With the winter doldrums in full swing it’s easy to contract some severe cabin fever. We are getting ever closer to spring but the temperatures seem to say otherwise. Thankfully the Aggie Theatre was serving up a warm dose of John Brown’s Body and Euforquestra to ease our winter suffering.

Known for consistently booking some of the finest performers in new and traditional folk, roots rock, bluegrass and newgrass, and other American roots music, Suwannee Springfest returns in 2013 for its 17th straight year. Suwannee Springest will be held March 21-24, 2013 at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida and features some of the biggest names in the scene with veterans and up-and-comers alike.

This April, ALO and Ryan Montbleau Band are teaming up for an 8-date tour with shows throughout the Midwest and East Coast. A little bit of funk, a little bit of soul and a whole lot of groove have established both ALO and Ryan Montbleau Band as favorites on the live music scene, endearing them to fans from coast to coast.

One-man-band Keller Williams makes a surprising turn to the piano for his upcoming digital release KEYS: A Collection of Grateful Dead Covers on Piano to Benefit the Rex Foundation. KEYS finds Williams’ performing ten not-so-traditional piano versions of Grateful Dead favorites.

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have added further dates for the US West Coast in April. They have also announced their UK/European tour for autumn 2013. The dates kick off on October 26th with two shows at London's Hammersmith Apollo.

Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing of Hymn for Her have been busy touring across the country and abroad over the past few years, injecting juiced-up backwoods country blues with a dose of desert rock psychedelia that has been described as “Hell’s Angeles meets the Amish.”They recorded their last album, Hymn for Her Presents . . .

In a rare display of realness in music, Marcus Singletary Sings Country Music Standards features no vocal auto-tuning and was engineered with a single, open-air microphone positioned in the middle of the recording studio.  Cut in three days, its minimalism recalls Sam Phillips' Sun Records productions.

Everyone was excited about this show in the big arena. It was the pinnacle of the Inferno. I was most excited about the space that the 1^st Bank Center provides for the fans. Most require a lot of dancing room at Disco Biscuit shows. This would allow us to dance, see the lights at a wider scope, and also mingle with everyone including those who were not able to attend the other shows.

Chicago based Dr. Wippit just released his latest release: An Anthology of Sorts in 2012.  An Anthology of Sorts” is one release that certainly doesn’t disappoint. This is one artist that brings to the table effective songwriting via a highly passionate musical delivery. This meshed with a one in a million Alternative Urban Rock sound and songwriting make for an effective combination. Dr. Wippit even touches on Jam Band, and Melodic Indie Pop-Rock. All songs are wonderfully simple but masterful in their overall arrangements.

Paul McCartney's Kisses On The Bottom (Concord/Hear Music) has won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 55th annual GRAMMY Awards.Last night's win brings McCartney's career GRAMMY tally to 16.Additionally, McCartney & Wings' Band On The Run (Concord/Hear Music), a previous winner both as last year's Best Historical Album and for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1974, has been inducted this year into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame.