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Universal Sigh, Live Wire Athens and Ever Upward Entertainment will host the 3rd Sigh In July Music and Arts Festival, a grassroots music and arts festival in Athens, GA on July 21st and 22nd. The annual event features national and regional musical acts, creative workshops, and open bazaar for local artisans and visual artists.
With a non-stop summer touring schedule already in progress, THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS are now announcing a new string of tour dates to run throughout the Fall. The Grammy-nominated progressive bluegrass group will be joined by friends and fellow road warriors Leftover Salmon, Keller Williams and The Travelin' McCourys, as well as Pert Near Sandstone, Midnight North, and Ryan Young & Erik Berry of Trampled by Turtles, among others.
In celebration of what would have been Jerry Garcia’s 75th birthday, the GarciaLive series continues on with perhaps their most diverse entry yet. On June 28th, Round Records/ATO will release GarciaLive Volume Nine: August 11, 1974 Keystone Berkeley. The iconic guitarist was on a roll, building his rapport as a solo artist separately from the Grateful Dead for the first time since his early days as a folkie, playing dozens of gigs in California and beyond.
“Ronnie Scott’s…” mused the boundary-shattering guitarist John McLaughlin, “…where would I be without them?” The venerable London jazz club and its charismatic namesake gave so much to McLaughlin’s career, the roots of which extend as far back as McLaughlin’s stint as a member of the club’s house band in the 1960s.
Limited to just 2,500 copies, this mammoth 180-gram 6-LP Amazon exclusive, co-produced by Amir Bar-Lev and David Lemieux, features music from Long Strange Trip including unreleased performances like the legendary "Dark Star" from February 14, 1970 at The Fillmore East in New York, the magnificent "Dear Mr.
Don't miss the Philadelphia Phillies' second annual Grateful Dead Tribute Night benefiting the Rex Foundation! Join other Dead Heads at the ball park on Friday, July 21 at 7:05 p.m. when the Phillies host the Milwaukee Brewers.
Throughout music history, the breakthrough albums for several legendary artists were live recordings Live At Fillmore East by The Allman Brothers Band, Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton, and Alive by KISS. Now four decades later, history seems poised to repeat itself with the release of We’re All In This Together, the powerful, new live album by Hard Working Americans.
The last day of Music on the Mesa 2017 was bright and sunny as I walked over to the Patio Stage to hear local Norteno singer/songwriter Chris Arellano. I’m embarrassed to say, though I follow Nuevo Mexico ranchera music, I hadn’t heard Chris’ work before. He and his brother Rodney, along with local pedal steel player Scott Harris, treated us with more music than his one-hour set because Western Centuries broke down and couldn’t make their time slot.
