After our whirlwind tour of the northern half of the world, Drink The Sea is starting our South American leg. Lollapalooza on the thirteenth, Buenos Aires on the twenty third, and São Paulo, Brazil on the twenty fifth. Barrett and I lived in Brazil for six months last year, playing with the great Nando Reis. … Continued
South America: Drink The Sea is heading your way this month for shows in Santiago Buenos Aires and São Paulo Speaking of São Paulo, Barrett Martin wanted everyone to know that “Nando Reis is sitting in with us at the São Paulo show on March 25th and we’re playing a few of his songs with … Continued
Big News, Athens: Tickets are on sale now for a Monday, May 11th show with Steve Wynn & special guest Peter Buck at The Rialto Club at Hotel Indigo. Brought to you by Aubrey Entertainment
From last night’s Lifes Rich Pageant tribute at the 40 Watt Club in Athens. Photos by Jason Thrasher.
Michael and Peter share their remembrances below of UGA professor and poet/translator, Coleman Barks, who passed away Monday night: “Coleman provided refuge and anchor for entire communities—Athens being one, poetry another—for what seems like centuries. His beauty and joyous nature will be deeply missed, but will continue through a lifetimes work inspiring and encouraging writers … Continued
I was super flattered to be invited back into The Simpsons universe, and particularly with this grand message of great hope Watch the video:
Read Flagpole’s interview with Peter who will return to Athens for Drink The Sea’s Monday, February 16 date at the 40 Watt.
“Hey, recently our good friend Kraig Johnson was found to have cancer. You may remember him from Run Westy Run, the Jayhawks, and Golden Smog. He is facing a serious financial struggle as he recovers. Please consider donating to his go fund me. Thanks!” – Peter Donate here.
“Pictured: me with new haircut, my new giraffe and my Balinese temple horse. All preparing to hit the road! Berkeley Tuesday. Will possibly have more pointless stage animals.” -Peter
So, if one were to wonder what Drink The Sea does in its time off, the answer is buying giraffes. Singular, I guess. Me, Duke Garwood and Lisette Garcia communing with nature. Of the brass variety. If this doesn’t sell tickets nothing will. See ya soon! – Peter
Drink The Sea is back at it again, preparing for our current tour. The first two dates are January 30th in Seattle at Town Hall, and January 31st at the Aladdin Theatre in Portland. All of us have resided in those towns for years! So come out and join the festival! Shows at eight o’clock. … Continued
We’re just two days out from the highly anticipated start of Drink The Sea’s late winter US tour. The band will be playing a whopping 2.5 hours of original music with films by award-winning filmmaker, Tad Fettig (who took this photo).Ticket links to the shows below are here. 1/30 Seattle, WA @townhall_seattle 1/31 Portland, OR @aladdintheater 2/3 … Continued
Artists, writers, and creators of all kinds are banding together with a simple message: Stealing our work is not innovation. It’s not progress. It’s theft – plain and simple. We need real innovation – not exploitation. When AI is trained on stolen creative works, everyone loses. Instead of culture, art, writing, and music, all we’ll … Continued
🎙️ Soul and R&B legend the Reverend Al Green’s moving version of “Everybody Hurts” is out today on an EP titled “To Love Somebody” via Fat Possum records. You can stream it here. Green said, “While we were in the studio recording ‘Everybody Hurts, I could really feel the heaviness of the song and I … Continued
Sunday night in Athens—Photos from last night’s Kevn Kinney – Peter Buck show at the Rialto Room in downtown Athens. Everyone was in for an extra treat as Mike joined Kevn and Peter for the last three songs. Much appreciation to Karen Ryan for the lovely shots.