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2 Entertainment is proud to present Grammy winner, Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society tour at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday September 25th, 2012.  Tickets go on sale Friday, April 20th at 10:00am for $40.00 general admission & reserved balcony, $65 reserved & $75 gold circle.It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world.  Listeners familiar with her stunning 2008 Heads Up International debut, Esperanza, and her best-selling 2010 release Chamber Musi

Ukulele players from around the world will be coming to Hawaii to participate in an ukulele ensemble led by Jake Shimabukuro. Go For Da Record...Hana Hou! will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, HI. They will assemble the greatest possible number of ukulele players in a 2nd attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Mariachi El Bronx with Two Gallants at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, May 17th.  Tickets go on sale Friday, March 30th for $15.00 in advance and $17.00 day of show.

Concord Music Group will offer up a diverse array of exclusive Record Store Day releases for artists ranging from Paul McCartney and Little Richard to Dave Brubeck and Esperanza Spalding to Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames (New Multitudes). National Record Store Day, which falls on April 21 this year, celebrates the culture of the more than 700 independently owned records stores in the U.S. The event celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.

Del Castillo, which combines elements of Rock, Latin, Blues, Flamenco and World music in their amazing palette of sound, announces a March 13 release date for their new album, Infinitas Rapsodias, a special 2-disc set that also includes a 5-track bonus DVD, all shot in HD. Infinitas Rapsodias will be distributed in North America by Sony/RED and in Europe by their label and distribution partners, The Music Agents GbR (Blue Label) / Soul Food.

We Have Band are back with their new LP Ternion, due for  release on February 28th.

Ternion, from the Latin for a group of three, sees We Have Band make a stylistic leap on from their debut ‘WHB’, which despite its critical acclaim the band were keen not to repeat.

Almost two decades in, Mouse on Mars continue to be one of the most inventive and unpredictable groups in electronic music. Further proof comes with their first new album in six years, Parastrophics, out February 28 on Monkeytown Records. For the next week, leading into the album’s release, XLR8R will be streaming the album in its entirety.

Dirty Three’s first new album in seven years (and first release on Drag City), Toward the Low Sun, is out next Tuesday, February 28th. For the next week, leading up to this release, NPR Music’s First Listen series will be streaming the album in its entirety.