NEWPORT, RI, June 22, 2010 – Of all the acts confirmed for this year’s eclectic Newport Folk Festival, perhaps none better personify the 51-year cultural institution than does the New Orleans-based The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, a half-century ...view article
Seasoned veterans of Chicago's blues scene Lubriphonic is a horn-infused, funk and soul stew. The Gig Is On is their new CD which is due out later this fall and features a vintage sound steeped in soulful horn melodies that balance the searing guitar and pulsing rhythm section. To give the music community ...view article
Being a Keller Williams fan means being ready for anything—trying to guess where this omnivorous artist will head next might be fun but chances are good you won’t even come close. In the past three years alone Williams has recorded an album of eclectic cover tunes with ...view article
The Capitol Theatre has set aside its very best seats for a charitable program to send area schoolteachers to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland for a week of intensive curriculum training. Concertgoers can bid on the coveted Presidential Box—four seats directly overlooking ...view article
I'm not sure what it is about Red Rocks Amphitheater that makes it so special. Maybe it's the altitude, at 6200 ft. Maybe it's the amazing rock structures that enclose the venue. Maybe it's even the spirits of the great musicians that have graced the stage. Maybe the music they've made there over ...view article
North Coast Music Festival organizers have unveiled the last four at-large festival additions: Latyrx (a Reunion feat. Lyrics Born and Lateef the Truth Speaker), New Mastersounds, Lettuce and Lance Herbstrong. ...view article
Lotus hits the road this winter for a run of shows in the country's southeastern states. The tour comes on the heels of a huge year for Lotus, one that offered widespread exposure for their new album Hammerstrike and massive growth for the band.
A sense of timelessness rings throughout Richie Havens' latest release, Nobody Left to Crown, as though the passing years have only strengthened ...view article
The roster of current and former Zen Tricksters include some of the most venerable
musicians in the Jam Band scene today. Originating from Long Island, New York, this band has played together and apart for over 30 years and its members, not only “life long” Zen Tricksters, play ...view article
Four decades after the release of his critically-acclaimed self-titled debut, John Prine, the veteran singer/songwriter who once carried mail for a living in his home state of Illinois, is still creating some of the most vibrant material in his extensive discography. On May 25, he released In ...view article
