November 2011

On December 31st, the guitar monk meets the best of the funk, for a New Year's blow-out at the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA.  Seminal guitar wizard, Steve Kimock is joined by friends and family, including funky bassist Bobby Vega (Zero, KVHW, Sly & the Family Stone), legendary keyboard player Bernie Worrell (founding member of Parliament Funkadelic), and prodigy drummer John Morgan Kimock.After four decades as a professional musician, the world of Steve Kimock is a more adventurous place than ever as h

New Orleans jazz legends Preservation Hall Jazz Band are celebrating their  50th anniversary by performing with some of their musical friends at one of the most legendary venues in the world.  On January 7th they will grace the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, with special guests to be announced soon.  Tickets for what is bound to be an unforgettable night go on sale December 2nd and are available at

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San Diego-based The Beautiful View announce the release of their debut LP on Requiemme Records, life is beautiful.  Full of insanely tight, angular and catchy as all get out jams, life is beautiful is an album ready for the masses.  Listening to life is beautiful has been known to conjure up images from the Miami night club scene in Scarface - growing up just outside of Chula Vista with Tijuana just across the water there is a sinister urgency coursing through the soaring, slick tracks that make up the LP.

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For a first year festival, Orlando Calling really had it all, proving the organizers are not strangers to what makes a great weekend of music.

America’s only all improvised live electronica and dubstep duo, EOTO, will close out the year with a weekend packed with two incredible mid-west New Year’s shows.

Burlington’s Waylon Speed are announcing the upcoming release of their new EP and invite fans, critics, and strangers alike to celebrate The Boots EP at their release party the opening night of The Rock n Roll Resort: A Thanksgiving Affair, Friday, November 25, 2011 in Kerhonkson, New York, about an hour north of New York City.