Martha Wainwright at Le Poisson Rouge (more by Chris La Putt)

[Monday] night was the first of Martha Wainwright's four Monday night shows at The Rockwood Music Hall. Although Martha said she was thinking of the scene in Crazy Heart where only four people show up, the smaller room at The Rockwood was at capacity. Martha played solo guitar but was joined by Thomas Bartlett on piano for a few songs. The program was a combination of songs written the past week, some older material and one cover, a Kate McGarrigle (Martha's mother) song. -[Now I've Heard Everything]

The above review comes from Martha Wainwright's 1/10 show at Rockwood Music Hall, the first night of an every-Monday-in-January (except for 1/3) residency at the LES venue. The residency continues tonight at Rockwood Music Hall at 9PM (1/17) and on the following two Mondays (1/24 & 1/31). As the review states above and as Wainwright stated on her site, the focus of the shows are mostly to work out new material.

I'm not sure if Thomas will be there to play with her again tonight, and I'm not sure if Martha will be one of Thomas's guests at one of his two upcoming shows at LPR, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was. Thomas's guests this past week were Sam Amidon, Glen Hansard, Beth Orton, and as hinted, St. Vincent.

If you need a double dose of Wainwright this week, you can also check for Martha on Wednesday, 1/19, at the Living Room when she joins Addie Brownlee as a special guest in celebration of Dolly Parton. Tickets are still available.

If you need somewhere to go after Martha tonight, the Living Room is also a good option with Jim Campilongo Electric Trio (with Stephan Crump & Tony Mason) on at 10pm. Maybe Martha will head there too since Jim happens to also often play in her band. Jim is also in the midst of his own (very long-running) Monday night residency on the Lower East Side.

Martha Wainwright's full tour schedule and some videos below.

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Department of Eagles @ the Bell House (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Mystery Palace @ Pianos
* Les Paul @ Iridium Jazz Club
* Whiplash w/ Todd Barry @ UCB
* Cursive, RIG 1 & The Love Language @ Mercury Lounge
* Department of Eagles and Here We Go Magic @ Bowery Ballroom
* Mascott, Locas in Love, LD & The New Criticism, Kansas State Flower @ Cake Shop
* We Are The Seahorses, Real Life Time Machines, Lady Bright & Schwervon! @ Death By Audio
* Heloise & The Savoir Faire, Lights, Patrick Cleandenim & Golden Triangle @ Glasslands

"It's one of those amazing coincidences that forces one to wonder. Today we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Tomorrow is the inauguration of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States. The Washington Post is full of articles and commentary about both events and how they are intertwined."

Dolly Parton was born today in 1946.

Robert Palmer was born today in 1949. He died of a heart attack on September 26, 2003.

Don't forget that every day a new track of Dark Was the Night is being streamed at their MySpace. Today is "Deep Blue Sea" by Grizzly Bear.

Friendly Fires' new video for "Skeleton Boy" below...

what else?

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today in NYC
* DANCE
* Terror @ Europa
* NY Times Arts & Leisure
* The Lisps @ Zipper Theater
* Mos Def @ Highline Ballroom
* Forro in the Dark @ Joe's Pub
* World/Inferno Friendship Society @ Webster Hall
* Afterworlds, Gates of Heaven & Apple Deaf @ Cake Shop
* Endless Boogie, Psychic Ills & Mike Fellows @ Glasslands
* Camper Van Beethoven & Victor Krummenacher @ Bowery Ballroom
* Tyvik, Psychedelic Horseshit & Kurt Vile @ Less Artists More Condos
* Bear Hands, Holy Hail, Atarah Valentine & Statehood @ The Studio at Webster Hall
* Great Lake Swimmers, Haley Bonar & Daniel Martin Moore @ The Bell House
* My Teenage Stride, The Jaguar Club & Bridges and Powerlines @ Union Hall
* Carcinogenic Static (members of Talibam! & USAISAMONSTER) @ Market Hotel
* John Brown's Body, Globesonic, Jenny Scheinman, Haale & Sulha Sound System @ (le) poisson rouge

Jimmy Page was born today in 1944.

Laundromatinee has in-studio audio and video from a session with the Vivian Girls.

Tom Cruise emotional over Travolta death
DRM-free iTunes Store to haunt Apple?
The Golden Globes are Sunday.
Obama gets his own Spiderman comic book.
Dolly Parton picked for Gospel Hall of Fame.
Stevie Wonder Helps Promote Technology For Visually Impaired.
Linksys offers full wireless alternative to Sonos.
Beatles music pulled from Norweigian podcasts.

Move over Animal Collective, Sanjaya's long awaited album is here.

Above is an alternate cover for Jaydiohead.

Below is a video from 7 Worlds Collide. In it, Ed O'Brien (guitar), Liam Finn (guitar), Jeff Tweedy (vocals/guitar), John Stirratt (bass), Phil Selway (drums), and Johnny Marr (guitar), are performing Radiohead's Fake Plastic Trees...

What else?

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Last month, Roman Abramovich shelled out £185,000 each for Mercury prizewinners Klaxons and sexy Brazilians CSS to perform at his daughter's birthday. In February, a Californian computer-games tycoon paid £15,000 for an exclusive set in Pete Doherty's own, blood-spattered home. Mind you, the latter may have been miffed to hear that, a few weeks earlier, Doherty had accepted £100 from a regular dad to play at his daughter's birthday party.

"Doherty is a perfect example of how the private-gig market is shifting," says Richard Davies, a former music-industry executive turned internet entrepreneur, whose latest venture aims to make private-party performances from pop stars available to the masses. "At one end of the scale, you have your Dolly Partons and Celine Dions. At the other, which is still in its infancy, are cooler, younger pop and indie acts, who are obviously a lot cheaper." [TimesOnline]

Constantines @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY - Apr 19, 2008 (Jason Bergman)

The Constantines played their 2nd of two NYC shows at Southpaw in Brooklyn on Saturday night. Jason has a few more pics at his Flickr.

More interesting: the cover the Constantines recorded with Feist of Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton's hit song "Islands in the Stream". You can listen to it at MySpace, or HERE.

As previously mentioned, the Constantines next NYC show will be in Prospect Park with Spoon, and tickets are on sale. All dates below...

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Jake Shears & Dolly Parton

She postponed the tour. New dates below...

Continue reading "Dolly Parton - rescheduled 2008 Tour Dates"

alternate title: Dolly Parton's back finally gives up

DOLLY PARTON has been forced to postpone her upcoming U.S. tour due to a back condition. Doctors have advised the iconic American singer, songwriter, film star and entrepreneur to take six to eight weeks off in order to recover properly.

The tour--in support of DOLLY's BACKWOODS BARBIE album, due out February 26 on Dolly Records--was set to kick off February 28 in Minneapolis, MN. DOLLY apologizes to all her fans for this inconvenience and hopes that her fans will be patient until the dates can be rescheduled for late April through May. Tickets will be honored for the new dates.

In a statement, DOLLY said: "I know I have been breaking my neck and bending over backwards trying to get my new Backwoods Barbie CD and world tour together, but I didn't mean to hurt myself doing it! But hey, you try wagging these puppies around a while and see if you don't have back problems. Seriously though, the doctors said I will be good as new in a few weeks, and I can't wait to get back out there. See you soon, Dolly."

The postponed NYC show is at Radio City Music Hall. That also means she won't be at SXSW, and this comes after she already cancelled those three intimate club shows (because of a pushed back record release date or something).

In the meantime, Angus Andrew (also injured in the back area) and his band Liars keep moving along.

Dolly Parton is playing a few club shows, Radio City Music Hall, touring, and playing SXSW - March 14th @ Austin City Music Hall.

Dolly will perform three shows prior to her upcoming world tour at three intimate “club” venue shows: February 4 at The Roxy in Los Angeles, February 11 at Park West in Chicago and February 13 at Highline Ballroom in New York City.

She will perform an abbreviated set featuring career highlights and her personal selections from the new album!

No tickets will be sold for this event but Dolly will be giving away tickets to supporting radio stations and right here on www.dollypartonmusic.net! More details to come soon!

Dolly Parton is playing Radio City Music Hall in NYC on March 7th (a little less than a month after Rufus). Tickets go on presale this morning, and regular sale on Saturday. All dates, and a couple of videos, below....

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He's a legend of the Grand Old Opry and one of country music's rhinestone and Rock-A-Billy survivors. But tonight, friends and family are asking for prayers, for Porter Wagoner. His publicist announced today that Wagoner is suffering from lung cancer and he remains hospitalized in Nashville. Doctors describe his condition as serious.

Known for his rhinestone stage outfits, Wagoner helped launch the career of Dolly Parton when he hired her as his duet partner in 1967. Last year he spent two weeks in the hospital after suffering a stomach aneurysm, but he recovered and in May, celebrated 50 years on the Opry. In June, he released a new CD called Wagonmaster. Over the summer he opened a concert for the White Stripes at Madison Square Garden [WVLT]