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The excellence continues! This Saturday, September 19 at 8 p.m. ET the Fur Peace Ranch Guitar Camp digs deep into their vault where treasures are stored and for the next four Saturdays live stream for free some of these musical gems.

On Saturday, Sept. 19 the magic begins with Quarantine Vault Premiere #1, a concert recorded in 2013 featuring Electric Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, and Barry Mitterhoff) with guests Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Bob Margolin, and guest drummer Jim Wall.

Sound Summit, the intimate annual music festival set in a stunning venue atop Mount Tam in Marin County will stream performances from its 2016 event to help raise funds for Sound Effects, its relief effort for Bay Area musicians who have not been able to gig since the pandemic took hold and will likely not be able to do so for some time. Powered by Nugs.net, the Sound Effects stream will take place on Sunday, September 27th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM (PDT).

Soulful singer and talented musician Tavana will release his fifth full-length album, Sway, this Friday, Sept. 18. The highly-anticipated album features 12-tracks of island-inspired rock and blues accompanied by a wide variety of different sound elements, and more guest artist features than ever before including Mike Love, Ron Artis II, Paul Izak, and Caleb Keolanui (The Green). Tavana’s next level musicality produces a rich experience uniquely captured throughout the new soundtrack. The album is currently available for pre-order on iTunes.

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The Boulder Theater reveals its October reopening alongside the announcement of nine very intimate and socially-distant shows, featuring local artists including Magic Beans, Random Rab, and Tenth Mountain Division. Each show will be limited to 100 guests. Tickets may be purchased in tables of 4 or 8 and each ticket comes with 2 McDevitt Supply tacos, 2 drinks, and chips & salsa for the table. All events are 21+ and are to follow strict local, state, and national guidelines.

Verve Label Group and UMe, the global catalog company of Universal Music Group, today announced the release of the first-ever official music video for Louis Armstrong’s beloved hit song, “What A Wonderful World.” Originally released in 1967 on ABC Records, Armstrong’s enduring classic is the top streaming jazz track for Verve and across Universal Music Group, with more than 1.1 billion streams across leading global streaming services.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces the fourth round of musicians in this year’s Let The Music Play On, with Boz Scaggs, Jim Lauderdale, Fantastic Negrito, Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, and Robert Earl Keen.  Let the Music Play On is a celebration of roots music, honoring the 20th Anniversary of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, airing Saturday featuring new performance footage, archival sets, and fans’ festival memories from previous years.

Bonnaroo has unveiled full details for Virtual ROO-ALITY, a free three-night live broadcast airing exclusively via YouTube. The livestreaming event will celebrate the beloved annual festival with a remarkable range of programming, spanning brand new live performances, unique original content, and incredible archival sets captured at Bonnaroo’s home at Great Stage Park in Manchester, TN.

Trey Anastasio Band will release their new live album, Burn It Down, this Friday, September 18. Produced and mixed by Vance Powell (Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White), the album is a three-dimensional sonic time capsule that captures the explosive eight-piece band on their January 2020 tour.  The 15-song tracklist combines TAB’s trademark tight musicianship with unbounded performances that make Burn It Down a compelling document of this band at the peak of its powers.

Baltimore-based social media company Phantasy Tour today announced the second series of their live music trading cards. These high quality, officially licensed trading cards feature the photos and biographical information of top touring musicians and bands across various genres. Purchases of Phantasy Cards financially support the featured bands, which is especially helpful during the pandemic. An online catalog of all cards in the series is available at https://phantasy.cards

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The Wood Brothers have announced 'Musical Squares,' the celebrated Nashville-based band's first extended webcast appearance since the outset of the pandemic. The performance will air on Wednesday, September 23 at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT with a 14-day re-stream option as part of the 'Live From Out There' series streaming via LiveXLive.

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