With some of the festivals already announced, it’s time to tell you about Dark Star Orchestra’s Meet Me At The Jubilee Summer Tour 2012, an over two-month trek that guarantees you’ll want to hit the road and won’t be back til the fall. Starting with a Colorado weekend to take June into July – including… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra's 'Road to the Jubilee' Summer Tour
Kathy Mattea, the beloved Grammy-winning singer of such classics as “18 Wheels and A Dozen Roses” and “Where’ve You Been,” has signed with Sugar Hill Records. The label has plans to release Calling Me Home, what Mattea describes as a love letter to her home state of West Virginia, later this year. “Signing at Sugar… Continue reading Kathy Mattea Signs To Sugar Hill Records
The blues infused alternative pop band, known as D & M, have released an exclusive download of their new hit “The Sound Of Breaking My Heart” on CMJ.com today, April 5th. The band will be releasing their new EP, Wait For Me, on April 24th, 2012, produced by Brandon Bost. Drawing from the likes of… Continue reading D & M to Release Exclusive Download of New Single
The internationally renowned guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy is releasing his long-awaited fifth full-length studio album, Elephant King. With a return to the raw acoustic clarity of Adapt and the mature melodic writing of Missile Bell, Elephant King is an intimate collection of eleven new songs that feature his best work to date. The album contains a bonus DVD of live songs… Continue reading Trace Bundy Announces 5th album, Elephant King, May 1st
The big announcement is two special Hairball Willie reunion shows in the Chicago area. It has been 17 years since the last performance of the “classic lineup” of Hairball Willie, and 20 years since work began on Just Defying Gravity, the band’s only full-length studio album. Formally released in June 1993, Just Defying Gravity is… Continue reading John Kadlecik News & Solo Tour Dates
Sonny Landreth’s 11th album, bearing the fittingly evocative title Elemental Journey, is something very different from the Louisiana slide wizard. Released on his own Landfall label on May 22, 2012, the new CD is Landreth’s first all-instrumental effort and his most adventurous work to date.”From day one on the guitar, many genres of music have… Continue reading Sonny Landreth's All-Instrumental Album w/ Eric Johnson, Joe Satriani
Martin Sexton is a powerhouse of sound. He can easily fill a room, and every heart therein, and he don’t need no stinking band. His songwriting ability and vocal abilities come through solid on his records, but live on stage is the proper way to experience Sexton. He emerged at the Ogden Theater in Denver… Continue reading Martin Sexton | Ogden Theater | Denver, CO | Review & Photos
The status of the touring scene in the U.S. has seen quite a few changes since the “come-back” of the jam band in the early nineties. In less than twenty years we’ve seen acts like Phish, String Cheese Incident, Widespread Panic, Dave Mathews Band, and Steel Pulse, rise from cult status to legendary. Any of… Continue reading Greyboy Allstars | Boulder Theater | 3/31/12 | Review & Photos
Award-winning female vocalist, CARRIE HASSLER will kick off her new album, THE DISTANCE at a CD Release Block Party on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in downtown Pikeville, TN at 4:00 pm. The event will include performances by DALE ANN BRADLEY, STEVE GULLEY, Harlan, Kentucky based national touring act and fellow Rural Rhythm Records label-mate, CUMBERLAND… Continue reading THE DISTANCE By Carrie Hassler Releasing April 24, 2012
Today, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. premiere their brand new video for “We Almost Lost Detroit” via a dual premiere with Stereogum and Vimeo, where the video is featured on the homepage. The video for the Gil Scott-Heron cover, which is the new single from their debut full-length It’s A Corporate World, was shot earlier this… Continue reading Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. Premiere "We Almost Lost Detroit" Video
