January 2021

"Sometimes you’re hanging with your friends in Mandolin Orange after their show. Sometimes people get a little bored and decide to throw the Frisbee around. Sometimes tragedy strikes but there is a drunkenly happy ending. Sometimes you write a song about it.

Today, singer/songwriter/feminist/activist/author Ani DiFranco releases the video for “Simultaneously,” the latest track from her upcoming album Revolutionary Love, out January 29 on her Righteous Babe Records label. DiFranco’s 22nd release has been named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Albums by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone.

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Today, The String Cheese Incident has released a cover version of the late Tony Rice’s “Old Train.” The track arrives just weeks following Rice’s Death.  Rolling Stone called Tony Rice “Bluegrass music’s great experimentalist" and noted that Rice "expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s potential to both blend with and influence other genres.”

Ideas that will renew your hope in tomorrow. Our ability to rewrite the future. The opportunity to connect with people and reboot your skills. 

This is what we’re bringing you in March at SXSW Online 2021. A unique digital experience where you’ll engage with speakers from across the globe, watch new projects from innovative talents, and catch sets from an array of acts. 

Dead.net is super excited for this year's DEAD COVERS PROJECT because let's face it, we know you've been hunkered down and honing in on your musical and even more certainly, your video skills. Turn on the studio lights, pick like Jerry, peck like Pigpen, and take it up an octave because it's nearly time for the fun to begin.

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Folk singer-songwriter Cole Scheifele has released his latest single “All The While” on January 14. Premiering in The Bluegrass Situation, the song is about living in the present moment and focusing on things that invigorate your life while you still have the opportunity - a mindset we could all use given this year’s events.

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