Music Box: 3+1+1= 311

It's Bruce Watson's birthday. He's the founding guitarist
for Scottish rock band, Big Country. Off the 1983 album
The Crossing, this is "In a Big Country", their only U.S.
Top 40 single. We love this band and song and just
wanted to hear it.


Okay. Now, on to business. With it being the eleventh day of
the third month and all, you know that today must belong to
Omaha, Nebraska's own 311. The pop-funk-reggae band chose
today, 3/11 to announce that their new album, Uplifter, will be
released on June 2, 2009. Produced by Bob Rock, Uplifter will
be the band’s first studio record in three years. The first single,
“Hey You,” is supposed to come out in April -- which means we
can expect to be leaked online any day now. Here's their mainstream
breakthrough, "Down," played live on the Letterman show: