The headliners for the Sept. 1st & 2nd “Made in America” festival on the Ben Franklin Parkway will be Jay-Z & Pearl Jam. The two-day, Labor Day weekend festival will also feature dubstep artist Skrillex, with performances by Afrojack, Miike Snow, Odd Future, Passion Pit, Janelle Monae, the Dirty Projectors, Santigold & D’Angelo among others. Two-day, festival passes go on sale tomorrow (Wed.5/23)at 10:00am via Ticketmaster and Livenation.com.

-BB

Following this year’s NonCommvention, there was a healthy dose of new music to share tonight!  Included, we got to new material from DAVE MATTHEWS BAND … LANGHORNE SLIM … THE AFGHAN WHIGS … THE DB’s and more!  Here’s a full playlist of tonight’s show:

8PM

• LANGHORNE SLIM “The Way We Move” The Way We Move
• EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS “That’s What’s Up” Here
• NICK WATERHOUSE “(If) You Want Trouble” Time’s All Gone
• DAVE MATTHEWS BAND “Gaucho” -single-
• THE WALKMEN “We Can’t Be Beat” Heaven
• THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH “1904″ There’s No Leaving Now
• BEACH HOUSE “Lazuli” Bloom
• THE AFGHAN WHIGS “See and Don’t See” -single-
• LOWER DENS “Candy” Nootropics
• THE DB’s “The Wonder of Love” Falling Off the Sky”
• RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS “A Teenager in Love” Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP
• ALLEN STONE “Sleep” -single-
• JOHN MAYER “The Age of Worry” Born And Raised
• JOHN FULLBRIGHT “Gawd Above” From the Ground Up

9PM

• JUKEBOX THE GHOST “Somebody” Safe Travels
• FATHER JOHN MISTY “I’m Writing a Novel” Fear Fun
• CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS “I’ve Been Accused” Old Believers
• CITIZEN COPE “One Lovely Day” Battleship
• SHOVELS & ROPE “Birmingham” O’ Be Joyful
• MARIACHI EL BRONX “Revolution Girls” Mariachi El Bronx II
• KING TUFF “Keep on Movin’” King Tuff
• PURLING HISS “Lolita” Shaking Through – Volume 3
• THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “45″ Handwritten
• YEASAYER “Henrietta” -single-
• THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD “Rosalee” Big Moon Ritual
• CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND “Kodachrome” One Of My Kind
• JERRY DOUGLAS “The Boxer” Traveler

Robin Gibb of The Bee Gees has died after a battle with cancer. He was 62. Gibb’s final project was “The Titanic Requiem,” a classical work that premiered in London in April to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Read the LA Times piece.

-BB

Trailer for “The Titanic Requiem”

Joe Jackson is enlisting the help of Iggy Pop, Sharon Jones, Questlove & others for a new tribute album to Duke Ellington. It’s called “The Duke” & will be out on July 23rd. Some of the songs covered included: “Mood Indigo”, I Got it Bad”, and “It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got That Swing”. The album was recorded & mixed by 7-time grammy winner Elliot Scheiner, who has worked with Steely Dan, Sting & Bob Dylan.

On the show this week – we heard Jerry Douglas recruit Mumford & Sons to help record Paul Simon’s classic “The Boxer”.  Plus we debuted a number of new tunes including music from THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD … JOHN MAYER … THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM and more.  Here’s a complete look at tonight’s playlist:

8 PM

• JERRY DOUGLAS feat. MUMFORD & SONS & PAUL SIMON “The Boxer” Traveler
• BONNIE RAITT “Used to Rule the World” Slipstream
• SONNY LANDRETH “For You and Forever” Elemental Journey
• SHOVELS & ROPE “Birmingham” O’ Be Joyful
• JOE WALSH “Lucky That Way” Analog Man
• ARCHIE POWELL & THE EXPORTS “Crazy Pills” Great Ideas in Action
• CITIZEN COPE “One Lovely Day” Battleship
• SELAH SUE “Raggamuffin” Selah Sue
• KING TUFF “Keep on Movin’” King Tuff
• JOHN FULLBRIGHT “Gawd Above” From the Ground Up
• MAPS & ATLASES “Winter” Beware and Be Grateful
• CHEERS ELEPHANT “Falling Out” Like Wind Blows Fire
• THE SPINTO BAND “Leave Yourself Alone” Shy Pursuit
• SHAWN COLVIN “All Fall Down” All Fall Down

9 PM

• JOHN MAYER “Queen of California” Born and Raised
• CORY CHISEL AND THE WANDERING SONS “I’ve Been Accused” Old Believers
• NICK WATERHOUSE “I Can Only Give You Everything” Time’s All Gone
• THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “45″ Handwritten
• RYAN SHAW “Karina” Real Love
• THE WALKMEN “We Can’t Be Beat” Heaven
• JJAMZ “Heartbeat” Suicide Pact
• SEAN BONES “Here Now” Buzzards Boy
• THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD “Rosalee” Big Moon Ritual
• ALO “Speed of Dreams” Sounds Like This
• EMILY WELLS “Mama’s Gonna Give You Love” Mama
• MICHAEL KIWANUKA “I Need Your Company” Home Again
• ANIMAL COLLECTIVE “Honeycomb” -single-
• TWIN SHADOW “Five Seconds” Confess