After battling throat cancer for nearly 14 years, Levon Helm has passed away peacefully at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.  This what was posted on his website: "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends ...view article

Electric Avenue Music and Arts Festival has just announced a Late Night All Star Jam featuring Kyle Hollingsworth and Michael Kang of SCI along with Speech of Arrested Development, Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic and many others from this historic downtown event (Additional $15).
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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 30^th through Quacktone Records/DIG Music. The general consensus ...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

The ever-prolific Keller Williams recently announced a massive winter tour in support of his exciting new release with his latest musical muse, a 6-piece funk band dubbed ‘More Than A Little’. The “What ...view article

We are excited to announce that the Golden Gate Wingmen will be headlining Jam Along the Creek V on June 13th.  The 3 day event is set to take place at Sunsational Family Campground in Millmont Pa. A gorgeous 40+ acre campground on Penns Creek.

Featuring swimming holes, great fishing, ...view article

String Cheese Incident keyboardist Kyle Hollingsworth has continued to hone his chops and develop his songwriting skills since the band's hiatus commenced in 2007. Then There's Now, the much-anticipated second solo album from Hollingsworth, was released on SCI Fidelity Records on September ...view article