Watch Austin City Limits Music Festival from home

The festival with built-in name recognition cranks back up this weekend. Thanks to the AT&T blue room anyone on earth can feel like they're there. There's sure to be a little something for everybody.

Not only can you watch via the Web cast, you can also listen to XM Radio's coverage of the festival.

Visit ACL Music Festival's Web site for links for the latest photos, setlists and blog posts from the event.

Webcast lineup:

Sept 26.

12:45 PM Dan Dyer
01:30 PM Rodney Crowell
02:30 PM What Made Milwaukee Famous
03:30 PM Jakob Dylan
04:30 PM Jamie Lidell
05:30 PM Gogol Bordello
06:30 PM Slightly Stoopid
07:30 PM Vampire Weekend
08:30 PM Hot Chip
09:30 PM G. Love and Special Sauce

Sept 27.

12:45 PM Yeasayer
01:30 PM Old 97's
02:30 PM The Fratellis
03:30 PM Drive-By Truckers
04:30 PM Man Man
05:30 PM Robert Earl Keen
06:30 PM Spiritualized
07:30 PM Conor Oberst
08:30 PM Jose Gonzales
09:30 PM John Fogerty

Sept 28.

12:45 PM Sybris
01:30 PM Nicole Atkins and the Sea
02:30 PM The Killsstreaming
03:30 PM Flyleaf
04:30 PM Against Me!
05:30 PM Neko Case
06:30 PM Okkervil River
07:30 PM The Raconteurs
08:45 PM Tegan and Sara
09:30 PM Blues Traveler

Until then, take a listen to the ACL channel on AT&T blue room radio.

Blog focuses on mix tapes

Great blog here with near weekly mix tapes for download or streaming. Enjoy!

Free download: Dexateens' latest album

Visit the Dexateens' Web site to download the band's latest album "Lost and Found."

You can go here and listen to more songs by the band.

Police's final show webcast

Watch the Police's final performance Webcast, rehearsal footage and soundcheck party from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The rehearsal and soundcheck has already been recorded and the final performance Webcast is tonight at 9:45 p.m. BestBuy.com will be streaming three songs from the encore of the capstone performance of the Police's momentus career. The clip will be archived on the Web site as well.

According to Sting's Web site:

In addition to the live Webcast, which includes three of the last four songs in the encore, Best Buy will begin the presale of an exclusive DVD/CD set, "The Police: Certifiable." The set features the band's entire concert from Buenos Aires as well as bonus footage, available in a 2 DVD/2CD standard format or a 1 DVD/2CD Blu-ray format. Also available is a three LP premium vinyl set with an MP3 file key (a one-time free download of entire album).

Lollapalooza and Gathering of the Vibes Webcasts this weekend

Click here to watch Lollapalooza Webcast

Schedule:

Friday
2:15 PM — Rogue Wave
3:15 PM — Yeasayer
4:15 PM — The Kills
5:15 PM — Gogol Bordello
6:15 PM — Mates of State
7:15 PM — Bloc Party
8:15 PM — Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
9:00 PM — The Raconteurs

Saturday
1:15 PM — Margot & The Nuclear So So's
1:45 PM — The Ting Tings
2:30 PM — Dr. Dog
3:30 PM — The Gutter Twins
4:30 PM — The Go Team
5:30 PM — Duffy
6:30 PM — Jamie Lidell
7:30 PM — Devotchka
8:30 PM — Explosions In The Sky
9:30 PM — Broken Social Scene
10:30PM — Wilco

Sunday
1:15 PM — Kid Sister
2:15 PM — The Whigs
3:15 PM — Office
4:15 PM — Chromeo
5:15 PM — G. Love & Special Sauce
6:15 PM — Blues Traveler
7:15 PM — John Butler Trio
8:15 PM — Flogging Molly
9:15 PM — Love & Rockets
10:15 PM — The National

Lollapalooza Web site

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Click here to watch Gathering of the Vibes Webcast

Schedule:

Friday
2:50 PM — Ryan Montbleau Band
4:15 PM — Porter Batiste Stoltz
5:40 PM — Assembly of Dust
7:10 PM — TBA
9:00 PM — Deep Banana Blackout
10:45 PM — The Black Crowes

Saturday
11:00 AM — Alternate Routes
12:45 PM — Strangefolk
2:30 PM — New Riders of the Purple Sage
4:15 PM — Bill Kreutzmann Trio
6:00 PM — Dark Star Orchestra (Set 1)
7:30 PM — Taj Mahal Trio
9:00 PM — Phil Lesh & Friends

Sunday
11:00 AM — Organically Grown Gospel Choir
12:15 PM — Jackie Greene
1:45 PM — TBA
3:15 PM — Donna Jean and the Tricksters
4:45 PM — Umphrey's McGee
6:30 PM — The Neville Brothers

Gathering of the Vibes Web site

NPR to offer webcast of Newport music festivals

From the AP:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals will be able to listen to some of the concerts online.

NPR Music, part of National Public Radio, plans to stream select performances from both festivals. The webcasts also will be archived and available on-demand.

Current schedule:

* Sat., Aug. 9
* 11:30 a.m.: TBA
* 1:00 p.m.: TBA

* Sun., Aug. 10
* 11:30 a.m.: Guillermo Klein & Los Guachos
* 1:00 p.m.: George Wein All-Stars: With Esperanza Spalding, Anat Cohen, Howard Alden, Jimmy Cobb
* 4:05 p.m.: Herbie Hancock

Read more >>

NPR's announcement >>

New STS9 downloads

STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) has released two songs from their upcoming album "Peaceblasters" for download. The files are in mp3 format.

Shock Doctrine

Beyond Right Now

If you like what you hear click here to download a bunch of hour-long, live STS9 podcasts. I highly recommend the Vol. I podcast. These podcasts are very high quality and great for mp3 players.

STS9's homepage

Bonnaroo streams and downloads

Click here to download many of the live performances from the 2008 Bonnaroo Arts and Music Festival.

Many of the shows are in .flac format.

Enjoy audiophiles!

Bonnaroo Webcast this weekend

Seeing as how many of us aren't stuck in line to get into the sprawling farmland that plays host to Bonnaroo ... never fear! You too can get in on the action through the AT&T Blue Room's Webcast from June 13-15.

Click here for more information >>

Bonnaroo's Web site

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Update: Fuse TV will also be broadcasting live from Bonnaroo. It looks like they're going to show the headliners.

Click here for more info >>

Jazz Fest Webcast

Click here to watch

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival (Jazz Fest) Webcast is right around the corner! Live on the blue room May 3rd and 4th starting at 2 p.m. EST. Featuring the best performances from the festival, the live Webcast will include taped highlights from the first weekend.

Saturday Line-Up
Roddie Romero & The Hub City All Stars
Zac Brown
Wayne Toups
Jon Cleary
Dr. John
Voice of the Wetlands All Stars featuring Tab Benoit, Dr. Cyril Neville, Dr. John and others
the subdudes
Theresa Andersson
Susan Cowsill
Kim Carson
Irma Thomas
Tim McGraw
Jimmy Buffett
Widespread Panic (Woohoo!)

Sunday Line-Up
Salvador Santana Band
Alejandro Escovedo
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Porter Batiste Stoltz
Papa Grows Funk
Art Neville
The Neville Brothers

— Info from www.attblueroom.com

Coachella Webcast this weekend

Watch a select group of bands each day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Previous years have rivaled Bonnaroo and this one is no different.

Read more >>

Fun with Imeem

There's a pretty cool site called imeem.com that according to them is "an online community where millions of fans and artists discover new music, videos, and photos, and share their tastes with friends."

The site not only allows you to build playlists like the one below but you can also set up what they call battles. It's two songs and you can pick which you like better.

Click here to vote on my battle. The question is "Which do you prefer, earlier Beatles or later Beatles?"

Songs for your Mardi Gras

I've found yet another blog that focuses on mp3s.

Bag of Songs' Mardi Gras mixer

Stream the new Drive By Truckers album

Here it is, enjoy!

Drive By Truckers Web site

New Black Crowes song

Check out the Crowes' new single "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution" off of their upcoming album Warpaint.

It can be found on their Web site — blackcrowes.com

There you can find more information about their upcoming album and tour.

Video from Jamcruise 6

We experienced some great weather this weekend but I think I would rather be on a cruise with a steady flow of good live music.

www.iclips.net/jamcruise.php



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New Year's Radiohead, STS9 Web casts

Radiohead's Thom Yorke

Radiohead are to broadcast a performance of their latest album on television and online on New Year's Eve — the same day In Rainbows is released on CD and on vinyl.

Radiohead to release a pre-recorded set to coincide with the release of In Rainbows on vinyl and CD.

The pre-recorded set will go out on the cable and satellite channel Current TV, and online on Current.com and Radiohead.tv.

"This is a wee celebration of the release of the physical manifestation of In Rainbows," lead singer Thom Yorke wrote on the band's Web site.

Full article >>

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Also, Soundtribe Sector 9 will be Web casting their New Year's run.

According to their Web site: Our friends at iClips.net will be joining us in Atlanta for ALL FOUR nights to bring you all the sights and sounds, as they happen, via the Web and a 5 camera shoot! Sign up now at iClips.net and get ready to “join us” at The Tabernacle from the comfort of your own home … free of charge.

New Widespread Panic song streaming; new album info

New-esque might be the better term. "Flicker" has
been played live before. It's the second song to be
released for streaming that is on the "Free Somehow"
album that is rumored to hit stores in late January 2008.



From widespreadpanic.com:

November 29, 2007
New CD hits the streets early 2008

The band is excited to announce their new CD "Free Somehow"
will be available online and in stores early 2008.
The CD was recorded at the Compass Point Studios by
Terry Manning. Most of the songs on this CD have not
been performed live yet. Here's a peek at the track
listing and a streaming studio version of "Flicker,"
which was performed live on tour in 2007, on the audio player.

Track listing:
Boom Boom Boom
Walk On The Flood
Angels On High
Three Candles
Tickle The Truth
Free Somehow
Flicker Take a listen
Dark Day Program
Her Dance Needs No Body
Already Fried
Up All Night Free download

Voodoo Fest Live Stream

Click here to stream and to see the schedule.

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

Friday, Oct. 26
Time (CST)

Galactic
(2:35 - 3:55)
Jason Isbell
(3:55 - 4:55)
BRMC
(4:55 - 5:55)
Porcupine Tree
(5:55 - 6:55)
Bonerama
(6:55 - 8:05)
M.I.A.
(8:05 - 9:10)
JJ Grey & MOFRO
(9:10 - 11:25)
Toots & the Maytals
(11:25 - 1:00)

Acoustic music

I managed to get a good sampling of acoustic music across the spectrum. Note to purists: You may find some electric elements in some of these songs ... please don't hold it against me.