Living Colour Blog

Spectrum Road Tour dates

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Spectrum Road - (from left to right): John Medeski, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman-Santana, Jack Bruce

June 9 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN
June 16 - San Francisco Jazz Festival - Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre - San Francisco, CA
June 17 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA
June 19 - Alladin Theatre - Portland, OR
June 21-24 - Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA
June 25 - Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
June 27 - Toronto Jazz Festival - Toronto, ON
June 28 - Montreal Jazz Festival - Montreal, QC
June 29 - BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY
June 30 - Howard Theater - Washington DC

Europe
July 6 - North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands
July 7 - Montreux Jazz Festival - Montruex, Switerland
July 8 - Umbria Jazz Festival - Perugia, Italy
July 10-11 Porgy & Bess - Vienna, Austria
More dates coming soon, please check w/ dates and venues as they are subject to change.

Spectrum Road: pre-order on Amazon.com

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Tue, 29 May 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Spectrum Road debut album drops June 5th on Palmetto Records, pre-order it now at http://www.amazon.com/Spectrum-Road/dp/B007G9OO4G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338317666&sr=8-1

Spectrum Road is: Vernon Reid, Jack Bruce, John Medeski, Cindy Blackman-Santana.

Happy Birthday Dennis Diamond!

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:28:00 +0000

Stone Raiders - Truth To Power (available for download)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:26:00 +0000

Stone Raiders are: Jean-Paul Borrelly, Will Calhoun (Living Colour), and Darryl Jones (Rolling Stones) - the new album TRUTH TO POWER is available for download on iTunes and Amazon.com

Living Colour to be part of Annual SummerStage Gala Honoring The Music of Jimi Hendrix

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:48:00 +0000

On Tuesday, June 5, 2012, City Parks Foundation (CPF) will welcome guests to the SummerStage Gala, an annual fundraising benefit, to support CPF’s free year-round arts programming.

This year’s concert will feature the music of the legendary

JIMI HENDRIX featuring performances by G. Love & Special Sauce / Bebel Gilberto / Amel Larrieux / Living Colour / The Roots / John Scofield / Soulive (house band) / Keller Willams and other very special guests

Schedule of Events
6:00 p.m. VIP Cocktail Party.
7:00 p.m. Dinner
8:00 p.m. Concert
Table Seating by Candlelight

Check back regularly for artist updates!

The night begins at 6:00 p.m. with a cocktail party for Platinum and Gold table purchasers held in the Pergola Area at SummerStage. Dinner is served at 7:00 p.m., followed by the concert at 8:00 p.m.

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET – $50

Please click the following link for all information: http://www.summerstage.org/calendar/annual-summerstage-gala-honoring-the-music-of-jimi-hendrix-featuring-performances-by-the-roots-many-more/

Something Else! Interview: Vernon Reid, of Spectrum Road and Living Colour (by Nick DeRiso)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:59:00 +0000

Founding Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is playing a different tune these days – a hard-driving jazz-rock tune alongside an all-star cast of Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman-Santana. Together now as Spectrum Road, the quartet has taken the idea of paying tribute to Tony Williams Lifetime to its zenith on their forthcoming self-titled debut.

Rather than following the grounding-breaking fusion template set forth by Williams, who passed away in 1997, Spectrum Road is instead using his music as an inspirational framework. The results, due June 5, 2012, through Palmetto Records, are inventive, triumphal, thunderous – a combination of the sounds associated with Jack Bruce’s Cream, Living Colour, Medeski Martin and Wood and Blackman-Santana’s memorable stint with Lenny Kravitz, but at the same time nothing like them at all...

continue reading at : http://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/05/09/something-else-interview-vernon-reid-of-spectrum-road-and-living-colour/

Vernon Reid on His New Jazz-Rock Supergroup, Living Colour LP

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:57:00 +0000

Vernon Reid on His New Jazz-Rock Supergroup, Living Colour LP

Spectrum Road to feature Reid, Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman Santana

...The guitarist also gives an update regarding Living Colour. "Living Colour just got together a few weeks ago – preparing to do a bunch of writing in preparation to make a record for 2013," he says. "We want to be out and touring in 2013."

continue reading full article at : http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/vernon-reid-on-his-new-jazz-rock-supergroup-living-colour-lp-20120508

Happy 24th Anniversary/Birthday to VIVID!

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:13:00 +0000

Today, May 3rd, 2012, marks the 24th anniversary of the release of Living Colour's VIVID

WimBash>>New Orleans 2012 - May 5th

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Doug Wimbish brings his WIMBASH to New Orleans, LA May 5th
featuring Khris Royal and Dark Matter, Corey Glover (Living Colour), Eric Gales, and many more
at The Blue Nile Balcony Room

Will Calhoun performance at Drexel University April 29th - 2pm

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:21:00 +0000

Will Calhoun Mapex Drum Canadian Clinic/Tour (APRIL)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:58:00 +0000

MAPEX DRUM Canadian Clinic/Tour

April 9th Long & McQuade 756 Hillside Avenue Victoria, BC V8T 1Z4
April 10th Long & McQuade 368 Terminal Avenue Vancouver, BC V6A 3W9
April 11th Long & McQuade 9219 28th Avenue NW Edmonton, AB T6N 1N1
April 12th Long & McQuade 105-58th Avenue SW Calgary, AB T2H 0A4
April 13th Long & McQuade 1445 McIntyre Street Regina, SK S4R 8B5
April 14th Long & McQuade 651 Stafford Street Winninpeg, MB R3M 2X7

WBGO Children's Jazz Series
April 21, 2012 WBGO Children's Jazz Series with Will Calhoun 12:30 pm @ Victoria Theater - Newark, NJ

April 23rd Long & McQuade 925 Bloor St. W. Toronto, Ontario M6H 1L5
April 24th Long & McQuade 2631 Alta Vista Dr. Ottawa, ON K1V 7T5
April 25th Long & McQuade 6065 Cunard Street Halifax, NS B3K 1E6
April 26th Long & McQuade 447 Kenmount Road St. John’s, NFLD A1B 3P9

Vernon Reid w/ Free Form Funky Freqs in Europe

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:56:00 +0000

04/10 VIENNA(A) PORGY
04/11 (off)
04/12 OLOMOUC(CZ) TIBET CLUB
04/13 VÖLKERMARKT(A) STEP
04/14 WELS(A) SCHLACHTHOF
04/15 LANDECK(A) ALTES KINO
04/16 USTI NAD LABEM NARODNI DUM
04/17 BRATISLAVA(SK) BABYLON
04/18 PRAGUE(CZ) JAZZ TIMES
04/19 PLZEN(CZ) HOUSE OF BLUES
04/20 STUTTGART(D) BIX
04/21 KREFELD(D) KULTURKIRCHE
04/22 HABACH(D) VILLAGE
04/23 OBLARN(A) KULTURHAUS
04/24 LJUBLJANA(Si) METELKOVA

see http://facebook.com/freeformfunkyfreqs for updates/info

Corey Glover w/ Galactic April shows

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Apr 13 McDowell Mountain Music Festival Phoenix, AZ
Apr 17 Track 29 w/Moon Taxi Chattanooga, TN
Apr 18 Cannery Ballroom w/Moon Taxi Nashville, TN
Apr 19 Variety Playhouse w/Moon Taxi Atlanta, GA
Apr 20 Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
Apr 21 Tulane Crawfest New Orleans, LA
Apr 22 Houston International Festival Houston, TX
Apr 27 Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA

see http://facebook.com/coreyglovermusic.com for info/updates

Doug Wimbish April Schedule

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:49:00 +0000

2012 TOUR DATES WITH MS. LAURYN HILL

APRIL 12, 2012 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
http://tinyurl.com/cebkb33

APRIL 14, 2012 London, UK - IndigoO2
http://tinyurl.com/d54rcev

APRIL 16, 2012 Paris, France - Olympia Hall
http://www.olympiahall.com/rock-electro/lauryn-hill.html

APRIL 19, 2012 Zermatt, Switzerland - Zermatt Unplugged
http://www.zermatt-unplugged.ch/home.html

2012 WIMBASH MUSIC FESTIVAL SERIES

WimBash>>Philadelphia 2012 presented by The School of Rock and GrindCity Philly
APRIL 21, 2012 Philadelphia, PA - The Blockley - 3801 Chestnut Street 215.222.1234

2012 TOUR DATES WITH THE HELP

APRIL 26, 2012 Munich, Germany - Workshop - Hieber-Lindberg
http://tinyurl.com/7gh25rx

APRIL 26, 2012 Munich, Germany -59 to 1
http://www.59to1.net/dates.php?action=showinfo&id=1359

APRIL 27, 2012 Velden, Austria - Bluesiana
http://www.bluesiana.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=722&Itemid=50

APRIL 28, 2012 Stuttgart, Germany - Bix
http://www.bix-stuttgart.de/veranstaltungsdetails/2152/

APRIL 30, 2012 Geislingen, Germany - Seemühle

Corey Glover - If I Were The Sun (live video)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Corey Glover w/ Dennis Diamond performing IF I WERE THE SUN at Brookdale Performing Arts Center as part of 90.5 The Night's Songwriters in the Park series.

Spectrum Road Tour Dates (updated)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:16:00 +0000

June 9 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN

June 16 - San Francisco Jazz Festival - Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre - San Francisco, CA

June 17 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA

June 19 - Alladin Theatre - Portland, OR

June 21-24 - Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA

June 25 - Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC

June 27 - Toronto Jazz Festival - Toronto, ON

June 28 - Montreal Jazz Festival - Montreal, QC

June 29 - BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY

June 30 - Howard Theater - Washington DC

Europe

July 6 - North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands

July 8 - Umbria Jazz Festival - Perugia, Italy

July 21 - Molde Jazz Festival - Molde, Norway

Living Colour live at the Robert Johnson at 100 celebration

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:11:00 +0000

Living Colour performing "Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)" at the "Robert Johnson at 100" Tribute Concert. March 6, 2012 at the Apollo Theater, NYC
(AUDIENCE RECORDINGS)

Sarah Dash w/ Living Colour performing "Little Queen Of Spades" at the "Robert Johnson at 100" Tribute Concert. March 6, 2012 at the Apollo Theater, NYC

Bi and Ignorance Is Bliss

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Bi - performed on the Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno

Ignorance is Bliss - performed the Late Show w/ David Letterman

Happy 19th Anniversary/Birthday STAIN!

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Ever wonder about the alternate solos you may have encountered on STAIN? Ron St. Germain provides a few stories from the recording process... Enjoy!

STAIN: the story behind the alternate solos by Ron St. Germain: I remember talking to Michael Caplan about how to accomplish that! Only 25,000 copies got pressed of the 3 songs with the '2 different solos' on them and NOTHING was mentioned in the press about that. The reaction took quite a while to surface (and many have NEVER heard the various versions to this day), but the effect was EXACTLY as planned... another piece of musical HISTORY for us, Gents!

LOVE the vocals in front of the 10' satellite dish with the realtime...And Corey sang the vocals between 3:30 and 5:30 a.m. outside on a hill where the working satellite dish was set up at Longview Farm Studios in N. Brookfield, MA! BTW, I recorded Vernon's solo in Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, NY around the same time of morning and opened the barn doors to the studio and mic'd it up outside about 100' away. We actually woke up an A&R man who lived up there and he called... NOT to complain, either, but to compliment us on the sounds!

ALSO...After recording at Bearsville we went to LVF to over dub solos & vocals for almost a month. During this time I fell in love with the alternate solos as well as our "main" solos and decided to do the alternate mixes 'just to have'. At the end of the sessions I put the idea up to Michael Caplan their A&R guy and after hearing them he actually agreed that it would be a very cool thing to do on the 'low down'. (It NEVER would have happened without HIS approval!). We had to do it that way because the 'higher ups' would never go for putting out two versions of the same album at the same time. Michael had that rock 'n roll rebel thang goin' on, too and so we took the chance. We had to make two "pressing masters" and do a separate 'limited run' of only 25,000 copies and could only do that at ONE of the pressing plants. As the fates would have it, the first two albums I bought at two different record stores in NYC, I actually got one of EACH version! AMAZING! Totally random! Like winning the lottery. I was jumping up & down like a little kid. Nice piece of Rock history and there are 24,999 others out there who also OWN a piece of that history! Awwwww Yeaaaaahhh!

Spectrum Road (Vernon Reid, Jack Bruce, Cindy Blackman-Santana, John Medeski) Tour Dates

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:38:00 +0000

June 9 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN -TICKETS
June 16 - San Francisco Jazz Festival - Palace Of Fine Arts Theatre - San Francisco, CA
June 17 - Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA
June 19 - Alladin Theatre - Portland, OR
June 21-24 - Dimitriou's Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA
June 25 - Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC
June 27 - Toronto Jazz Festival - Toronto, ON
June 28 - Montreal Jazz Festival - Montreal, QC
June 29 - BB Kings Blues Club - New York, NY
June 30 - Howard Theater - Washington DC

Europe
July 6 - North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands
July 8 - Umbria Jazz Festival - Perugia, Italy
July 21 - Molde Jazz Festival - Molde, Norway

More dates coming soon, please check w/ dates and venues as they are subject to change.

Spectrum Road Tour Dates (so far)

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:22:00 +0000

Spectrum Road is Jack Bruce, Vernon Reid, Cindy Blackman-Santana, and John Medeskio

Tour Dates, so far, include:

June 16 San Francisco Jazz Festival - Herbst Theatre - SF, CA

June 17 Playboy Jazz Festival - Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA

June 21 - 24: Jazz Alley - Seattle, WA

June 25 Vancouver Jazz Festival - Vancouver, BC

Europe

July 6: North Sea Jazz Festival - Rotterdam, Netherlands

Please check with local venues to confirm show dates and details.

Spectrum Road - debut album available May 8, 2012 on Palmetto Records

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:48:00 +0000

Spectrum Road is : Vernon Reid, Jack Bruce, Cindy Blackman, John Medeski

Please see Spectrum Road on Facebook for all info

Stone Raiders

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:45:00 +0000

Check out the new project by Will Calhoun, Jean-Paul Bourelly, and Darryl Jones aka the Stone Raiders , currently on your through mid-February in Europe.

Stone Raiders are:
Jean-Paul Bourelly - Guitar and Vocals
Darryl Jones - Bass
Will Calhoun - Drums

Fri 01/13 - Luxembourg @ Opderschmelz
Sat 01/14 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Patrol
Sun 01/15 - Uden, Netherlands @ De Pul
Mon 01/16 - Paris, France @ New Morning
Tue 01/17 - Zwolle, Netherlands @ Hedon
Wed 01/18 - Zoetermeer, Netherlands @ Boerderij
Thu 01/19 - Cologne, Germany @ Kulturkirche
Fri 01/20 - Melle, Germany @ Kulturwerkstatt
Sat 01/21 - Husum, Germany @ Speicher
Mon 01/23 - Hamburg, Germany @ Fabrik
Tue 01/24 - Berlin, Germany @ Frannz
Web 01/25 - Kassel, Germany @ Schlachthof
Thu 01/26 - Kaiserslautern, Germany @ Kammgarn
Fri 01/27 - Gotha, Germany @ The Londoner
Sat 01/28 - Magdeburg, Germany @ Feuerwache
Mon 01/30 - Wetzlar, Germany @ Franzis
Tue 01/31 - Mainz, Germany @ Kuzz
Wed 02/01 - Habach, Germany @ Village
Thu 02/02 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ Kino Siska
Fri 02/03 - Innsbruck, Austria @ Treibhaus
Sat 02/04 - Linz, Austria @ Posthof
Sun 02/05 - Maribor, Slovenia @ Satchmo
Mon 02/06 - Vienna, Austria @ Porgy
Wed 02/08 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Atelier Babylon
Thu 02/09 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna
Fri 02/10 - Ostrava, Czech Republic @ Parnik
Sat 02/11 - Chorzow, Poland @ Batory
Sun 02/12 - Warsaw, Poland @ Hybrydy
Mon 02/13 - Brno, Czech Republic @ Fleda
Tue 02/14 - Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic @ Narodni Dum
Wed 02/15 - Pilsen, Czech Republic @ House of Blues
Please check with local venues to confirm show dates and details.

Doug Wimbish presents : WIM>>BASH MIAMI 2012

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:36:00 +0000

Doug Wimbish : WIM>>BASH schedule:

January 11 - 15, 2012 - Miami Beach, FL - Art Deco Weekend 2012 Presents WimBash>>Miami Beach

January 13, 2012: At The CLEVELANDER SOUTH BEACH:

4 -4:45 pm DJ Rampage
5 - 5:45 pm Suénalo
6 - 6:45 pm Ladell Mclin with Swiss Chris, Jeremiah Hosea and Greg Lewis
7 - 7:30 pm Doug Wimbish w/DJ Rampage Global - Musical Accompaniment Miami International University Fashion Show
7:45 - 9:00 pm Jungle>>Funk with Doug Wimbish, Vinx, Keith Leblanc

At The Betsy Hotel:

8 - 9:00 pm Adam Falcon

January 14, 2012 - Miami, FL - The Stage - Suenalo featuring Doug Wimbish and Funky Nation's Big Sam Williams

a few Living Colour clips from the Million Man Mosh

noreply@blogger.com (skimo) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:57:00 +0000

Michael Hampton aka Kidd Funkadelic joins Living Colour unexpectedly onstage at the Million Man Mosh at the Highline Ballroom NYC - Jan. 4th, 2012

Living Colour blazes through TYPE