Tom Stephen, former co-manager and drummer in the legendary Jeff Healey Band, has responded to the recent voices of fans, media and the late guitarist’s family in light of - just a few months after the guitarist died of cancer - the release of Arbor Records Jeff Healey Band Legacy: Volume 1, a DVD compilation and two CD set featuring the late Mr. Healey and his band in their formative years. See more… »

Who can take a white-haired, whining macho wannabe seriously - a dickhead who struts and lobbies like a badly-wired dwarf while all the time living off his wife’s money? Not the Americans thank God! Yessiree….Obama is The Number One Jammer and ain’t that a buzz! Well done Barak!

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Legendary jazz guitarists Jim Hall and Bill Frisell will release the beautifully collaborated duo album Hemispheres in October through ArtistShare. In this entirely fan-funded project, Hall and Frisell perform original compositions, jazz standards and even a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War”. The CD will be a 2 disc set with the first disc focusing on the intimate duo setting and the second disc adding Scott Colley on Bass and Joey Baron on Drums. See more… »

The Obama campaign has been building, tweaking and tinkering with its technology and organizational infrastructure since it kicked off in February 2007, and today has the most sophisticated organizing apparatus of any presidential campaign in history. See more… »

Their sound is distinctively Australian, taking in small town claustrophobia, wide open spaces and electrical storms without ever bothering with American or UK cliches. Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout the Drones. Damn it. Seems like this Melbourne four-piece is Australia’s best bet to reclaim its reputation as a land of great heavy rockers – a reputation that’s been tarnished by the presence in recent years of chart-crafted bands like Jet and the Vines. See more… »

Sometimes the language
barrier just don’t matter
and Endorphine are a fine
example of this.

Get a chance, go hear
singer Da bring
the house down….

Seems there’s growing number of punters enjoying the special ambience and vibe offered by Tokyo Joe’s in Bangkok.

For example!

Led Zeppelin have confirmed they will be reuniting once again for a full tour. There’s only one problem: singer Robert Plant won’t be joining them. After some ‘will he, won’t he’ rumours in the press, bassist John Paul Jones confirmed that the band were auditioning for new singers following Plant’s decision not to hit the road again. Jones told the BBC: “It’s got to be right. There’s no point in just finding another Robert.” He also said they were hoping to write new material. See more… »

Multi-faceted and celebrated recording artist/producer Todd Rundgren is touring his first full-length record of original studio material in 4 years, entitled Arena. Rundgren has been on the road in support of the release on a 20 + U.S. city tour this summer - which kicked off with a week-long celebration in Hawaii. Rundgren will also hit the road in support of Arena this fall in Europe and the UK where the album was released simultaneously to the U.S. A sneak peak of his album tracks is available at his MySpace.com site. See more… »

And you thought your phone was cool….

Jazz icon and legendary keyboardist Merl Saunders died at San Francisco’s Kaiser Hospital Friday morning from complications from his 2002 stroke. Saunders rose to national prominence in the 1970s after recording and with Jerry Garcia in a number of that guitarist’s Grateful Dead side-projects, including Legion of Mary and the Garcia/Saunders Band.
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It got its first radio airplay in the States last week, prompting a collective gasp of underwhelmed incredulity. ‘We’re confident in saying that “Chinese Democracy” is certainly one of the best songs of the year,’ said one review. ‘It’s just a shame that the year is 1991.’ See more… »

A Jungle resident tells us he was asked by the Thai Embassy in Singapore to produce a return ticket to Bangkok and 1000 Singapore dollars before they’d give him a 2/3-month tourist visa. Just FYI! Seems there may be another purge in the works with the Inland Revenue targetting small businesses and tax fraud in general. Are your paper work and books up to date? A Thai lawyer takes time out to clarify the terms of work permits and the obligations attached thereto: See more… »

As we build out our own Internet radio transmission service which will also eventually include an MP3 and DVD archive as well as online music and film recording and playback, we have taken space on air just to get the word out that we are in the sound business too. Check it out at Bangkok Jungle Radio.