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Best Music on TV this week
The best way to hear new music and discover new artists? We have several avenues we enjoy, but a good bet is checking out a performance on the tube. Here’s a collection of the best tunes you can find this week on TV. The two biggest headlines from the talk show music circuit this week? Late Night with Jimmy Fallon debuts Monday, March 2 with the coolest house band ever, The Roots. And U2 whose new album releases Tuesday, March 3, will play the entire week on Letterman. If you know of anything else showing, please share here!
“Austin City Limits” (PBS): Rerun of country crooners Brad Paisley and Dierks Bentley (Saturday, March 6).
“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” (NBC): Besides Letterman featuring U2 all week, Fallon’s first week offers an impressive musical line-up including Santigold (Tuesday, March 3), Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Wednesday, March 4), Ludacris (Thursday, March 5).
“Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson” (CBS): Andrew Bird (Thursday, March 5) and M. Ward (Friday, March 6).
“Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC): Lil’ Wayne (Tuesday, March 3); Swedish pop dica Robyn (Tuesday, March 3).
“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” (NBC): Bettye Lavette (Tuesday, March 3), Neko Case (Wednesday, March 4), Tom Jones (Thursday, March 5).
“Late Show with David Letterman” (CBS): Pop superstars U2, whose new album releases Tuesday, March 3, will play the entire week on Letterman — the only time one musical guest has been featured for an entire week on Letterman’s show.
“The Tavis Smiley Show” (PBS): Lionel Richie (Tuesday, March 3), Akon (Thursday, March 5).
“Saturday Night Live” (NBC): Ray LaMontagne (Saturday, March 7).
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By Dave Matthews
March 5, 2009 8:31 AM | Link to this
You have a thumbnail picture of me next to Best Music on TV this week yet you don’t have me listed anywhere in your article? That is “ok” though because I don’t do TV.