Glen Campbell’s Goodbye Tour stops at the Louisville Palace on June 8, 2012. Ticket prices have not been published as yet.

Mar 212012

Now that Peter Berkowitz has returned from Austin, there’s plenty of catching up to do:

    Berkowitz has a long story about traveling to SXSW

UPDATE

The Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame has announced the 2013 inductees: The Kentucky HeadHunters, Exile, The Hilltoppers, Steven Curtis Chapman and the late Skeeter Davis. The induction ceremony will take place on April 12, 2013 at the Lexington Center Bluegrass Ballroom (430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507. Congratulations to all honorees.

The 40-band show that the Louisville Crashers lead singer Mark Maxwell et al put together yesterday at Silver Creek High School in Sellersburg garnered them a write-up in the C-J.

Checking on who has some free tickets to give away, here’s the list:

    WTFX The Fox has free tickets for Jane’s Addiction as well as a pair for Nickelback. They’re also giving away tickets to see Godsmack and Staind at Rupp Arena on the Mass Chaos Tour.
    WAMZ has some tickets for Sugarland at Yum! to hand out.

    Good luck!

Mar 052012

Peter Cooper at the Tennessean’s blog has a long profile of Alan Rhody, titled “Life On The Edge Of Fame Has Been Good To Alan Rhody.” It’s an interesting read.

Alan Rhody

Louisville ex-pat Alan Rhody has released his ninth CD, Led By Love. Players on the disc include Sam Bush, Mike Henderson, Jay Patten, Guthrie Trapp, Vickie Carrico, Mike Bub and Jonell Mosser. Check it out at www.reverbnation.com/alanrhodymusic

Here’s a ninety-minute video of the Kentucky Headhunters, playing the Lilac Festival in Rochester, New York, in May 2011.

Mississippi Adam Riggle

The March issue of Louisville Music News is out, with bluesman Mississippi Adam Riggle on the cover. Also in this issue Sue O’Neil remembers Jim Rosen and da Mudcats; Eddy Metal features Uncle Kracker’s Kevin McCreery plus all the other hard rock news; Alexander Campbell begins a long series about Russian music; Martin Kasdan Jr. has all the latest jazz news and Michael Stout catches up on the country scene.

Grab your copy at your favorite club, library, music store or wherever else you find it.

The folks at Backseat Sandbar have taken to just plugging shows they think everybody should see. Currently, that would be the Victory Over Sound, Old Baby and Silver Tongues show at the Clifton Center on Saturday.
Then they like Willie Nelson at Horseshoe Casino on April 14 (and who doesn’t?)
Next is Cloud Nothings with The Deloreans at Zanzabar on March 21.
They like Bonnaroo, too.

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