The past 30 days have been pretty exciting for Nicki Bluhm.  First was the Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, AL, playing alongside of artists like Tom Petty, Stevie Wonder and Trey Anastasio.  This was followed by a couple of CBS This Morning spots highlighting the Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers ...view article

The third annual Del Yeah festival wrapped up in Carbondale, Illinois on Sunday, September 2 at the Rustle Hill Winery.  Due to inclement weather from hurricane Isaac the Saturday show in St. Louis had to be rescheduled and left folks wondering if the show in Carbondale the following ...view article

Nashville, Tenn. – Singer-songwriter Josh Grider knows plenty about the roads traveled in life, both literally and figuratively. On his new album Sweet Road to Ride, set for release on October 6th through United For Opportunity, Grider explores the ups and downs that accompany the life of ...view article

On Thursday, Summer Camp Music Festival kicked off the 12^th edition in fine fashion.  The pre-party has come to be a showcase for Chicago bands, and yesterday featured Zmick, Van Ghost, Family Groove Company, Digital Tape Machine and Cornmeal, all from Chicago.  Also, to end the day ...view article

From the eye of the polar cyclone stormed a giant black bus covered in a mixture of snow, salt and wintery grime, gold swirls of etching twinkled between the splotches of dirt as it perched under the alley light at the Vogue Theater in Broadripple, Indiana. The jazz infused bluegrass folk funkadelic ...view article

Traveling down the winding one way streets in the town of Elgin, IL; to the hip, venue- bar in the downtown area called Mad Maggie's. Family Groove Company played there Friday evening thundering music through the streets. The Chicago based band drew attention to this city's suburbia, a reverse transit ...view article

Umphrey's McGee will be among the first group of bands to offer songs at the just-launched (beta testing period) Rock Band Network.

The much buzzed-about video game platform works with Xbox video game systems to allow bands to Xbox users, and to offer fans a way dig into their favorite ...view article

A little over a year ago, myself and 30,000 other lucky festival goers witnessed the one and only official Incident of 2009. I know that for me this only wetted my appetite for more Cheese and in February of 2010 when summer Incidents where announced I began jumping for joy! Now a full five months ...view article

Springing off a phenomenal display of impressive instrumentals and powerful lyrics, Karl Denson and his crew jazzed up the night. Playing at the Vic Theater in Chicago, the acoustics were the right touch for the powerful rhythm and soul Denson's music echoed. The collaboration of genres heard in ...view article