WIN a 3-day pass to see us at the Royal Family Affair this summer in Stratton VT! To enter, visit our page: http://royalfamilyaffair.com/johnbrownsbody and leave a comment with your favorite song. Then get your friends to “Like” the comment. The top 2 fans with the most “Likes” each win a 3-day pass. Entries must be submitted by July 7. Winners will be announced July 8.

Tickets are now on sale for The Royal Family Affair at Stratton Mountain August 12-14, 2011. For tickets & more info visit RoyalFamilyAffair.com.
Join JBB, Soulive, Lettuce, Big Gigantic, and Dumpstaphunk.

Big ups to The North Face for including JBB’s “Make A Move” in this video:

We added a bunch of new photos from San Francisco, NYC, and Grassroots Festival.
Check them out on JBB’s facebook page: facebook.com/johnbrownsbody

Co-Bill with Easy Star All-Stars
Opening: Cas Haley
NYC 420 bash!
TICKETS
All Ages
$20 adv / $25 dos

www.highlineballroom.com 212-414-5994

Tickets here

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We regret having to cancel our February tour dates in New Hampshire and New Jersey, but an unforeseen family illness has prevented us from being able to make these shows. JBB does not take canceling shows lightly. We offer our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause the fans.

We have rescheduled our Stone Church and Maxwell’s shows for June. More info below.

We will resume touring in March. In the meantime, tickets can be refunded at point of purchase or used at the rescheduled dates.

**Please see venue website for official ticket refund/exchange information**

February 24 @ Stone Church: Newmarket, NH – CANCELED
February 25 @ Stone Pony: Asbury Park, NJ – CANCELED
February 26 @ Maxwell’s: Hoboken NJ – CANCELED – Rescheduled for June 16

JOHN BROWN’S BODY “Searchlight” – live @ Cervantes
John Brown’s Body performs the unreleased song “Searchlight” live at Cervantes in Denver. More JBB Moboogie videos

Boston and Burlington are you ready?! We’ve got two big shows coming up this weekend… Friday 1/21 at House Of Blues Boston and Saturday 1/22 at Higher Ground in Burlington!

Check out this sick article including interview with Tommy on My Secret Boston: “John Brown’s Body makes good on the long road”

Photo: Rich Gastwirt

We are pleased to welcome Spirtual Rez and the UK’s Zion Train to open up the night along with DJ’s Axel Foley and Mister Rourke.

Check out this video of Zion Train performing in Poland. Its going to be a great night of music!

We’ve got five JBB tour posters signed by the band up for grabs! Want one? Simply send an enticing email to editor@sinninginla.com and tell us what you love about the band and Sinning In LA best for your chance to win!

Story Re-Posted. See original at SinningInLA.com

There are many reasons to love living in Los Angeles. Getting the chance to see John Brown’s Body, one of the best live reggae groups around three times in one year certainly ranks high on my personal list. After most recently seeing them take over the Key Club back in September, this time we were treated to a special show at The Roxy on 4/20, where the band teamed with the experimental world music of co-headliners Toubab Krewe and former frontman Kevin Kinsella to deliver a stellar night of progressive music for reggae aficionados and open-minded Angelenos alike.

“The last six months have been pretty epic,” said drummer Tommy Benedetti when we spoke with him and the band backstage after their set. “We started in September with The Black Seeds and then we did New Zealand and now we’re here with Toubab and it’s been awesome.”

“Seth (Herman), our manager, goes out of his way to find all these really great bands to tour with,” said guitarist Mike Keenan. “Most of the time people don’t know who they are but he finds bands that are in a similar situation to us. We really want to raise that level of trust with our fan base so that it doesn’t matter who we’re playing with, you know they’re gonna be good.”

JBB were better than good on this night. Having had the privilege of seeing them perform live, I can safely say that the band has never sounded better or more in unison than they did for this show.

I think in my memory, tonight was probably our best LA show. We’ve played here a bunch but I think for just the vibe and the crowd, tonight was the night.

Benedetti then added, “Nights like these are really amazing though because we just drove from San Francisco, so we didn’t get a soundcheck tonight. Nobody got to play their instruments at all before we hit the stage, so to get up there and know stuff is going to sound on point because you’ve got a guy like (sound engineer) Jocko makes our jobs so much easier.”

Jocko channeled the spirit of the legendary dub mixologist King Tubby as he had the band sounding pristine and immersed in an echo-heavy soundscape for most of the night, much to the delight of the packed house. Running through a set that saw them incorporate the best bits from all their albums, along with a special cover of The Clash’s classic, “Bankrobber,” the guys were in fine form and had the crowd dancing from start to finish. They even reworked and dubbed out songs on the spot, such as on recent hits like “The Gold,” “Push Some Air,” and even a brand new untitled dub-heavy cut that was the personal highlight of the set for me and perhaps a promise of things to come.

“Elliot just had his mind blown by all the dubstep stuff going on, so what we’re sort of trying to do now is incorporate that in an organic way into our sound,” said Keenan. Tommy then added, “But it will definitely be our own take on it. JBB always sounds like JBB through the years I think. It’s just a natural progression of the music. We don’t consciously try to do it, whatever we’re inspired by, it’s going to make its way in there somehow.”

That UK dub stuff has really influenced us as much as the Jamaican stuff and any other form of reggae we may like. The UK stuff is slamming.

With the band’s first ever European tour on tap, the influences are almost certain to continue to build towards the band’s new album which will begin to be recorded this summer with Jocko behind the boards and perhaps a return by Canadian dubmaster, Dubmatix as well.

“So many people just don’t get what we do in this business so that makes it really hard to pick a producer but if we were to pick one I can’t think of someone better really,” said Keenan.

“We actually did some stuff on his new album and then he went into Jocko’s recording studio,” added Benedetti. “I have a feeling he’s going to play a part in the next record in someway just because he really understands what we’re trying to do musically.”

With the ensuing European tour about to hit and the new album happening after that, JBB have never been busier or more energized. They’ve also just launched a brand-new website where you can download (for free) a full live album culled from their exceptional 2010 tour along with a brand new EP too. Be sure to check out both of those outstanding releases and stick with us as we’ll be bringing you all of the latest sinful scoops from this ground-breaking band.

Photos & Video By: Smash LeFunk

Big ups to Dane, Reggie, and the entire Victoria BC Ska Society for welcoming us to Victoria and Vancouver Canada!

Canada Broadcasting Corporation features John Brown’s Body by johnbrownsbody

We are excited to join Toubab Krewe, Mos Def, Sierra Lion Refugee All-Stars, and Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at this years Manifestivus in Vermont!
Early bird tickets are on sale for $55. More info here:

We are excited to be part of the Nateva Festival along with FURTHER, THE FLAMING LIPS, STS9, moe., JAKOB DYLAN, GIANT PANDA GUERILLA DUB SQUAD, TOUBAB KREWE

Enter for a chance to see JOHN BROWN’S BODY at the Nateva Music & Camping Festival this summer!

JBB w/ The Heavy Pets, Toubab Krewe
August 6th & 7th
Priedaine, Freehold NJ

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Danksquad put together this video last April. Recorded in Salt Lake City, we had a great night and hang with the whole crew. The crowd was especially great; on a Monday night we had close to 600 people rocking out at The Depot with us. Thanks to Danksquad and the whole JBB Utah family.

United Dub – JBB Live at Roxy in West Hollywood. Props to Spencer Davis for filming the show. Lots of energy in the video and the vibe is right on. Thank you bro.

United Dub – John Brown’s Body from Spencer Davis on Vimeo.

JBB will be performing a FREE show at City Hall Plaza, in Boston on July 24th.

The show is part of the Cuervo Games. More details to be announced soon.

In early May, JBB’s keyboardist Matthew Goodwin and his wife Vanessa received devastating news- Their 1 year old son Kofi was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer called retinoblastoma. As JBB headed to Europe Matt stayed with Vanessa and Kofi who was beginning treatment at the Wills Eye Institute in Philadelphia. During the treatment doctors were forced to remove Kofi’s left eye, which had been filled with cancerous tumors. Now 4 months after the life saving surgery Kofi is strong and well.

Kofi will continue to need medical support throughout his childhood, and to ease the financial burden the Hope Alive Foundation is spearheading a benefit event for Kofi this Saturday August 7th in Farmington NY.

JBB’s good friends Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad and Naples, NY locals The Prickers will both be performing.

Tickets: www.hopealivefoundation.org

We would love to see you at Kofi’s event, but if you are unable to attend you can still make a donation online.
Either way please read about Kofi’s story; further information about and retinoblastoma and pass this information on to new parents. It could be a lifesaver!

For full details visit www.hopealivefoundation.org

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Matt and Kofi in New Zealand shortly after JBB’s tour with The Black Seeds.

Its official. On Friday October 29th we will be performing in at Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY and on Saturday October 30th we will return to Castaways in Ithaca, NY for special Halloween weekend shows. Thunder Body will be supporting JBB both nights.

Please check out the tour dates page for full details.

In addition we are running a poster design contest for the weekend. Details below.

Congratulations TJ Harley for winning the JBB Halloween poster contest! Check out the awesome design below. See you all Rochester on October 29th at Water Street Music Hall and in Ithaca at Castaways on October 30th.

More info // Tickets

11/17/2010 7:00pm The Gramercy Theatre New York, NY
11/18/2010 6:30pm Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
11/19/2010 7:30pm Sonar Baltimore, MD
11/20/2010 7:00pm The Norva Norfolk, VA
11/21/2010 7:00pm The Music Farm Charleston, SC
11/23/2010 8:00pm Tipitina’s Uptown New Orleans, LA
11/24/2010 7:30pm House of Blues Dallas, TX
11/25/2010 7:30pm House of Blues Houston, TX
11/26/2010 7:00pm House of Rock Corpus Christi, TX
11/27/2010 8:00pm La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
11/28/2010 7:00pm Launchpad Albuquerque, NM
11/30/2010 6:30pm Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
12/01/2010 7:00pm House of Blues West Hollywood, CA
12/02/2010 7:00pm House of Blues Anaheim, CA
12/03/2010 7:30pm The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA
12/04/2010 7:30pm The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA
12/06/2010 7:00pm Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
12/07/2010 7:00pm Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
12/08/2010 7:00pm Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA

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Check out the article on SSDP’s AMPLIFY Project with a quote from Tommy JBB in the new issue of High Times Magazine! We’re psyched to be AMPLIFYers. Big Up to Jonathan Perri and Students for Sensible Drug Policy.