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Grateful Dead music continues to inspire and muse generations of contemporary musicians. When the band played, their music fostered an experience each night that transformed the ordinary bounds of everyday life beyond possibility. A trip into the transcendental. Even if the words and melodies were familiar to followers, something about their approach of spontaneity and improvisation combined with an overarching reworking of Americana made the music familiar and new simultaneously.
The team at Catskill Chill Music Festival has released the schedule for the fourth annual 3-day camping event taking place September 6th - 8th in Hancock, NY. The schedule unveils a packed line-up of live music on five stages including the expanded Acoustic Junction and the new Redbull Campsite DJ Truck.
Kendall Beard fell in love with singing as a child, and begged her parents until they finally agreed to let her make her professional debut at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. But now she’s all grown up and riding toward bigger horizons with ALL AROUND GIRL, her debut album on VMG, set for release Sept. 17.Produced by AJ Vallejo, ALL AROUND GIRL showcases Beard’s unique style of soul-influenced, rock-sprinkled Texas country.
Mandolinist, vocalist and songwriter Jeff Austin is on tour this summer with various friends while not on the road with Yonder Mountain String Band.
Woody Guthrie may be more popular in the 21st century than he ever was in the 20th. The unexpected success of Mermaid Avenue — the 1998 and 2000 albums of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to music by Billy Bragg, Wilco and others —have sparked a resurgence of interest in Guthrie’s own recordings.
Coming up in October & November 2013, Yonder Mountain String Band appears at select venues and music festivals in the Deep South, Midwest and Northeast, including Greenfield Amphitheater (Wilmington, NC; October 9), Amos' Southend (Charlotte, NC; October 10), The Georgia Theater (Athens, GA; October 11), Track 29 (Chattanooga, TN;
Lock up your daughters and hide your sisters, the five-piece Americana outfit Rose’s Pawn Shop is hitting the road this fall on a fourteen-day west coast tour that will take the band along the pacific coast and through the mountain west including stops in Oregon, California, Washington, Montana, Utah and Colorado.Known for watertight musicianship and soaring harmonies, the LA based string band has been blowing the roof off of basement dives and packed theaters since the release of their 2010 album, Dancing on the Gallows.
The sounds of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass, dobro, and accordion blend in Trout Steak Revival’s bluegrass-inspired mountain music. While each member of the band composes original tunes, harmonic contributions are added by the entire band, following in the bluegrass tradition and creating a unique sound. In just a few short years the band has built a steady and spirited fan base across Colorado and beyond.
Dark Star Orchestra has announced it will ring in 2014 by returning to Huntington, NY's The Paramount for two nights, December 30 and 31.
