David Lindley performs Bon Temps Rouler

David Lindley rocks!

Turn It Up - A guided tour through the worlds of pop, rock and rap | Chicago Tribune | Blog

From a post in Greg Kot's Turn it Up blog in the Chicago Tribune: "On Tuesday, Radiohead will release one of the year’s most anticipated albums, “In Rainbows.” It’s the U.K. band’s seventh album, and first in four years, and the band

The story goes on to report that, despite the availability of pirated pre-release copies of the band's three previous albums, each one debuted in the top five in the Billboard charts.

So it appears that Radiohead, like Prince, is by-passing the conventional route and distributing it's music on its own terms.

This trend will continue, as more and more artists figure out that they don't need a record company. The industry will eventually have to figure out a new way to make money, though it's clear that competition from an increasing number of independent artists will spread the wealth a lot thinner than record company execs will like.

Holy sh*t, Batman, it's the Elderly Brothers!

The Elderly Bros
Originally uploaded by GeorgeNemeth

POW! ZAP! BAM!

Ronnie Wood claims bandmates have forgotten how to play

Ronnie Wood claims bandmates have forgotten how to play: "Ronnie Wood claims his Rolling Stones bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have forgotten how to play their greatest hits. The 60-year-old bassist has to remind the rockers which notes to play on classic tracks such as 'Satisfaction' and 'Brown Sugar' - even though they wrote them."

This is why the Elderly Brothers keep a big book with all of our tunes on stage, in a very large, easy-to-read font.

Of course, the journalist for this Bang Showbiz article has his/her own issues: since when is Ron Wood the bassist?

41st Annual Kent Folk Festival

The schedule for this year's Kent Folk Festival has been announced:

For the 41st KSFF, there will be two big shows at the KSU Ballroom - Rosanne Cash (with Susan Werner) on Nov. 10 and the finale show on Nov. 17, featuring legends Dr. John and David Bromberg & the Angel Band. The free performances for Folk Alley `Round Town have expanded to 30 venues throughout the city on Nov. 16 (there will also be a special pay-at-the-door concert by Steppin' In It at the Kent Stage). The beloved workshops return as well, featuring a variety of artists and styles in the KSU Student Center on Nov. 17 from Noon to 5 p.m.

The workshop day in particular is big fun, and free. Check it out!

Technology Review: Gibson's Self-Tuning Guitar

From an article in Technology Review:

"It's every guitar player's nightmare: you step onstage, strike your rock-god pose, triumphantly strum the first chord of a song--and discover that your guitar is out of tune. A new line of instruments from Gibson Guitar now promises to banish this scenario to the dark ages with high-tech self-tuning technology built into the company's flagship electric-guitar models."

Wow! This could make life a lot easier -- especially for the audience.