Trey Anastasio Band headlines tomorrow night at the Sweetwater 420 Fest in Atlanta, GA. The show poster is by Status Serigraph. There will also be an extremely limited foil edition available. Pick them up at 12pm tomorrow at the Band Merch Tent, centrally located on the festival grounds.
June 3, 2022 - Nashville, TN - Elevate, then Resonate, and now, Unify, the guys in GRAMMY-nominated funk sextet Lettuce have been sending not-so-subliminal messages with their music (and album titles) for going on three decades now. Their newest effort, Unify, however, showcases exactly what the band ...view article
With a clear, and factual, end to the election, resulting in Joe Biden becoming the President-Elect, it is now time for kindness. We have endured 4-years of hateful speech and vile behavior from the top, while the top encouraged this same behavior from American citizens. This is not a ...view article
The special recipe of the Grateful Dead was that there were 5 (at times) members of the band with very different musical backgrounds. Jerry had a bluegrass background that came through in his guitar stylings. Currently, John Mayer and Bob Weir both possess the slow blues styling and they are lacking ...view article
I was turned on to these bands by my sons and wife over the years. I didn't know much about them, other than them both being somewhat Indie/Folk type bands. So, I didn't know what to expect when arriving at the venue for the show. I have been to the Merriweather venue many times in the past, seeing ...view article
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Swarme of Beese
Backwoods of My Mind
2022 Backwoods Modern Recordings BWM 1670
Out of the vibrant, diverse and fertile music community of Austin, Texas, comes BACKWOODS OF MY MIND, the full-length debut of indie-folk trio, Swarme of Beese.
“Lately, I’ve been knowin’ ...view article
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Trey Anastasio Band returns in May with a pair of shows at Boston’s newest venue Roadrunner on May 7th and 8th. On May 21st, TAB heads west to play the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, CO before heading to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 22nd for their first performance at the legendary venue since ...view article
Bob Mould has announced today’s premiere of The Ocean, a new EP featuring three solo acoustic live performances and available now via Merge Records at all DSPs and streaming services HERE.
Originally recorded for NPR’s World Café at Mould’s Granary Music home studio in San Francisco, CA, The ...view article
Phish will embark on a 34-date Spring + Summer Tour beginning with three shows in Alabama Memorial Day weekend and culminating with the band’s first four-night run at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Colorado over Labor Day weekend. The band will also return to Atlantic City for a special three-night ...view article
Hump day in St Petersburg, FL brought in Umphreys McGee for night 1 of their 4 night FL excursion. The FL concerts will drive them full throttle into the summer festival season. The scene was a tad more mellow this year since the concert in St Pete was on a Wed. and not a weekend like years prior. The ...view article
Little Village Foundation (LVF), the non-profit record company founded in 2014 by Grammy Award-winning keyboardist Jim Pugh, produces and distributes recordings by a wide array of performers operating outside of the music industry mainstream. Pugh, who has recorded and toured with the likes of Van Morrison, ...view article
The Wheels of Soul Tour kicked off their second leg of the Tour in Texas this past weekend with a 3 day run across the state. Featuring the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and special guest Doyle Bramhall II, this tour is a must see. No stranger to the Texas July ...view article
Yonder Mountain String Band stopped through Austin on the back half their Spring 2016 tour and brought friends Horseshoes and Hand Grenades from Wisconsin with them for a night of awesome music and dancing at Stubb’s in Austin. With a ...view article
Rare is it in traditional folk music to encounter an artist so overtly involved in the activity of structured teaching. But Evie Ladin is a teacher, a teacher offering beginning banjo lessons on the internet. She has also studied African dance and, according to her website, created ...view article