Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears

Asbury Park‘s 2021 Sea.Hear.Now Festival features Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins, Patti Smith, Billy Idol, Orville Peck, The Avett Brothers, Lord Huron, Dr Dog, Patti Scialfa, and more.

Black Joe Lewis himself brings a classic James Brown howl and a raunchy sense of humor to some great talking blues moments, but what makes these guys much more than just a gimmick are the musical skills that underlie everything they do...

Mutek banner in Montreal - May 27, 2009 (bneely) Mutek, the electronic music festival celebrating its tenth year, is currently underway in Montreal...

NY Dolls @ John Varvatos Store - May 5th (more by Tim Griffin) Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are on the road until May 24th with Lucero who stay on the road into June when they hit the NYC-area for shows at Maxwell's and the Big Apple BBQ...

!!! is playing ACL 2009 (more by Chris Graham)"The 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival will showcase a diverse blend of acts both fresh and familiar at the eighth edition of the event in Zilker Park October 2-4...

Ida Maria @ Union Hall (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Les Paul @ Iridium * papercranes @ City Winery * Glasvegas, Ida Maria @ Webster Hall * Gringo Star, Des Roar @ Glasslands * The War on Drugs, The Drones @ Union Hall * Oh Land, Jason Anderson @ Pete's Candy Store * Sharon Van Etten, Virgin Passages, Regia @ Cake Shop * DD/MM/YYYY, Wavves, Vampire Hands, Real Estate @ Mercury Lounge * The Dead @ Roseland Ballroom, Gramercy Theatre & Angel Orensanz * Black Joe Lewis and the Honey Bears, miniboone, The Fumes @ Pianos * The Hold Steady, The Rosewood Thieves, Black Gold @ Irving Plaza Black Joe Lewis is also opening for Gomez at Bowery Ballroom tomorrow...

If not obvious by the 2008 Fun Fun Fun Fest coverage so far, I was having the most fun (fun fun) over the weekend with all the punk, metal and hardcore on stages 3a and 3b (two connected stages to avoid long times between sets)...

"Anytime I've ever seen Okkervil River perform live, they've seemed like the world's most under-slept, under-shaved band coming off a four-day bender, shredding their guts onstage as if it were their last show before their dark demise in an alley...

Austin's Okkervil River are in the midst of a tour that brings them to NYC to play two shows at Webster Hall this coming Monday and Tuesday with Crooked Fingers (Eric Bachmann) and Austin's Black Joe Lewis & The Honey Bears...