Crosby, Stills and Nash have annouced they will tour this year, beginning with mostly U.S. west coast dates in May and June. The trio will then head across the pond for shows in July. Certainly more dates are forthcoming.

More at crosbystillsnash.com.

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If you’re within 100,000 miles of Live Oak, Florida, on April 16 & 17 then you’ll want to high-tail it down to this year’s Wanee Festival. Headline act is the Allman Brothers Band. Stephen Stills has added it and faves Derek Trucks and Govt Mule are gonna be there. As a matter of fact, everybody’s playing. Swamp stompin’ on steroids.

Tickets are on sale now.

Stephen Stills has begun booking some solo shows for next month. Two dates are set for California in Santa Cruz (The Catalyst on 2/12 -> Tickets) and San Francisco (The Fillmore on 2/14 -> Tickets). Stills indicated in recent interviews that he hoped to perform some of his rare and previously unreleased material in live shows this year with his touring band Joe Vitale (drums), Kenny Passarelli (bass) and Todd Caldwell (keys).

His most recent release, the Live at Shepherd’s Bush (CD/DVD) was recorded on his 2008 European tour with that configuration.

Stephen Stills will also be the guest on the syndicated radio show ROCKLINE this Wednesday, January 13th. Check the Rockline site for your local broadcast.

UPDATE 2/2/2010 – Shows added: Brooks, CA on Feb. 13 (Cache Creek Casino), Ann Arbor, MI on March 6 (Michigan Theater).

bard
/bɑrd/ [bahrd] –noun. See also: troubadour, minstrel

1. (formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
2. one of an ancient Celtic order of composers and reciters of poetry.
3. Gordon Lightfoot.

You can’t get it any more genuine than this. Canada’s national treasure sets off on TOUR through eastern Canada and into the Lower 48 beginning in March. Gordon Lightfoot will warm up with music and conversation at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on February 4, an event brought to you by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

If you’re like us and sometimes find yourself falling prey to worshipping false gods, well, we’re not alone. The organizers of the Musikmesse understand.

The Musikmesse, the world’s largest music trade fair taking place March 24-26, 2010 in Frankfurt, Germany, has announced that next year’s fair will include a vintage instrument and memorabilia exhibit. Among the “toys” they plan to have on display are both Clapton’s “Blackie” and Stevie Ray Vaughans’ “Lenny,” axes worth an estimated $1.8 million.

For more information consult the special International Vintage Show page. The page hasn’t been translated (yet anyway) so you might want to check out the links to the videos and photos which are actually spoken and captioned in English.

You’ll find the latest about the Musikmesse 2010 up on the official website, which has a new, cool animated splash intro. We think it could use different background music, though, sorta like this