NXNE and AOL Canada today announce that three-time Grammy-Award winning group The Flaming Lips will headline an electrifying free show at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, June 16. Celebrating its 18th year, NXNE Music presents more than 650 artists for 300,000 attendees and generates more than $47 million for the city. NXNE takes over Toronto June… Continue reading The Flamings Lips To Headline NXNE 2012
Preservation Hall Jazz Band is excited to announce their upcoming summer tour dates. Kicking off their tour on May 5th at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (where they will be performing twice) and touring until August. The Hall Band’s first performance at Jazz Fest will be starting at 4:25pm, Saturday, May 5th at… Continue reading Preservation Hall Announces Jazz Fest and Summer Line-Up
Heading to The Paradise, I’d never seen RJD2 live. No, like many of my fellows, my experience with the artist had been restricted to lone headphone listens of his dusty-funk compilations. And, to be honest, I thought that was good enough. Foolish me.Fresh Produce opened the night up with a solid introductory set, blending club… Continue reading RJD2 | Paradise Rock Club – Boston, MA | April 8, 2012
Outside Lands has announced their 2012 lineup. This year’s headliners include: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Metallica, Stevie Wonder, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, Jack White and many more.Outside Lands will take place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on August 10th – 12th, 2012.””Hear ye, hear ye! From deadhead hippies to electro pop hipsters,” screeched the… Continue reading Outside Lands Launches 2012 Lineup, includes Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Metallica
DeLuna Fest is proud to announce the 2012 lineup for their third annual music and beach festival. Headliners Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters will be joined by Florence and the Machine, Band of Horses, Dwight Yoakam, Ben Folds Five, Guided By Voices, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Band of Skulls, The Wood… Continue reading Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Florence and the Machine: DeLuna Fest Lineup!
Although many people might not see Arkansas as a festival hotspot, Wakarusa Music Festival, which will take place May 31-June 3 on Mulberry Mountain, is sure to prove them wrong. “Wakarusa prides itself on being a grassroots festival and also a trendsetter,” said Brett Mosiman, festival co-director. “Wakarusa not only books some of the biggest… Continue reading Previewing Wakarusa 2012
Singer Lisa Biales (pronounced “Be-Alice”) has announced the June 5 release of her new CD, Just Like Honey, produced by EG Kight and recorded, mixed, mastered ands co-produced by the legendary Paul Hornsby (The Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels, etc.) at his Muscadine Studio in Macon, Georgia. The CD is being released on her own… Continue reading Lisa Biales Sings "Just Like Honey" on New CD Out 6/5
2 Entertainment is proud to present Grammy winner, Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society tour at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday September 25th, 2012. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 20th at 10:00am for $40.00 general admission & reserved balcony, $65 reserved & $75 gold circle.It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one… Continue reading Just Announced: Esperanza Spalding @ Boulder Theater 09.25.12
On May 22, Tedeschi Trucks Band will release Everybody’s Talkin’, their sophomore album in their second full year as a band. The uplifting, energy-packed double-disc set by the 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that recently marked their first anniversary with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator. TTB… Continue reading Tedeschi Trucks Band Release Live Album "Everybody's Talkin'" on May 22
Seeking refuge from a brisk and windy San Francisco evening, hirsute hippies and mustachioed hipsters file into the Connecticut Yankee for a special performance by jam band collective Secret Chimp. Ironically enough, the Connecticut Yankee, which has undergone a plethora of name changes and facelifts since it first opened in 1907 as “Hilda’s Saloon,” is… Continue reading Secret Chimp Swings into the Spotlight at SF's Connecticut Yankee
