Phil Lesh & Friends has just announced the band will play the 19th annual Telluride Blues & Brews Festival on September 16th, 2012.The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival takes place in Telluride Town Park, a renowned outdoor music venue with breath-taking mountain peaks for a backdrop. At the heart of our venue is the Fred… Continue reading Phil Lesh & Friends To Play Telluride Blues and Brews Festival!
Often described as a mix of bluegrass and country with an accent of metal, no other band delivers the experience of the homemade gas-tank bass played by Jeff Eaton, sets the mandolin strings on fire like Wayne Gottstine, or makes the banjo sing like Eric Mardis. Together, they burn up speakers and stages alike providing… Continue reading Split Lip Rayfield to play Three Show Colorado Run
Papa Grows Funk recently released their their new album Needle In The Groove on Funky Krewe Records and for the 12th consecutive year, the group of all-star musician will perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Quint Davis, producer of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival calls the group, “One of… Continue reading Papa Grows Funk @ JAZZFEST This Weekend & New CD
Those are the two words HARD Events, the producers of HARD SUMMER, have been sharing since announcing the major music festival was returning to Los Angeles State Historic Park August 3-4, 2012, as a two-day event for the first time in its 5-year history. Now, HARD Events has made good on those two words with… Continue reading LA's HARD SUMMER Aug 3 & 4 Unveils Line-Up Ft. Skrillex, Bloc Party
Indie-folk cellist Ben Sollee will release Live at the Grocery on Home on May 1, 2012. Joined by fiddle player Casey Driessen and percussionist Jordon Ellis, the album was recorded over a four-night residency at the Grocery on Home in Atlanta, GA and features live interpretations of songs from Sollee’s studio releases. A limited edition… Continue reading Ben Sollee Live Album & Summer Tour
GRAMMY-winner and American music icon Marty Stuart will release his third 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 Releases Nashville, Volume 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
Modest Mouse hits the road this June for the Randalls Island, NYC Governors Ball Music Festival and the 2012 Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, NJ. And the band have just announced today that they will also make stops in D.C., Pittsburgh and Columbus. Please see below for latest confirmed itinerary. Fans should… Continue reading Modest Mouse Announce Select U.S. Tour Dates For June 2012
Rounder Records has released the complete catalog of the pivotal New Orleans R&B labels, Ric Records and Ron Records. All 140 songs released by the labels on 45 RPM singles, by artists such as Johnny Adams, Eddie Bo, Al Johnson and Irma Thomas, will be released on seven 20-song digital albums. In addition, in conjunction… Continue reading New Orleans R&B labels Ric & Ron reissued by Rounder
Baptized in Folk tradition and based in Colorado since 1989, Reed Foehl (pronounced Faille) has a soulful voice with a body of work that offers communion to a Folk congregation whose apostles have names like Guthrie and Dylan.This April 13th, Reed Foehl debuted his forth-coming album, Color Me In, at Swallow Hill. Established in 1979,… Continue reading Reed Foehl | Swallow Hill | Denver, CO | 4/13/12 | Review
Gent Jazz Festival (July 5-14, Bijloke site) announces new names for the eleventh edition of the festival: Paco de Lucia, Damien Rice, D’Angelo, Melody Gardot, Rodrigo y Gabriela and C.U.B.A., Jim Hall-Scott Colley Duo, Gabriel Rios Solo, Amatorski, Tindersticks… With Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus feat. Joshua Redman, Miguel Zenón, Ninety Miles, Ifa y Xango,… Continue reading 2012 Gent, Belgium Jazz Festival Announces Line Up