October 2019
Chart-topping rock band The Revivalists will close out 2019 in their hometown of New Orleans with their annual New Year's Eve show with special guests Durand Jones & The Indications on December 31st at The Fillmore. On December 30th, the band will go back to their roots and kick off the festivities at Tipitina's during their annual RevHeads Ball, which will feature a special performance from the band.
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The rolling American River and Sierra Nevada foothill canyons around it provided once again the backdrop for the Just Exactly Perfect Festival, on the last weekend in September near Placerville, Calif. The intimate micro-fest drew notable jammy bands to the Nugget Campground from the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, and the foothills. Turn your head one way and you might see and hear Fragile Thunder deliver “Morning Dew,” and turn your head the other way and you can visualize the gold panners who, along this river and at this spot first struck gold about 170 years ago.
Sunday, Day 2 of the Kaua’i Folk Fest was as magical as the day before. Trying to pace ourselves for another 12 solid hours of amazing music, festival creator asked the crowd: “when someone asks you what was your favorite band... you say the Old-Time Hillbilly String Band from Tennessee!”
They delighted the crowd with old-timey songs like “Shortening Bread” And once again, all the audience was dancing and swirling in the morning sunshine.
These guys & gals were the real deal, and looked straight out of the movie: “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?”
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The Chapel in San Francisco has announced a 50th anniversary celebration of the legendary Grateful Dead albums Aoxomoxoa and Live Dead on October 28 and 29.
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Gaelynn Lea won NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest in 2016, and she's been on the road ever since playing her unique mix of haunting original songs and traditional fiddle tunes. So far the singer-songwriter and violinist has appeared in 43 states and 7 countries - she's graced the stage of renowned venues like Nashville’s Music City Roots, The Kennedy Center and House of Blues Chicago.
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Last weekend, on the mystical Garden Island of Kaua’i, something very special happened: the community was brought together through the power of Folk Music.
From Hawaiians to Hippies, traditional old-timey Appalachian Bluegrass to legendary Blues Singers, everyone was stomping their bare feet at the best festival venue we have ever had on our island: the historical plantation of Grove Farm.
