Two of Chicago’s favorite homegrown bands perform in their hometown this first weekend of April. Performing at the Double Door in Chicago tonight, Friday, April 1, Lubriphonic fuses the roots of rock and blues soul with explosive in-your-face delivery and sensuous upbeat funk ...view article

When I was but a wee little fourth grader in Saint Paul, MN I worked on a group research project about a place that I had never seen and, as far as I was concerned, was too far away and too wild to possibly exist in the same universe. Yosemite National Park in California was about as distant to me ...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

“The picture on the cover, that’s Broadway in Baltimore, maybe back around the time I started playing in the clubs,” Del McCoury says with a smile.  Then he adds, just before breaking into his signature, eyebrow-wiggling laugh, “Back then, you could get anything you needed ...view article

Cloud 9 Adventures today announces the Mayan Holidaze 2012 – an unparalleled four-night destination music event featuring Umphrey’s McGee, The Disco Biscuits, and STS9, with additional performers still to be announced. Set ...view article

DENVER — Swallow Hill Music’s Rootsfest returns for its 5th annual celebration of roots music featuring quintessential folk musicians David Crosby & Graham Nash on Saturday, April 9th at Denver’s historic Paramount Theatre.

Presented ...view article

Chris Smither has spent the past four decades writing songs and crafting albums that, by all rights, should make him a household name. Instead, he continues to reside just below the public's radar, garnering high praise from well-known contemporaries like Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris, and earning ...view article

Limited tickets remain for Trey Anastasio Band's Pittsburgh and Philadelphia shows (part of the Acoustic/Electric Winter Tour) through traditional outlets. Remaining dates are completely sold out.

TAB hits the road this winter for an Acoustic ...view article

Getting to Seattle from San Francisco and Minneapolis to see Umphrey’s McGee at the Showbox on Thursday turned out to be a true test. Missed trains, delayed flights, rush hour traffic, even a near traffic ticket (and then some) were the battles we faced as we travelled hundreds of miles ...view article