PLUG Award Winners
Mon Mar 10, 7:03 PM GMT
The 2008 Plug Independent Music Awards took place March 6 in New York hosted by Patton Oswalt with performances by DiVinci, Jose Gonzalez, The Forms, Dizzee Rascal, St. Vincent, and Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds. The winners are listed below.
Album Of the Year
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (Merge)
New Artist Of the Year
Justice
Female Artist Of the Year
Annie Clark (St. Vincent)
Male Artist Of the Year
Andrew Bird
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Cowboy Junkies Revisit Seminal Work
Fri Feb 15, 8:07 PM GMT
In November of 1987, a then little-known unsigned band by the name of the Cowboy Junkies gathered in The Church of The Holy Trinity in Toronto and recorded their second album—the seminal The Trinity Session.
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Built to Spill Tour
Tue Dec 11, 5:39 PM GMT
As posted on the band’s Web site, Idaho Indie favorites Built to Spill have announced its first tour of 2008; a month long stint of 25 shows across the States,
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The Three Girls and Their Buddy Tour: By Land, By Sea…
Mon Dec 10, 8:08 PM GMT
Singer/songwriters Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Griffin, and Buddy Miller will be sharing the stage on a brief January tour.
The Three Girls and Their Buddy Tour, promises to be a far better tour than its dubious title implies, with four seasoned artists sharing the limelight. Although no official word confirms this, expect the artists to be performing a mix of each other’s songs in what could not be anything other than a memorable outing.
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Woody Guthrie Live in Concert
Mon Dec 10, 4:59 PM GMT
With a plethora of albums and nearly 3,000 song lyrics, it may come as a surprise to learn that Woody Guthrie has never been heard in concert except by those who actually attended a show. It was thought that a live recording of Woody Guthrie was non-existent until 2001 when a suspicious package turned up at the Woody Guthrie Archives containing two spools of wire recordings.
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Super Furry Animals on the Loose
Wed Dec 5, 10:15 PM GMT
Welsh quintet, Super Furry Animals, will be running rampant on a North American tour starting in January according to Pollstar.com.
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The Moody Blues Depart On US Tour
Tue Nov 27, 9:07 PM GMT
Pollstar, a Web-based music information service, has posted spring dates for The Moody Blues concert tour beginning March 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.
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Iron Maiden Hits the Skies for Another Tour
Mon Nov 26, 9:18 PM GMT
Pollstar.com reports that iconic metal band, Iron Maiden, will be embarking on its Somewhere Back in Time world tour, primarily playing a set based off of their 1984-85 World Slavery Tour and 1986-87 Somewhere in Time Tour.
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Tangible In Rainbows to Appear on US Shores
Wed Nov 7, 3:06 PM GMT
Unconfirmed from the Radiohead camp but leaked to the folks at Pitchforkmedia.com is a rumor that slates Radiohead’s In Rainbows to be released in North America the old-fashioned way: on a shiny disc snuggly ensconced in festive post-modern artwork. As reported, ATO/Side One is the lucky group to handle U.S. distribution and may possibly have the disc out by New Year’s.
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