We're sorry to announce that Merl Saunders, at age 74, passed away early yesterday. After Saunders suffered a debilitating stroke in 2002, he lost his ability to speak but continued to sit in on ...view article
Silver Wrapper and Purple Hat Productions have announced the first round of artists for the second annual Suwannee Hulaween, hosted by The String Cheese Incident over Halloween weekend October 31 – November ...view article
Music festivals come in all shapes, sizes and genres, but, in the end, there are really only two types; the musical buffet, where the patron is free to choose their own experience from the vast and varied menu of bands, and the guided musical menu, where the promoter sets out the courses and the ...view article
Tickets are on sale now for Thunder on the Mountain country music festival. Several of country music's top performers are already confirmed for the 2013 event including: Toby Keith, Luke Bryan, Big & Rich, Montgomery Gentry, Thompson Square, Justin Moore, Gretchen Wilson and Easton Corbin. It’s all ...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
As festival season winds down, The Werk Out Music & Arts Festival, held Thursday through Sunday, September 20–23 at Legend Valley in Thornville, OH, will serve as the summer’s final fling.
Building on an already stacked lineup on the weekend when summer turns to autumn, The ...view article
Live music pioneers The String Cheese Incident (3 performances) and the trailblazing Dutch DJ Tiësto will top the bill at the inaugural Electric Forest at the Double JJ Resort in Rothbury, Michigan on June 30 through July 3, 2011. Tickets go on sale Saturday, ...view article
The forward-thinking band Umphrey’s McGee will carve out new terrain in musical interactivity with their fans at the first "UMBowl," an unprecedented 4-quarter evening-long concert on Saturday, April 24th, at Lincoln Hall in the group’s hometown of Chicago.
In a recent blog post, Kyle Hollingsworth discusses his #4 top influential keyboardist, Brent Mydland, "I remember being freaked out about the name “Grateful Dead,” I always imagined a heavy metal band of sorts, but once I listened to what they were doing, I had more respect for the ...view article