April 2019

As Westeros readies for battle, Bluegrass enters the fray with an acoustic rendition of HBO's Game Of Thrones theme by Flatt Lonesome from Mountain Home Music Company.

In late 2016, Charles Bradley faced his greatest challenge in a lifetime filled with challenges. A stomach cancer diagnosis earlier that fall forced him off the road at the peak of his career. Weakened by months of chemotherapy, facing a potentially life threatening surgery and confronting his own mortality, Bradley stepped into a home recording studio in Queens, NY and spontaneously created “Lonely as You Are.” 

Dartmouth was announced the winning team of the fourth annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge April 24 at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Massachusetts Institute of Technology was awarded second place.

NASA’s BIG Idea Challenge engages universities in engineering design to develop space exploration concepts for the Moon to Mars mission. The competition is a great opportunity for students to tackle real-time challenges facing future NASA space travel.

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Float Fest is proud to unveil the artists for its sixth annual music festival, which is slated to take place on July 20 and 21 in a new city this year, Gonzales, TX. Weekend tickets, day tickets, and a limited amount of VIP tickets are now available for purchase online at www.floatfest.net.  

With Nick Drake fingerpicking and Big Star romantic croon, singer-songwriter Will Fox's new solo dreamy alt-folk album features collaborations with Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Kurt Vile, Cass McCombs), Tim Keen (Ought), Greta Morgan (Springtime Carnivore), Jessica Maros (Escondido) and more. It was mixed by Brian Rosemeyer (Cat Power, Kurt Vile), produced by Tyler Karmen (Alvvays, Noname, Protomartyr) and mastered by Mark Chalecki (Mavis Staples, Hope Sandoval).

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Kiefer Sutherland has announced his initial U.S. touring plans for 2019 with a run of shows in support of his sophomore album, Reckless & Me, which is out worldwide this Friday, April 26 via BMG.