Feel like listening to a concert tonight? Something
classical? Or maybe
folk is a bit more your style?
World?
Jazz? Nearly every day, two or three more live concert recordings are added to CBC Radio2's '
Concerts on Demand' library, with nearly 900 concerts now in the list. Each concert is given just as presented live, and you can either stream the whole thing, or choose track by track. Timings are given for all the music, and photo galleries and full descriptions and credits round it all off. All in all, it's a fabulous presentation, and there is more music here than you will ever be able to keep up with!
posted by woodblock100
on Feb 10, 2009 -
22 comments
Bruce Springsteen, 1973. Stevie Ray Vaughan, 1984.
Jimi Hendrix, 1968.
King Crimson, 1969.
Warren Zevon, 1982.
Dio, 1984.
The Band, 1974.
Santana, 1975.
Elton John, 1970.
The Rolling Stones, 1978. For classic rock fans it's a drink from the firehose at
Wolfgang's Concert Vault, the web archive of rock promoter Wolfgang Grajonca, better known as
Bill Graham. If you want to download any of these shows it'll cost you ("
Based upon all the information that is available to us, we believe that performers can earn between four and six times more from Wolfgang's Vault per download than they currently receive from their record companies"), but you can stream all of them at no charge. (
Previously)
posted by jbickers
on Jun 15, 2007 -
60 comments
SonicLiving is a website which tracks live events (mostly shows) in your home town, and can read in tracks from your
last.fm or
pandora account to notify you of interesting shows coming up in your area, as long as your area is one of the
currently-limited areas they cover.
(vide intra)
posted by whir
on Sep 21, 2006 -
13 comments
Dutch broadcast station VPRO's
website is Holland’s biggest platform for alternative music. Here's a
link to a shitload of streaming live concerts and tracks.
You'll have to do a bit of cut and paste once there, but it's the easiest way for me to link to the list. For the cut-and-paste-inept, there's a standard
interface, but the site's not in english.
posted by dobbs
on Jul 8, 2006 -
11 comments
Does concert music have a place in our digital future? These musicians are making a strong case in the affirmative--
Aphex Twin at Lincoln Center? Listen to samples
here (I particularly like
this one), and a
whole track here.
Concert music (live music, composed mostly in advance, played mainly on acoustic instruments) has had a hard time this past century, adjusting to all of the paradigm shifts that technology has brought, from player pianos all the way to iPods. Classically trained musicians are branching out in some divergent, clever ways….A few interesting examples can be heard
here, and
here (from
this album), and
here (I especially like
this one).
posted by LooseFilter
on Jul 24, 2005 -
22 comments
Fabchannel has nearly 200 streaming concerts online from Amsterdam's "temple of pop": Paradiso. Featured artists include Damien Rice, Franz Ferdinand, De La Soul and many more. 56k streams are freely available, broadband requires free registration.
posted by swordfishtrombones
on Jul 17, 2004 -
5 comments
Clear Channel Limits Live CDs. A company called
DiscLive has been working with a handful of artists to sell concert-goers a live CD -- of the show they've just seen -- after the concert. However, "Clear Channel Entertainment has bought the patent from the technology's inventors and now claims to own the exclusive right to sell concert CDs after shows."
More inside...
posted by sarajflemming
on May 27, 2004 -
31 comments
Peekskill, 1949. "The mob was rolling toward us for the second attack. This was, in a way, the worst of that night. For one thing, it was still daylight; later, when night fell, our own sense of organization helped us much more, but this was daylight and they poured down the road and into us, swinging broken fenceposts, billies, bottles, and wielding knives..." Howard Fast's account of a terrifying evening that was supposed to be an outdoor concert near Peekskill, NY. You can think about the political implications ("...it illustrates how easily, when terror is unleashed in a nation, it can take hold, and how thin the line is that separates constitutional government from tyranny and dictatorship...") or just enjoy the riveting tale. (Related song and picture
here.)
posted by languagehat
on Dec 1, 2003 -
22 comments
Waiting in line won't help you. According to the New York Times,
Ticketmaster plans to begin auctioning off the best concert seats to the highest online bidders. The paper says there would be no limit on how high prices could go - it would be simply a matter of how much people were willing to pay. So, with ClearChannel, the RIAA and Ticketmaster now officially boinking the fan base...what other methods can the music industry use to drive away fans?
posted by dejah420
on Sep 3, 2003 -
70 comments
gigposters -- a collection of posters created by artists and musicians to advertise their shows and events.
posted by lilboo
on Mar 27, 2003 -
4 comments
What if they put on a concert and nobody came? Its not sales of recorded music that are in the shitter. Now it turns out that live concert ticket sales are in freefall as well (Lets see Hillary try and blame that on MP3s!)
The Clearchannel effect has been discussed here several times, but the concert promotion industry's trade paper, Pollstar, reports that sales are down 10% from last year and assigns the blame squarely on ever higher ticket prices: The average ticket cost across McCartney's recent 29 city US tour was $129.50 !!! CSNY had a tour average of $80.
I've always preferred small venue acts, but even those have gotten pricey. I just saw Jorma in a 50 person coffeehouse and the tix were $35. (Coffee not included)
So I ask the sizable MeFi musical appreciation crowd: Are you seeing less live music because of the cost?
posted by BentPenguin
on Jul 16, 2002 -
55 comments
The Queen's Golden Jubilee in the UK - did anyone see it? If you were in the UK, it's likely you would have seen at least some of the amazing celebrations of the Royal Family - four days of partying, including
a huge pop/rock concert with loads of famous names, a
classical concert, pomp and pagentry in a
4 ton gold chariot and a
huge carnival drew 14 million TV viewers a night, and millions more went to see the royal knees-up, knocking the
royal critics for six. Even Ozzy Osbourne sang a number, bless him. The final royal flypast rounded off the most amazing scenes I've ever seen. Brits - does this show of affection make your bosom swell with pride? Others - are you jealous, or thankful you weren't there?
posted by wibbler
on Jun 5, 2002 -
54 comments
Dave Marsh on Ticketmaster : Bands used to be able to get around Ticketmaster's high surcharges by setting aside tickets for fan club members, because TM's "convenience" charges didn't apply to fan club tickets. Now "artists can hold back no more than eight per cent of their tickets, and they can only sell them to fan clubs of which Ticketmaster approves."
posted by espada
on May 29, 2002 -
23 comments
Is it Live or Is it Moronic? Yes ladies and gentlemen, though
they still deny it or have no comment, many famous
allegedly talented performers in the music industry do actually
lip synch. Since Milli Vanilli
accusations have been the norm, [sarcasm] but Inside Edition reported it today as if this was a brand new discovery, so it must be true. [/sarcasm] ...If a concert is advertised as live, shouldn't the advertising also specify whether or not the live vocalist actually vocalizes? What are the legalities involved if irrevocable proof is ever found? Or is it irrelevant because today's sophisticated audienes don't mind it when their favorite music performers lie to them?
posted by ZachsMind
on Feb 8, 2002 -
32 comments
Ok. We know which albums you liked, but what was the single best
concert you saw this year, and very importantly, why?
posted by tcobretti
on Dec 6, 2001 -
105 comments
oasis i was listening to morning glory this morning :) and was wondering what was up with oasis. i knew they'd toured with the black crowes, but hadn't really heard much about it. so did a little searching and i dunno, this review made me feel pretty good. anyone going to the glasgow concert this weekend?
posted by kliuless
on Oct 12, 2001 -
11 comments
