A couple of good ol’ Kentucky boys done well. Ben Sollee, the acclaimed cellist who got his start with Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet (featuring banjo wiz Bela Fleck), has teamed up with Cold Spring native, Daniel Martin Moore, for one of the most exceptional musical collaborations I can think of in recent years. The duo recently …
Monthly Archive: February 2010
Feb 16 2010
Sasquatch Exists (as a music festival)
The initial lineup for the ninth annual Sasquatch Music Festival was released early this morning…and it’s a good one…actually it’s great. The three-day festival will take place May 29-31 at the beautiful Gorge Amphitheatre which sits above the Columbia River Gorge in George, Washington. Quite possibly the best outdoor music venue in the country. My …
Feb 16 2010
Cincinnati Music News and Local Releases
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion Cold Spring’s very own Daniel Martin Moore has teamed up with renouned cellist Ben Sollee (of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet), for a collaboration seemingly sent from the heavens above. Recorded close to home, the two focus on “the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and …
Feb 10 2010
Bonnaroo 2010: Interesting to Say the Least
Yesterday, organizers of the Bonnaroo Music Festival decided to make an all-day event out of unveiling the initial lineup for their 2010 event. Actually, it was more or less up to the artists themselves. Taking advantage of the social networks that have become a main source of communication such as Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, bands began breaking the …
Feb 09 2010
Bonnaroo 2010 Lineup Announcements
After months and months of waiting, but yet still four months to go, Bonnaroo is finally releasing the names of those who will appear at the country’s biggest and best music festival. Voted “Festival of the Decade” by Consequence of Sound. See y’all in sunny Manchester, Tennessee in June! For many of us, the Bonnaroo lineup …
Feb 08 2010
Live Blogging on the Bonnaroo Lineup
Tune into Brokenmic.com tomorrow, where I will be posting live updates of the official Bonnaroo 2010 artist lineup. The lineup will be dropped throughout the day tomorrow, beginning in the morning, in which bands will be using social networks like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to break the news that they’re playing the festival. Bonnaroo.com will …
Feb 07 2010
Super Bowl XLIV: Manning, Brees and The Who
Tonight marks a time when two of my favorite things “join together” – football and rock and roll. Ah yes, the Super Bowl. Once again Coach Marvin Lewis and our very own Cincinnati Bengals have yet to find a way to make it to the big game, ending yet another season in disappointment. It was certainly better than the …
Feb 05 2010
Bonnaroo Rumorville Updates
Howdy Bonnaroovians! Thought I’d keep you posted and up to date with all the latest from the Bonnaroo camp. The moment we’ve all been waiting for is just a few days away; the lineup will be revealed this Tuesday, February 9th. But it’ll be a little different than in years past. They’re trying something new …
Feb 02 2010
Breaking Bonnaroo News…and It’s Not the Lineup
Tuesday, February 2nd. Today was the day that many a Bonnaroo fan had previously marked on their calenders. For the past several weeks, it was speculated (after an interview between Alex Young of Consequence of Sound and Bonnaroo co-founder Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment) that the 2010 lineup would be revealed this day. Turns out …