The story goes something like this' The [latter day] Band "officially" disbanded in 1998, following the death of bassist Rick Danko. At the time, legendary vocalist/drummer/mandolin player/actor Levon Helm was contending with a major crisis of his own; aggressive treatment for throat cancer ...view article
Jacksonville, NC, singer/songwriter Ryan Adams has courted controversy ever since founding the volatile seminal alt-country band Whiskeytown, in 1994. While that band's albums were greeted with resounding critical acclaim, their lineup was famously unstable and their concerts hit-or-miss affairs. ...view article
Del McCoury was already hard at work in Baltimore’s lively bluegrass music scene when the very first Grammy awards were presented more than 50 years ago, but you couldn’t tell it from the way he bounded up the steps to thank the Grammy voters for honoring his Del McCoury Band’s ...view article
7 Walkers, the new project featuring famed drummer and Grateful Dead co-founder Bill Kreutzmann, guitar master Papa Mali, legendary New Orleans bass man George Porter Jr. (The Meters, Funky Meters) and multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard ...view article
NEW ORLEANS, October 31, 2013—Musicians of New Orleans are uniting to help the victims of flooding in Colorado with NolaRado, a benefit concert, on Saturday, December 14 at The Howlin’ Wolf from 2 to 6 p.m. All proceeds from the event, featuring some of the hottest musicians in the city, will go ...view article
Dumpstaphunk came out to Stubb’s Austin Sunday night with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue for the last stop of their 3 night Texas run; having played in Dallas and Houston the nights before at the House of Blues. You could tell from the first notes Nick played on his bass guitar ...view article
The All Good Festival and Campout today announced that it is releasing a limited number of Friday Arrival 3-Day (Fri-Sat-Sun) and Saturday Arrival 2-Day (Sat & Sun) passes. Festival founder Tim Walther says “There has been quite a ...view article
Last night The Travelin' McCourys and Billy Nershi (String Cheese Incident) invaded The Fox Theatre in Boulder for night 2 of a 7 night run in Colorado. To the surprise and delight of fans they were joined by 2 very special guests; Adam Aijala and Dave Johnston of Yonder Mountain String Band. The ...view article
Cloud 9 Adventures is proud to announce the details of the legendary Mayan Holidaze! In its seventh year, this long standing destination event in the Cloud 9 family (which also includes the always sold-out ...view article
.jpg "Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Dumpstaphunk - 12/1/2013: Stubb’s; Austin, TX")
