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KGNU & Z2 Entertainment is proud to present the Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 at the Boulder Theater on  Thursday, March 29th, 2012.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 10:00 am for $18.00 in advance & $20.00 the day of the show.With the mighty new album, From Africa With Fury: Rise, Seun Anikulapo, Kuti returns with his hybrid of Afrobeat touchstones and contemporary cues.

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Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Mike Doughty at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, April 1st.  Tickets go on sale Friday, January 27th for $22.00Mike Doughty and his book "The Book of Drugs." He'll read gleefully dark, haunted, and funny stories about addiction, the rise and bitter collapse of his band Soul Coughing, playing songs in between.

Z2 Entertainment is proud to present The Black Seeds & Rubblebucket at the Fox Theatre on Saturday, April 14th.  Tickets will go on sale to the public on Friday, January 27th for $14.00 in advance and $16.00 day of show. The Black Seeds originate from Wellington, New Zealand, The Black Seeds

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Thrill Jockey Records is proud to present Koïma, the second full-length album by Malian songwriter and guitarist Sidi Touré. Sidi’s music comes from Gao, a city in the north of Mali, and draws inspiration from traditional music and religion, but is informed by western blues, rock, and culture. The winner of two Malian national awards for best singer, Sidi was leader of Gao’s regional orchestra, The Songhaï Stars, and is a nationally renowned figure in his home country.

Heartless Bastards will be releasing their new record, Arrow, through Partisan Records on February 14, 2012. Already the home to such indie luminaries as Deer Tick, Mountain Man, Dolorean and Middle Brother, among many others, the artist-friendly, Brooklyn-based label is the perfect home for the Austin, TX-based band.Arrow was produced by Spoon drummer and co-producer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin.

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String Cheese Incident keyboardist and avid brewer Kyle Hollingsworth heads for the high country of Colorado this March with Kyle Hollingsworth Band to sport the slopes with his BrewSki Tour, featuring a one-time-only craft beer collaboration from Kyle & Breckenridge Brewery on tap at each show.

EOTO will kick off 2012 with 4 headlining performances on the west coast including High Times Medical Cannabis Cup at LA Center Studios in LA, The Fillmore Auditorium in Sa

Bob Weir and RatDog are pleased to announce their live debut at Bob Weir’s TRI Studios on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. The band will perform two sets and the performance will feature RatDog members: Bob Weir, Kenny Brooks, Jeff Chimenti, Mark Karan, Steve Kimock, Jay Lane, Robin Sylvester and Rob Wasserman.

Marshall Blonstein, president of Audio Fidelity, has set January 31st as the release date for the audiophile label's Gold CD reissues of Dio's HOLY DIVER and Bryan Adams' CUTS LIKE A KNIFE. Both albums will be issued as numbered, limited editions that will be available through both online and brick-and-mortar retailers and will be retired after they have reached 5000 units in sales.

Country music superstar and "Artist of the Decade" Tim McGraw’s 11th studio album EMOTIONAL TRAFFIC is being praised by music critics and fans across the country.

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