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The Dave Matthews Band sold more concert tickets than any other artist this decade. Their new album, Away From The World, debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, as did their last five studio efforts – a historic first. We talked to Dave Matthews about staying inspired, battling his inner critic, and hitting the [...]

Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Jack Johnson, Grace Potter Kenny Chesney banded together for Farm Aid 2012 in Hersey Park in Hersey, Pa. Saturday, September 22.

FARM AID 2012 Hershey Park, Hershey, Pa. Saturday, September 22, 2012 VIEW THE PHOTO GALLERY Some came for the farmers. Some came for the parking lot tailgate of micro-brews, Mickey’s Malt Liquor cap riddles and “car bomb” shots. Some came from Canada; some drove from California. Still others came only for a favorite artist such [...]

“I take it too far sometimes. When I listen to my favorite songwriters, they have such simple melodies and chords. I occasionally manage to stop at the right time, but all too often I keep on going until I have way to many notes and words. But that’s just what I do.” – Dave Matthews, [...]

American Idol’s finale provided us with a great range of treats this year: Steven Tyler debuting both Aerosmith’s new song and his new old man belly, finalist Jessica Sanchez and Jennifer Holiday singing-grunting “I’m Telling You” in a manner which can only be described labor-pain-chic and, perhaps most notably, Phillip Phillips answering the question that [...]

UPDATE: DAVE MATTHEWS WEIGHS IN! “I haven’t seen him yet, but I keep my head in the sand,” Dave Matthews tells Vulture in an article published on May 4. “More power to him, I don’t mind. I wouldn’t imagine that imitating me would bring any quality of popularity, but that’s okay if it does.” So [...]

Now entering its 21st year, the Dave Matthews Band has become a part of the musical fabric of America, and Dave Matthews has become a major inspiration for many singer-songwriters. Matthews and the DMB became known for an innovative sound that initially eschewed the usual use of an electric lead guitarist, and instead favored violin [...]

On May 31, Shout! Factory will release A MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young. The new DVD/Blu-ray disc captures the 2010 MusiCares gala honoring Young as Person of the Year, and features a stacked roster of artists, including Elvis Costello, Dave Matthews, Wilco, and Lady Antebellum paying tribute to the music legend. Young was honored for [...]

Farm Aid celebrated it’s 25th anniversary on Saturday, with an eleven-hour concert featuring longtime mainstays Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews, as well as Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy, Band Of Horses, Kenny Chesney, and Jamey Johnson. Highlights included Jones’ cover of Johnny Cash’s “Cry Cry Cry,” Tweedy’s solo-acoustic version of “You’re Not [...]

Did you hear the one about Liz Phair? How, after becoming one of the most respected and fawned-over indie artists of all time with her smart and sexy debut, Exile In Guyville, she proceeded to alienate critics, and a sizable portion of her fan base, by following her muse wherever it lead her? In 2003, [...]

In its twenty-fifth year, Farm Aid’s annual benefit concert shows no signs of slowing down. Started in 1985 by Young, Nelson and Mellencamp as a way to help family farmers keep their land in a time of economic hardship, Farm Aid has been an advocate for farmers’ rights ever since, raising over 37 million dollars [...]