Herbert Bail Orchestra Returns to LA on 8/23
Modern American folk band, Herbert Bail Orchestra, is bringing their foot-stomping music back home this month for a singular performance at The Satellite in Los Angeles.
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Sarah Pierce Set to Roll Out New "Barbed Wire" CD
Texas-based singer/songwriter Sarah Pierce announces an August 25 release date for her new CD, Barbed Wire, on the Little Bear Records imprint. Produced by Merel Bregante, Barbed Wire was musically influenced by her family’s heritage in the cattle business. The album was recorded at The Cribworks Digital Audio in Liberty Hill, Texas, about 30 miles north of Austin.
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Real Gone Gets the Holidays Going with October Releases from The 4 Seasons
In four short years, Real Gone Music has established itself as THE go-to imprint for Christmas reissues, and, with its first of two slates of holiday titles for 2015, the label only tightens its grip on the Christmas crown. First, The 4 Seasons’ classic Christmas album, The 4 Seasons Greetings (later reissued as The 4 Seasons’ Christmas Album), appears in its original mono form for the first time ever on compact disc inside a limited edition mini LP sleeve package.
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John McLaughlin to Release New Studio Album
As a musician, composer, and bandleader, John McLaughlin’s vast contributions to contemporary improvisational music are only just beginning to be fully understood, appreciated, and absorbed by artists and enthusiasts alike.
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Chris Robinson Brotherhood Announce 18 New Fall Dates
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood has just announced an additional 18 shows on their Fall 2015 tour, including three nights at Brooklyn Bowl in Brooklyn and two shows at Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh. The CRB's now annual end of the year run through San Francisco occurs this year at The Fillmore for two nights.
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Umphrey's McGee: A Garden of Genres
Since the release of both their sophisticated Similar Skin album in 2014 and the elegant bonus album, London Sessions, which was produced at Abbey Road of last year, Umphrey’s McGee has begun to more frequently perform at up-scale venues across the Midwest. Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park is among one of these venues. It was the band’s third time appearing. The intimate and limited seating of the location led to a sold out show.
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Everyone Orchestra at Cervantes' 9/3-4
Everyone Orchestra’s conductor and founder Matt Butler has been leading a rotating cast of accomplished musicians through entirely improvised performances, since 2001. Butler’s unique style of conducting is groundbreaking in that he has essentially created an entirely new way to perform and experience music.
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The Motet Announces New Year's Eve in Atlanta
Today, progressive funk collective The Motet announces they’ll ring in 2016 with a very special New Year’s Eve show in Atlanta at The Variety Playhouse on December 31. Tickets, including a limited number of VIP tickets, go on sale to The Motet Fan Club on Friday, August 14 at 2pm EDT, and to the general public on Friday, August 21 at
Steely Dan | Ravinia Festival | Review
Steely Dan brought its “Rockabye Gollie Angel” summer tour to Ravinia in suburban Chicago, and it was a jazzy and classy affair. The two performances at the upscale open-air music venue featured a special set from Chicago-based jazz guitarist Bobby Broom instead of tour opener Elvis Costello and the Imposters. Broom’s Organi-Sation trio, initially formed at Steely Dan’s behest in 2014 to fill the opening slot on last year’s U.S. trek, did a fine job setting the mood for the evening.
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Zac Brown Band Announces "Castaway with Southern Ground"
On the heels of a rock solid, sold-out, three night run at Fenway Park this past weekend, Zac Brown Band’s destination concert experience, “Castaway with Southern Ground” goes on sale this Thursday, August 13 at 12pm ET at
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