San Francisco-based Hot Buttered Rum are settling in for three intimate, year-ending performances at San Francisco’s Brick and Mortar December 29 – 31. Touring off their forthcoming live album this fall, the band will perform with original band member Zac Matthews returning on mandolin ...view article
During The Dead's Spring Tour, Mickey Hart debuted the UNIVERSE OF SOUND. Each night of the Tour Hart connected audiences with the universe's most celestial vibrations from the Big Bang to the rings of Saturn to the Black Hole. Hart said, "The idea was to take our audience on a nightly tour of some ...view article
As festival season winds down, The Werk Out Music & Arts Festival, held Thursday through Sunday, September 20–23 at Legend Valley in Thornville, OH, will serve as the summer’s final fling.
Building on an already stacked lineup on the weekend when summer turns to autumn, The ...view article
August 9, 2010 marked the 15-year anniversary of legendary musician and Grateful Dead co-fou nder Jerry Garcia 's death. As a way to honor his musical and community legacy, the gifted musicians on this compilation have generously contributed stirring live performances of Jerry Garcia songs to benefit ...view article
Following the Spring departure of longtime bassist, Kevin Rosen, the Chicago-formed Dark Star Orchestra offered temporary spots to a handful of talented performers. Today, the band announces the formal, permanent bassist role goes to Skip Vangelas who is currently on tour with the band. Vangelas ...view article
The Rex Foundation is pleased to award the 2010 Ralph J. Gleason Award to Michael Franti. The $10,000 award is in memory of music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, a major ...view article
(LOS ANGELES, CA - April 12, 2011) California's finest, Slightly Stoopid, will host their annual “420” celebration in their home-state this year at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, April 20th, 2011. The band recently announced they will be donating their ...view article
7 Walkers, the revered band featuring legendary drummer and Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, guitarist Papa Mali, multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson, Fastball) and legendary New Orleans bass man George ...view article
The Disco Biscuits have announced a four-night run in Colorado, Thursday January 13 through Sunday January 16 2011. The band will spend two nights at the Boulder Theater, Thursday and Friday January 13-14, before heading to Denver to close out the long weekend at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday and ...view article
Four decades after the release of his critically-acclaimed self-titled debut, John Prine, the veteran singer/songwriter who once carried mail for a living in his home state of Illinois, is still creating some of the most vibrant material in his extensive discography. On May 25, he released In ...view article