Hot off the heels of an epic 5-month tour, Papadosio will kick off the New Year with a slew of performances booked for their 2013 Future Forest Tour.

Marco Benevento has announced additional winter tour dates for Colorado and the West Coast. The shows are part of an extended headline tour behind his acclaimed new album TigerFace. The pianist heads to Colorado in January for a five-show run that stops in Avon, Breckenridge, Carbondale, Denver and Frisco. A week later he starts up again in Los Angeles for a stretch of dates that also hits Felton, San Francisco, Arcata, Cottage Grove, Portland and Seattle.

Haroula Rose readies her forthcoming 2013 full-length, Here The Blue River, which is being produced by lauded singer-songwriter Jim White and Zac Rae (Pedestrian, Sara Lov, The Early Winters). Rose is currently running a PledgeMusic campaign to raise funds for the release.

Following up the release of Diluvia last month, Freelance Whales' sophomore LP debuted at #1 on Billboard's Heatseeker Charts. They hit college radio at #6 and have been steadily climbing up the CMJ charts.  The band just finished a sucessful national headlining tour, including many sold out shows, and are excited to announce more dates this winter.After two years and over a dozen tours, Freelance Whales were feeling road-worn and eager to rediscover their creative process.

The Louis Armstrong House Museum is offering special guided Historic Holiday House Tours beginning December 4th through December 30th with regular museum admission. These house tours will feature rare audio clips from Louis's personal recordings of himself and family celebrations at home including an at-home reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas, A Visit from St.

Paul McCartney announces a very special Christmas treat for fans with the release of Kisses on the Bottom - Complete Kisses exclusively available on the iTunes Store (Hear Music/Concord Music Group) today.The album will feature all of McCartney's hugely acclaimed 2012 album Kisses on the Bottom along side the entire Live From Capitol Studios concert performance and four bonus tracks including a special festive recording of "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)", which Paul recorded at A