Multi Grammy Award winning funk legend Bootsy Collins today, on his birthday, announced a forthcoming collaborative compilation album project, Funk Not Fight, associated with Syncr and The Bootsy Collins Foundation. Today, Bootsy released a 60-second teaser of the album title track and new single, “Funk Not Fight”, which will be released on the compilation. Listen… Continue reading ON HIS BIRTHDAY, FUNK LEGEND BOOTSY COLLINS ANNOUNCES COLLABORATIVE COMPILATION ALBUM PROJECT, FUNK NOT FIGHT
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams have announced their long-awaited new album, Live At Levon’s!, will be released February 3, 2023 via Royal Potato Family. The jubilant 12-track collection was recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY on September 20 and 21, 2019 in front of an adoring hometown crowd and features a selection of… Continue reading Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Announce 'Live At Levon's!'
Bob Weir & Wolf Bros brought another affluent articulation of the extended Grateful Dead catalog to the architecturally and acoustically stunning Hult Center on Friday and Saturday nights in Eugene for back-to-back shows. [NIGHT TWO REVIEW] Weir emerged with his core Wolf Bros—Don Was (bass), Jay Lane (drums), and Jeff Chimenti (piano), along with accompanying… Continue reading Bob Weir & Wolf Bros | Hult Center | 10/22/2022
The Ogden Theatre is a 1600 capacity venue in the Capitol Hill district of Denver and although its surroundings leave much to be desired, the place still brings out the magic for those who enter its historic doors. Originally opened in 1917, it got it start as did many theaters of that era as a… Continue reading Oteil & Friends | Ogden Theatre | 10/20/22
Greensky Bluegrass have announced their Winter Tour 2023. The 16-date tour will kick off on January 12 in Buffalo, NY, and will travel throughout the East Coast and Midwest including the band’s debut performances at the historic Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ, and the Stanley Theater in Utica, NY. The… Continue reading Greensky Bluegrass Announce Winter Tour 2023
Award-winning Canadian duo Whitehorse—Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet—were originally planning on recording an EP of 70s country songs instead of what became their upcoming album I’m Not Crying You’re Crying—out on January 13th via Six Shooter Records. But when the lockdown hit, the pair began churning out new original songs. “Luke was like staying up… Continue reading Acclaimed Canadian Duo Whitehorse Put An Upbeat, Country Twist On The Lockdown Song With “If The Loneliness Don’t Kill Me”
Backbeat Books is proud to announce the December 2022 release of Rock Camp (192 pages • 978-1-4930-7010-7 • 9.95 • Hardback) by David Fishof with Travis Atria. After years of producing rock tours throughout the world and working with icons like Roger Daltrey, Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, and so many more, David Fishof wanted to… Continue reading Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp Releases Hardcover This Winter
As he releases his new single “Tea & Sympathy,” Australian “singer, songwriter and guitar hero” (-Billboard) Hamish Anderson announces he’s joining GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS’ in support of their 2022 Good To Be Bad Tour: 45 Years Of Rock Tour! This marks the first tour Hamish has done since 2019’s tour in support of… Continue reading HAMISH ANDERSON DROPS NEW SINGLE “TEA & SYMPATHY”
Orebolo, a Connecticut-based acoustic trio, will visit colorful Colorado for three performances in December 2022. The band, comprised of musicians from nationally acclaimed rock band Goose, features Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, guitar), and Jeffrey Arevalo (upright bass). December 10 will see the trio at the historic Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver… Continue reading OREBOLO ANNOUNCES WINTER 2022 TOUR DATES
October is quickly rolling to a close, but not without the excitement of the Phil-O-Ween residency at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. The Grateful Dead’s legendary bass player Phil Lesh wrapped up the second of three weekends with another group of all stars on Sunday, October 23rd, 2022. Ironically, the Grateful Dead played… Continue reading Phil Lesh and Friends | Capitol Theatre | 10/23/2022
