Town Mountain independently released The Dead Session on Friday, November 13, 2015. “Each member of this band has enjoyed the music of the Grateful Dead for quite some time,” says vocalist and guitarist Robert Greer. “It seemed only fitting for Town Mountain to pay respect to some musical heroes in this year, their 50th year… Continue reading Town Mountain: The Dead Session Out Today
A new wave of reggae artists has emerged over the past decade, most notably outside the genre’s birthplace of Jamaica, and Gentleman’s Dub Club are leading the charge out of the UK. Their highly anticipated second full-length album The Big Smoke comes out November 13, 2015 on tastemaker label Easy Star Records with pre-orders on iTunes here… Continue reading Gentleman's Dub Club Returns with The Big Smoke
Never have I felt more back at home in the cow town, country music-listening, tobacco-chewing, horse-riding, bar-fighting town I grew up in than at the Sturgill Simpson concert at the Ogden Theater in Denver last Friday night. It causes me to wonder: why have country music and psychedelic drug use not met before the visionary… Continue reading Sturgill Simpson | Ogden Theater | Review
The 7th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival will take place at the historic Monterey County Fair and Event Center from May 27-29, 2016. The top tier national festival is the premier gathering for the progressive U.S. Reggae and roots music movement, bringing the scene together over Memorial Day weekend in beautiful Monterey, CA.… Continue reading California Roots Festival Announces Stephen Marley, Atmosphere, Slightly Stoopid
Today, progressive funk collective The Motet announced 2016 Winter Tour plans. The tour launches on January 28 in Solana Beach and zigzags up California and Nevada with stops in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Crystal Bay before ending in on San Francisco February 5 and 6. On February 18, the tour picks back up on… Continue reading The Motet Announces 2016 Winter Tour
Colorado-based jamband, Digg, are excited to announce the premiere of their debut album, There Are Days, on Grateful Web today Friday, November 13th. A bonus track will premiere on Glide Magazine Monday, November 16th and the full length album will be available for purchase on iTunes November 20th. The band has recently supported acts such… Continue reading Listen to Digg's 'There Are Days' Here
The cult funk ensemble Brooklyn Funk Essentials has released its fifth studio album, Funk Ain’t Ova, worldwide today. It coincides with the 20th anniversary of the celebrated debut album, Cool & Steady & Easy, and offers a collection of eclectic songs using BFE’s signature melange of funk, disco, jazz, ska, latin and house flavors. The album sees BFE go… Continue reading Brooklyn Funk Essentials is Back With the Release of New Album
The Black Women in Jazz & the Arts Awards Association announced today its 2016 Lady Jazz Master Award recipient, Melba Joyce. The award will be presented at the 3rd Annual Black Women in Jazz & the Arts Awards held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Atlanta Perimeter at Ravinia in Atlanta, Ga., on April 10,… Continue reading Jazz Legend, Melba Joyce Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Acclaimed New Orleans-based vibraphonist and percussionist Mike Dillon is working on a new album of Elliott Smith songs entitled Functioning Broke. The collection is planned for release in Spring 2016. The first single “Half Right” is available today for download and streaming. Mike Dillon has set his own standard for 25 years now. Hailed a… Continue reading Mike Dillon Plays Elliott Smith – New Single "Half Right" Out Today
London, 12th November 2015: Steel Pulse, director Yoni Gal and the Oscar-nominated producer Mike Lerner (The Square), today launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise completion funds for their feature documentary, Dreadtown, due for release end of 2016. http://www.dreadtown.com Dreadtown is the first official documentary film to tell the story of how Steel Pulse took the Black… Continue reading Steel Pulse Announces Upcoming Feature Documentary "Dreadtown"
