Kevin Farge is a songwriter and visual artist who was born in Houston, Texas, and moved to his stepmother’s native Costa Rica at age eight, where he learned to speak Spanish and surf. The family eventually settled down back in Houston. Farge has spent the past several years living in the same small beach town in Costa Rica that he visited as a child. Low Tide, Kevin Farge’s first full-length LP for Very Jazzed, showcases his unique melodic storytelling for solo guitar.

On February 3, 1959, a chartered aircraft crashed in Mason City, Iowa just minutes after takeoff claiming the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson – “The Big Bopper” – and the pilot, Roger Peterson.

The fateful day was coined “The Day The Music Died” by Don McLean in his hit “American Pie.” The song was released in 1971 and spent four weeks at No. 1 in 1972. In 2001, thirty years later, the Recording Industry of America named it the fifth greatest song of the 20th century.

From one of the minds behind Resonance Music and Arts Festival, comes Secret Dreams! A fresh and immersive weekend festival focusing on both visual and performing arts at the esteemed Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio.

Presented by Secret Dreams Productions and Papadosio, the inaugural Secret Dreams Music and Arts Festival will take place at Legend Valley on Thursday, August 18, Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20, 2022.

Gem & Jam Festival is ready to kick off its 14th annual edition, taking place from February 4 - 6 in Tucson, Arizona at the Pima County Fairgrounds.

Just as the Av’s season is heating up, Breckenridge Brewery is launching its “Score Two for a Brew” promotion, giving fans the perfect excuse to start off game days with the hometown craft beer of the Colorado Avalanche. For the duration of the season, fans can get a free Avalanche Amber Ale if the Avs score two goals in the first period.

Summer Camp Music Festival has announced additional headliners for the 2022 Memorial Day Weekend festival, adding even more diversity and anticipation to the already impressive lineup. Genre-defying duo Zeds Dead and jamtronica pioneers STS9 join previously announced headliners Smashing Pumpkins, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Little Feat (performing Waiting For Columbus), NGHTMRE, Liquid Stranger, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Big Wild.

Indian violin legend L. Shankar makes a rare visit to Miami Beach, for an exclusive concert at the North Beach Bandshell on April 16. Tickets are on sale now for this evening at the North Beach Bandshell. Shankar, who plays a custom-made electric double violin, is an innovative virtuoso who has expanded the range of India’s classical Carnatic tradition.

David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills have requested that their labels remove their collective recordings from Spotify. In solidarity with their bandmate, Neil Young, and in support of stopping harmful misinformation about COVID, they have decided to remove their records from the streaming platform including the recordings of CSNY, CSN, and CN, as well as Crosby’s and Stills’ solo projects. Nash has already begun the process to take down his solo recordings.
 

With his 1971 self-titled Columbia Records release, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter David Bromberg emerged as a wunderkind of American roots music. The disc’s blend of traditional and original material, virtuosic musicianship and iconic cover art trumpeted the arrival of a new artist of audacious vision.

A meditative timestamp reflecting the isolation, uncertainty and worry prevalent amongst society throughout the outbreak of the pandemic, Shining In The Half Light is an album of self-realisation, but one that lets everyone share in its sense of realism and, ultimately, positivity. It’s a record inspired by those who spread love in a time of heartbreak, happiness in a time of fear, and connection in a time of loneliness. Shining In The Half Light sits at 10 tracks offering nothing short of a brazen, bold and bluesy disposition.