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Dolly Parton is an American treasure who continues to captivate one generation after another. Following her GRAMMY-winning bluegrass album 'The Grass Is Blue’ (1999), Parton hinted at another bluegrass-adjacent album in the works earlier this summer. Featured on the upcoming project are virtuosic musicians Jim VanCleve, Barry Abernathy and Darrell Webb, who make up three parts of “roots supergroup” (NPR) Appalachian Road Show.
Trinidad López III was born in Dallas, Texas on May 15, 1937, and at the tender age of 15 formed his first band, the Big Beats. Lopez played guitar; his repertoire consisted of Mexican folk songs, rhythm and blues hits and rock ’n’ roll favorites. The Big Beats played the local clubs, where Lopez met Buddy Holly. Holly referred him to his producer, Norman Petty, who helped the Big Beats and Trini get their first record deal, with Columbia Records. Unfortunately, Petty wanted them to be an instrumental outfit.
Canna Provisions, the award-winning leader of the adult-use retail cannabis community in Western Massachusetts, proudly announce musician, performer, producer, actor, director, international DJ, activist, historian, teacher, New York Times best-selling author, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on both contemporary and traditional rock and roll Stevie Van Zandt will launch Little Steven’s Underground Apothecary line of cannabis pre-roll joints using Smash Hits cannabis, Canna Provisions proprietary craft cannabis flower.
In advance of its upcoming Freaky Deaky music festival in Baytown Texas on Oct 29 & 30th, promoter Disco Donnie Presents (DDP) has donated $150,000 worth of tickets to veterans, first responders, and Gold Star families. The donations were made through non-profit foundations Vet Tix and 1st Tix.
For 18 years, Celebrate Mexico Now (CMN) has been the only independent festival in New York City devoted to spotlighting contemporary Mexican artistry. Every year, CMN disrupts the often narrow definitions of Mexican culture by exploring the way artists are reshaping, envisioning and reflecting on their identity in the ever-changing global context.
The Lumineers have announced the release of their second single “BIG SHOT,” featured on their eagerly awaited new album, BRIGHTSIDE. The track is joined by an official music video, streaming now at YouTube. BRIGHTSIDE arrives Friday, January 14, 2022, via Dualtone in the U.S. & Canada and Decca Records for the rest of the world; pre-orders are available now HERE.
Thanks to Nederlander Concerts, a few thousand fortunate live music fans were treated to an intimate concert at the beautiful Vina Robles Amphitheatre on September 22nd. St. Vincent and Spoon brought a blistering double bill of guitar-drenched rock to the mountain fringed venue just three days before their sold-out appearance in front of 18,000 fans at the Hollywood Bowl.
Danny Elfman has debuted a brand new Xiu Xiu remix of “Serious Ground,” one of the songs initially featured on Elfman’s acclaimed new double album Big Mess [ANTI- / Epitaph Records]. The track serves as an experimental reinterpretation, pairing Xiu Xiu’s signature industrial noise sensibilities with chopped samples of Elfman's original vocals and instrumentation. Listen now HERE.
Carter Family meets Addams Family in Easy Listening for Jerks, two new covers EPs by gold-certified prairie pickers The Dead South.
Whirling fiercely in the wake of wildfires, fear-induced headlines and a pandemic in its path was the too-real tornado that struck Nashville in March 2020. Admittedly shaken up by the storm, Folk-Americana singer/songwriter Calista Garcia snapped out of fear by turning to music… specifically, “Banana Pancakes” by Jack Johnson. As howling winds have continued over the past year, Calista has kept her calm by tapping back into this feeling through renewed awareness of the beauty that remains.
