Mar 14, 2018
Ravinia Festival in Highland Park has announced its extensive calendar of musical acts for the summer.Running from June 1 to September 16, the outdoor venue will host a wide range of bands, artists, movies and orchestral performances.Highlights for the season include Roger Daltrey, ZZ Top with John Fogerty, Trombone Shorty with Galactic and Preservation Hall...
Nov 10, 2017
By: Alex WoodAs every Friday brings new music, Tomorrow's Verse brings you our top picks for the week. Here are our favorite records from 11/10.Mickey Hart RAMUGrateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart returns to solo work with RAMU, a mesmerizing 12-song set that seeks new sonic territories using his distinctive percussion as a backbone. Guests include...
Jul 13, 2017
On TV features a quick recap of some of the music we're playing at Tomorrow's Verse headquarters.Who: Beck with Preservation Hall Jazz BandWhat: Beck just wrapped up a two-night run at Red Rocks with openers Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and the artists collaborated for lengthy encores.You Need To Know: New Orleans jazz...
May 12, 2017
On TV features a quick recap of some of the music were playing at the Tomorrows Verse headquarters.Who: Preservation Hall Jazz BandWhat: KCRWs Morning Becomes Eclectic recently welcomed Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a nearly hour-long set promoting their excellent new record, So It Is, which also included an interview.You Need To Know:...
May 2, 2017
By: Alex WoodThe biggest month for music yet this year, our capsule reviews for April combine 31 excellent releases that should be on any music fan's radar. Father John Misty- Pure Comedy [4/7]With Pure Comedy, Father John Misty continues to be one of the most clever, brilliant songwriters in modern times. Its immediately less accessible...
Apr 27, 2017
Last night, Dave Grohl joined the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Jon Batiste for a rowdy performance of Santiago on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.The song, an original from the bands excellent recent release So It Is, featured the Foo Fighters frontman on a second drumset, with Batiste sitting in as a second...
Dec 8, 2014
My Morning Jacket is currently working on two new studio albums, according to Rolling Stone. Their follow up to 2011s Circuital will be released in April 2015, with another full-length out in 2016.I just had tons of songs this time, Jim James told the magazine. We didnt even get to all of them.The interview with...
Aug 13, 2014
Photos: Rickie KostinerPreservation Hall Jazz Band is a lot of things. An institution. An unbelievably great time. A slice of the real New Orleans. A wide range of tones, sounds and rhythmns. Now I can officially add to that list: photogenic.Yep, there is something about seeing generations of men, who embrace, live and tour...
Jun 19, 2014
Jazz is crashing headlong to Chicago's City Winery with two big shows that celebrate the great American genre's past and future.The great Preservation Hall Jazz Band hearkens to the sound's New Orleans roots. Chicago mainstay DJRC will bring his "Funk Of New Orleans" revue to open two nights of the legendary band's performance on...
Jan 21, 2014
This is the seventh edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams check out the entire My Jams series.1. "War Pigs" is standard issue cover for bands looking to get in touch with a bit of their heavier...