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Country The Kentucky Headhunters, "Live/Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, Ohio, May 13, 1990" . A bunch of long-haired country-rockers, the Kentucky Headhunters made a well-deserved splash with their 1989 debut, "Pickin' on Nashville." The 1990 show documented here finds the quintet at its wild and woolly best.

New remix record from Nuremburg duo Florian Seyberth and Peter Heider known as Boozoo Bajou .

Seeing the world from the window of a tour bus is both exhilarating and boring, a mix of highs and lows that are sometimes tough to deal with.

The jam/funk/jazz-fusion group Garaj Mahal is returning to St. Louis on Friday, December 18 to perform at 2720 , the performance space and gallery recently opened by the production company Loyal Family in a former furniture store at 2720 Cherokee on the south side.

IT'S BEEN NEARLY 18 years since Bela Fleck and the Flecktones ' founding lineup has toured together, so you might think there would be some profound reason for their reunion.

Jam Central Station 11.14.09: Galactic Posted by Jeff Modzelewski on 11.14.2009 For the past 15 years, Galactic has brought their own version of New Orleans funk to jam band fans across the country Welcome back this week for Jam Central Station.

FORMER Doctor Feelgood guitarist Wilko Johnson headlines at Exeter Corn Exchange on Friday, November 27.

Who: Jon & Roy When: Wednesday, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m. Where: GLC Cost: $25 With the straight-up band name like Jon & Roy, audiences should expect a similarly straightforward approach to music.

Charlemagne a ' Carl Johns brought all the sensibilities of indie rock to Madison music, first through NoahJohn, then through Charlemagne.

The Final Draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will take place in Cape Town on 4 December 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre .The entertainment lined up for the 90-minute live show will include the Soweto Gospel Choir, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo and Johnny Clegg.

Grammy-winning singer Angelique Kidjo joined human rights activists to demand courts martial for troops who publicly gang raped women in the streets of the West African country of Guinea last month.

Johannesburg - Music legend Miriam Makeba will be remembered at a free concert at the Union Buildings in Tshwane next month.

Melding jazz, funk, rock and hip-hop, Galactic is a band that's impossible to pin down.

The 'Stand Up Take Action' online campaign officially launched worldwide this week with events in Australia, New Zealand and New York, with many more to come this weekend.

Twenty years after releasing the debut album "Pickin' On Nashville," the Kentucky Headhunters is still playing and kicking and not conforming to Nashville expectations - thank goodness.

Album of the Year AC/DC - Black Ice Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Eskimo Joe - Inshalla Sarah Blasko - As Day Follows Night The Temper Trap - Conditions Single of the Year Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream Hilltop Hoods - Chase That Feeling Kate Miller-Heidke - The Last Day On Earth Ladyhawke - My Delirium The Temper Trap - Sweet ...

Wyre Fest, headlined by The Blockheads, raised at least A 1,000 for The Proton Effect, helping cancer sufferers in Wyre Forest, and Spinal Research, which funds research into a cure for spinal disability.

Jackson Hole, Wyoming - Jazz-funk improvisational badass a ' one of the only musicians youa TMll see handling a seven-string guitar with ease a ' Charlie Hunter and his trio will rock the Knotty Pine in Sunday.

TAMI JOHNS/For Shorelines Lisa DeLuca , Henrietta "Hank" Watson and King Eddie of the band Pili Pili helped drive last year's Boobsapalooza Bands Against Breast Cancer benefit at the Beaches.

Alain Mion & Cortex whose band is internationnally considered as the french jazz funk band .