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Singer Lisa Biales (pronounced “Be-Alice”) has announced the June 5 release of her new CD, Just Like Honey, produced by EG Kight and recorded, mixed, mastered ands co-produced by the legendary Paul Hornsby (The Marshall Tucker Band, Charlie Daniels, etc.) at his Muscadine Studio in Macon, Georgia. The CD is being released on her own Big Song Music label and will be available through CD Baby, iTunes and Amazon.com.

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2 Entertainment is proud to present Grammy winner, Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society tour at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday September 25th, 2012.  Tickets go on sale Friday, April 20th at 10:00am for $40.00 general admission & reserved balcony, $65 reserved & $75 gold circle.It has not taken Esperanza Spalding long to emerge as one of the brightest lights in the musical world.  Listeners familiar with her stunning 2008 Heads Up International debut, Esperanza, and her best-selling 2010 release Chamber Musi

On May 22, Tedeschi Trucks Band will release Everybody's Talkin', their sophomore album in their second full year as a band.  The uplifting, energy-packed double-disc set by the 11-piece ensemble led by husband-wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that recently marked their first anniversary with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator.

Furthur has announced a 3 night run in late September at Red Rocks Amphitheater, in Morrison, Colorado.  Friday night, September 21st, will kick off Furthur's fall tour. Furthur will then head out to the great Northwest for a show in Seattle on September 25th, before heading south for another 3 night run in Troutdale, Oregon, beginning Thursday, September 27th.

The Dead Kenny Gs have made their punk rock masterpiece—a 17-minute EP entitled Gorelick available May 8 from The Royal Potato Family.

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Country music singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley has been added to the list of artists taking part in the fifth annual Record Store Day on April 21 with a special acoustic performance at independent record store Easy Street Records’ Queen Anne location in downtown Seattle, WA at 1:00P PT.    “Record Store Day is such a great event that has hardly had any attention in country music,” said Bentley. “Some of the coolest exclusive product comes out on this day at indy retailers, and I wanted country fans to be able to get in on the action.

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Last week we announced that 15 tracks from the December 3, 2011 Rex Benefit Run for the Roses are now available for download and CD purchase.  We hope you enjoy having this extension of the unique musical occasion that took place at The Fillmore

The Leftover Salmon bus pulled out of Boulder yesterday evening and headed to Kansas. Vince reported this morning from the road with this:“Well, the bus is cold this morning. Haven't figured out the heater yet. It's raining in Kansas. There was a tornado in Denver last night. I'm reading a book on contemplation by Thomas Merton and Drew is reading Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut's last book. Just saw a hill! We are fired up to be doing our first long tour in 8 years. This is gonna be fun.

Ukulele players from around the world will be coming to Hawaii to participate in an ukulele ensemble led by Jake Shimabukuro. Go For Da Record...Hana Hou! will take place on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, HI. They will assemble the greatest possible number of ukulele players in a 2nd attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

American Gospel, the solo project of The Republic of Wolves' guitarist/singer Gregg DellaRocca, will be releasing their debut album, Tall Tales Vol. 1, on May 15th.

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