Each year since 1976, the New Jersey Jazz Society has presented Jazzfest, one of the best and oldest mainstream jazz festivals in the entire northeast. This year is no exception as this popular jazz festival serves up nine hours of great music in the air conditioned comfort of two concert halls plus outdoor entertainment, a… Continue reading New Jersey Jazz Society Presents JazzFest 2012 | 6/16/12
Pipeline Productions along with Yonder Mountain String Band are thrilled to announce the official 2012 Harvest Festival lineup. This year will mark the 7th year for the festival which is set to take place October 11-13 at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark, Arkansas. Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival is a family friendly and… Continue reading Harvest Music Festival Announces 2012 Lineup
Stern Grove Festival will be celebrating their 75th Season of Concerts this year as well. In celebration of their anniversary, Preservation Hall Jazz Band have been commissioned to compose and perform a piece of music. The song will reference the festival’s tradition of “the waving of the pink section,” in which audience members wave the… Continue reading Preservation Hall Jazz Band Announce Return To Stern Grove Festival
Danielle Anderson, who makes a living writing and performing folk songs as Danielle Ate the Sandwich, today releases her new album, Like a King (June 5, 2012/Youngest Daughter Records). The new music video for the album’s first single – “Faith in a Man” – is posted now on Danielle’s YouTube homepage. Look for Danielle on… Continue reading Danielle Ate the Sandwich Releases "Like A King" Today
There are those things they teach you in school about poetry, things like rhyme schemes and stresses and metrical feet. Things like sonnets and pastoral poetry and the epic. Regardless of all those rules and terms though, poetry can be one of the most free-form arts, allowing the writer to take on a poetic license,… Continue reading Bobby Long's Losing my Brotherhood: Dissipating Youth & Gaining Perspective
The Infamous Stringdusters‘ Silver Sky tour swings through rural Pennsylvania June 22 and 23 at elseFest in Wagontown, Chester County, outside Philadelphia. elseFest is a two-day bluegrass, jamgrass and acoustic music festival. The Dusters headline Saturday, and are supported by Railroad Earth’s Todd Sheaffer with special guest David Mansfield.Friday’s headliner is world renowned acoustic guitarist… Continue reading elseFest in Philly w/ The Stringdusters, Todd Sheaffer, Andy McKee
Raucous world-roots string wizards, CFMA winners and JUNO nominees, Sultans of String thrill their audiences with their global sonic tapestry of Spanish Flamenco, Arabic folk, Cuban rhythms, and French Manouche Gypsy-jazz, celebrating musical fusion and human creativity with warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violin dances with rumba-flamenco guitar while a funk bass lays down unstoppable grooves. Acoustic strings meet… Continue reading Sultans Of String Appearing @ The Rochester Jazz Festival
Foxfire; Conor Mulroy’s fourth independent release, is a sweet blend of bluegrass and classical music as interpreted through a progressive jazz lens. Imagine music that blends together elements from each of these styles, but still cannot be categorized into any one of these genres. The title is an homage to a specific type of algae… Continue reading Composer & Multi-Instrumentalist, Conor Mulroy, Releases New CD
Camp Bisco has confirmed that the label curated tents introduced at Camp Bisco 10, will return to the annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 12-14, 2012. Hosted by indie record label Ninja Tune, A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs’ Fools Gold Records and Skrillex’s OWSLA, the three tents will showcase the… Continue reading Camp Bisco Announces Label Curated Tents
The Devil Makes Three live release, Stomp and Smash is more than a title; it’s a review in itself. Recorded over two sold-out nights at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, CA, these bluegrass Santa Cruzaders’ are hell bent with a raucous punk spirit. Spewing a sound about as smooth as whiskey, this trio of Pete… Continue reading The Devil Makes Three: Stomp and Smash | New Music Review
