A common misconception about funk music is that the style is all nostalgia and not contemporary. Many of the founders of the form are still performing today such as George Clinton, George Porter Jr., Leo Nocentelli, or Art Neville. Though the founders are still a big part of the funk scene its best to think of funk as a sensibility rather than something definitive or solidified.

America's most durable alternative rockers They Might Be Giants have finally perfected their deliriously catchy, original sound! Their latest studio album, Nanobots, features 25 startling tracks in 45 memorable minutes that play to all the bands strengths. The band is currently on the second leg of a massive international tour which includes a lengthy stint in Australia & New Zealand.

UMBowl IV returns to the sold out Park West on April 26th for its fourth triumphant year.

Indie supergroup Mister Heavenly released one of the most underrated albums of 2011, and if we’re lucky, they just might do it again this year.

ACM Male Vocalist of the Year Jason Aldean is approaching one of the biggest moments in his career tomorrow as he is set to play for more than 60,000 fans at the University of Georgia’s Sanford Stadium.  Aldean is already in Athens preparing for the first show to ever be held there.  Tickets for this 2013 NIGHT TRAIN TOUR stop sold out in less than an hour last October.49 trucks and 27 buses have taken over Sanford Stadium in preparation for the historic event “between the hedges.”  Aldean’s crew has been in Athens for four days buil

The Ride Festival recently announced its second installment – happening July 13th and 14th at Colorado’s breathtaking Telluride Town Park. The 2013 Ride Festival lineup includes David Byrne & St. Vincent, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Cake, Drive-By Truckers, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller and Son Volt, with others still to be announced.

Railroad Earth and Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers will join forces this summer for a string of dates along both coasts. Being dubbed as the “Noise of the Earth Tour,” both artists are looking forward to these shows and hoping for some creative synergy.

Today, legendary New Orleans venue Tipitina's revealed the final billing of their Jazz Fest After Dark calendar, announcing headliner Eddie Roberts' West Coast Sounds performing Thursday, May 2 with special guests including Charles Neville and more to be announced.

If musical jams are your thing, a quick rising band, TAUK has all the jam, jelly, marmalade and preserves to suit any jamband fan’s tastes as witnessed on their LP, Homunculus. If the genre is rock, fusion, jazz, bluegrass, country, classical, rap, pop or psychedelic; musicians produce a “jam” for whatever their genre may be.