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GRAND FUNK RAILROAD—the legendary rock & roll powerhouse who kicked off its 2021 tour with a sold-out show July 2 in Fayetteville, GA—is now represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) having followed their longtime agent Zach Hartley there. Hartley joined the agency in June 2021 and is based in the company’s Nashville office.

As we prepare for this year' Daze Between, we are thrilled to share the ever-growing listing of events celebrating the life and legacy of Jerry Garcia--from the stages to the ballparks to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame!

As featured in DEADLINE, Extrovert Entertainment, under the creative direction of Emmy-award-winning director/producer, M. Douglas Silverstein, today announced signing a deal to produce a major documentary and a biopic on country music legend, singer/songwriter Lefty Frizzell.
 

With the addition of the Bay Area’s wildly popular indie-folk/Americana trio the T Sisters, Sonoma County Farm Trails announces the final lineup for its Gravenstein Apple Fair Benefit Concert on August 14 in Sebastopol’s Ragle Ranch Regional Park.

WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that it has partnered with promoter Live Nation to present TEDESCHI TRUCKS: FIRESIDE LIVE with special guest PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG at BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, on Saturday, evening, September 18, as part of WXPN’s 2021 XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru.

For 127 years, Gibson has shaped sound across generations and genres of music, becoming one of the most relevant, played, and loved guitar brands around the world. In mid-2019, Gibson launched the Gibson Generation Group (G3), a powerful two-year program that exhibits Gibson embracing a wildly diverse new generation of guitar players, songwriters, and music creators, across the globe.
 

“Shakes The Ground” is a song about how a strong bond can have its ups and downs. It’s about how showing love can create massive energy and shake the foundation of what that love and respect was built on, being the force for good that brings us together. Musically this song was inspired by repeat listens of R.L. Burnside's album Come On In as well as some of the textural and hypnotic sounds of The Brian Jonestown Massacre we were listening to.

Due to overwhelming demand, Ohana Festival will be holding an Encore Weekend taking place Friday, October 1st - Saturday, October 2nd at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California.

Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is proud to release new, never-before-heard recordings from the great Bahamian guitar legend and otherworldly talent Joseph Spence (1910-1984) coming July 16, 2021. Recorded by renowned recording engineer, documentarian, and producer Peter Siegel in 1965 in New York City and the Bahamas, Encore: Unheard Recordings of Bahamian Guitar and Singing offers a look at a grandmaster at work, at the height of his powers and recorded with expert equipment.

As the live music industry stirs back to life after the pandemic, independent touring musicians facing personal crises are about to get a helping hand. Starting today, a new Atlanta-based nonprofit called The Goodmood Fund will begin accepting applications for emergency relief grants of up to $2,000 to independent touring artists nationwide who are facing financial hardship due to unforeseen emergencies such as a death in the family, natural disaster, serious illness and theft of gear.

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