The seeds for Jon Cleary’s sixth solo CD were sown when the acclaimed songwriter, pianist and singer was asked the hypothetical question, “Would you ever do a record of somebody else’s tunes?” The English-born Cleary, who has made New Orleans his home for more than three decades, provides his emphatic answer with the utterly captivating… Continue reading Jon Cleary Readies New Album 'Occapella'
A heart-on-sleeve concept album about girl troubles that plays like a Motown album with drum machines, Hills Like Elephants‘ debut LP The Endless Charade will be released on March 27 via Requiemme Records/BMG Chrysalis. Featuring the crooning of Sean Davenport, drums from Matt Lynott [The White Buffalo] and production from Christopher Hoffe at Chaos… Continue reading Hills Like Elephants Announce Release Debut LP
Camp Euforia is a boutique music festival that takes place in Lone Tree, IA (just outside of Iowa City, IA). The festival started in 2003 as Euforquestra’s “Fan Appreciation Party”. Since then it has grown in to a full-blown music festival featuring 20+ bands over two days on two different stages.Euforquestra’s goal in creating Camp… Continue reading Camp Euforia Announces Line-Up, Including Euforquestra, Split Lip Rayfield, Future Rock
Soulive was in Boulder, at the Fox Theatre, all weekend long! “Snowlive,” a three-day event, presented by KGNU, KGNC, and The Colorado Daily, featured mid-day workshops and three nights of shows. The workshops were run by the members of Soulive and focused on songwriting, expanding musical vocabulary, sound engineering, and the art of being a… Continue reading Soulive | Fox Theater | Boulder, CO | 2|19|2012 | Review
Dirty Three’s first new album in seven years (and first release on Drag City), Toward the Low Sun, is out next Tuesday, February 28th. For the next week, leading up to this release, NPR Music’s First Listen series will be streaming the album in its entirety. Listen with the link below.Returning to the basic formula… Continue reading Stream Dirty Three's Toward The Low Sun Now Via NPR
World Without Walls by Ancient Future with special guest Zakir Hussain was nominated by broadcasters worldwide as ZoneMusicReporter’s Best World Album of 2011. The record debuted at #39 on the October 2011 ZMR Airplay Chart, which covers many different radio genres, from Ambient to Folk, Jazz, and World, and at #34 on the CMJ New… Continue reading World Without Walls by Ancient Future with Zakir Hussain Nominated Best World Album of 2011
Tampa’s 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre will come alive with the thunderous roars from a spectacle of top new and custom cycles, live entertainment, exhibits, and vendors with state of the art accessories, as The Ride Back Bike Fest takes place over Saturday, February 25th / starting at 3PM. It will also mark the Tampa Bay motion picture… Continue reading The Ride Back Bike Fest | Tampa, FL 2012
Expecting an opening act, we arrived at the venue an hour after the doors were to open. There turned out to be no opening act, and the wait for the band went on for a seemingly endless 2++ hours. There was little entertainment aside from an unruly hula hooper among the large, otherwise well behaved… Continue reading Yonder Makes The 1 Year Wait Worth It For Us Southern Fla Folk
Going to see Yonder Mountain String Band in your t-shirt and shorts in February is pretty special, especially when you’re from Boulder. I was lucky enough to catch YMSB last night, which for me is fortuitous timing considering I am in town visiting my mom (and planning a monster trip to The Galapagos next week).… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Revolution | 2/17/12
Today, Toronto’s Keys N Krates released another brand new remix, this time from Miike Snow, with UK’s dance authority Mixmag HERE. The trio are known for mixing electro-hip-hop sounds and mix live instrumentation with electronic elements to create both innovative originals and remixes. After their first release, the Blackout EP, which was self-released last November. More remixes… Continue reading Keys N Krates Announce New Live Dates, Including Ultra Music Festival
