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For a live Dead music lover, the Skull & Roses Festival is like a Dead fest. on steroids! Over forty different interpretations of Deadness, from the finest touring bands to local favorites to a duo with acoustic guitars, expect a history-making three days of what we once loved so much...gathering together and dancing with friends new and old. Add camping and you’ve got an unforgettable ‘sunshine daydream’ concert of a lifetime!

Blending musical versatility, instrumental prowess, beautiful vocal harmonies and a premier rhythm section, the Easy Star All-Stars have established themselves as one of the top international reggae acts on the scene today.

Resuming its status as an annual event after several seasons as a biennial, the New York Guitar Festival returns in Spring 2017 with cross-cultural concert programming in celebration of works for guitar. This year the Festival expands its partnership with media sponsor WNYC, which will host a series of events, including the Opening Night concert by two-time Grammy-winning classical guitarist Sharon Isbin.

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After sharing details on their new album Home Counties last week, Saint Etienne have announced their first US tour in five years. The two New York dates are on sale now with the other dates on sale Friday at 10AM EST.
 

Nonesuch Records releases The Following Mountain, the newest solo album by experimental folk artist, singer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Amidon, on May 26, 2017. Created with producer Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Regina Spektor) and Amidon’s frequent collaborator Shahzad Ismaily, the album represents a new approach for Amidon, who shifts here from his previous norm of re-working traditional folk songs and presents nine wholly original compositions, with some lyrics drawing on traditional sources.

Philly-based indie/alt-reggae rockers Three Legged Fox (3LF) have announced the release of Watch the World, their fifth studio album, available digitally on March 31st, 2017. After years in the shadows, Three Legged Fox returns to the national spotlight well rested and rejuvenated with a brighter, happier sound. The release will celebrate the ten-year milestone of the band’s career, a major accomplishment in an unforgiving industry known for a high turnover rate.

PAPADOSIO is proud to release Pattern Integrities Remixed, an exciting collaboration with many of the band’s and fans’ favorite producers.

On the acclaimed Pattern Integrities tour, Papadosio explored the space between improvisation + orchestration, inspiring fans with sonic manipulations using modular synthesizers, percussive melodies, and complex rhythms. The Pattern Integrities Remixed album brings this spirit to the Pattern Integrities album with the same goal – to inspire.

The Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, are returning to Boulder, Colorado early next month for a very special collaborative recording session with the Colorado University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gary Lewis. This unique, recorded concert event takes place on Wednesday, April 5 at Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado Boulder campus.

Buffalo Iron Works, Lockhouse Distillery & Bar, and Sunbeam Entertainment are proud to announce Cobblestone Live! benefiting Planned Parenthood.

To make his debut album, In Times Like These, noted activist, author, documentary filmmaker and theologian Rev. Osagyefo Sekou went back to his Southern home searching for his family’s musical roots in the deep Arkansas blues and gospel traditions. Produced by six-time Grammy nominated Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, featuring Luther’s brother Cody Dickinson, and supported by Thirty Tigers, Rev.

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