Nearing the two-month countdown until SONIC BLOOM 2012 we have a barrage of new artists confirmed!  Newest additions to the list of performing acts are: PANTyRAiD, Welder, 

Today the music world suffered a bittersweet loss. Levon Helm’s battle with cancer ended this afternoon after a long tough fight. A message was posted on his website written by his wife Sandy and his daughter Amy requesting everyone’s “love and prayers” earlier in the week. Levon has been battling with throat cancer since 1998. Levon Helm was the beloved  drummer and vocalist for The Band.

Steve Kimock embarks on his first major tour in three years, hitting markets across the Eastern seaboard and American Midwest this spring. To accompany him on stage for the tour, Kimock has hand-picked an all-star cast including Woo Wizard Bernie Worrell (Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads) on keys, Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, David Lindley) on drums, and bassists Andy Hess (Gov't Mule, Black Crowes) and Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Tea Leaf Green).

Coinciding with the evenings & weekends of New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the inaugural Nolafunk Jazzfest Series 2012 lineup is now complete with the addition of Daptone Records’ Budos Band who, along with Hairy Apes BMX and special guests, will be a part of the Oddity Faire After-Party at Republic. (The Oddity Faire features headliner Primus at the nearby Sugarmill.)

Sometimes, the most unique and special sounds are the most organic.  For singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd, connecting land and heart isn't a matter of conscious art but a humble understanding that everything before us will remain long after we are gone.  Crossing cultural lines from the modern world to that of the Aborigines, Rudd continues his journey to become one of Australia's most iconic voices today with the release of his seventh album (and first for Si

The 29th edition of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival will be held from June 1-10, 2012.

After a much anticipated success of the first year, the Boulder Roots & Blues Summit is bringing Boulder another great line up of Roots & Blues greatest artists for two days between two nationally renowned venues.  The second annual Boulder Roots & Blues Summit will take place May 18th and 19th, in historic Boulder, Colorado.

The Mimi Fishman Foundation auction to benefit Rock the Earth concludes in a few days (Monday, April 23).  The auction includes many Festival VIP ticket packages (Gathering of the Vibes, Bonnaroo, Wakarusa, Summer Camp, Electric Forest, Outside Lands, All Good, etc),  plus a VERY special Phish print from David Welker!

C3 Presents and MCP Presents have joined forces to bring CounterPoint, a new two-day music and arts festival, to Atlanta, Georgia this September 28 and 29, 2012. The multi-stage festival with camping options will be held at the location of 2007's The Echo Project, a 350-acre, scenic Chattahoochee river front property just south of metropolitan Atlanta. Partnering with local businesses, restaurants, artists and more, CounterPoint is expanding upon the format of its pr

Camp Euforia is pleased to announce William Elliott Whitmore as the final addition to the 2012 lineup. CE12 is primed to be the best and most environmentally-friendly Camp Euforia yet.