Following the success of Backbeat Soundsystem‘s debut album Together Not Apart (Easy Star Records), the Cornwall-based 8-piece reggae outfit, is back with a new EP Into The Light and a ten date UK tour starting this week. Into The Light, which is set for release on October 7th on Easy Star Records, features 5 new… Continue reading Backbeat Soundsystem to release new EP
STS9 today (10/3) announced a three-night New Year’s celebration run at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver for Thursday, December 29, Friday, December 30 and Saturday, December 31. The headlining shows-fresh off their two sold-out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheatre September 9 and 10, marking their 20th performance at the famed Colorado venue–will cap off a… Continue reading STS9 Annouces Three-Nights in Denver
The Wood Brothers have announced February and March 2017 tour dates. The three-piece, Nashville-based roots and Americana unit, comprised of Oliver and Chris Wood and Jano Rix, begin a U.S. tour this week that stretches over 30 shows into December, however, they’ll get right back on the road next year with a 18-night run that… Continue reading Wood Brothers Announce Winter 2017 Tour
On the heels of beginning an extensive nationwide Fall Tour with The New Mastersounds, Turkuaz is pleased to announce The Ball Drop, their annual New Years event. The two night event is being brought to Fete Ballroom in Providence on December 30 and 31. Joining the festivities as support will be Moon Hooch on December… Continue reading Turkuaz Announces The Ball Drop New Years Eve
In 2014, Austin, TX duo JAMESTOWN REVIVAL emerged with their breakthrough full-length album UTAH. Blending literary storytelling, rock ‘n’ roll grit, indie spirit, and country soul, iTunes crowned UTAH the “Best of 2014: Singer-Songwriter Album of the Year.” With the band’s popular anthem, “California (Cast Iron Soul)” leading the way, everyone from Rolling Stone and… Continue reading Jamestown Revival New Album Out 10/7/16
Orange County’s “salad rock” band King Shelter made noise with their latest single, “Preoccupy,” which was described by Indie Shuffle as “several familiar pieces of different styles of songs that you’re heard before mixed into one song that makes sonic love and produces a pleasantly audible baby.” Riding the buzz, King Shelter is thrilled to… Continue reading King Shelter On West Coast Tour Now
What started as a group of friends playing bluegrass in San Francisco’s Mission District has morphed into a touring powerhouse of song and sound, transcending their humble stringband roots. Front Country‘s dynamic instrumental textures take flight with grace and gravitas while rooted in the relentlessly soulful vocals of lead singer-songwriter Melody Walker. Along with mandolinist… Continue reading Front Country 2016 Fall Tour Dates
Nationally-touring reggae-fusion act Spiritual Rez will drop their fourth studio album, Setting in the West, this Friday, October 7th. Grateful Web has the exclusive premiere of the LP’s second track, “Red Room,” featuring Duddy B of the Dirty Heads. The song is a reggae-rock banger about keeping your head and working hard to achieve your… Continue reading Song Premiere: Spiritual Rez "Red Room"
Fifteen MarchFourth musicians traveled to New Orleans and spent ten days recording at The Parlor Recording Studio, making their fourth studio album, MAGIC NUMBER, their first in over five years. With Producer Ben Ellman (Galactic) and Engineer/Producer Mikael “Count” Eldridge (DJ Shadow, Tycho, Galactic, Trombone Shorty) at the helm, this album is full of the… Continue reading MarchFourth's Magic Number Out Now
In ANATOMY OF A SONG: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop (Grove Press; November 1, 2016), writer Marc Myers tells the stories behind five decades of rock, pop and R&B hits through intimate oral history interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them. The book features interviews… Continue reading Anatomy Of A Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock
