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Multi-PLATINUM singer/songwriter Dierks Bentley’s rowdy party anthem “Am I The Only One” has officially been certified GOLD by the RIAA for digital sales of over 500,000 song downloads. The smash hit became Bentley’s eighth career No. one song as an artist and writer last fall when it topped country radio charts and served as the lead track off of Bentley’s upcoming sixth studio album HOME, in stores Feb.
From the beginning, JANE’S ADDICTION has thrown the most unique parties in rock, mixing a fierce musicality with theatrical flair onstage. 2012 sees the band--who’ve always outrageously combined electricity, sex and danger--return in support of their acclaimed album
America’s Jewish Troubadour, Kinky Friedman, is going south in 2012, specifically the southern United States, and he’s bringing gifts for the natives. Foremost among these gifts is a solo performance described as Mark Twain meets Groucho Marx . . . at the corner of Johnny Cash and Lenny Bruce. He’ll also be carrying books, posters and music, surely enough for anyone.
Bobby Weir and Bruce Hornsby have announced two shows in Oakland, CA on March 31st and April 1st, 2012. Both shows will take place at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California.Tickets will be available through GDTSTOO (TBA), presale (January 12, 10 a.m.), and outlets (January 13, 10 a.m.).Although best known as one of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, adding Dead staples such as "Truckin", "Sugar Magnolia," and "Cassidy" to the band's catalog, Weir obtained a long and affluent music career t
Toronto art rock quartet The Darcys is set to release AJA, the second in a trilogy of releases. An interpretation of Steely Dan’s 1977 studio masterpiece, the album was produced, arranged and recorded by the band at home during the summer and fall of 2010.
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Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Zoogma w/ Eminence Ensemble Trio at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, February 23rd. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 13th for $10.00.Zoogma combines the sonic diversity and precision of a DJ with the excitement and immediacy of a five piece rock group.
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Brooklyn's backwords blends modern psychedelics with folk rock, 60s pop and a myriad of sonic surprises. THE L MAGAZINE calls it, "Twangy Americana" and "70s psych rock" and THE DELI MAGAZINE concedes, “They sure are doing something nobody else we are aware of is doing in NYC right now: unpretentious, mellow psych folk that speaks to the heart.”
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The Polish Ambassador is a beat machine from the future. Hailing simultaneously from the far reaches of other dimensional Universes and... Oakland, California, this dude drops his own unique blend of electro-funked, glitch-tweaked, wobble-freaked breakbeats that will have you dropping that bottom like it was 92.....3092, that is.The Ambassador builds all of his live sets from a monstrous stash of original drums, bass, synth, and vox lines.
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Following winter dates supporting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, WATERS has announced a lengthy new run of spring tour dates supporting Delta Spirit. The tour will travel throughout the US and into Canada, and launches on March 19th at the Revolution Music Room in Little Rock, AR, before wrapping up on May 11th at The Music Box in Los Angeles, CA.
Texas-born, California-based singer-songwriter Carolann Ames, about whose sound one writer enthused, “pretty doesn’t do this music justice,” will release on Tuesday, January 17, her latest album, LAUREL CANYON ROAD, which features her strong but tender vocals and her country roots as the artist expands the wide range of Americana.On songs such as “Everybody’s Somebody in a Honky Tonk,” “Bed of Roses” and “Laurel Canyon Road” — about which AcousticRainbow.com wrote, “We particularly like the harmony vocals and poetic imagery
