Following up the announcement of a super group Fiyawerx Productions put together called Fiya Powa! for a May 2nd gig at One Eyed Jack’s in New Orleans comes a lineup that tops even that one. Check out this over-the-top list of artists that will play Fiya Fest on May 3rd at The Old Ironworks: GABE (George Porter Jr., Billy Iuso, Eric Bolivar and Anders Osborne), Dragon Smoke (Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore, Robert Mercurio and Eric Lindell), Dr. Klaw (Eric Krasno, Nigel Hall, Ian Neville, Adam Deitch and Nick Daniels), Karl Denson with The Dirty Dozen Horns (Nikki Glaspie, Jennifer Hartswick, Natalie Cressman, Robert Walter and Eddie Roberts), The New Orleans Suspects and the Bonerama Horns, Funky But Better (Terrence Higgins, Nigel Hall, Big Sam, Roosevelt Collier, Khris Royal, Doug Wimbish and Eric McFadden), The Revivalists and Artists-At-Large Mike Dillon, Corey Glover and Skerik.

FIYA FEST 2013 is a crawfish boil/benefit for the Roots of Music Marching Crusaders that is expected to run from noon to 10 PM on May 3rd at The Old Ironworks in New Orleans.

On February 14 – 16, New Orleans brass band The Soul Rebels will hold court at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn, New York for a three-night stand. Today, the group has announced a batch of special guests for these shows which mark their biggest run yet in NYC.

Saxophonist Karl Denson will be The Soul Rebels’ guest on Feb. 14th. On the 15th, conga star Pedrito Martinez and Maurice Brown will sit in with The Soul Rebels. Then, as the grand finale, Medeski Martin & Wood keyboardist John Medeski will jam with The Soul Rebels on the 16th. Tickets for all three shows are available now for $12 a piece through Ticketfly.

The String Cheese Incident made their first full-band appearance at one of Warren Haynes’ annual Christmas Jams this past Saturday night in Asheville. SCI’s set marked their first live performance since their summer tour ended in July. In keeping with Christmas Jam tradition, the Colorado-based band welcomed plenty of guests throughout their performance. For the finale, a cover of Bob Dylan’s Quinn The Eskimo (Mighty Quinn), Cheese brought out host Warren Haynes, keyboardist Nigel Hall, guitarist Mike Barnes, sax wiz Karl Denson and percussionist Count M’butu.

Here’s a look at the guest-filled Quinn The Eskimo from Saturday night…

String Cheese Incident w/ Guests – Quinn The Eskimo

Head HERE for more videos from this year’s Warren Haynes Christmas Jam.

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe brought a disco-themed show to Denver’s Ogden Theatre on Halloween backed by the massive “Funkytown Orchestra.” Among the three backing, and at times lead, vocalists was Jennifer Hartswick. YouTuber RoscoGirl caught much of the show on video. Let’s take a look at covers of Funky Town, Heart of Glass, I’m Your Boogie Man, Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Ring My Bell, Boogie Fever, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Shake Your Groove Thing and Boogie Nights…

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe – Funky Town, Heart of Glass, I’m Your Boogie Man, Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Ring My Bell, Boogie Fever, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Shake Your Groove Thing and Boogie Nights

Setlist:

Set: Love’s Theme, If I Can’t Have You(*), Le Freak(*)(^)($), A Fifth of Beehtoven , Rapture(*), Love To Love You Baby($), Disco Inferno, Funkytown(*), Heart of Glass(^), I’m Your Boogie Man, Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby, Do The Hustle, Ring My Bell(*), Boogie Fever, Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Shake Your Groove Thing(^)($), Boogie Nights

(*) w/ Jennifer Hartswick
(^) w/ Liza Oxnard
($) w/ Devon Parker

[via Jambands.com]

Gov’t Mule visited the House of Blues in San Diego last night where local resident Karl Denson lent a hand on a number of tunes by the time the evening was over. The KDTU front man sat in on a Blind Man In The Dark > Afro Blue > Blind Man In The Dark segment that ended the first set, plus a cover of Traffic’s Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys and the original Devil Likes It Slow in the second set.

Our pal Adam P. has uploaded footage of this killer combo’s take on Low Spark…

Gov’t Mule w/ Karl Denson – Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

And here’s the complete setlist thanks to Mule.net…

Set 1: Slackjaw Jezebel, Wandering Child, Soulshine, Banks Of The Deep End, Mr. Man, Streamline Woman, Inside Outside Woman Blues, Blind Man In The Dark > with Karl Denson, Afro Blue > with Karl Denson, Blind Man In The Dark with Karl Denson

Set 2: Effigy > Folsom Prison Blues Jam > Effigy, Monkey Hill with She’s So Heavy Ending, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys with Karl Denson, Devil Likes It Slow with Karl Denson, Fool’s Moon, Little Toy Brain, I’m A Ram with 54/46 Was My Number Quotes

Encore: Since I’ve Been Loving You

When Karl Denson was thinking of what he could do to make a set of KDTU shows special last fall, his first inclination was to pay tribute to the Beastie Boys. While he eventually settled on covering the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, along with Anders Osborne, he clearly hasn’t forgotten about his original idea as Denson has just announced a pair of Beastie Boys tribute shows at the Belly Up in Solana Beach, Calif. on March 23 and 24.

For both tribute shows, KDTU will be joined by members of Slightly Stoopid. Chali 2na and Los Angeles-based world beat act House of Vibe are booked as support on the 23rd. Tickets for both performances are currently on sale through KDTU Ticketing and Front Gate Ticketing.