Forecastle tickets on sale NOW
As announced on Monday, My Morning Jacket will team up with the Forecastle Festival celebrating their 10th anniversary by booking bands, curating late night shows and choosing philanthropic partners. My Morning Jacket will be headlining on Saturday evening during the 3-day event, taking place at Louisville’s Waterfront Park on July 13-15, 2012. Specially priced weekend passes will go on-sale TODAY January 27 at noon (EST). After the initial allotment is depleted, tickets will still be available at regular price.
Forecastle and My Morning Jacket are also giving the band’s fan club Roll Call a 2 hour head start to purchase these limited weekend passes starting at 10am EST while supplies last. For more information on Roll Call, go to www.mmjrollcall.com
For more information on Forecastle go to www.forecastlefest.com
* Roll Call members – please log into your account at 10am for directions on how you can access this pre-sale before the general on sale.
My Morning Jacket collaborate with Forecastle Festival 2012
My Morning Jacket is pleased to announce their involvement with Forecastle Festival 2012. From booking bands and curating late night shows, to choosing philanthropic partners, My Morning Jacket is collaborating with Forecastle for this year’s 10th Anniversary. In addition, My Morning Jacket will be headlining on Saturday evening during the 3-day event, taking place at Louisville’s Waterfront Park on July 13-15, 2012.
Specially priced weekend passes will go on-sale January 27 at noon EST.
Please visit www.forecastlefest.com for ticketing information and additional festival announcements to come.
GUTHRIE PROJECT “NEW MULTITUDES” TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 28
Like a cadre of musical brothers finally coalescing after years on the road apart, Yim Yames has joined forces with Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Gob Iron, Uncle Tupelo), Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), and Anders Parker (Varnaline, Gob Iron) to gratefully deliver New Multitudes, an intimate interpretation of American icon and musical legend Woody Guthrie’s previously unrecorded lyrics.
Set to coincide with the centennial celebration of Woody Guthrie’s birth year, New Multitudes will be released on February 28, 2012 by Rounder Records as a 12 track release and a 24 track limited edition. The limited edition features original Guthrie lyric sheets, the 12 track release, and 12 additional compositions recorded by Farrar and Parker. The album will also be available on vinyl.
Please visit the New Multitudes Facebook page: facebook.com/newmultitudes to hear “Old L.A.” from the album, featuring Anders Parker on lead vocal. “Like” the page to receive updates including interview footage, live performance video, etc.
The band will hit the road for a select run of dates in March.
March 6 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
March 7 – The Mayan – Los Angeles, CA
March 9 – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR
March 10 – Showbox – Seattle, WA
March 12 – The Birchmere – Alexandria, VA
March 13 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
March 14 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
March 16 – Paradise – Boston, MA
My Morning Jacket to play New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
My Morning Jacket will be playing the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival taking place April 27 – May 6. The festival will also have performances by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Al Green, Bon Iver, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and many more. For the full line-up and ticket information please visit www.nojazzfest.com
“Friends Again” 7″ In Stores Now
The limited edition 7″ of “Friends Again” and “Outta My System (Alternate Universe Take)” is now in stores. Find a local store from the link below to locate a independent record store near you. Please call ahead to make sure stock is available.
http://www.recordstoreday.com/Venues
“Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” live from BBC
Lauren Laverne from BBC’s 6 Music is offering a free download this week of “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” that was recorded live in the studio while the guys were recently on tour in Europe. Grab the song here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/laurenlaverne/
My Morning Jacket iTunes Session EP available now
The new holiday-themed iTunes Session EP from My Morning Jacket is available now and features beautiful renditions of Christmas standards “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Please Come Home For Christmas“. It also includes two special holiday gifts: a reworking of Circuital’s “Wonderful (The Way I Feel)” and a brand new song “Welcome Home.”
The song “When The Bells Start Ringing” has also been selected as the Single of The Week. The free download is available here.
Track Listing for iTunes Session EP:
1. I’ll Be Home For Christmas (feat. The Head And The Heart) 3:32
2. Welcome Home 3:41
3. Please Come Home For Christmas 3:02
4. Christmas Must Be Tonight 3:48
5. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas 2:45
6. Wonderful 5:07
7. When The Bells Start Ringing (feat. The Head And The Heart) 3:36
My Morning Jacket To Perform at the 50th Anniversary of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
My Morning Jacket is proud to announce their participation in the 50th Anniversary of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band at Carnegie Hall on January 7. They will be performing along with Mos Def, GIVERS, Tao Seeger, Allen Toussaint, Blind Boys of Alabama, Del McCoury Band, and Trombone Shorty. Tickets are on sale now:
http://www.bowerypresents.com/event/78011
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth Benefit
Yim Yames, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore will continue their recent partnership at a Dec. 29 concert to benefit Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, a non-partisan social justice group that is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The special performance will take place Thursday, December 29, 2011 at The Brown Theatre in Louisville. Doors will open at 6 p.m.; the concert will begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available for $35 at The Kentucky Center or online at www.kentuckycenter.org. The concert, which will also feature authors Silas House and Jason Howard, will be at the Brown Theatre and will focus on the ramifications of mountaintop removal coal mining.
ear X-tacy
“there is a tear in my eye right now as i hear about the closing of one of my favorite places on earth- ear-xtacy. i send thanks and healing vibes to john and everyone who has worked so hard at the store over the years…the presence of that sacred place will be sorely missed. people- let this be a big wake up call to us…we need these places to gather as a community and share ideas about music and art and love and life and…. for the love of god…. it cant all take place online…or i fear that one day we will all wake up bleary-eyed and hung over from our technology binge and find the real world long gone… let us be inspired by places like “please and thank you,” “carmichaels,” “pops retail and consignment,” “heine brothers” and all the great independent ma and pa stores around the globe- leading us into a new era of what a creative business can be…we need to support these places and help create more…the mp3 has killed the idea of what a traditional record store used to be, but that should only be cause for us to re-invent and support things the computer can never kill…we need these real places… where you can still buy a record from a local band or a hard to find label or root thru stacks of used vinyl…or get a cup of coffee…or buy an old stereo system or a synthesizer or a pair of jeans…or learn a new skill…or teach a new skill…and love your fellow human in person and face to face and all in the same place. lets brainstorm. lets build more of these places. lets stick together. lets support each other. lets figure it out.” – jim james
