On December 6 - 9 Dark Star Orchestra’s Rob Barraco will join Phil Lesh, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring and John Molo for a return of Phil Lesh and Friends: The Q. This reunited all-star cast will perform four rare and intimate shows taking place at Phil's concert venue, Terrapin Crossroads in ...view article

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Mickey Hart debuted the sounds of his brain last night to a sold out crowd on the first stop of the Superorganism Tour in Healdsburg, CA. Hart (pictured above) wore an EEG cap while the crowd was able to watch his brain activity on screen as he performed the sounds of his brain. ...view article

(June 23, 2011; Columbia Records; New York, NY)  - The Avett Brothers sold-out show on July 9th from Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre will be broadcast live via satellite to the band’s hometown of Concord, NC on the planets largest HDTV screen.  AEG Network ...view article

Over the past eight years Wakarusa Music Festival has brought together open ears to enjoy a taste of music in the sunshine. In the north western part of the “natural state” of Arkansas, the Ozark mountains made home to thousands ready to enjoy the acoustics of the mountaintop. With recognizable ...view article

The second-born child of independent music pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Frank Zappa first took the stage with his famous father at the tender age of 12. He was entranced by the elder Zappa’s “control over the music [that] almost seemed like a magic trick.” By the ...view article

Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck are hitting both coasts in the next two months, as well as offering support to four worthy causes.  MK will be joined at all shows by Bob Gross on bass and Billy Lee Lewis on drums, and while JT Thomas is out touring with Bruce Hornsby during a few of these ...view article

For those of us who get to review live music, every once in a while we get slapped upside our head with a reminder of why we love what we do.  For me, the inaugural Hyperion Music and Arts Festival was such an occasion.  My initiation into Hyperion began ...view article

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

First Avenue is the gem of downtown Minneapolis. For the past 40 years they have been hosting amazing concerts at the independently owned icon, everyone from Joe Cocker to Prince to Nirvana to Atmosphere to The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. More recently, First Avenue has become home to an annual three-night ...view article