This spring, guitarist Brendan Bayliss of the improvisational Chicago band Umphrey�s McGee and mandolinist Jeff Austin of Boulder�s top-flight Americana unit Yonder Mountain String Band join forces as 30db. 30db releases their new album, One Man Show, on ...view article

Northwestern Illinois in the mid heat of July brought a gathering of music, arts and creativity. For the second year of Whippersnap a new location, bigger bands and more appeal gave crowds a lot to offer. At Lyran Park in the north western area of Rockford Illinois the grounds were shaded and secluded. ...view article

Phish will perform eleven concerts this coming June. The tour kicks off with a two night stand at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY on June 4-5 and wraps up at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI on June 20-21. Stops along the way include a return to the Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis on June 16, the band's ...view article

The Rex Foundation is pleased to award the 2010 Ralph J. Gleason Award to Michael Franti. The $10,000 award is in memory of music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, a major ...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

Fall is in the air and just outside of Austin, TX at Apache Pass in Rockdale, TX the crews are in their last week of preparations to get the annual Art Outside festival underway!  Art Outside is a unique three day festival combining visual and interactive art, performance, film, as well as a ...view article