Through their many comments on Facebook and other social media sites, DelFest fans have made it clear that they are excited about the already announced DelFest lineup. But that was just a sneak preview of what has shaped up to be one epic show.Additions to the lineup include the versatile Bela Fleck (playing with members… Continue reading DelFest | Final 2012 Lineup Announcement
Django Django released their self-titled, debut album overseas last month on Because. For the four, long years leading up to this release, the band had been busy working in the East London bedroom slept in by their drummer, producer and de facto leader David Maclean. The result of all this hard work is a great… Continue reading Django Django Announce Plans For Debut Trip To United States
Wishes and Thieves is the perfect example of good chemistry. The group combines a myriad of contrasting elements – rock, digital-inspired beats, R&B, soul, Radiohead-style detours—into something new and vibrant they call electronic induced pop. The New York quartet releases their sophomore EP, Forest Fire on May 15, 2012. Prior to that, the “Forest Fire” vinyl… Continue reading Wishes And Thieves Release Forest Fire EP | 5|15|2012
GRAMMY-winner and American music icon Marty Stuart will release his second album for Sugar Hill Records entitled Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down on April 24th. The ten song collection, almost entirely written by Marty, features his touring band of musical missionaries The Fabulous Superlatives. Nashville staples Buck Trent, Kenny Lovelace, and Robbie Turner… Continue reading Marty Stuart Tears The Woodpile Down | April 24th
Three time Grammy winner Mickey Hart announces his new studio album and tour. Hart’s new album entitled Mysterium Tremendum, his first in five years, follows the 2007 Grammy award winning Global Drum Project. Mysterium Tremendum is set for release on April 12, 2012. With Mysterium Tremendum, Hart is pushing the boundaries of what we know as… Continue reading Mickey Hart Announces Album and Spring 2012 Tour
Gordon Voidwell teamed up with NYC’s Kids Table production crew for his new track “XO Boyfriend” to create a music video that draws from Whitney Houston’s “How Will I Know” video. The styling, choreography, set design, and photography all take cues from Whitney’s mid-80’s classic. The homage was filmed in a hot Brooklyn warehouse in… Continue reading Gordon Voidwell Releases Whitney Houston Tribute Video
Real Gone Music, the reissue label that has won many critical kudos in its initial months of operation, has announced its March 2012 releases. Featured are B.J. Thomas’ The Complete Scepter Singles, Frankie Avalon’s Muscle Beach Party: The United Artists Sessions, The Tubes’ Young & Rich/Now, Rick Springfield’s Beginnings, David Axelrod’s Messiah, Wishbone Ash’s Live… Continue reading Real Gone Music Announces March Reissues: Clint Eastwood, The Tubes
The First Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series, produced by Creative Entertainment Group (CEG), will take place April 27 – May 5, 2012, during the evenings of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Veterans of the frenzied, no-holds-barred music scene that descends upon New Orleans after dark, New York City-based event promoters CEG co-produced the Backbeat Jazzfest Series from… Continue reading First Annual Nolafunk Jazzfest Series Announces Initial Lineup
Sony Masterworks proudly announces that the Tedeschi Trucks Band has won a Grammy Award for their album, Revelator, in the Best Blues Album category. Led by the husband-wife team of singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi and guitarist Derek Trucks, Revelator is the debut album from the couple’s new 11-piece ensemble, Tedeschi Trucks Band. This year, Derek Trucks… Continue reading Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Revelator Wins Grammy Award
Award winning singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley takes the No. one position this week on Billboard’s Country Albums chart with his sixth studio album HOME, marking Bentley’s fourth career debut in the top spot. The new album’s poignant second single and title track also continues to climb the Top five at radio and has already spawned the… Continue reading Dierks Bentley's HOME Debuts at #1!