Portland Cello Project and Thao Nguyen

Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, June 9th:
Ancient Astronauts – We Are to Answer (Buy)
The Horse’s Ha – Of the Cathmawr Yards (Buy)
The Low Anthem – Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (Buy)
Portland Cello Project – The Thao & Justin Power Sessions (Buy)
Sonic Youth – The Eternal (Buy)

MP3: Portland Cello Project Featuring Thao – Beat (Health, Life And Fire)
MP3: Ancient Astronauts – Everybody
MP3: The Horse’s Ha – Asleep In a Waterfall

[Via Darren Waters – Technology editor, BBC News]
“In June 1999 a US teenager wrote a computer program that turned the music industry on its head, and created shockwaves that are still being felt by the global entertainment business a decade later.

By letting friends swap MP3 tracks, perfect digital copies of music, Napster made the casual copying and exchanging of music among friends into a global, automated and simple process that threatened the music industry, whose business model was in no way geared, or even prepared, for the digital online age.” Continue Article @ BBC News

Patterson Hood

The Low Anthem
Time: 1:30pm – 2:00pm
Stage: Sonic
MP3: The Low Anthem – To Ohio

Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians
Time: 2:15pm – 2:45pm
Stage: Sonic
MP3: Patterson Hood – Heavy and Hanging

Animal Collective
Time: 2:50pm – 4:00pm
Stage: Which
MP3: Animal Collective – My Girls

Galactic with Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry
Time: 4:15pm – 4:45pm
Stage: What
MP3: Galactic – Tiger Roll

J. Tillman

J. Tillman
Album: Year In The Kingdom (Release Date – September 22nd)
Label: Western Vinyl
MP3: J. Tillman – Earthly Bodies

Yo La Tengo
Album: Popular Songs (Release Date – September 8th)
Label: Matador
MP3: Yo La Tengo – Periodically Double Or Triple

From Digital Music News:
The highly-successful Pandora iPhone app now has a concert companion, thanks to a deal with SonicLiving. The tie-up, tipped to Digital Music News late last week, finds SonicLiving powering concert listings alongside station Pandora, SonicLiving Integration streams. “Pandora is dedicated to providing the best music experience possible, whether recorded or live, which is why we’ve chosen SonicLiving to power our sponsored concert listings,” said Tom Conrad, chief technical officer for Pandora. “SonicLiving has made it much easier for our listeners to find out where and when their favorite bands are playing.” Continue Reading @ Digital Music News

Taj Mahal, Xavier Rudd and Buddy Guy are confirmed to headline the 16th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, which runs September 18th, 19th and 20th. The festival is a three-day celebration of music and microbrews, held in Telluride Town Park, an outdoor music venue with 13,000 foot mountain peaks for a backdrop. By day, experience live blues, rock, gospel and soul performances, the best microbrews in Colorado, a wide variety of food and craft vendors. By night, follow the festival as it flows into the town of Telluride, for late night bars and after-hours jams.

Ticket Info:
Juke Joint tickets, three-day passes and camping passes for the 16th Annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival are on sale now! A three-day pass is available for $155.00 and Juke Joint tickets are sold per night at $25. Festival camping is available adjacent to the festival grounds for $40 per person and are valid for 4 nights starting Thursday, September 11. Single-day, Bal de Maison, Fais Do Do and After Hours Jam tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 1 at 10:00 am MST. Friday and Sunday tickets can be purchased for $55.00 each and Saturday for $60.00. Fais Do Do tickets are $35 and Bal de Maison are $20. After Hours Jam are $15.00. Tickets can be purchased at www.tellurideblues.com or by calling 866-515-6166.

MP3: Taj Mahal – Going Up To The Country And Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live – 1974)
MP3: Xavier Rudd – Food In The Belly

Jeff Buckley – Grace Around the World DVD Release Benefit
Tuesday June 9 @ 7:00pm
Largo at the Coronet
366 N. La Cienega Blvd.

Tickets – $45 (Includes entrance to art exhibit, DVD screening, short performance by special guest, and forum with Mary Guibert)

Grace Pass – $100 (Includes deluxe, private meet & greet and art exhibit with family, friends, and special guests prior to screening, as well as entry to exclusive post-show party & private performances by additional Special Guests.

All proceeds from the benefit go to the Silverlake Conservatory of Music. SCOM is a non-profit organization designed to facilitate basic music education for youth.

For tickets (click here)

Order – Grace Around The World DVD + MP3 (Click Here)

Jeff Buckley – When the Levee Breaks (Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie Cover)

Twisted.

MP3: MGMT – Kids (Soulwax Nite Remix)