Marshall Blonstein, president of Audio Fidelity, has announced May 22 as the release date for the reissue of a trio of legendary rock recordings. Elvis Presley’s 1957 JAILHOUSE ROCK EP and Jeff Beck’s 1972 album THE JEFF BECK GROUP will be issued in 12-inch vinyl editions, and Jane’s Addiction’s 1988 debut, NOTHING’S SHOCKING, will arrive… Continue reading Audio Fidelity Schedules Audiophile Elvis, Jeff Beck Group Vinyl & Jane's Addiction
KOTOfm and Big Head Todd & The Monsters Today unveil the inaugural Ride Festival – August 25 and 26, 2012 in Telluride, Colorado – featuring Big Head Todd & The Monsters, (Ben Harper (his only Colorado appearance this year), Los Lobos, JJ Grey & Mofro, The Lumineers, North Mississippi Allstars, The Wood Brothers, James McCurtry,… Continue reading KOTOfm & Big Head Todd & The Monsters Announce Fest in Telluride
On the heels of playing his own national tour dates, Jon Cleary will join Dr. John’s (a.k.a. Mac Rebennack) Locked Down tour across the U.S. and Europe as a featured player in Mac’s band, The Lower 911. Jon Cleary’s sixth solo CD, Occapella!, now in its fourth week of release, became one of the best… Continue reading Jon Cleary Joins Dr. John Tour
Media shapes cultures shapes images shape persona. It’s the inescapable cycle that is the source of frustration for many within a society where news and advertising communicate what is news and what’s hot and what’s not. It is such anger and disgust with society that in part drive Letters to Kurt, a short, poetic epistolary… Continue reading Letters to Kurt: Exploring Death, Media, Society & Finding Self
Phish’s WaterWheel Foundation and the Mimi Fishman Foundation have teamed together once again with an on-line charity auction. The auction features ticket packages for the second leg of the Phish 2012 Summer tour.Phish kicks off the second half of their 2012 Summer Tour on August 15 in Long Beach and concludes the tour on September… Continue reading Phish Ticket (Summer Leg 2) Package Charity Auction
BMI will dispatch three of the freshest voices from Nashville’s thriving independent rock scene to the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. The 4th annual Road to Bonnaroo contest victors By Lightning, Wild Cub, and Fly Golden Eagle each earned slots in the festival’s Great Taste Lounge Brewed by Miller Lite, where they will serve… Continue reading Catch Nashville's Road to Bonnaroo Winners: By Lightning, Wild Cub, & Fly Golden Eagle @ Roo
Ian Tyson is a cowboy, sure as Hell. And with Raven Singer, the 78-year-old songwriter’s second album following a near-debilitating throat infection, he makes certain to remind his listeners of just that.For the uninitiated, Tyson began his prolific career as one-half of the folk duo Ian & Sylvia in the early ’60s, penning classic standards… Continue reading Ian Tyson | 'Raven Singer' | CD Review
Newly announced as part of NXNE Music are five-piece progressive metal group PROTEST THE HERO, psychedelic-rockers PORTUGAL. THE MAN, Canadian singer-songwriter MATT MAYS, noise rock trio A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS, minimalist pop duo ETERNAL SUMMERS, and DUSTED, the latest project from Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt and Bruce Peninsula’s Leon Taheny.Previously announced is the return… Continue reading NXNE Presents: Protest the Hero & Portugal. The Man
Cloud 9 Adventures today announces Strings & Sol, the newest music destination event in the Cloud 9 family, which also includes Mayan Holidaze, Jam Cruise, Holy Ship! and Panic en la Playa. Strings & Sol – set on the sandy white beaches of Tulum, Mexico December 12 – 16, 2012 – brings together some of… Continue reading Strings & Sol: A New Music Destination Event From Cloud 9 Adventures
In the Live Music Capital of the World, we’re used to seeing talented players, but rarely do 12-year-old fiddlers pop out of nowhere and cause Texas titans Willie Nelson, Ray Benson and Billy Gibbons to go gaga simultaneously. That’s exactly what happened when Ruby Jane hit town, though. She wound up touring with both Nelson… Continue reading Ruby Jane Releases Album 'Celebrity (Empire of Emptiness)' 6/19
