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Sugar Hill Records is excited to announce the release of Singers, Volume 1: Portland, a limited edition 7-inch vinyl record from Portland, Oregon-based Black Prairie in celebration of Record Store Day – April 21st, 2012.When Black Prairie formed, part of their vision was to become a backing band for singers. To quote dobroist Chris Funk, “As Dylan nor Neil Young have yet to make that call into the home office,” Black P
On March 20, Larry Keel and Natural Bridge independently release their 9th CD entitled, Classic, with the trademark blend of ultra powerful acoustic instrumentation, penetrating vocals and intelligent and gutsy song-writing. Classic features flatpicking guitar legend Larry Keel leading the charge with his gravelly voice and blazing licks; Jenny Keel on bass and vocals; Mark Schimick on mandolin; Will Lee holding it down on banjo.
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Phish has just announced their 2012 summer tour dates. Phish will start their tour in Worcester, MA on June 17th -- ending up in Saratoga Springs for a 3 night run at SPAC.
Highlights include: Deek Creek, Alpine Valley, Cuyahoga Falls, OH and a 4th of July show at Jones Beach. You will find the entire tour dates, prices, etc.
This March, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem continues to offer a wide range of top quality free programming and affordable concerts from jazz’s most celebrated musicians, educators and historians. For Harlem Speaks, our flagship public program of oral histories, we have two brilliant and fresh voices on the scene: pianist Matthew Shipp and bassist Ben Williams.
Genre-bending improv-rock band Perpetual Groove are back on the road and are proud to announce the PGroove v. 2.012 spring tour. Rejoining the collective is original keyboardist, Matt McDonald. The band will celebrate the reunion of McDonald to the group with a busy east coast touring schedule followed by dates to kick off the summer festival season.
David Berkeley has been more than industrious this year in support of his recent album Some Kind Of Cure, as well as his accompanying book, 140 Goats And A Guitar: The Stories Behind Some Kind of Cure (now in its second pressing). YAHOO!
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He’s been called “a revelation” by Rolling Stone. Woody Allen recruited him to score the theme for last year’s smash film Midnight in Paris, and he performed his original song “Bistro Fada” live during last night’s Academy Awards ceremony.
Head for the Hills has announced their annual Strings Ahead Spring Tour, which covers the Western US, Colorado & beyond. It kicks off in Austin, TX at SxSW & moves on to Salt Lake City, UT & then onward to the first annual Treefort Music Fest in Boise, ID. The tour continues with a trip to the Pacific Northwest before moving down the western coast into AZ.
