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All Jams on Deck, the new 96-minute documentary by famed music filmmaker Robert Mugge is now available on DVD for the enjoyment of blues fans everywhere.
Our new favorite national holiday has quickly become Record Store Day. So this year we're thrilled to be bringing you a limited pressing 7-inch from Marco Benevento for the celebration of the independent record store. "This Is How It Goes" is Marco's first release to ever feature vocals. Doing the honors is none other than lovely Kalmia Traver from one of our favorite bands Rubblebucket.
NYC natives Hollis Brown make music that is lush, raw and full of heart. The band’s Nothing & The Famous No One EP will be released digitally on April 3rd. For an early taste, the band has released a video for album track “Ride On The Train” triumphant song of new beginnings lead by warm, crackling guitar over booming piano.
On September 14th, Railroad Earth and Umphrey's McGee will join forces for a co-headline performance at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO!
Every year since 1974 Highlights In Jazz has honored a living jazz musician for their 'matchless musical achievements'.Previous honorees have included Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, Frank Wess, Roy Haynes, Maxine Sullivan, Hank Jones and Dr. Billy Taylor to name a few.This years honoree is the saxophone master Sonny Fortune.When critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned.
Stony Plain Records announces a May 29 release date for the new CD from multi-award-winning blues singer/guitarist Rory Block, I Belong to the Band: a Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis. The new CD is the third in what Rory calls her “mentor” series saluting blues masters she met in person and greatly influenced her as a musician.
Chicago’s summer concert season kicks off on Memorial Day with the opening of Millennium Park’s popular cutting-edge indie rock and pop music series, Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays. Premiering a week later is Millennium Park’s all-new program, Loops and Variations, a series of six concerts that mix new music with electronica.
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Earl Scruggs, who made famous three-finger banjo-picking, and who in 1945 joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys died yesterday at age 88. Scruggs born in Shelby, North Carolina played in Monroe's Blue Grass Boys until 1948, when he left the Blue Grass Boys and he & guitarist, Lester Flatt, combined to form Flatt and Scruggs.Scruggs, perhaps best known for his tune 'The Ballad of Jed Clampett,' for the TV Show The Beverly Hillbillies, and the grammy winning 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' was a pioneer in bluegrass music.
