Waking up from the tour opener of a massive Fall Tour in Fort Collins, CO last night, Britain’s The New Mastersounds and Brooklyn’s Turkuaz are pleased to debut the music video for the latter’s cover of prior’s song “On the Border”. The tune serves as one side of a Split 7” EP that both groups… Continue reading The New Mastersounds & Turkuaz Premiere "On The Border"
The felt moment of immediate experience has been lost. Perhaps we have given it away by not accessing it. Perhaps it was robbed by this mainstream media/cereal box religion/consumer culture. Music festivals help us drop out of the noisy centralized confines of the Matrix and fall into the magic of experience; to revel in the… Continue reading Deep Roots Mountain Revival '16 | Review
While art will always be a progressive process and reflect the changes of the people in our evolving world, some things are best kept preserved. Music is the perfect example of this. Progressive Rock, Jazz Fusion, Post Punk, New Wave, an echo of the culture and climate that influenced these musicians. While blues preservationist and… Continue reading Hot Tuna | GAMH | San Francisco | Review
Soundgarden celebrates the 25th anniversary release of their classic 1991 album Badmotorfinger by releasing four special editions on November 18th via UMe/A&M Records. The North American and European pre-orders launch today. See below for pre-order links. Those who pre-order will receive an instant download of a studio outtake of the track “Rusty Cage.” Pre-Order Links… Continue reading Soundgarden To Release 25th Anniversary Editions Of Badmotorfinger
Head for the Hills have announced their New Year’s plans for 2016. The Colorado Bluegrass quartet will visit Salt Lake City, UT on December 30th at The State Room. H4TH will then ring in New Year at the Knotty Pine in Victor, ID on December 31st. As previously announced, Head for the Hills will also… Continue reading Head for the Hills Announce NYE Plans
Unify Fest 2016 at Ranchos de Las Golondrinas, outside of Santa Fe, hosted 200 performers and visionaries. Since I could only sample a bit here and there, here are more highlights of some of the acts, workshops, and ceremonies I saw over my four days there. Day 2 Friday This day, like the days that… Continue reading Unify Fest 2016: Review & Photos | Part II
Let me just say one word about Unify Fest: Awe-inspiring. Unify Fest certainly lived up to the press preceding its unfolding on September 22. It was touted as “an epic 4-day transformational experience unifying humanity.” That’s a pretty ambitious statement about a festival that was only the dream of Nathan Crane some months ago. Crane… Continue reading Unify Fest 2016: Review & Photos | Part I
Going stronger than ever The Django Reinhardt NY Festival and The Allstars have taken the US by storm. They are headed to NY from Paris. They land at Birdland, their official home, where it all started in 2000, with an ‘idea’ inspired by Producers Ettore Stratta and Pat Philips due to their work with famed… Continue reading Django Reinhardt NY Festival 2016 Dates
Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival returns to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA on June 23-25, 2017. Spanning three days and four stages, Solid Sound includes music by Wilco and its members’ side projects, as well as many other soon-to-be-announced musical performers. It also features a full comedy lineup programmed by festival alum John Hodgman, family… Continue reading Wilco's Solid Sound Festival Returns June 2017
For the first time, the earliest known studio recording by Jerry Garcia will be released on November 11 through Round Records/ATO Records. In 1962, Garcia and his folk/bluegrass quintet The Hart Valley Drifters went into Stanford University’s KZSU studio in Palo Alto, CA to record a session for the stations program Folk Time (also the… Continue reading Earliest Studio Recordings Of Jerry Garcia To Be Released
