Guardian Music — Each week, we look at the tools behind the tunes. Today, it's a simple glass tube that conjures the sound of the Mississippi delta in all its shimmering gloryWhat is it? A style of playing that refers to one of the early objects used to produce the s... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - The intial batch of performers for 2009 Rothbury festival (the 2nd) in Michigan have been announced - The Dead, Bob Dylan, The String Cheese Incident, Willie Nelson & Family, and The Black Crowes are among the headliners... more info

Rolling Stone — The Dead, Bob Dylan, String Cheese Incident and Willie Nelson will headline the second annual Rothbury Festival, July 2nd-5th at Michigan’s Double JJ Ranch. Other performers attending the eco-friendly, jam band-heavy festival include the Black Crow... more info

Detroit Free Press — The Dead, Bob Dylan, the Black Crowes and Willie Nelson will lead the lineup at the 2009 Rothbury festival. They're among 66 artists for the second-annual event, scheduled July 2-5 at the Double JJ Ranch north of Muskegon. more info

JamBase — Rothbury '08 by Dave Vann The Dead Bob Dylan and His Band The String Cheese Incident Willie Nelson & Family The Black Crowes Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley & Nas STS9 G. Love & Special Sauce Gov't Mule Broken Social Scene Yonder Mount... more info

JamBase — Words by: Alex Borsody | Images by: Robert Chapman Eric Krasno/Joe Russo/Andy Hess/Erik Deutsch :: 02.28.09 :: Sullivan Hall :: New York, NY Krasno/Russo/Hess/Deutsch :: 02.28 :: NYC Another night at Sullivan Hall in NYC (Formerly the Lion's Den)... more info

JamBase — FIRST FULL-LENGTH IN THREE YEARS OUT IN MAY Grizzly Bear will release Veckatimest on May 26 on Warp Records. The title, pronounced "VECK ah TIMM est," is taken from a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Massachusetts. Some of new songs w... more info

JamBase — Words by: Frank Etheridge | Images by: Ian Rawn Trigger Hippy :: 02.07.09 :: Cox Capitol Theatre :: Macon, GA Jimmy Herring - Trigger Hippy :: 02.07 :: GA Expectations and preconceptions can too often limit and hinder one's live music experience. ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Crap StackSpinner.com: Here at Spinner, we receive more CDs than we can possibly listen to. Sadly, many of them, whether good or bad, get consigned to The Crap Stack, where they languish until they're eventually carted off to become... more info

Altsounds — News that The Black Crowes are to play a one-off show in London on Sunday 17th May created such demand from their British fans that the show has been moved to the O2 Academy Brixton. Right from their start in 1990—with their six milli... more info