More than 20,000 music fans descended on the idyllic Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan this past weekend for the Sold Out 2012 Electric Forest festival. The second installment of the enormously successful music and camping festival proved - once again - to offer ...view article
With summer coming to end there was a closing to the blossoming Chicago music scene for the season. In Union Park in Chicago, the baseball diamonds and open field turned into a prism of sound. Those taking in one last musical gathering of the season, it was quite a blowout to the summer in Chicago. ...view article
Excitement is brewing as the Hot August Blues & Roots Festival prepares to celebrate 20 years of bringing the best performers in blues and Americana music to the tri-state area. Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 18 when the grassy knoll of the picturesque ...view article
(San Diego, CA – August 24, 2011) Slightly Stoopid is pleased to announce their live debut at Grateful Dead/Furthur founding member Bob Weir’s TRI Studios on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. The band will perform two sets ...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
Poor Man’s Whiskey, now into their second decade as a band, has announced the first wave of new 2011 dates and festival plays. The band is looking forward to upcoming tours in Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, and California. They have recently released multiple ...view article
Blind Melon is a band fiercely determined to be more than a footnote in the annals of nineties popular music. They officially broke up in 1999, after an unsuccessful four-year effort to find a replacement for late front man Shannon Hoon. The dynamic lead singer who helped catapult Blind Melon to ...view article
(Nasvhville, TN) – You wouldn’t be far off by calling the initial line up of the eighth installment of DelFest, the DelFest “All Stars” as it features many fan favorites from the first seven years including Old Crow Medicine Show, ...view article
On Wednesday, May 14th, Richie Havens will perform his song "Freedom" at the opening ceremonies of the prestigious 61st annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, ...view article