Beats Antique is excited to announce that their new album, Shadowbox, release through their own label, Beats Antique Records. Their 10th album out on October 5th commemorates their tenth year as a band. They’ve also mounted a larger-than-life cross-country tour that will take their vision to theaters across America. “Shadowbox is both the title of our new album, the theme of our tour, and our new store front in Berkeley CA.

On Oct. 4, 2016, I had the opportunity to catch Dark Star Orchestra in concert at the Lafayette Theater in Lafayette, IN. The experience was interesting, to say the very least.

The new solo album from fiddle player Jeremy Garrett of the Grammy-nominated Infamous Stringdusters’, The RV Sessions 2, is now available directly via

Steve will be joining Bob Weir's Campfire Tour on guitar and lapsteel (he may even dust off some pedal steel for this special occasion). After being a part of the recording session for Blue Mountain and also appearing on the new record, it's an honor for Steve to also participate in the tour. 

See you on the road!

TOUR DATES

Dance to LIVE Swing Era music from Flatirons Jazz Orchestra Featuring Deborah Stafford, at the Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe in Boulder.

Tickets at the door are only $15 and include FREE Swing Dance Lessons at 7pm, followed by three hours of Live Music from 8-1 1 pm. Doors open at 6. www.FlatironsJazzOrchestra.com

Costume Party So Dress Up!!! There will be a prize for best dressed!!!! Live Music and Painting, Liquid Light Shows, Strobes, Costumes, Face Painters , Jugglers, Hoopers, Pranks, Love, Good Times and More!!! Participation and Interaction is Encouraged!

Ocean Grown Extracts, a California-local family owned and operated cannabis company, has announced a partnership with Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley to grow cannabis in a former California prison. Marley and the company will convert the 77,000- square-foot space on twenty acres in Coalinga, California into a large city-permitted, and state-compliant, medical marijuana cultivation, manufacturing and testing facility. The goal is to work closely with both the city of Coalinga and the state of California to become the model cannabis facility that embraces safety and regulation.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award-winning rock band Green Day will headline the fifth annual British Summer Time Hyde Park concert, in London's historic park, on July 1st, 2017. Presented by Barclaycard, the concert has been host to some of music's biggest live acts, including The Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, The Who, and Taylor Swift in previous years.

The 8^th annual California Roots Music and Arts Festival will take place at the historic Monterey County Fair and Event Center from May 26-28, 2017.  The top tier national festival is the premier gathering for the progressive U.S. Reggae and roots music movement, bringing the scene together over Memorial Day weekend in beautiful Monterey, CA.
 

Every year The Emerald Cup adds a little more to the premiere outdoor organic medicinal cannabis competition at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. This year the event will be held from December 10th to 11th, and will include a new award – Regenerative Cannabis Award, activists and artists Alex and Allyson Grey, Damian Marley pre-party on Friday, December 9^th and much more!