Three weeks ago Kung Fu’s dear friend Kevin Shea was struck by a drunk driver, and today he lies in a coma with his wife Cecelia and children Jack and Vanessa waiting patiently by his side. On Friday, August 23^rd, the band is holding a concert at Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT to celebrate his fighting spirit and to raise money for his family.

The Bayou Maharajah. The Piano Pope. The Ivory Emperor. The Bronze Liberace. Music Magnifico. Gonzo. The Piano Prince of New Orleans. James Booker coined more than a few extravagant nicknames for himself, and he lived up to every one of them.James Carroll Booker III was also an unheralded genius of American music, a New Orleans pianist whose dizzying technique and mastery of the keyboard was matched only by his imagination and his soulfulness.

Pelagic Zone is a Germany-based jam band reflecting an improvisational style built on the roots of original instrumental jams. Pelagic is a Grecian word describing the open sea, far from the coast and sea floor. This can be interrupted in their musical style, floating free and open with plenty of room for surprises and improvisations. This creative group made up of four talented artists spent over two and a half years creating the entire album.

Featuring contributions from Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros along with nine up-and-coming U.S. bands across diverse genres, BEATLES REIMAGINED commemorates the 50th anniversary of the recording and release of Beatles tracks from 1963-4, including “From Me To You,” “She Loves You” and “I Saw Her Standing There” which cemented the band’s status as rock and roll royalty.

Music fans, fall festival time is coming to The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) at Live Oak, Fla! Festival season this year opens with Magnolia Fest featuring Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Stephen Marley, Jim Lauderdale, Mavis Staples, The Duhks, Keller Williams with the Travelin’ McCourys, Grandpa’s Cough Medicine, Canary In The Coalmine, Big Cosmo, Tropic of Cancer, Tornado Rider, The Stacks, Steve Pruett’s Back From The Brink, Sloppy Joe, Seth Walker, Sentropolis, Rev.

“The picture on the cover, that’s Broadway in Baltimore, maybe back around the time I started playing in the clubs,” Del McCoury says with a smile.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Shakedown Street performing Friday the 13th, 1987 – Greek Theatre, Berkley, California to the Boulder Theater on Friday, September 13th, 2013.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, August 16th for $12.50 general admission.One of the longest running Grateful Dead tribute bands in the world, Shakedown Street, makes its home in and around the Rocky Mountain region of North America.

Following a decade of dancefloor domination as her alter-ego ONO, Yoko Ono comes full circle with the release of brand new remixes of her landmark 1981 classic “WALKING ON THIN ICE” from Grammy-nominated house music legend DANNY TENAGLIA and Dutch EDM heavyweight R3HAB.In 2003, MIND TRAIN and TWISTED RECORDS took this song to the top of the Billboard Club chart kicking off ONO’S streak of 10 #1 BILLBOARD HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY chart-topping club hits, including “HOLD ME”, 

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present 3 nights of SOJA at the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 15th through Sunday, November 17th, 2013.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Saturday, August 24th at 12:00pm for $25.00 general admission.Mention folk music to the average listener and the list of usual suspects come to mind: Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Woodie Guthrie, etc.

Bringing new meaning to the practice of catch and release, Breckenridge Brewery of Colorado and bluegrass band Leftover Salmon have caught up with each other to launch the second release in a series of four original songs. The new music is being pre-released exclusively within Breckenridge Brewery’s 12-pack Sampler Packs through October.