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North Coast Announces Official After Parties

North Coast Music Festival (NCMF) is thrilled to announce this year's Official After Parties! From Chicago's most popular and intimate nightclubs including the MID, Prysm and Sound-Bar, to concert venues like Concord Music Hall and the Bottom Lounge, there are a plethora of shows featuring various genres to keep the party going after the festival ends. Check out the full list below and grab your tickets now before they sell out!

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After Hours Jam w/ Hosts @ Jam in the Trees

Jam in The Trees is honored to be nominated for an International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Momentum Award in the Festival/Event/Venue category for 2017! What great news to find out shortly before The 2nd Annual Jam In The Trees, a two day, Americana music-themed event that takes place at Pisgah Brewing in Black Mountain, NC on both the beautiful Outdoor Stage and the more intimate Indoor Taproom Stage Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 26, 2017.

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Funky Dead Set At Brooklyn Comes Alive

Brooklyn Comes Alive 2017 is already stacking up to be quite the 2-day music festival, and today, the lineup for a special funky tribute set to the Grateful Dead is revealed. Reed Mathis, Todd Stoops, and Jay Lane of Electric Beethoven will team up with guitarist Eric Krasno to form Rooster Conspiracy.

The project of Rooster Conspiracy was born from Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann‘s good intentions and celebratory spirit during the first few days of 2017.

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Van Morrison Releases "Transformation"

VAN MORRISON has just released "Transformation," the first single from his forthcoming album ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES, across all digital platforms. ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES--MORRISON's 37th studio album--is due out September 22 on Exile/Caroline. MORRISON will head out for a few U.S. dates around the album's release, to be followed by UK dates before the end of the year.

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Stringdusters Announce New Year's Shows

Jamgrass stalwarts THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS will wrap up a busy 2017 with special New Year's shows in Berkeley, CA and Aspen, CO. The band will perform two co-headlining shows at UC Berkeley with Keller Williams and Grateful Grass (12/28) and Leftover Salmon (12/29). They'll then head to Aspen for a special "evening with" NYE performance to ring in 2018. Doors open at 7:45 PM with an open bar (wine and beer) as well as light appetizers until the concert starts at 9:30 PM. A midnight complimentary champagne toast during the ball drop will follow the concert.

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Wishbone Ash Get Tough & Tender on Tour

Wishbone Ash, one of the most influential guitar bands in the history of rock, will offer their North American fans a dynamic concert experience on the 2017 “Tough & Tender” Tour. In addition to the high-powered, all-out rockers the band is known for delivering, the guys will turn down the volume (but not the intensity) and treat audiences to acoustic versions of some of their classic hits.

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Billy Burnette Releases 'Crazy Like Me'

Logging a storied nine-year run slinging the six-string forFleetwood Mac, penning pivotal anthems for everyone from Ray Charles to Gregg Allman to George Strait, and calling the "Fathers of Rockabilly"--The Rock 'N Roll Trio's Dorsey and Johnny Burnette--"dad" and "uncle," respectively, BILLY BURNETTE has spent a lifetime living and breathing rock 'n' roll. All of this comes together on his upcoming solo album CRAZY LIKE ME--due out October 20--and just-released memoir.

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Miles Graham Releases 'Let It Shine'

One of the finest singer/songwriters to come out of Dublin the past couple of years returns with a stunning new visual about loss, love, pain and eventually, bliss.

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Mungion Announces 2017 Fall Tour Dates

Today, Midwest heavyweights, Mungion, announce their 2017 headlining Fall tour schedule. The band will begin at the newly formed Globe Hall in Denver, CO, play dates throughout Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Ohio, with several stops in their home state of Illinois, before heading East to take on Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusets, finally concluding their run in Vermont. These dates are in addition to their already scheduled appearances at Night Lights Music Festival, the inaugural Canyon Jam and Resonance Music and Arts Festival.

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Just Announced: Trace Bundy & Andy McKee @ Boulder Theater

ABOUT TRACE BUNDY Internationally-acclaimed guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy must be seen to be believed, using harmonics, looping, and multiple capos to confound even the most accomplished music lovers as to how one person can do all that with just two hands and ten fingers. Trace's witty banter and stage presence delivers an unforgettable live concert experience.