Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers‘ self-titled sophomore album doesn’t drop until next week, but if the crowd at her sold out album release show on Tuesday night is any indication, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers is already a smash. The San Francisco-based band took the stage at the Lodge at the Regency to hearty cheers… Continue reading Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers | The Regency | San Fran | Review
Grateful Dead music continues to inspire and muse generations of contemporary musicians. When the band played, their music fostered an experience each night that transformed the ordinary bounds of everyday life beyond possibility. A trip into the transcendental. Even if the words and melodies were familiar to followers, something about their approach of spontaneity and… Continue reading Anela Lauren | Harpin On The Dead | Review
The team at Catskill Chill Music Festival has released the schedule for the fourth annual 3-day camping event taking place September 6th – 8th in Hancock, NY. The schedule unveils a packed line-up of live music on five stages including the expanded Acoustic Junction and the new Redbull Campsite DJ Truck. Conspirator, Lettuce, Brothers Past,… Continue reading Catskill Chill 2013 Schedule Unveiled
Thundering across the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest this fall, the four-headed rock monster Dopapod hits the road again with its celebrated live show in tow. Blending technical skills with genre-defying stews of jazz, metal, and funk, guitarist Rob Compa, drummer Neal Evans, bassist Chuck Jones, and keyboardist Eli Winderman have thrilled audiences coast-to-coast with their… Continue reading Dopapod Announces 2013 Fall Tour
Kendall Beard fell in love with singing as a child, and begged her parents until they finally agreed to let her make her professional debut at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. But now she’s all grown up and riding toward bigger horizons with ALL AROUND GIRL, her debut album on VMG, set for release… Continue reading Kendall Beard Releases Debut Album, 'All Around Girl' Sept. 17
Mandolinist, vocalist and songwriter Jeff Austin is on tour this summer with various friends while not on the road with Yonder Mountain String Band. This weekend Jeff Austin & Friends (Allie Kral, Danny Barnes and Eric Thorin) play Friday August 23rd in Jackson Hole, WY and Sunday, August 25th at NedFest in Colorado.As Jeff heads… Continue reading Jeff Austin Adds Dates To 2013 Summer Tour
Woody Guthrie may be more popular in the 21st century than he ever was in the 20th. The unexpected success of Mermaid Avenue — the 1998 and 2000 albums of Woody Guthrie lyrics set to music by Billy Bragg, Wilco and others —have sparked a resurgence of interest in Guthrie’s own recordings. Several fine anthologies have… Continue reading Woody Guthrie definitive collection coming from Rounder in October
Coming up in October & November 2013, Yonder Mountain String Band appears at select venues and music festivals in the Deep South, Midwest and Northeast, including Greenfield Amphitheater (Wilmington, NC; October 9), Amos’ Southend (Charlotte, NC; October 10), The Georgia Theater (Athens, GA; October 11), Track 29 (Chattanooga, TN; October 13), The Lyric (Oxford, MS;… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band Announce Fall Tour & NYE in Boulder
Lock up your daughters and hide your sisters, the five-piece Americana outfit Rose’s Pawn Shop is hitting the road this fall on a fourteen-day west coast tour that will take the band along the pacific coast and through the mountain west including stops in Oregon, California, Washington, Montana, Utah and Colorado.Known for watertight musicianship and… Continue reading Rose's Pawn Shop Announces 10 Day Fall Tour
The sounds of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, bass, dobro, and accordion blend in Trout Steak Revival‘s bluegrass-inspired mountain music. While each member of the band composes original tunes, harmonic contributions are added by the entire band, following in the bluegrass tradition and creating a unique sound. In just a few short years the band has… Continue reading Catch Trout Steak Revival in Colorado, Sept 6th & 7th
