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Country music star Dierks Bentley wrapped his Country & Cold Cans: Back to College Tour Wed. night when he and a sea of fans stormed Ole Miss’ legendary tailgating grounds, The Grove. The college leg of the tour hit two additional SEC campuses this week, The University of Georgia and The University of South Carolina, to toast the release of Bentley’s new COUNTRY & COLD CANS EP that is now available on iTunes. “This week was a total blast…the shows were killer, and the crowds were big and loud.  I think having a BYOB set up probably helped that," laughed Bentley.

Dead.net is excited to announce that the limited-edition Spring 1990 18-disc box set is now shipping. With no all-music edition and no individual show releases, this is the only time this music will ever be available on CD. We've got fewer than 1,900 left so if you're on the fence, well, you'll probably want to grab one before there's no fence left to be on!Got a shipping question about your order?

The NYC blues-rock band, JD & The Straight Shot, announced today it will open for The Eagles at Revel Ovation Hall in Atlan

Three time Grammy winner, Mickey Hart, will perform with his band at Stellarfest at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre in Bellvue, CO on August 24th and August 25th.  The show will feature brand new material as well as selections of Hart's greatest hits and Grateful Dead songs.

Lucero have been around for 14 years but never made a music video — until now. The video for the title track of their critically acclaimed Women & Work album will be available on YouTube on Thursday, October 23.

Have you Herd? Donna the Buffalo will be traveling the country this fall and winter! Sounding better than ever, they have been in the studio this spring and summer working on a 10th album and will be performing new songs, along with the old favorites, up and down the East coast before heading out West for the first time in a couple of years.

The NYC-based rock/fusion quartet TAUK announced today they will open for festival legends, Perpetual Groove on select dates of their Fall Fend For Your Life US tour. TAUK will join the tour with a one-off set in Richmond on Sept 6th followed up by the band's highly-anticipated return to their hometown jam/rock mecca, Brooklyn Bowl on September 21st and 22nd. Other highlights of TAUK's Fall includes joining the lineup of Yonder Mountain String Band's Harvest Music Festival to be held October 11-13th in Ozark, Arkansas.

Moonstruck Management is proud to announce they have signed Sleepy Man Banjo Boys for exclusive booking and management representation.  Brothers Jonny, Robbie, and Tommy Mizzone became a viral sensation last winter sparking a whirlwind year that

Asheville NC’s Town Mountain kicks off a Fall Tour surrounding the release of their fourth album, “Leave the Bottle.”  The album is officially released on September 4th, 2012 through Pinecastle Records.“Centered around strong, soulful vocals, and poised to stay put,” says Woody Platt of the Steep Canyon Rangers, “Town Mountain are true to bluegrass in all the right ways and this new project keeps them firmly connected to the traditions of the genre, while also al

This morning, NPR's All Songs Considered unveiled the new single from Freelance Whales' Diluvia. The song, "Spitting Image" will be available for download tomorrow on iTunes. In the meantime, the band has launched a pre-order of Diluvia here. The album is bundled with a limited-edition star projector custom-designed for Diluvia, and is also available in standard CD and vinyl formats.