Saturday at Lockn’ was a beautiful sigh between Phish’s weekend bracketing headlining sets.  And the sigh is this: the scene is in a great place now. With the music of the Grateful Dead as a sustaining anchor, jam, electronic music, Americana, and Indie bands are forging a great new collective chapter in authentic, improvised American music.

The last day of Rhythms on the Rio began as Day Two did with a free yoga class from the good folks at YogaDurango. This festival inaugurated yoga last year as a special addition to the line up of great music, good food and brews, and the awe-inspiring Colorado landscape. After yoga, the festival had an open stage, also on days two and three for children’s performances. These were local kids who were part of the music program that Rhythms on the Rio sponsors.

There was a stir of anticipation throughout the festival grounds in South Fork CO as Day Two of Rhythms on the Rio opened. Headliners always get festival-goers hyped, and today we were seeing some of the best of the best.

Today, fiddle player Jeremy Garrett of the Grammy-nominated Infamous Stringdusters announces a new solo album, The RV Sessions 2, scheduled for release on September 27th, 2016. The follow-up to his second solo release, The RV Sessions, The RV Sessions 2 was recorded and (mostly) written during Jeremy’s time on the road - not with The ‘Dusters but during his downtime in the “home” he shares with his wife - a 40-foot RV.

The perennial ARISE Music Festival will return to Loveland, CO for its fifth consecutive year on August 4-6, 2017. Held each year on over 100 acres at the picturesque Sunrise Ranch, the annual leave-no-trace event is offering a limited number of $99 "Loyalty Tickets” that will be on sale through Saturday, September 17, 2016, at 11:59 PM.

FREAKY DEAKY - The Largest Halloween Event in the Midwest - is thrilled to announce the daily artist lineup and release single day tickets for its eighth anniversary! Single day tickets start at $59 while 3-day passes remain reasonably priced at $169 before fees. Layaway options are also available. Get your tickets now at freakydeakyhalloween.com before prices go up.
 

The Soul Rebels Sound System featuring Talib Kweli will kick off a joint west coast tour on September 22 in Arcata, CA. CLICK HERE to buy ticke

Electrifying. Soulful. Compelling. These three words exemplify the sound of the new lead singer of Tower of Power, "Memphis Soul Man" Marcus Scott.

Multi Grammy® Award nominated world-renowned singer, songwriter, and music producer Kaskade today announced a Kaskade Redux show at Red Hook Grain Terminal in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 24th. Produced by Mean Red Productions, pre-sale tickets will be available today beginning at 12:00 PM EST with a general on-sale kicking off this Friday, August 26th at 12:00 PM EST.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and musician Rachael Yamagata today shared a new music video for "Over", the second single off her fourth album, Tightrope Walker, due out September 23rd via Frankenfish Records/Thirty Tigers.