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
The New Riders of the Purple Sage formed in 1969 as a vehicle for Jerry Garcia to play pedal steel guitar and John Dawson to promote his original songs. Almost forty years later, notwithstanding a twenty-five year hiatus, the legendary "psychedelic cowboy band" returns with Where I Come From, its first ...view article
Grab your tents, costumes and dancing shoes, Railroad Earth, in conjunction with Pet Projekt, has booked a two-night Halloween extravaganza in beautiful Placerville, CA for the inaugural Hangtown Halloween Ball. The glam-camping event will take place at the beautiful El Dorado County Fairgrounds on ...view article
Electric Forest unveils a 2-Day Ticket, a reduced rate ticket that allows access to the show on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3. Also just released, the festival map and full performance schedule for Electric Forest 2011 – including slot times for Main Stage performers ...view article
CHICAGO, IL (MARCH 10, 2011) –UMPHREY’S MCGEE brings the ultimate fan experience back to Chicago with UMBowl II on April 2, 2011 at Park West. The uniquely interactive state-of-the-art intimate concert event will keep ...view article
A gathering of Chicago-lands positive music, people and art together for a weekend of positive vibes at the peak of summer was Whippersnap Music Festival. In the wooded northwest region of Illinois, Earlville's Stonehouse park hosted the event. The festival turned the campground into a jamming weekend ...view article
"This album is meant to be listened to loud. Turn it up!" is the proclamation on the back cover of Mark Karan’s first official solo release, Walk Through the Fire, out on June 30th through Quacktone Records/DIG Music. The general consensus ...view article
Legendary jamband, the Zen Tricksters, have teamed up with ex-Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay to produce an eponymous studio recording with a real live feel. And we’re not simply talking about modern interpretations of classic Grateful Dead songs; Listeners are treated to a dozen ...view article
Native Folk Singer-Songwriter Atsiaktonkie (ah-jeeak-doon-gee-ay) will be donating half of the proceeds from all CD sales to the Akwesasne Freedom School, which without funding could result in the Mohawk language and culture diminishing completely.
"The children that attend Freedom School ...view article
