The John Hartford Memorial Festival is proud to announce the winner of their 2017 John Hartford Songwriter’s Challenge. 16 year old Micahan Boney from Claxton, GA, won first place with her song “Gone Too Soon”. A song about how the late Father of Newgrass, John Hartford inspired her. Ernie Hill, JHMF contest coordinator said, “We… Continue reading 16 year old Girl Wins the John Hartford Songwriter's Challenge
Over the course of the last week, filmmakers, writers, and fans gathered in Midtown Manhattan for the city’s 8th Annual NYC Independent Film Festival (NYCIndieFF). The festival hosted screenings of over 250 films, spanning the range of documentaries and comedies to short films and animations. Dispersed throughout the film screenings were networking events, panels and… Continue reading NYC Independent Film Festival | Review
Last month, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order threatening Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears National Monument with drilling, mining and logging. These monuments boast 1.9 million acres of canyons, arches, and piñon-juniper forests. They house artifacts, buildings, and sacred spaces of Native American communities. The Department of the Interior is accepting public comments on whether… Continue reading Save the Escalante & Bears Ears in Utah
Joining founders Jeff Kazor and Lisa Berman and long-time member Erik Pearson (composer of the Crooked Jades tune featured by Sean Penn in his 2007 film “Into The Wild”) will be important former members of what some now call the Crooked Jades collective. Playing bass will be Megan Adie who is back in San Francisco after a decade… Continue reading The Crooked Jades Reunion at St. Cyprian's
The Grateful Dead played more than 2,000 concerts, but maybe none continues to spark interest and provoke discussion quite like the band’s performance at Cornell University’s Barton Hall on May 8, 1977. It is one of the most collected, traded, and debated concerts by any band ever, has topped numerous fan polls through the years,… Continue reading Grateful Dead: Cornell '77 – 40 Years Ago
To celebrate the tenth annual DelFest we want to kick it off with a bang and have a couple announcements for Thursday. First, many were wondering what happened to DMB’s “Soundcheck” set which has become a festival favorite. The answer is we had set aside Thursday as an “And Friends…” to kick off our DelFest 10… Continue reading Delfest announces special sets for 10th Anniversary
Metropolitan Entertainment today announces the return of Tedeschi Trucks Band to the Beacon Theatre for the seventh consecutive year. Continuing their tradition of multiple-night residencies at the famed New York City venue, Tedeschi Trucks Band lines up another half-dozen electrifying performances scheduled for October. This year’s slate of six shows will once again feature a selection… Continue reading Tedeschi Trucks Band Announce 6-Night Run
Following a transformative third year, which saw the region’s largest independent EDM camping festival host fans from across the country, Imagine Festival has released the first phase of its lineup and it’s bigger than ever. Returning to Atlanta Motor Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia on September 22 through 24, 2017, Imagine is continuing its trend of… Continue reading Imagine Music Festival 2017 Initial Lineup
Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and co-founder of the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, David Crosby is out on tour in April and May. Joining him will be five musical friends, James Raymond on keys, Mai Agan on bass, Steve DiStanislao on drums, Jeff Pevar on guitar and Michelle Willis on keys… Continue reading nugs.tv Tonight: David Crosby & Friends!
Scott Guberman has been a professional rock pianist for years now. He’s Deadhead thru and through who first saw the Grateful Dead in the Brent Mydland-era and never looked back. Destiny brought Scott and his wife out to the San Francisco Bay Area to inevitably become an integral part of Terrapin Crossroads musical community. For… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Scott Guberman
