On her MySpace.com page, singer/songwriter Ashley Lennon Thomas describes herself as sounding like "a hot cup of coffee, a sultry summer evening, [or] a sleepy firecracker." After listening to her full-length debut, Sparkle Plenty, it’s hard to disagree.
Ashley Lennon Thomas [ALT] is an accomplished ...view article
Available in stores on September 29th, Rock of Ages: An Unauthorized Story on the Rolling Stones attempts to capsulate into a mere 76 minutes the nearly fifty-year history of one of rock 'n' roll's most beloved and tenured acts. To what degree the film succeeds in this bold claim depends ...view article
Rare Blend has garnered an undisputable reputation for creating unique multi-genre progressive instrumental music that dates back to the release of their independent debut, Cinefusion, in 1993. The past fifteen years have seen the band expand from core duo Vic Samalot (electric/acoustic guitar) and ...view article
“No Service” Dave Bruzza, frontman for Greensky Bluegrass, proclaimed jubilantly over the intimate Saturday night crowd at Yarmony Grass Festival in early August. Those two words pretty much summed up the feel of this ...view article
On December 13, 2011, Keller Williams delivers Bass, his 17th album. Starting with 1994’s Freek, Keller has done solo albums, live albums, one with The String Cheese Incident, another with Bob Weir, Michael Franti, Bela Fleck and a bunch of other personal heroes, a bluegrass ...view article
Del McCoury was already hard at work in Baltimore’s lively bluegrass music scene when the very first Grammy awards were presented more than 50 years ago, but you couldn’t tell it from the way he bounded up the steps to thank the Grammy voters for honoring his Del McCoury Band’s ...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
The Spencer Katzman Threeo's debut release on 6V6 Records, entitled 5 is the new 3, is a ten track adventure that deftly skirts the jazz-rock fusion clich' while paying homage to a multitude of styles and artists within the genre. Composed of relatively short instrumental pieces, 5 is ...view article
Wakarusa is extremely excited to share it's full 2013 line up. Wakarusa will celebrate their 10 year anniversary this summer with an epic lineup that includes: Widespread Panic, Dispatch, Snoop Lion, Gogol Bordello, The Black Crowes, STS9, and breakout electronic artist Amon Tobin along with over 150 ...view article
October in the Ozark Mountains might just be one of the most beautiful things you could immerse yourself in. We hope you will join us, along with Yonder Mountain String Band for the 6th annual Harvest Music Festival. This year's festival is four big days and will feature ...view article
