Jomeokee Music & Arts Festival is excited to announce the dates for their first event to be held at the Jomeokee Campground in Pinnacle, North Carolina. For three-days, September 14th – 16th, 2012, music fans are invited to revel in the sounds of Americana, funk, folk, jam, string, blues and world music while taking in… Continue reading Jomeokee Music Fest Announced!
Every year since 1974 Highlights In Jazz has honored a living jazz musician for their ‘matchless musical achievements’.Previous honorees have included Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, Frank Wess, Roy Haynes, Maxine Sullivan, Hank Jones and Dr. Billy Taylor to name a few.This years honoree is the saxophone master Sonny Fortune.When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names… Continue reading Sonny Fortune Tribute at TRIBECA Performing Arts Center
Stony Plain Records announces a May 29 release date for the new CD from multi-award-winning blues singer/guitarist Rory Block, I Belong to the Band: a Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis. The new CD is the third in what Rory calls her “mentor” series saluting blues masters she met in person and greatly influenced her as… Continue reading Rory Block Salutes Reverend Gary Davis on New Stony Plain CD
Chicago’s summer concert season kicks off on Memorial Day with the opening of Millennium Park’s popular cutting-edge indie rock and pop music series, Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays. Premiering a week later is Millennium Park’s all-new program, Loops and Variations, a series of six concerts that mix new music with electronica. The music continues with… Continue reading A Full Summer of Music in Chicago's Millennium Park
Earl Scruggs, who made famous three-finger banjo-picking, and who in 1945 joined Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys died yesterday at age 88. Scruggs born in Shelby, North Carolina played in Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys until 1948, when he left the Blue Grass Boys and he & guitarist, Lester Flatt, combined to form Flatt and Scruggs.Scruggs,… Continue reading Legendary Banjo Picker, Earl Scruggs, Dead at 88
During August 9th through the 11th, in the year of two thousand and twelve, an event is taking place amongst the oldest mountains on planet Earth. Far beyond the dirty sneakers hidden in the depths of your closet is Eastern America’s highest town, Beech Mountain, North Carolina, and The Festival of Gnarnia.Thursday:Beats Antique, 7 Walkers… Continue reading The Festival of Gnarnia Announces Dates & Initial Line-Up
Denver’s one and only monthly roller disco party is bringin’ the soul back with a 4/20 tribute to the legendary Soul Train host, Don Cornelius. MTV’s Made is filming live at the party, and the suggested dress is soul and flower power, with Don-inspired snazzy suits, ascot knots, and afros with paisley bows. Winners of the Soul… Continue reading Down & Derby Don Cornelius Soul Train Tribute
Marley’s Ghost — a virtuoso aggregation composed of singer/multi-instrumentalists Dan Wheetman, Jon Wilcox, Mike Phelan, Ed Littlefield Jr. and Jerry Fletcher — celebrates its 25th anniversary with the scintillating roots-music tour de force Jubilee (Sage Arts, June 5). The album, produced by legendary Nashville cat Cowboy Jack Clement and recorded at the city’s venerable Sound… Continue reading Marley's Ghost, JUBILEE, Features Jack Clement, Emmylou Harris, John Prine
Severn Records announces a May 15 release date for Damn Good Time, the label debut from seminal American roots music band, The Nighthawks, distributed in the U.S. by City Hall Records. Damn Good Time is the follow-up to The Nighthawks’ Last Train to Bluesville, which garnered the band its first-ever Blues Music Award from the… Continue reading The Nighthawks Are Having A 'DAMN GOOD TIME' On Debut CD
With Wakarusa 2012 just two months away, Early Bird priced Full Event Passes are moving quickly! Get your Full Event Passes for Wakarusa today before the next price increase on April 7th at 11:59PM!The Wakarusa Music Festival is a grassroots festival nestled in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas where the beauty of nature synchronizes with the… Continue reading Wakarusa Early Bird Tickets Almost Gone! Get Them Now!
