Blackwater Music Festival at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, Live Oak, Florida, September 22- 24 was the lovechild of hippy fest and rave. The perfectly loud flower child remix. The marriage of hippie chick to psychedelic strobes, dance beats and glow sticks. The same hoola hoopers, laser lights, print skirts, batik sarongs, bikinis… Continue reading Flower Child Remix. Blackwater 2011.
Six weeks ago I read about the Life Is Good Festival, that took place this past weekend in Canton, MA, and the two of me that are this Gemini started to have it out as they always do. Corporate sponsorship for a festival? Yes, but the corporation started out as a grass roots effort that… Continue reading Life is Good Festival 2011 | Review
Railroad Earth will hit the ground running this fall with a Southern tour that kicks off right at the turn of October. The six-piece band will start their tour on the Eastern Seaboard, with dates in Delaware and Virginia, before rolling the train Southwest to Tennessee, Ohio, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama, and then turning back… Continue reading Railroad Earth Kicks Off Fall Tour 2011
Caged Animals Eat Their Own is out today via Lucky Number on CD, LP and at all DSPs. In celebration of the release, the band has scheduled shows in the New York area which includes October 6 at Death By Audio, October 20 at Lit Lounge for CMJ, and an official LP release party on… Continue reading Caged Animals 'Eat Their Own' out now on Lucky Number
Thanks to the efforts of Gram’s daughter, Polly Parsons via The Gram Parsons Foundation, supporters and fans now have an online destination for everything Gram Parsons; from music to photographs, from videos to social networking. Due to an overwhelming demand, The Gram Parsons Official Website was set up to honor Gram, often noted as the pioneer of “country rock,”… Continue reading Polly Parsons and Gram Parsons Foundation Announce Launch of Gram Parsons Official Website
Great American Taxi marks its sixth year as one of the best-known headliners on the Americana music scene with a new release, Paradise Lost, produced by critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Todd Snider. The band also enlisted master folk musicians Tim O’Brien, Barry Sless, and Elizabeth Cook to tackle songs about working class, blue-collar issues while maintaining… Continue reading Great American Taxi preps Todd Snider-produced new album
Brooklyn-based producer/musician Eliot Lipp will make a special guest DJ appearance in The Do LaB room at turntable.fm today, Wednesday September 28, from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PDT. Log in at http://turntable.fm/thedolab to hear Lipp spin his own playlist of current faves, as well as a few exclusive tracks from his forthcoming release –… Continue reading Eliot Lipp DJ's the Do LaB Room at turntable.fm Today at 4pm PDT
The Annual Jazz Party At Sea is pleased to announce the lineup for the 12th Annual departure, November 4 – 11, 2012. We will set sail from New Orleans for 7 nights aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s m/s Norwegian Star visiting Costa Maya, Belize City, Roatan and Cozumel. Featured artists include Renee Rosnes Quartet with Peter Washington, Lewis Nash… Continue reading The Annual Jazz Party At Sea November 4 – 11, 2012
Dear Austin City Limits, Happy Anniversary! Congratulations on making it to the big 1-0. Your gifts of aluminum, diamonds, and tin are in the mail! Well, maybe. 2002. The same year I had caught wind of Bonnaroo, I had also heard of this new festival popping up in Austin. As I only had enough gas… Continue reading Austin City Limits | Part I | Friday, September 16th, 2011
The Mickey Hart Band has announced a 14-date tour to kick off in Eugene, OR at the McDonald Theatre on November 30. In August, Hart’s new band debuted to packed houses in New York and San Francisco. The line up for Hart’s new band features vocalists Crystal Monee Hall and Tim Hockenberry, bassist Dave Schools,… Continue reading Mickey Hart Announces Late Fall 2011 Tour
