The Stone Foxes Named #1 Artist On The Verge by Relix Plus Song Included on Tap Tap Revenge 4
Relix magazine has named The Stone Foxes their #1 artist "On The Verge" in their January/February 2011 issue which hits newsstands on January 3. Relix says "channeling Southern rock, traditional blues and Jimmy Page guitar heroics, The Stone Foxes disguises Californian roots behind a dense layer of rugged riffs and elusive tales...". The Stone Foxes, "Stomp", from their Bears and Bulls CD is being featured in the music gaming app Tap Tap Revenge 4 alongside songs by My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Metallica and more. Tap Tap Revenge is the longest-running, most-downloaded music gaming app of all time and the new version is currently the #1 app on iTunes. For a free game download, please click here.
The Stone Foxes will be on tour throughout 2011 with early highlights including an appearance at San Francisco's Noise Pop Festival on February 24 and supporting The Black Keys in Phoenix on April 14 - - please see Tour Dates >>
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars Contribute to We Are The World 25th Anniversary and Release New Song For Download
In addition, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars have just recorded a new song with producer Chris Velan whom they worked with on their acclaimed debut CD Living Like A Refugee. The new song is entitled "Iñez" and as a thank you to fans everywhere the song and video are available for free download at inez.chrisvelan.com >>
Catch Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars on Jamcruise in January followed by a North American our in Spring 2011 - - please see Tour Dates >>
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Songs From "The Promise" (Live), watch on VEVO >>
2011 GRAMMY Nominee David Lindley Special Featured Guest on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Songs From The Promise (Live) Streaming On VEVO and on The Promise CD Set
2011 GRAMMY Nominee David Lindley is a special featured guest on Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Songs From "The Promise" (Live), streaming on VEVO online until January 1, 2011. The rare concert event was filmed before an audience of approximately 60 fans in Asbury Park, New Jersey's Carousel House in early December 2010. Bruce and the band played songs that had never been performed live from the new 2-CD set, The Promise, which features David Lindley on three songs ("The Brokenhearted," "It's A Shame," "Breakaway"). The CD set contains previously unreleased tracks from the 1976-78 Darkness on The Edge of Town sessions. David played violin during the original recording sessions and he reprises that role in this Asbury Park performance. Rolling Stone said of the performance of "The Promise," "It's one of [Bruce's] best songs... With Lindley on the violin, it was extremely powerful..." (Rolling Stone, Exclusive Review: Springsteen's Asbury Park Show) The L.A. Times wrote "["Blue Christmas"] includes a special treat for Lindley-philes with shots of him and his gray-white mutton chops emerging from under a red and white Santa hat." (LA Times: Bruce Springsteen performance of 'The Promise' songs streaming for the holidays)
Don Van Vliet, better known as Captain Beefheart, passed away today, December 17, in Northern California after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. As a musician, Beefheart was revered as truly one of a kind and he left his mark on rock music as a true innovator. He was an early agency client of The Rosebud Agency who represented him through his relationships with four different managers until he retired from touring in 1981, at which time he segued into his other career in art. Agency founder, Mike Kappus, produced his final recording, with Beefheart singing "Happy Earth Day" (to the tune of "Happy Birthday") over the phone to Kappus for a 2003 compilation recording for environmental organization, Earthjustice, entitled Where We Live. The concept for the recording sprang from Beefheart having sung Happy Birthday" to Kappus on his preceding birthday and the recording ended with the two of them laughing. Private until the end, there will be no services. Rest In Peace, Don.
Rosebud Artists Honored With 13+ Nominations For New Orleans' Best of The Beat Awards - Vote Now!
Rosebud Artists have been honored with 13 nominations for the Best of The Beat Awards presented by OffBeat magazine, recognizing the best of New Orleans music. Trombone Shorty leads Rosebud nominees with 6 nominations including Artist of the Year; Album of the Year for Backatown; Best R&B/Funk Artist; Best R&B/Funk Album for Backatown; Best Trombonist and Best Trumpeter, an award he has won the last two years in a row. Dr. John is nominated for 3 awards: Best Blues Artist; Best Blues Album for Tribal and Songwriter of the Year. Irma Thomas is nominated for Best Female Vocalist and is also featured on Song of the Year nominee, "Heart of Steel" by Galactic. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet are nominated for Best Cajun Artist, a category they have won an amazing 14 times, including last year. Jon Cleary is nominated for Best Piano / Keyboardist and his Piano, Bass & Drums project band members are all also nominated: Doug Belote for Best Drummer; James Singleton for Best Bass Player and Matt Perrine for Best Tuba / Sousaphonist. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band's Kirk Joseph is nominated for Best Tuba / Sousaphonist as well. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Best of The Beat Award Nominees are selected by the editors and writers of OffBeat and voted on by the public. To vote and for more information on the awards click here. The awards take place January 28, 2011 at Generations Hall in New Orleans.
Charlie Musselwhite Leads Blues Music Awards With 5 Nominations, Two Noms For Duke Robillard, Plus Dr. John, Irma Thomas, John Hammond and Ruthie Foster Nominations
We are proud to announce that Rosebud Artists have been honored with 11-plus nominations for the 2011 Blues Music Awards. Blues Hall of Famer and 23-time BMA Winner Charlie Musselwhite ties for most nominations of any artist with 5 nominations including Album of the Year and Traditional Blues Album of the Year for The Well; Best Instrumentalist - Harmonica; Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year and Song of the Year for "Sad and Beautiful World." Duke Robillard scored 2 nominations: Traditional Blues Album of the Year for Passport to the Blues and Best Instrumentalist - Guitar, a category he has won previously 4 times. John Hammond, a 7-time BMA Winner, is nominated for Acoustic Artist of the Year and is featured in The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert, nominated for DVD of the Year. Ruthie Foster, who won for Contemporary Blues Female Artist last year, is this year nominated for the Koko Taylor Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year. Blues Hall of Famer Dr. John, who recently joined Rosebud for International representation (outside the U.S. and Canada), is nominated for Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year. Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Irma Thomas is nominated for Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year, a category she won last year for her 8th BMA overall.
Other Rosebud related nominations include: for Best Instrumentalist - Horn, longtime Tommy Castro Band saxophonist Keith Crossan; the late Luther Allison, a Rosebud artist until his passing, was recorded live in Montreal, July 4, 1997, shortly before his death. The performance has been released as Songs From The Road and is nominated for both DVD of the Year and Best Historical release.
The 2011 Blues Music Awards will be held Thursday May 5, 2011 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee and will be broadcast live in their entirety on Sirius XM's B.B. King's Bluesville (Sirius / XM). Congratulations to all! Check out the nominees live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
Dr. John To Be Inducted Into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Dr. John will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the 26th Annual Induction Ceremony on March 14, 2011 in New York City, an honor recognizing his recording career of more than 50 years. Inductees this year also include Tom Waits, Leon Russell, Neil Diamond, Alice Cooper and Darlene Love. Dr. John recently joined Rosebud for International booking representation (outside the U.S. and Canada). A 5-time GRAMMY winner, Dr. John is nominated for this year's GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Tribal and is part of two other 2011 GRAMMY-nominated projects: his performance of "My Indian Red" is on Treme, Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1, nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album; and he performs "Down in New Orleans" (written by Randy Newman, from Disney's The Princess and the Frog), nominated for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. "Down in New Orleans" was also nominated for an Oscar award this year. In 2008, Dr. John released City That Care Forgot, written in response to Hurricane Katrina and it's aftermath, which earned him his latest GRAMMY in 2009. Dr. John was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2008. Over his career he has collaborated with countless fellow legends, including The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Band (including an appearance in their legendary film, The Last Waltz) and Professor Longhair among many, many others. Congratulations Dr. John!
Stay tuned for upcoming International Tour Dates.
Ruthie Foster And The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Featured At 22nd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam
The 22nd Annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam on December 11th in Asheville, NC featured the debut of the Warren Haynes Band, which features Ruthie Foster on vocals (other band members include Ivan Neville, Ron Johnson, Terrance Higgins and Ron Holloway). Ruthie is also featured on Warren's forthcoming solo album, expected to be out in Spring 2011. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band made their first guest appearance of the evening with the Warren Haynes Band, playing on four songs. Later in the night the Dozen also played two songs with the Gregg Allman Band, before closing the show with their own set, where they were joined by Warren, Ivan Neville, Widespread Panic frontman John Bell, Ron Holloway, Ron Johnson and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd). Click here to see the setlist from the show. All post-production proceeds from Christmas Jam will go to Habitat to Humanity. So far, 16 houses have been built with money raised by previous Xmas Jams.
2011 GRAMMY Nominee Mavis Staples Featured at Kennedy Center Honors in Tribute to Paul McCartney, CBS to Broadcast December 28
2011 GRAMMY Nominee Mavis Staples recently performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in a tribute to 2010 recipient Paul McCartney. She joined James Taylor for "Let It Be" and they then lead the finale of "Hey Jude" with all of the evening's performers returning to the stage including Willie Nelson, Steven Tyler, Norah Jones, Dave Grohl, No Doubt and a choir. Ushers distributed glowsticks to the crowd, which was swaying them and chanting the chorus. There was a standing ovation from the distinguished crowd which included the President and Michelle Obama, and honorees Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Merle Haggard, Jerry Herman, and Bill T. Jones. The 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors will be broadcast on CBS at 9PM EST/PST on December 28.
Mavis is nominated for the 2011 GRAMMY for Best Americana Album for her latest, highly acclaimed album, You Are Not Alone, produced by Jeff Tweedy. The title track, written by Tweedy, was just named by Rolling Stone as the #6 Single of the Year. Check out Mavis live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
Bill Frisell New CD with Vinicius Cantuária Out January 25, 2011
Bill Frisell and Vinicius Cantuária's new album, Lagrimas Mexicanas, epitomizes a union of extraordinary musicians. Through the blending of emotive rhythms and harmonies, and the melding of classic and experimental sounds, the two artists have found an easy home with one another. Lagrimas Mexicanas is scheduled for release on January 25, 2011 via Entertainment One Music. The Wall Street Journal calls Frisell "the most innovative and influential jazz guitarist of the past 25 years", while Time Out London calls Cantuária "a supremely cool Brazilian singer-songwriter/guitarist/percussionist who never wastes a note." The duo will tour together in February including performances at Yoshi's in Oakland (February 16 &17), Le Poisson Rouge in New York City (February 19) and the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis (February 22). Please see Tour Dates >>
photo by: Lisa Houlgravee
Dr. John Joins The Rosebud Agency for Representation Outside U.S. and Canada
The Rosebud Agency is honored to welcome the legendary Dr. John for International booking representation - outside the U.S. and Canada. A 5-time GRAMMY winner, Dr. John is nominated for this year's GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Tribal, his latest album with his Lower 911 band. He is also part of two other 2011 GRAMMY-nominated projects: his performance of "My Indian Red" is on Treme, Music From the HBO Original Series, Season 1, nominated for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media; and he performs "Down in New Orleans" (written by Randy Newman, from Disney's The Princess and the Frog), nominated for Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. "Down in New Orleans" was also nominated for an Oscar award this year.
Dr. John is a nominee for 2011 Induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a well deserved honor that recognizes his recording career of more than 50 years. Starting as a session musician in his native New Orleans, he later moved to Los Angeles, where he developed his persona of Dr. John the Night Tripper. His Night Tripper period has been described as a tribute to New Orleans musical and spiritual traditions that meshed perfectly with psychedelia and his debut album, Gris-Gris, is widely regarded as a masterpiece. Among other highlights are his more funk-driven New Orleans music, including albums with The Meters as his backing band and Allen Toussaint producing. In 2008, Dr. John released City That Care Forgot, written in response to Hurricane Katrina which earned him his latest GRAMMY in 2009. Over his career he has collaborated with numerous fellow legends, including The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Band (including an appearance in their legendary film, The Last Waltz) and Professor Longhair among many, many others.
Stay tuned for upcoming International Tour Dates.
GRAMMY Nominee Bettye LaVette Performs On Lopez Tonight December 21st
2011 GRAMMY Nominee Bettye LaVette will perform on Lopez Tonight December 21st. The show airs on the TBS network at midnight/11pm CST. This follows Bettye's recent TV appearances on The Today Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Good Morning America, Tavis Smiley and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Bettye's latest album Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook is nominated for the GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album features songs composed by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd among others. The album is the most successful of Bettye's career, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Blues Chart (#55 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart) and still holding in the top 10 over 6 months later. Interpretations has received rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Wall St. Journal, USA Today and Entertainment Weekly among others. The New York Times' Jon Pareles proclaimed Bettye "now rivals Aretha Franklin as her generation's most vital soul singer." Catch Bettye live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
Trombone Shorty Backatown Tour Hits 5th Continent in one year, Grammy Nomination, Red Hot + New Orleans Triumph, RED Collaboration
GRAMMY NOMINATED TROMBONE SHORTY ADDS FIFTH CONTINENT TO GLOBE CIRCLING BACKATOWN WORLD TOUR Curates NOLA legends in two sold-out Red Hot + New Orleans events at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
(RED) campaign to use Backatown track "Hurricane Season"
Johnny A. Wins Blues Artist of the Year at 2010 Boston Music Awards
Johnny A. has been honored with the award for Blues Artist of the Year at the 2010 Boston Music Awards. The Boston Music Awards were founded in 1987 to bring together the music community of New England to honor its best and brightest performers while raising money for music charities. Proceeds from the 2010 Awards benefit Music Drives Us, a non-profit that provides funding for music education programs, supplies musical instruments for schools, sponsors music therapy programs and more.
Johnny's latest release is One November Night, a DVD/CD set recorded live at Scullers in Boston, his hometown. Johnny says of the show: "the music and the audience and the night were beautiful. Everyone and everything in the room came together to make it an extremely special experience." Check out Johnny live on stage, please see Tour Dates >>
Carrie Rodriguez on NPR's Mountain Stage Premiering 12/3, New Duet Album We Still Love Our Country Out Digitally 2/1/11 and Austin City Limits Re-Airing Weekend of 12/3
Carrie has teamed up with Ben Kyle of Romantica on a duet album, We Still Love Our Country, which will be released digitally February 1, 2011. The album is produced by Carrie and Ben with Lee Townsend (Bill Frisell, Loudon Wainwright III, John Scofield, Charlie Hunter), who produced Carrie's last solo album Love & Circumstance.
Coming soon, Carrie will once again host and perform on the Acoustic Café Evening Tour, please stay tuned for more details on her Tour Dates page >>
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars #1 on 2010 World Music Charts Europe
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars' latest album Rise & Shine is the #1 album of the year on the 2010 World Music Charts Europe (WMCE). WMCE are non-profit and non-commercial. The results are compiled from the individual top ten favorites of world music radio playlists across 23 European countries. WMCE works on behalf of the World Music Workshop of the European Broadcasting Union.
Congratulations Refugee All Stars! Check out the All Stars live in January performing on board Jam Cruise 9 and dates beyond, please see Tour Dates >>
Rosebud Artists Score Grammy Nominations
In alphabetical order, Rosebud artists scoring 2011 Grammy Nominations are Bettye LaVette's Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook, for Best Contemporary Blues Album, Jackson Browne & Rosebud's David Lindley for their CD, Love Is Strange - En Vivo Con Tino for Best Contemporary Folk Album, Charlie Musselwhite's The Well for Best Traditional Blues Album, Mavis Staples' You Are Not Alone for Best Americana Album and Trombone Shorty's Backatown for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.
Related nominations include Cyndi Lauper's Memphis Blues (featuring Rosebud's Charlie Musselwhite and Allen Toussaint) for Best Traditional Blues Album as well as Treme, Music from the HBO Original Series, featuring Trombone Shorty, Irma Thomas and Allen Toussaint for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media AND "Down In New Orleans" (From The Princess And The Frog) for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media (features Trombone Shorty playing with Dr. John on the song).
The Stone Foxes Named #1 Artist On The Verge by Relix Plus Song Included on Tap Tap Revenge 4
Rest In Peace, Don Van Vliet - Captain Beefheart
