Coming up in June & July 2014, Yonder Mountain String Band headlines premier music festivals and venues across the country, including Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (Manchester, TN: June 12 – 15), Telluride Bluegrass Festival (Telluride, CO: June 18 – 21), Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN: July 3), Northwest String Summit (North Plains, OR: July 18… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band Announces Summer Tour 2014
Much to the excitement of blues aficionados worldwide, Marshall Blonstein’s Audio Fidelity is releasing The Butterfield Blues Band’s legendary ‘East-West’ album on Hybrid SACD on April 1, 2014. The Butterfield Blues Band had already shown on their first album that they had a definite command of the Chicago blues idiom. On ‘East-West’ they open up… Continue reading Audio Fidelity To Release The Butterfield Blues Band 'East-West' Album On Hybrid SACD
Returning this summer led by Outkast, Jack White, Beck and The Replacements, The Forecastle Festival will offer single day tickets beginning Friday, April 4, 2014 at Noon EDT.A limited number of single-day general admission tickets will be available for $74.50, and will increase to $84.50 once the initial allotment is gone. General admission weekend passes… Continue reading Forecastle Single Day Tickets On Sale Friday
Rock The Ocean’s Tortuga Music Festival just announced the availability of advance single-day tickets for the two-day music and marine conservation event. Additionally, the daily concert schedule was revealed for the 2nd annual event, with three music stages set up on the sands of Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Florida on April 12th and 13th.Headlining… Continue reading Tortuga Single Day Tix & Concert Schedule Announced
BIG GIGANTIC has set their sights even bigger this year for their massive hometown show dubbed “ROWDYTOWN.” Taking over the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, the third annual event is expanding to two days in 2014: Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27. Pre-sale tickets for “Rowdytown III” will go on sale starting tomorrow,… Continue reading BIG GIGANTIC Announces Dates for "Rowdytown III" at Red Rocks
I have been going to shows regularly for over 15 years. Somewhere along the line, I came to understand that live music is my adopted religion and venues of great renown are, collectively, my house of worship. Being a Deadhead, in particular, is a sect onto itself. Until recently, I only understood this spiritual manifestation… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | Boulder Theater | 3/29/2014 | Review
After debuting their first ever tour to two sold out crowds at Evanston, Illinois’ SPACE, The Southern Soul Assembly wowed fans in Nashville, Atlanta, and more before bringing the first leg of the tour to a close at Suwannee Springfest in Live Oak, FL. Now The Southern Soul Assembly, comprised of JJ Grey, Marc Broussard,… Continue reading The Southern Soul Assembly Tour Kicks Off Second Leg of Tour on April 1
Omnivore Recordings will soon release the full-length version of The Garden Spot Programs, 1950, featuring 24 performances, unheard for 64 years, from country music legend Hank Williams. Rescued from obscurity, these shows originally aired more than six decades ago; The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 collects material from the four episodes now known to exist. Due… Continue reading Previously Unreleased Music from Hank Williams
There is no doubt in Colorado about how much the members of the Disco Biscuits love to come to Boulder. In fact, they have vehemently expressed their love for the area at every show for the last several years. You guys should all move here already. It’s okay, we all do it. None the less,… Continue reading Conspirator Rages the Fox Again | Review & Photos
To most of us who really pay attention to the current state of music and journalism, it comes as no surprise when I say that the quality and quantity of genuinely good music news and coverage coming out of the major media outlets has diminished substantially over the last decade or more. They tend to… Continue reading The 10 Best Albums Coming Out in 2014