Return of Salmon

Happy to report that Leftover Salmon will be making their trimuphent return to the stage this summer as they hit a couple of festivals - High Sierra and All Good. The group last performed together on New Year's Eve 2004, but the members have kept busy over the last few years with off-shoot bands.

I've seen the band a handful of times and you always left the show with a smile on your face - you really never knew what they were going to play as they often busted into audience requests. If you didn't have the pleasure of seeing them or you want to take a stroll down memory lane, here's a couple of shows to check out...

1994-06-28 - Leftover Salmon - Fox Theater - Boulder, CO

1996-08-09 - Leftover Salmon - Round Mountain Music Park - Round Mountain, NC

There is also a full length documentary out about the band called Years In Your Ears - check out the trailer....

FestivalMania

A bunch of festival line-up announcements have been rolling in and I'm feeling lazy so I'm just going to list them with the artists....

Sasquath
The Gorge Ampitheatre, George, WA
May 26-27, 2007

Saturday, May 26th:
Bjork
The Arcade Fire
Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System
M.I.A.
Citizen Cope
Neko Case
The Hold Steady
Grizzly Bear
Ghostland Observatory
Electrelane
Two Gallants
The Slip
Loney, Dear
Aqueduct
The Thermals
Viva Voce
The Blow
Gabriel Teodros

Sunday, May 27th:
Beastie Boys
Interpol
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Spoon
Bad Brains
Ozomatli
Dandy Warhols
The Black Angels
Mirah
Tokyo Police Club
Money Mark
St. Vincent
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Smoosh
Common Market
Helio Sequence
Minus The Bear

***More acts to be announced!***

Mountain Jam
June 1-3, 2007
Hunter Mountain, NY

Gov't Mule
Umphrey's McGee
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Robert Randolph and The Family Band
New Orleans Social Club
Ozomatli
North Mississippi Allstars
Tea Leaf Green
New Monsoon
Backyard Tire Fire

***More acts to be announced!***

Stagecoach
May 5th-6th, 2007
Indigo, CA

• Abigail Washburn with the Sparrow Quartet Featuring Ben Sollee, Casey Driessen and Bela Fleck
• Alan Jackson
• Alejandro Escovedo
• Baxter Black
• Brooks and Dunn
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson
• Chris Hillman and Herb Peterson
• Cowboy Celtic
• Cowboy Nation
• David Serby
• Don Edwards
• Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver
• Drive By Truckers
• Earl Scruggs
• Emmylou Harris
• Eric Church
• Garrison Keillor
• Gary Allan
• George Strait
• Grascals
• Jamie O'Neal
• Jason Aldean
• Jason Michael Carroll
• John Cowan Band
• Junior Brown
• Kenny Chesney
• Kris Kristofferson
• Lucinda Williams
• Marty Stuart
• Miranda Lambert
• Neko Case
• Nickel Creek
• Old 97's
• Old School Freight Train
• Pat Green
• Railbenders
• Ramblin Jack Elliott
• Raul Malo
• Red Steagall
• Richie Furay
• Ricky Skaggs
• Riders In The Sky
• Robert Earl Keen
• Roger Alan Wade
• Sara Evans
• Sons of the San Joaquin
• Sugarland
• The Del McCoury Band
• The Flatlanders featuring Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely and Butch Hancock
• Waddie Mitchell
• Wille Nelson
• Yonder Mountain String Band

snoe.down
March 23rd - 25th, 2007
Lack Placid, NY

moe.
Disco Biscuits
Little Feat
Brailian Girls
The Slip
Tea Leaf Green
Vorcza
Moot Boot Lover's Peter Prince
Sam Kiniger Band
Gordon Stone Band
Brothers Past
The Brew
Lucy Vincent
Kate Gaffney
The Casual Fiasco
David Cain and the Neighborhood Band
Hot Day At The Zoo

I'm sure they are more out there, but honestly I can't keep up with all of them anymore.

Coachella Line-Up

Here's the full Coachella line-up, thanks to Justin from LMB for the info....

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Jacks Mannequin
Air
Jarvis Cocker
Amos Lee
Jose Gonzales
Amy Winehouse
Julieta Venegas
Anathallo
Junior Boys
Andrew Bird
Justice
Arcade Fire (The)
Kaiser Chiefs
Arctic Monkeys
Kings of Leon
Avett Brothers
Klaxons
Benny Benassy
Kokono No. 1
Bjork
LCD Soundsystem
Black Keys
Lily Allen
Blonde Redhead
Lupe Fiasco
Bojones
Manu Chao
Brazilian Girls
Mika
Brother Ali
Mike Relm
Busdriver
MSTRKRFT
Circa Survive
New Pornographers
Coco Rosie
Nickel Creek
Comedians of Comedy
Nightwatchman
Cornelius
Noisettes
Coup (The)
Of Montreal
Cribs (The)
Ozomatli
Crowded House
Paul Van Dyk
CSS
Peaches
Damien Rice
Peeping Tom
Decemberists
Peter, Bjorn & John
Digitalism
Pharaohe Monche
DJ Heather
Placebo
DJ Shadow
Pop Levi
Erol Alkan
Rage Against The Machine
Evil Nine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Explosions in the Sky
Regina Spektor
Fair to Midland
Richie Hawtin
Faithless
Rodrigo Y Gabriella
Feeling (The)
Roky Erickson and the Explosives
Felix Da Housecat
Roots
Fountains of Wayne
Rufus Wainwright
Frames (The)
Satellite Party
Fratellis
Silversun Pickups
Ghostface Killah
Sonic Youth
Gillian Welch
Soulwax
Girl Talk
Spank Rock
Gogol Bordello
Sparklehorse
Gotan Project
Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong
Grizzly Bear
Tapes 'n Tapes
Happy Mondays
The Fields
Hot Chip
The Good, The Bad and The Queen
The Kooks
Travis
The Rapture
VNV Nation
Tiesto
We Are Scientists
Tilly and the Wall
Willie Nelson
Tokyo Police Club
Yeva

'Roo 6.0

Not to be outdone by the recent rash of festival announcements Superfly has confirmed that Bonnaroo will once again return to Manchester, TN for it's sixth year from June 14 - 17. Early-bird tickets can be purchased starting December 13th which is before the line-up is even announced.

10K Fest

'Tis the season for festival announcements apparantly. The initial line-up for the 5th installment of the 10,000 Lakes Festival has been announced here's what they got so far.....

Bob Weir & Ratdog, Trey Anastasio, Umphrey's McGee, moe., Gov't Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, Little Feat, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The Everyone Orchestra, Trampled By Turtles, WookieFoot, Moses Mayes

Read the official press release here.

Here's some music from last year's festivities....

Phil and Friends - 2006-07-21 - 10,000 Lakes Festival - Soo-Pass Lodge - Detroit Lakes, MN

Umphrey's McGee - 2006-07-21 - 10,000 Lakes Festival - Field Stage - Soo Pass Lodge - Detroit Lakes, MN

G.R.A.B. - 2006-07-22 - 10,000 Lakes Festival - Main Stage- Soo Pass Ranch - Detroit Lakes, MN

Keller Williams - 2006-07-22 - 10,000 Lakes Festival - Barn Stage - Soo Pass Ranch - Detroit Lakes, MN

Medeski, Martin, and Wood - 2006-07-22 - 10,000 Lakes Festival- Field Stage - Soo Pass Ranch - Detroit Lakes, MN

Telluride Bluegrass and Rockygrass Festivals

The initial line-ups for the 34th installment of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the 35th Rockygrass Festival have been announced - here's the official announcement....

Planet Bluegrass proudly announces the preliminary lineups for two of the longest-running and most respected music festivals in America. The 34th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival, June 21-24, 2007, will feature Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Bela Fleck, and Chick Corea. Then July 27-29, the 35th Annual RockyGrass Festival, welcomes Nickel Creek, Marty Stuart, and Del McCoury Band to the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons, CO. Tickets for both festivals go on sale at 8am MST, Wednesday, December 6 at www.bluegrass.com / 800-624-2422.

For the 34th straight year, the greatest musicians in acoustic music, along with 10,000 of their most devoted fans, converge on the tiny mountain town of Telluride, Colorado to spend the summer solstice together. This year’s lineup brings together superstars Krauss and Harris; popular newgrass bands Yonder Mountain String Band and Bela Fleck & the Flecktones; and numerous unique combinations of artists: the genre-crossing of jazz pianist Chick Corea and banjo great Bela Fleck; the inter-generational duets of MacArthur Genius Grant recipient Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile. Festival royalty Sam Bush, John Cowan, Peter Rowan, and Jerry Douglas all return in 2007, counting over 100 Telluride appearances between them.

All twelve-hundred passes for the popular Telluride Town Park Campground sold-out prior to any lineup announcements. “Festivarians” from 49 different US states and two foreign countries applied for these tickets using a random online lottery system.

Telluride’s slightly older and more traditional bluegrass-focused cousin, RockyGrass, welcomes some of the most lauded bands in bluegrass to Lyons, Colorado. Individually, the RockyGrass lineup boasts numerous Grammy winners and thirteen International Bluegrass Music Association instrument/vocalists of the year. The 2006 RockyGrass festival sold-out two months in advance.

34th TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
June 21-24, 2007 - Telluride, CO
* Alison Krauss & Union Station * Sam Bush Band * Chick Corea & Bela Fleck * Emmylou Harris * Telluride House Band featuring Béla, Edgar, Jerry, Sam, Bryan * Tony Rice & Alison Krauss & Union Station * Yonder Mountain String Band * Béla Fleck & the Flecktones * Chris Thile & How to Grow a Band featuring Bryan Sutton * Jerry Douglas Band * Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile * John Cowan Band * Peter Rowan & Crucial Country * Dougie MacLean Band * Jackie Green * Mike Marshall & Hamilton de Holanda * Sparrow Quartet * Crooked Still * Infamous Stringdusters * Avett Brothers * Greensky Bluegrass * many more still to be announced...

35th ROCKYGRASS FESTIVAL
July 27-29, 2007 - Lyons, CO
* Nickel Creek * Sam Bush Bluegrass Band * Del McCoury Band * Marty Stuart & the Fabulous Superlatives * Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Quartet * Chris Thile & the How to Grow a Band * Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver * Claire Lynch Band * Kruger Brothers * Cherryholmes * Biscuit Burners * Bearfoot Bluegrass * Red Molly * Long Road Home * many more...

Langerado Late Night

Here's a list of this year's late-night shows at Langerado....

3/8 - STS9 - Revolution
3/8 - New Monsoon & Tea Leaf Green - Culture Room
3/9 - Disco Biscuits - Revolution
3/9 - Mofro w. Special Guests - Culture Room
3/10 - Michael Franti & Spearhead - Revolution
3/10 - NMAS w. Special Guests - Culture Room
3/11 - Perpetual Groove - Culture Room

Tickets for these shows will be going on-sale on Friday 12/1 at 10 AM.