Today, Alpha Rev announces a massive tour with Nashville singer-songwriter Ben Rector; a sure-to-be stunning American music caravan that winds through 30 cities in southern, east coast and Midwest U.S. states. The tour begins March 20th, just one day after Alpha Rev releases their third album, Bloom (March 19, 2013 / Kirtland Records). For the… Continue reading Alpha Rev Announces Spring Tour Dates
Afrobeat gets a new twist on February 26, 2013 when genre veteran Chicago Afrobeat Project releases its fourth studio effort Nyash UP! on its own label, CAbP Music.Nyash UP! showcases the band mashing songs from Radiohead and Fugazi with Fela Kuti, while also completely reinterpreting songs from R&B legend Marvin Gaye, Brazilian superstar Ceu, rock… Continue reading Chicago Afrobeat Project Releases New CD "Nyash UP!" on 2/26/13
After a Grammy nomination and a Latin Grammy Award for best Alternative Album, Los Amigos Invisibles are ready to take back the Latin music market by storm with their seventh studio album titled Repeat After Me, to be released by Nacional Records on April 2nd 2013. Grammy winners Los Amigos Invisibles are definitely amognst the… Continue reading Los Amigos Invisibles Announce New Album & Tour
Burlington, Vt. based band Barika (pronounced body-kah), a seven-piece, blending traditional West African styles of Mali with future-shock contemporary Western Polyrhythmic Ethereal Dub-Scape, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund their new album, “Rise”, their sophomore release following last year’s debut album, “Remember”.The seven-piece ensemble features Craig Myers (Kamel N’goni, Percussion; Rubblebucket, Mike Gordon),… Continue reading Burlington's Barika Launches Kickstarter Campaign For New Album
Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY PLAYERS’ February 13 extravaganza at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom has sold out. All tickets for the one-time-only NYC all-star team-up of Dave Grohl and his extended Foo Fighters and Nirvana families with Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Lee Ving of Fear, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Brad Wilk of Rage… Continue reading Sound City Players Feb. 13th NYC Debut Sold Out
David Gans, host of KPFA‘s Dead to the World, presents a 16-hour Grateful Dead Marathon fundraiser for KPFA. Now in its 27th year the fundraiser will feature exclusive music premieres by the Mickey Hart Band, live in-studio performance by Sycamore Slough String Band, rare live and studio recordings, tapes from the Grateful Dead vault, and… Continue reading 27th Annual KPFA Grateful Dead Marathon!
Austin’s jazz-grass band MilkDrive features award-winning instrumentalists Brian Beken on fiddle and lead vocals, Noah Jeffries on guitar and harmony vocals, Dennis Ludiker on mandolin and harmony vocals, and Matt Mefford on double bass. Fueled by equal parts tradition and innovation, MilkDrive delivers a distinctive acoustic experience marked by sophisticated arrangements and fierce musicianship. The… Continue reading MilkDrive & Katie Glassman at Walnut Room in Denver Feb. 16
Stony Plain Records announces an April 9 release date for Independently Blue, the exciting new CD from multi Blues Music Award winner and Grammy nominee Duke Robillard. The dozen tracks contained on Independently Blue showcase the guitarist at the peak of his six-string powers and feature a dynamic tandem throughout with Duke joined by guitarist… Continue reading Guitar Master Duke Robillard Is Independently Blue on New CD
For a music critic, four months after an album release isn’t a third of a year, it’s an epoch. The rule has always been to review the album as soon as it’s released, or at least in the first week or two after release if you cannot acquire a prerelease copy. Anything after that is… Continue reading Tame Impala | Lonerism | Review
Music festival season is just around the corner. As the big ones begin to announce their lineups, turn your phone off for a night or two and head out for a warm up: San Francisco’s Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival kicks off on February 7. In its 13th year, the non-profit SFBOT (I wish I could… Continue reading San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival Preview
