Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Madeleine Peyroux at the Boulder Theater on Friday, August 2nd, 2013. Tickets go on sale Friday, June 14th at 10am for $30.00 general admission seated, $35.00 reserved and $45.00 gold circle.New album, The Blue Room, available now….“The only thing that matters is the song.” says singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux.

Toubab Krewe are proud to announce the second incarnation of the Carnavalito Music Festival scheduled for July 3rd & 4th, 2013 at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC. This year’s main event will be held on Independence Day at Pisgah’s outdoor amphitheater stage for a one-of-a-kind experience surrounded by Western North Carolina’s Appalachian mountains.

Today, Cloud 9 Adventures and The Bowery Presents proudly announce My Morning Jacket‘s One Big Holiday– the band’s first ever destination event.

Ryan Bingham has a musical style beyond his years.  Without looking, you'd think a weathered, country veteran was on stage strumming that guitar, with his gruff voice and the hard life he sings about.  Much to the contrary, he is a young, incredibly sexy musician. Bingham is not only a skilled lyricist with a voice made for country-folk music, he's also a master on the guitar.  Props to the roadie; Bingham switched guitars like a sorority girl switches purses:  almost every song required a new one.  And it's not just rhythm, Bingham

Shades of raw Buzzcocks in spirit and this distinguishable brand of Interpol-Strokes scenester amalgam in recurring riffs—adjusting their own description to account for the requisite self-romanticizing inherent in any young new band’s internal visions of their portrait—that’s Bad Cop more or less.The trio’s debut E.P. is grinded-down polish. Anarchy on synthetic drugs.

Maybe I’ve grown jaded and all, but lately the gimmicks and ploys and artificial soul spewing from some of these up-and-comers in the ‘industry’ (loose interpretation) have been dancing on nothing short of exhausting. Too much self-awareness, far too little genuine appreciation for the necessary steps on the ladder to iconic reverence. Folks wanna be first-off famous—you cannot fall in love with the rock stars, to paraphrase my favorite flick on the subject (you’ve seen it).

It means “My Country”—Mon Pays, that is—to the native Malian, Vieux Farka Toure. According to the guitar virtuoso, the album is a tribute to his home, produced during a period of ethnic and religious strife that has brought unrest to the landlocked West African nation. The hope and zeal behind these songs is tangible.Mon Pays is a beautiful collective piece.

Like a rum soaked breeze off a tropical beach or an all night BBQ on a sandy shore (complete with tequila and bikinis) comes the music of Joe Moorhead.The surfer rock band's tunes are the soundtrack to your ultimate summer.

One obvious advantage to living in New York City is how spoiled we are musically. Every major musical act plays shows here, small acts you might not get the chance to see elsewhere, week long residencies, combinations of musicians you won’t ever see play together again.  The sheer amount of great music any given night is staggering.