2010/03/27

HOW ONE BAND MAY HAVE FINALLY KILLED OFF THE SELF-TRIBUTE TREND

Everything good eventually falls apart. Chinua Achebe obviously had something else in mind when the book I’ve sort of stolen my opening statement from was published in 1958, because if I remember correctly, he was writing not of the recent trend of bands performing their “classic” albums in full, but rather of Nigerian tribal life.

February 5, 2010 Crispin Kott
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/120188-how-one-band-may-have-finally-killed-off-the-self-tribute-trend

(repost/update)
+ Classic Albums, Live!
http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2010/03/classic_albums_live.html

+ Track by track: Bands play entire albums during concerts
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/25/998982/track-by-track-bands-these-days.html