New music from My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket will celebrate Record Store Day on April 18 with a new live EP. A message from MMJ regarding their forthcoming EP follows:

Celebración De La Ciudad Natal
hello friends. we are proud to announce and release a lil live ep that was recorded right in our very own hometown of louisville, ky. a few songs were taken from our in-store appearence at our beloved and fabled record haven "ear-x-tacy" and a few of them were taken from our concert at the fabled "waterfront park." see if you can guess which is from which. we are excited to make this a special release that you can only get at your favorite local independent record store, as now more than ever we all need to take the time to celebrate what our favorite local record stores and businesses mean to us - the value of community/human to human non- internet related physical and spiritual contact and supporting the hardworking people in your community who strive everyday to keep it unique and keep it local. we are fortunate in our travels to get to see many wonderful things, but one of the most distressing things is the increasing "normalization" of the world and how all these places are starting to look the same- everywhere you look more and more towns are starting to be filled with the same gigantic corporations, and while some of these huge companies undoubtably provide valuable services, it is so important that we realize that it is our local businesses and people (and natural landscapes, but thats a different letter) that are what make different towns worth coming to...things you can only get in one place, made and sold by people who believe in what they are doing...people who are trying to keep good weirdness alive in this crazy dome. god* bless all of you, and god* bless the world and all that kinda sh*t.-yer pals, my morning jacketp.s.- *the word "god*" is used here meaning anything you want it to mean and is a trademark of globo-chem worldwide.

The EP (in both CD and limited edition double 10" vinyl) will be available at finer independent retailers beginning on Record Store Day, April 18. A participating retailer in Central Arkansas is Arkansas Record & CD Exchange in North Little Rock. Phone: (501) 753-7877. Website: arcd.com. To find the store closest to you, click here. Regards, Clyde.

News on Tinariwen

Mali's Tinariwen return to the U. S. for a series of concerts in April 2009. You can experience their amazing live show in the new concert DVD Live In London. Tinariwen will be featured in the Al Jazeera documentary Music Of Resistance. Their widely acclaimed 2007 album, Aman Iman (Water Is Life) on World Village Records, has been issued on vinyl. Regards, Clyde.

Collage playlist - Sat. Feb. 28, 2009 - 12-3 PM

Artist - Song - Album (Label/Year of release)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration - Babylon By Bus (Tuff Gong/Island/1978)
David Byrne/Brian Eno - Life Is Long - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (Todo Mundo/2008)
Ryan Bingham - Southside Of Heaven - Mescalito (Lost Highway/2007)
RH+ - What About - Quintana Roo (Nacional/2009)
A. C. Newman - There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve - Get Guilty (Matador/2009)
The Books (w/Jose Gonzalez) - Cello Song - Dark Was The Night - V. A. (4AD/2009)
The Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve/1967/1996)
Beirut - Mimizan - Dark Was The Night - V. A. (4AD/2009)
My Morning Jacket - El Caporal - Dark Was The Night - V. A. (4AD/2009)
The Derek Trucks Band - Back Where I Started - Already Free (Victor/2009)
Depeche Mode - Wrong - Sounds Of The Universe (Mute/Capitol/2009)
Alela Diane - Dry Grass & Shadows - To Be Still (Rough Trade/2009)
Bob Dylan: Live At The Newport Folk Festival (one-hour radio special) (Legacy/2007)
Aterciopelados - 28 - Rio (Nacional/2008)
Fleet Foxes - Drops In The River - Sun Giant (Sub Pop/2008)
Fleet Foxes - English House - Sun Giant (Sub Pop/2008)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (w/Jeff Beck) - Goin' Down - Solos, Sessions & Encores (Epic/Legacy/2008)
King Tubby & Yabby You - Zambia Dub - The Rough Guide To Dub (World Music Network - UK/2007)
Drive-By Truckers - The Righteous Path - Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West/2008)
Neil Young - Johnny Magic - Fork In The Road (Reprise/2009)
Fireman - Sing The Changes - Electric Arguments (ATO/2008)
Astrud Gilberto - On My Mind - Diva Series (Verve/2003)
Astrud Gilberto - Misty Roses - Diva Series (Verve/2003)
Taj Mahal - Hello Josephine - Maestro (Heads Up Int'l./2008)
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich & Fussible - Tijuana Sound Machine - Tijuana Sound Machine (Nacional/2008)

Thanks to everyone who made a generous contribution to Collage during KABF's Winter 2009 Pledge Drive. KABF will mail out gifts to donors soon. Meanwhile, in music news, new albums are due shortly from Depeche Mode, Neil Young, The Decemberists, Superdrag, Marianne Faithfull, Gomez, Bob Mould (ex-Husker Du), Vienna Teng, Booker T. Jones, Iron & Wine, Conor Oberst, Peter Gabriel (oh, really?), Roxy Music (original lineup), Seaweed (reformed? I hope so.) and many more. Regards, Clyde.