Since its beginnings in Jamaica in 1959, the story of the pioneering Island Records label has been inextricably linked to the story of its founder, Chris Blackwell. Now, Blackwell has curated a series of compilation LPs, featuring his hand-picked tracks that correspond with his and Island’s legendary history. On February 26, Island Records / UMe… Continue reading VARIOUS ARTISTS – THE VINYL SERIES CURATED BY CHRIS BLACKWELL
After a hugely successful year, Bob Marley 75 continues into 2021 with several birthday celebrations leading up to Marley’s 76th Birthday on February 6, including a global virtual birthday celebration hosted by Cedella Marley, Songs of Freedom: The Island Years on 6LP or 3CD, and a Bob Marley Tribute Livestream by Stephen Marley. In lieu… Continue reading Bob Marley Special Events leading up to 76th birthday celebration
Jane Lee Hooker deliver a shot of 100 proof Brooklyn rock ‘n’ roll with their new single & video for “Jericho.” It’s the first single off their forthcoming summer 2021 release. JLH exploded out of New York City in 2015, and won acclaim in the U.S. and abroad with their debut album of revved-up blues covers,… Continue reading Jane Lee Hooker drops New Single/Video "Jericho"
What if longtime friends Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk came clean about the fact that their bevy of instrumental theme songs and film soundtracks—including the New York Times’ famed podcast The Daily, Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar Radio, and many indie film scores—were only half of the story? Well, there’s no need to get rhetorical, because… Continue reading Wonderly Release New EP "Story We Tell Volume 1"
The Austin rock group Black Pistol Fire is back with a brand-new full-length album, Look Alive, out January 29 via Black Hill Records. A far-reaching sonic landscape, venturing out beyond traditional rock touchstones, Look Alive, sees the acclaimed group refining their singular two-man approach, outfitting explosive, impassioned rock ‘n’ roll with an expansive, ethereal, and… Continue reading Black Pistol Fire's New Album ‘Look Alive,’ Available Now
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Gentle mistresses and most distinguished gentlemen, we have come upon the release of the DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 37, from the Fifteenth of April in the year Nineteen Seventy-Eight, at ye olde College Of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Cast your waistcoats and your bonnets aside, the Grateful Dead… Continue reading Now Available: Dave’s Picks Volume 37: Williamsburg, VA, 4/15/78
Adam Ezra Group has released their newest single, “All Right Today,” an effervescent, feel-good track which is an ode to putting one foot in front of the other, to living in the moment, and leaning on one another to get through our hardest times. PRESS HERE to listen/stream. “All Right Today” is Adam Ezra Group’s… Continue reading Adam Ezra Group Releases New Single “All Right Today”
The Mimi Fishman Foundation launches a new on-line charity auction. The auction features signed drumsticks and drum heads used during fall 2019 shows, the 2019 New Year’s run, and 2020 Mexico shows (the last gigs Phish played prior to the pandemic.) In addition are items from the April, 2019 Ghosts of the Forest tour. The… Continue reading Mimi Fishman Foundation Auction features Phish Signed Drumsticks/Heads – 2019/2020
Today, celebrated rock/alt-country group Lucero releases their 10th studio album When You Found Me (Liberty and Lament/Thirty Tigers). Lucero reunites with Grammy Award winner Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Drive-by Truckers), who produced their 2018 acclaimed effort Among The Ghosts. When You Found Me was recorded in the band’s hometown of Memphis, TN at… Continue reading Lucero Releases New Rock-Infused Album WHEN YOU FOUND ME
Frampton Forgets the Words, the new studio album by The Peter Frampton Band, will be released April 23 via UMe. The album features instrumental tributes to some of Frampton’s favorite songs and is the follow up to his 2007 Grammy Award-winning instrumental album, Fingerprints. The first track to be revealed is their take on Radiohead’s “Reckoner,” alongside… Continue reading Peter Frampton Band Pays Tribute To David Bowie, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Radiohead and More On New Instrumental Covers Album
