog was one recipient and has posted this reply:

I have deleted the album review and have deleted the album from my ongoing “Best of 2008″ list.  I will not consider the band for a best-of-the-year album, and I will not mention them favorably on this blog ever again.  In fact, I got rid of the CD.  I average 3,000 unique readers per day, and now none of them will hear about The Kills from me.

Follow the whole story here:

WEB SHERIFF TO MP3 BLOGGERS: HAPPY EASTER, THANKS FOR PLUGGING THE RACONTEURS (Sterogum)

DEAR WEB SHERIFF: Open Letter to a Watchdog (Berkeley Place)