July 11, 2011 - The Dave Matthews Band Caravan festival touched down at Lakeside in Chicago over the weekend (7/8-10), with its namesake playing three sets over the course of the event, plus an impressive lineup of other artists.
May 6, 2011 - On the heels of his first-ever hit single, singer/songwriter Amos Lee has extended his forthcoming summer trek behind his latest studio effort, "Mission Bell."
March 9, 2011 - Details about first of four music festivals planned for this year by the Dave Matthews Band were unveiled Wednesday (3/9) during a press conference in Atlantic City, NJ, which will host the event June 24-26 at Bader Field, the former home of the Atlantic City Municipal Airport.
February 17, 2011 - Just two weeks after scoring the top spot on The Billboard 200, singer/songwriter Amos Lee has made plans to perform his new album across the eastern U.S. this spring,
February 2, 2011 - How low can the recorded music business go? Another record week on the album sales chart means Amos Lee now has the distinction of having the lowest-selling No. 1 album since SoundScan started tracking album sales in 1991. He tops the record set just two weeks ago by Cake's "Showroom of Compassion."
January 11, 2011 - The effect of bringing in Calexico's Joey Burns to produce Amos Lee's latest collection of folky pop is felt early and late in the album. The weeping pedal steel, the drawls of guests Lucinda Williams and Willie Nelson, the openness in the arrangements and the general Western feel burrow into Lee's big-city foundation and suggest elements of growth on this, his fourth album for Blue Note.
The Dave Matthews Band Caravan festival touched down at Lakeside in Chicago over the weekend (7/8-10), with its namesake playing three sets over the course of the event, plus an impressive lineup of other artists.
On the heels of his first-ever hit single, singer/songwriter Amos Lee has extended his forthcoming summer trek behind his latest studio effort, "Mission Bell."
Details about first of four music festivals planned for this year by the Dave Matthews Band were unveiled Wednesday (3/9) during a press conference in Atlantic City, NJ, which will host the event June 24-26 at Bader Field, the former home of the Atlantic City Municipal Airport.
Nicki Minaj's " Pink Friday" album tops the U.S. album chart this week, more than two months after its release.
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