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Carrying the torch of the great funk bands such as Tower of Power, Sly and the Family Stone, and James Brown into the 21st century, comes Deep Banana Blackout. With full horn section, and soulful groove imbedded in the roots of funk, Deep Banana is the leader of today's emerging funk rock scene. The band's sound captures commercial accessibility augmented with tight musical arrangements and limited improvisation. But make no mistake- THIS BAND ROCKS! Their incessant touring and high-energy performances demonstrate the deep love, respect, and enthusiasm the members have for what they do.

Today, Electric Forest (EF) announced details on its highly anticipated 2017 Curated Event Series. The seventh annual music and camping festival in Rothbury, Michigan expands to two distinct weekends in 2017, on June 22–June 25 and June 29–July 2, 2017.

GRAMMY nominated Hot 8 Brass Band is set to release their fifth album, On The Spot out today on Tru Thoughts, album available here, and embark on an extensive world tour including select markets in the U.S., U.K., Europe, and Australasia.

Multi-GRAMMY® nominee, newly inducted Grand Ole Opry members and three-time International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainer of the Year winners Dailey & Vincent continue to expand upon their monumental 2017 with the release of their latest album PATRIOTS & POETS.

LOCKN' is excited to announce new additions to the already fantastic fifth anniversary lineup, including Phil Lesh with special guest Bob Weir & The Terrapin Family Band performing the Grateful Dead classic from 1977 Terrapin Station in its entirety.  This is the first time Lesh and Weir have played together since 2015's Fare Thee Well concerts, other than a surprise set at Terrapin Crossroads in May 2016. Earlier this month, Weir also sat in with the Terrapin Family Band for another performance at Lesh's venue.

Grammy-nominated Reggae artist Matisyahu has officially announced his sixth studio album, Undercurrent, which is set to release on May 19th via Thirty Tigers. Undercurrent is musically Matisyahu's most courageous release to date and lyrically his most vulnerable. Nearly thirteen years after the release of his first studio record, Matisyahu and his band have done something unmatched in his past repertoire.

SONIC BLOOM is a 4-day camping festival (plus 3-days of The SONIC BLOOM Academy) that brings live and electronic music, yoga, interactive art, workshops, dance, immersive zones, speakers and performances together in a stunningly beautiful Rocky Mountain landscape to create an atmosphere that inspires open channels of creativity for everyone involved.
 

Steve Kimock, the protean improvisational guitarist whom Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) recently tabbed “arguably one of the greatest guitarists alive,” is pleased to announce a new series of concerts in June that will celebrate the release of two singles (the complete album will be released in the fall).  This current phase of songwriting comes in the aftermath of his acoustic explorations in the album Last Danger of Frost.  In the wake of Frost, he and the members of the band that toured behind it found themselves creatively ins

Sibling blues-rockers Jocelyn & Chris Arndt are thrilled to announce that they have premiered their brand new single "Footprints on the Moon (feat. Danny Louis of Gov't Mule)" via AXS. Fans can check out the track, which is the first single from their highly anticipated sophomore album Go, here: https://goo.gl/rdCa6I. The band will release Go on May 5th, 2017.

In many ways, Shame, the new album from 27-year-old Nashville Americana songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Rachel Baiman, is an exploration of growing up female in America.

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