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Pa. court rules in favor of ex-Drifters manager

6338 days ago
Associated Press — NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A federal court says a former manager of 1950s doo-wop group The Drifters could be entitled to millions of dollars from concert promoters who've infringed on the band's trademark.... more info

Pa. court rules in favor of ex-Drifters manager

6339 days ago
USA Today Music — A federal court says a former manager of 1950s doo-wop group The Drifters could be entitled to millions of dollars from concert ... more info

The Drifters

6371 days ago
Mojo 4 Music — The least known, but possibly the best of the many great Drifters lead singers died 45 years ago last month. more info

Fricke’s Picks: Crescent City Grass

6379 days ago
Rolling Stone — Bluegrass bands are as rare in New Orleans as high ground, so the Jazz Fest debut of the High Ground Drifters was an opening-day surprise. The quintet come from the town’s Mid-City neighborhood but shuffled covers (Bill Monroe, Django Reinhardt) an... more info

Album Review: J.B. Beverley & The Wayward Drifters - Watch America Roll By

6399 days ago
Although country music has been called the white man’s blues, you won’t hear much of that legacy on mainstream country radio, which seems more infatuated by the windblown frivolity of the Eagles. For real insight into the country-blues connection... more info

14th Goose On The Lake Fest

6404 days ago
JamBase — JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE AND BLACK OAK ARKANSASJOIN VENERABLE ROOTS ROCK PIONEERS' INTIMATE SHINDIG The Goose on the Lake Music Festival after thirteen years has never been, nor ever will be, a huge gathering of thirty bands on multiple stages jammed... more info

Dan Auerbach:
Keep It Hid

6469 days ago
JamBase — By: Dennis Cook There's a dangling question mark over any artist who breaks from their main band to do a solo album. Hopefully, the music answers the question readily, announcing a vision some remove from their day job, but sometimes it takes lon... more info

Will the real Jefferson Airplane please stand up?

6469 days ago
Guardian Music — Multiple versions of the same re-formed act have become a problem for promoters, with different incarnations of the Beach Boys, War and Jefferson Airplane each claiming to be "authentic"Dozens of rival reunion bands are competing for gigs this summer... more info

GENERAL: James Taylor Tells the Stories Behind His Favorite Covers

6559 days ago
All About Jazz — For years, James Taylor has been covering many of his favorite songs from the 1950s and 1960s during soundchecks before his concerts. This past September, he released some of them on Covers, a collection of twelve classic tracks he recorded at his Ma... more info

R.I.P. Jamaican Music Legend Byron Lee

6581 days ago
Pitchfork — Bandleader, producer, studio owner, and Jamaican musical icon Byron Lee passed away November 4 after a battle with cancer, according to a post on his website. [Via Tiny Mix Tapes.] He was 73. Lee formed his famed band the Dragonaires in 1957 and kept... more info

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