Amy Ray: Lung of Love | New Album Review

Amy Ray’s newest solo release Lung of Love expresses the folk elements of Indigo Girls, while allowing Amy to stretch her rocker wings a bit more than she did on last year’s Beauty Queen Sister. She has been called the more edgy half of the duo, and her solo material has always displayed that. Ray… Continue reading Amy Ray: Lung of Love | New Album Review

Just Announced: SBTRKT at Fox Theatre | 4|10|12

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present SBTRKT at the Fox Theatre on Tuesday, April 10th.  Tickets go on sale Friday, January 27th for $20.00.Design is at the heart of this project: first the instruments, then the songs and finally the masks.  Whilst massively prolific, a minimalist ethos runs through the work and style of SBTRKT,… Continue reading Just Announced: SBTRKT at Fox Theatre | 4|10|12

National Jazz Museum in Harlem February 2012 Schedule

For the month of February, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem continues to offer a wide range of top quality free programming and affordable concerts from jazz’s most celebrated musicians, educators and historians. For Harlem Speaks, our flagship public program of oral histories, we have the acclaimed saxophonist Jaleel Shaw and renowned arranger, producer and trumpet… Continue reading National Jazz Museum in Harlem February 2012 Schedule

Dark Star Orchestra 2012 Spring Tour Dates

As spring winds down and turns into summer, Dark Star Orchestra will be taking their bus on Spring Tour East, starting with two nights at the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT, and truckin’ on through the beginning of June. In between, the circus comes to town in New Haven, Princeton, Englewood, Brooklyn, Boston and Alexandria,… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra 2012 Spring Tour Dates

Jam Cruise in Haiti: Positive Legacy Makes Big Donations

Cloud 9 Adventures – the team behind music travel experiences Jam Cruise, Holy Ship!, Mayan Holidaze and Panic en la Playa – gives back to the communities they visit via their non-profit organization Positive Legacy. For Jam Cruise’s recent 10th sailing, the MSC Poesia visited ports in Haiti and Jamaica where Positive Legacy partnered with… Continue reading Jam Cruise in Haiti: Positive Legacy Makes Big Donations

Ruthie Foster's New CD Streets Next Week, Starts Tour

Ruthie Foster celebrates the release of her new album, Let It Burn, on Tuesday, January 31 with an appearance that night at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum. The performance and interview there will be available to fans throughout the world on a web simulcast. The event kicks off a tour that continues into late spring with… Continue reading Ruthie Foster's New CD Streets Next Week, Starts Tour

Parson Red Heads Live On Daytrotter, Spring Tour With Blitzen Trapper

The Parson Red Heads‘ session at Daytrotter is now live!  Performing “Seven Years Ago,” “Kids Hanging Out,” “Happy We Agree” and “Burning Up the Sky” from last years’ lovely Yearling, the recordings are an intimate look into the intricacies of the music created by the Parsons, a band whose music harkens to the most prolific… Continue reading Parson Red Heads Live On Daytrotter, Spring Tour With Blitzen Trapper

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out Hit Number 1 on Bluegrass Mag.

Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out continue to top the bluegrass radio charts with their hit new album PRIME TYME on Rural Rhythm Records.  The album is #1 on the February 2012 Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine’s (BU) Top 15 Album chart along with their single, “If Your Heart Should Ever Roll This Way Again” also reaching… Continue reading Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out Hit Number 1 on Bluegrass Mag.

Patrick Watson's Adventures In Your Own Backyard Streets May 1st

Patrick Watson will be releasing his new album on Domino and Secret City in April of this year. Adventures In Your Own Backyard will be released the week of April 16th in his native Canada, continental Europe and Japan, to be followed the week of April 30th in the rest of the world.Adventures… was made at home after a grueling five-year run that saw… Continue reading Patrick Watson's Adventures In Your Own Backyard Streets May 1st

Mick Reed's Goodnight Texas Available Now

Like a drive-in double feature on a hot summer night, singer-songwriter Mick Reed returns with his compelling sophomore album, filled with tales imbued with nostalgia, hope, and yearning that celebrate the human heart in all its grit and beauty.Goodnight Texas is a carefully-crafted work of pure Americana in which the accomplished New Englander, who has… Continue reading Mick Reed's Goodnight Texas Available Now