http://www.upthedownstair.net Live Music http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/02/jay-farrar-will-johnson-anders-parker-and-yim-yames-take-on-woody-guthrie.html The trials and tribulations of American prog rock festivals. Friday, 3rd Febuary 2012 16:20:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/02/carolina-chocolate-drops-new-album-madison-tour-stop.html Carolina Choclate Drops return with a new album and to Madison. Friday, 3rd Febuary 2012 15:28:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/02/prog-festivals-come-and-go.html The trials and tribulations of American prog rock festivals. Thursday, 2nd Febuary 2012 11:01:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/02/taab2.html Ian Anderson does a sequel to Tull's Thick As a Brick. Thursday, 2nd Febuary 2012 09:56:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/regeneration-music-project-to-screen-in-madison.html Some music at the movies on 16 February. Friday, 27th January 2012 16:13:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/the-strange-attraction-of-yes-for-black-kids-from-new-jersey.html Tom Terrell opines that Yes were funky. Friday, 27th January 2012 16:01:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/rush-has-black-fans-too.html Even the whitest band on Earth has black fans. Friday, 27th January 2012 15:49:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/mitchmatic-why-dont-you-know.html A fun song from Edmonton's Mitchmatic. Thursday, 26th January 2012 10:09:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/r-i-p-johnny-otis.html Johnny Otis died earlier this week on the 17th. Friday, 20th January 2012 14:43:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2012/01/r-i-p-etta-james.html Etta James has passed away. Friday, 20th January 2012 14:43:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/show-247-r-i-p-don-van-vliet.html I am going to round out my trio of shows by musos we lost in the past year or so with a one by Captain Beefheart. Friday, 30th December 2011 12:25:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/show-246-small-talk-in-berkeley.html Some Gil Scott-Heron who died this past spring. Friday, 30th December 2011 11:51:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/show-245-goodbye-hubert-sumlin.html Blues guitar legend Hubert Sumlin passed away earlier this month at the age of 80. Friday, 30th December 2011 09:07:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/show-244-russkaja.html Russian ska and turbo polka from Austria. Friday, 23rd December 2011 11:09:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/the-new-aqualung-mix.html A comparison of mixes old and new. Friday, 23rd December 2011 10:49:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/show-243-pinetop-perkins-in-madison.html RIP Pinetop Perkins. Friday, 23rd December 2011 10:23:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/toyah-covers-i-believe-in-father-christmas.html Another holiday tune. Love the hand gestures. Friday, 23rd December 2011 10:06:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/happy-belated-solstice-2012.html Happy (Belated) Solstice! Friday, 23rd December 2011 10:04:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/such-a-journey-is-not-possible-without-roadies.html Keith Emerson in ancient Rome. Monday, 19th December 2011 12:55:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/the-whole-nine-yards-redux.html A trend spreads to the classical sphere. Friday, 2nd December 2011 10:45:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/12/madison-lpfm-station-has-prog-rock-show.html Madison's southwest siders can jam to ELP on Saturday evenings. Friday, 2nd December 2011 10:24:30 -0800 http://www.upthedownstair.net/2011/11/the-musical-box-pabst-theatre-28-october-2011.html The trend of bands playing entire albums. Friday, 18th November 2011 12:27:30 -0800