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My Morning Jacket at Forecastle [Music]
The Forecastle Festival may have pulled off the biggest music news of the year. Award-Winning My Morning Jacket will headline the festival in July. The Forecastle setting is exactly the type of music venue where MMJ excels. You do remember the legendary late night, rainy set at Bonnaro in 2008, right? More details will be coming soon...but here's what the Forecastle website said today:
Kentucky artists unite to support Kentuckians for the Commonwealth at the Brown Theater [Music]
The ambiance of the Brown Theater provided an inviting environment for the stellar performance by influential and talented artists. Supporters of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth along with a host of sponsors from around Kentucky introduced the evening and the organization with a short documentary featuring Ivy Brashear, a self-described activist and native to the mountains of Kentucky. The informative film focused on Brashear’s idea of home and her continuing efforts to preserve the land so many people call home.
Kentucky artists offer music, readings, and community, to benefit Kentuckians for the Commonwealth [Music]
The week prior to New Year’s Day is often a time to relax and take in the end of the year, spending gift cards, and making plans for the all-important New Year’s Eve celebrations. The end of a year is also a time when many people donate the most time and money to causes near and dear. A diverse group of artists from around the Commonwealth gather in Louisville to share their talents on stage.
My Morning Jacket, Cage the Elephant take Rolling Stone year-end honors [Music]
Good job, guys.
Some may call Rolling Stone a dinosaur, but the magazine’s editors still know what we locals have for some time now: Kentucky bands know how to rock.
In a newly unveiled year-end recap of the “50 Best Albums of 2011,” local favorites My Morning Jacket and Cage the Elephant (okay, they’re from Bowling Green, but still) not only placed, but placed high, with MMJ’s Circuital at #11 and Elephant’s Thank You Happy Birthday close behind at #15.
My Morning Jacket releases new holiday themed EP today [Music]
My Morning Jacket is ready to usher in the holiday season with a special Christmas-themed iTunes Session EP out today! This comes after a busy year that included tours through the U.S. and Europe, and the release of the bands 6th full-length album, Circuital, which just secured a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album. My Morning Jacket has at least one more surprise up their sleeve before the year is out.
Louisville news: Commissioner of Grifting, Richie Farmer, hired his sexy-time lady's friend too [News]
- "Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer is defending the hire of his girlfriend to the department as a special assistant." [WFPL]
My Morning Jacket announce December tour and another gig at Madison Square Garden [Music]
Louisville's My Morning Jacket will reclaim the stage at Madison Square Garden on Dec 14 along with Band Of Horses. But you gotta hurry because MMJ sold out MSG on NYE in NYC in 2008. How bout that use of acronyms? So, anyway, an allotment of tickets are being offered to MMJ's email subscribers for today only (Sept 21). Regular ticket sales will be opened to the general public on Friday, September 23.
My Morning Jacket debuts new video for "Holdin On To Black Metal" [Music]
My Morning Jacket has debuted a new eye-popping, euphoric video for “Holdin On To Black Metal.” The guys gave an early preview of the video on Monday night when several members posted it on their Google+ accounts, resulting in one of the first music video premieres shared within Google's new social network.
Kentucky Artist's My Morning Jacket and Black Stone Cherry debut new albums on Billboard Charts [Music]
Two Kentucky musicians, Louisville's My Morning Jacket and Edmonton's Black Stone Cherry both debuted their latest albums on May 31.
Bonnaroo 2011. If you don't go, you'll never know. [Music Festivals]
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day, multi-stage camping festival held on a beautiful 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee every June. This year From June 9th-12th, Bonnaroo brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop, electronica, and just about any contemporary music you can think of.
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