Eric Krasno, the GRAMMY-winning guitarist/songwriter/producer best known as a co-founder of Soulive and Lettuce, will release his second solo album, 'Blood From A Stone,' on July 8 via his own label, Feel Music/Round Hill.

The title of Soul Track Mind’s new single, “Can’t Stop Us Now,” couldn’t be more appropriate; this Austin band’s on a roll, and the momentum is building. The band will celebrate their new single with a release party at 8 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Austin’s North Door, 502 Brushy St.

Brian Eno is now sharing the track “Fickle Sun (iii) I’m Set Free” from his forthcoming album, The Ship.
 

A new player has emerged in the bustling field of music festivals. The inaugural Homegrown Music Festival has been announced for July 21-23 at Byrd’s Adventure Center nestled deep in the Ozark Mountains near Ozark, Arkansas. Aside from providing world class entertainment as announced in the first 2 rounds of the lineup, the folks behind Homegrown Music Festival have another mission: to be the areas first sustainable and family friendly music festival.

Boogaloo Music and Art Car Festival started as a small family fathering in Lake Elsinore on top of a mountain for a birthday party for one of the founding members of the Dirty Beetles. It was set up again the following year as a fundraiser to build an art project for Burning Man. This even was such a success, the Dirty Beetles decided to expand and create a multi stage music festival and camp out at the former home of Lightning in a Bottle, Oak Canyon Park.

Summer brings the live festival season, and Real Gone Music is giving music fans a V.I.P. pass to its own star-studded event with a pair of unreleased concerts from two great live bands: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band featuring the killer guitar duo of Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop, and the quintessential British folk-rock band Fairport Convention. Both sets come complete with liner notes, photos, and, most importantly, amazing performances.