Rosco Bandana are taking their talents to the NBA and performing the National Anthem before the Dallas Mavericks take on the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, January 14th.  The band, fresh off the release of their Mississippi State Song hopeful “Feels Like Mississippi”, will then head down the street to Hard Rock Cafe Dallas for a free special post-game concert starting directly after the Mavs game.-- National Anthem:American Airli

Tickets for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds forthcoming tours of Australia & North America are nearly sold-out. The band will be commencing their Australian run at the iconic Sydney Opera House where tickets for all three shows sold out in under an hour. Meanwhile in the USA, the band has just added a third night at New York's Beacon Theatre.

Krishna Das' album, LIVE ANANDA, has been nominated for a Grammy for Best New Age Album of 2012. This live recording was originally released digitally in January of 2012 and is now being physically released for the first time.

Marco Benevento's 2013 Colorado tour begins next week.  Marco will make stops in Avon, Breckenridge, Carbondale, Frisco and two nights in Denver.      MARCO BENEVENTOTIGERFACE COLORADO 2013~~~WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16AGAVE | AVON, COw/ special guests Will Bernard TrioDoors: 8pm | Show: 9pmBuy Advance Tickets Here~~~THURSDAY, JANUARY 17320 SOUTH | BRECKENRIDGE, CO

The Mickey Hart Band announces their first tour of 2013 with special guests, The African Showboyz from Ghana. The African Showboyz are four brothers from the northern part of Ghana who fuse a unique blend of West African rhythm, dance, and raw energy. Originally discovered by Grammy-winning virtuoso, Babatunde Olatunji, the African Showboyz have shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, Fema Kuti, Arrested Development, and many others.

Donna the Buffalo will be touring throughout the East this Winter and into the Spring. This February marks their appearance at the 2nd annual Virginia Key GrassRoots Festival in Miami (the 4th in a family of GrassRoots Festivals hosted by Donna the Buffalo).

Ruf Records announces the signing of Nashville-based blues guitarist/singer Bart Walker and will release his label debut CD, Waiting on Daylight, on March 12. The new album was produced and engineered by multi Grammy-winner Jim Gaines and recorded at his Bessie Blue Studio in Stantonville, Tennessee.