The Word

February is always an exciting time of year to plan ahead for music festival season and this week has been a busy one around these parts. Everyone else is getting busy, too; it looks like the Bonnaroo website was just relaunched with a new set of 2012 graphics and a promise of an artist announcement coming sometime next week.

And yesterday, the internets came ablaze with a pretty shockingly close rendition of the artist lineup (new artwork!) we would expect out of the Bonnaroo 2012 lineup, even if it’s an obvious fake complete with a typo or two and a few big calls that really could be false (but would be ill if it actually went down, like Paul Simon doing Graceland in its entirety). This dude on the Inforoo.org boards was the genius behind it all (via Hidden Track).

It still got me psyched to see what actually comes out next week, and the three headliners on the top of the bill were exactly as we’ve seen confirmed elsewhere (like Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers) or heavily rumored and plausibly likely (Phish).

So we know that much (kinda): Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers for sure. Phish probably. The Word definitely. Skrillex likely (heh). And sure, why not Randy Newman? Belee dat! READ MORE

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Post image for Mountain Jam 2012: Steve Winwood, Mule, Franti, The Roots & more…

The lineup for this year’s Mountain Jam was just released. and Gov’t Mule will be headlining, with Michael Franti & Spearhead, , , , Trombone Shorty and tons others joining them for the weekend of May 31-June 3 (right after Memorial Day) back on Hunter Mountain in NY. Read on for the full lineup… READ MORE

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photo by Dena Flows

photo by Dena Flows

We recently mentioned that members of the North Mississippi Allstars were reuniting with John Medeski and Robert Randolph as “” for a few rare shows this December.

Well it looks like the North Mississippi Allstars have put together a more complete tour schedule, with dates before and after the Word reunion in December and in early 2010. The tour includes key cities throughout the U.S. as well as Jam Cruise, but it sounds like they plan to add even more dates soon. Word…

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, and members of the North Mississippi All Stars will reunite as The Word for a two-show holiday run in December. They’ll play Dec. 30th at Philly’s Theatre of the Living Arts and then do a New Year’s Eve show at Terminal 5 in New York City. is also on the lineup for the 8th Annual Jamcruise in January 2010. (via Jambands.com)

jam cruise 8 logoThe lineup for Jam Cruise 8 was announced earlier this week, and it’s really quite impressive as always.

Departing Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, 8 will set sail January 3-8, 2010 on board the beautiful MSC Poesia and will visit the tropical ports of Ocho Rios, Jamaica and George Town, Cayman Islands. With 5 days and nights aboard the ship, there is plenty of time to kick back with friends and see an unbelievable amount of music.

Who’s going?

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