The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival happens this weekend, April 17-20. The music and dance festival takes place each spring and fall in Silk Hope, North Carolina, 20 minutes southwest of Chapel Hill. Spring 2014 headliners include Donna the Buffalo, The Continue reading
The stage-by-stage music lineup, or “cubes”, for the 45th New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was announced today. This year’s lineup is loaded with big names like Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Arcade Fire, Santana and Phish. Perennial favorites Allen Toussaint, Continue reading
The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has released its lineup for the annual event, to be held April 3-6, 2014. The festival features over 100 non-fiction films, as well as discussions and panels, set within a four-block radius in downtown Continue reading
Bruce Springsteen has announced 15 US show dates with the E Street Band for April & May. In addition to the previously-announced appearance at Jazz Fest in New Orleans, the tour covers the eastern and southern US at a mix Continue reading
From a report in Relix magazine: Gregg Allman says that The Allman Brothers Band will stop touring at the end of 2014. When asked about The Allman Brothers Band’s future as part of an interview for the 40th anniversary issue Continue reading
From a New York Times report: Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both a vital heritage and a catalyst for social change, died Continue reading
Sad and surprising news for fans of the Allman Brothers Band. Guitarists Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes have announced in a joint statement that they will leave the band at the end of 2014. Trucks said, “I feel that my Continue reading
What is it about years ending with “3”? Rolling Stone says that 2013 “had more great music going on than any year in recent memory.” Tuesday I looked back at 1973. Today I’m considering 1983, another year which stands out Continue reading
As we’re inundated with “Best of 2013” lists, a look back 40 years at one of the most remarkable years in rock/popular music, 1973. That year’s output is notable for both its quality – many musicians who created/formed the rock Continue reading
“For legions of Rolling Stones fans, Keith Richards is not only the heart and soul of the world’s greatest rock ’n’ roll band, he’s also the very avatar of rebellion: the desperado, the buccaneer, the poète maudit, the soul survivor Continue reading