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Bob Dylan, Raconteurs for New American Music Festival

The Duke Spirit October 2005

The Duke Spirit October 2005

Anthony Kiedis is curating the Pittsburgh event

Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley and Spoon have all been lined up to play the very first New American Music Festival this summer in Pittsburgh, PA.

Curated by Red Hot Chili PeppersAnthony Kiedis, the two-day event will also feature slots from The Black Keys, The Roots, The Duke Spirit and Tiny Masters Of Today.

In addition to the major acts, the festival will feature a college bands competition during which bands will compete to win time in a Los Angeles recording studio, reports rollingstone.com.

The New American Music Festival takes place August 8 & 9.

The line-up is:

Bob Dylan and His Band
The Raconteurs
Gnarls Barkley
The Roots
Spoon
The Black Keys
Black Mountain
The Duke Spirit
NASA
Tiny Masters of Today


--By our New York staff.
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