As John Kadlecik tours the east coast with Bob Weir and Phil Lesh in Furthur, Jeff Matson, founder of the Zen Tricksters and guitarist for the Donna Jean Godchauz Band, has stepped up to take his place for the Dark Star Orchestra dates he will miss. 17356
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the four original members — Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir — will reunite at Chicago's Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same ...view article
Dumpstaphunk came out to Stubb’s Austin Sunday night with Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue for the last stop of their 3 night Texas run; having played in Dallas and Houston the nights before at the House of Blues. You could tell from the first notes Nick played on his bass guitar ...view article
After battling throat cancer for nearly 14 years, Levon Helm has passed away peacefully at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. This what was posted on his website: "Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends ...view article
Chris Robinson Brotherhood will release Try Rock 'N' Roll—a limited edition 12" vinyl exclusive EP featuring four cover songs—on Black Friday, November 28. With only 1400 copies pressed and available solely at independent record stores, the collection ...view article
As the Hot August Blues & Roots Festival nears its two-decade mark, momentum for the event surges as exciting acts continue to play the show each year. This year is no exception as the Tedeschi Trucks Band lights up the stage on Saturday, August 20 at Oregon ...view article
"This album is meant to be listened to loud. Turn it up!" is the proclamation on the back cover of Mark Karan’s first official solo release, Walk Through the Fire, out on June 30th through Quacktone Records/DIG Music. The general consensus ...view article
Today Slightly Stoopid announce the second leg of their Seedless Summer 2011 Tour, including shows at Governors Island (New York), Masquerade Music Park (Atlanta), Charter One Pavilion (Chicago) and many points in between. Pre-sale is happening now at view article
Poor Man’s Whiskey has announced that they will play two Darkside of the Moonshine shows in Colorado, both nights will feature Michael Kang of the String Cheese Incident. The band is very excited for first time headlining slots at both The Oriental Theater in Denver(moved from Quixtotes) ...view article