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This past Monday night, I was invited to Los Angeles to hear the new Jack Johnson CD, To The Sea. When I rolled up to the office of Brushfire Records (that doubles as a solar powered recording studio), people were chatting on the lawn, a guy was cooking up tacos in [...]
Continue Reading →I just got back from a bananas-less-than-24-hours trip to L.A.
I stayed at the new W Hotel and they take their W seriously.
I went to L.A. to Jack Johnson HQ where I (honestly) shot this photo of Jack by accident. I have so much more to tell and show you (including [...]
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I caught up with John Butler today. He’s a got a new haircut and a new band, oh yes, a new album coming too. But about that haircut…I asked him how it felt to have undergone the haircut heard ‘round the world:
And about that new band:
And [...]
Continue Reading →All round to my place for an Oscar Party!
John Fisher, intern Brittany, Promo Dude Eduardo, Sunday Brunch host Dave Benson, Tami Bennett (not pictured…she left early ’cause she has a 2:20 AM wake up call!!), and assorted friends gathered with Vanguard recording artist Greg Laswell to eat candy, drink champagne [...]
Continue Reading →I’ve never liked this photo of me and Jack Johnson taken after an interview backstage at Bonnaroo (I think I look like a scary Barbie). So you know it takes a lot for me to post it.
This constitutes a lot, right?? Check this out:
I just got invited to L.A. [...]
Continue Reading →They seemed like perfectly normal, hippy, indie rock guys when I met them in the hay bale-covered recording studio at Bonnaroo a couple years back. They had just performed a sublime acoustic set in my backstage studio. With their rustic beards and folksy instrumentation, they reminded me a lot of The Band. We [...]
Continue Reading →Have you seen the Bonnaroo lineup yet? (If not, check it out here.) Well, a bunch of ‘Roo headliners have teamed up to put out some new music for a good cause.
Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson and others are motivating fans to speak out on climate change, teaming with the Natural Resources [...]
Continue Reading →If you enjoyed seeing Tom Petty last year at the Gorge, or maybe didn’t get a chance to go, fear not! Petty’s coming back to the Gorge, along with his Mojo and a bunch of his buds.
Petty will be trekking the country this summer with the likes of My Morning Jacket, Crosby, [...]
Continue Reading →Yesterday was a gold medal music day: a lounge with Fanfarlo (vids to come) and a private performance by Los Lonely Boys. Here’s 3 minutes of “Heaven”:
And did you know the Boys have a covers album out called 1969 where they do all classics from that year? It’s great. No dig on The [...]
Continue Reading →Sting might not be touring with The Police any more, but he will be touring again soon with quite a few of his friends.
Sting, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, will embark on a world tour this summer, performing his most celebrated songs re-imagined for symphonic arrangement.
The Royal Philharmonic Concert [...]
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