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January Events At City Winery Chicago
by Tori Hartshorn - January 03, 2019 The following are acts performing at City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, in January. Please consider including in your upcoming calendar and cultural listings. All City Winery Chicago events are open to all ages and start at 8:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Tickets can be purchased by ca...
Danny Burns Signs to Bonfire Recording Co
by Kaitlin Milligan - November 08, 2018 Don't call Danny Burns a newcomer. Two decades before releasing his 2018 debut, North Country — a collaborative album filled with appearances by icons like Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Tift Merritt, and Dan Tyminski— he kicked off his career as a traveling folksinger, logging shows on both sides of the ...
City Winery Chicago Announces Christopher Cross, Lisa Fischer and More
by Kaitlin Milligan - October 30, 2018 City Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, announces the return of multi-Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, Twenty Feet from Stardom's Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton, award-winning Celtic quarter We Banjo 3, and more. The following shows go on sale to the public on Thursday...
Linda Thompson Celebrates Music of English Music Hall with 'My Mother Doesn't Know I'm On the Stage'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - September 25, 2018 Linda Thompson's career began in the much beloved late '60s/early '70s British folk-rock scene, when she went by the name Linda Peters. At first, she was mostly a session singer and a part of a short-lived duo with Paul McNeill with whom she released two singles, in 1968 and 1969. McNeill happened t...
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Malcolm Holcombe To Release COME HELL OR HIGH WATER 9/14
by Tori Hartshorn - August 01, 2018 Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Malcolm Holcombe To Release COME HELL OR HIGH WATER 9/14...
Malcolm Holcombe To Release COME HELL OR HIGH WATER 9/14 Featuring Collaborations With Iris DeMent And Greg Brown
by Macon Prickett - July 18, 2018 Acclaimed North Carolina-based singer-songwriter Malcolm Holcombe, “a troubadour seemingly from another age” (Elmore), will release his third album in as many years and his 13th studio album, Come Hell or High Water (Singular Recordings), on September 14. In support of the release, Holcombe will kic...
Metric to Release New Album September 21 + Tour with Smashing Pumpkins
by Macon Prickett - July 17, 2018 Critically acclaimed Canadian group Metric is set for the release of their seventh full-length studio album September 21 via MMI/Crystal Math Music. In anticipation of the forthcoming record, NPR's “All Songs Considered” is premiering the video for the album track “Dark Saturday.” NPR Music raves, “...
Indie Folk-Pop Band The Belle Sounds Premiere Music Video For LIKE A VILLAN With Atwood Magazine Today
by Tori Hartshorn - July 13, 2018 Today, Austin-based folk-pop virtuosos The Belle Sounds premiere the music video for their single 'Like a Villain' with Atwood Magazine off their forthcoming album 'The Sea Within.' You can find the premiere here. The video, directed by Barbara FG, can be streamed here and the single is available on...
Roscoe & Etta Self-Titled Debut Out September 7 + Premieres First Single BROKEN HEADLIGHTS
by Macon Prickett - June 15, 2018 Named for their cranky old guitars, Los Angeles-based duo Roscoe & Etta – singer/songwriters Maia Sharp and Anna Schulze – will release their self-titled debut September 7. BuzzBands.LA premiered the first single, “Broken Headlights,” and notes “…their voices feel right as rain—the kind that 'clears...
Black Sedan to Release New Album ADVENTURE LIT THEIR STAR July 20
by Macon Prickett - May 29, 2018 Black Sedan is a collective of musicians rallied by the journalist/author/publisher, Mark Hodkinson....
Austin-Based Folk-Pop Virtuosos The Belle Sounds Announce Official Release Date for New Album THE SEA WITHIN
by Macon Prickett - April 25, 2018 Austin-based folk-pop virtuosos The Belle Sounds are thrilled to announce the forthcoming release of their album 'The Sea Within' on Friday, July 20. Their official album release party will take place on Saturday, July 21 at One-2-One Bar located at 1509 S. Lamar Blvd. St. 600, Austin, Texas. Doors ...
Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls' Solo Debut SMALLS CHANGE (MEDITATIONS UPON AGEING) Out April 13
by Macon Prickett - April 05, 2018 Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing), the debut solo album from Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as Spinal Tap, is premiering in its entirety via NPR Music's First Listen. NPR raves that “Smalls Change, ultimately, is a trumph of meta as much as ...
30th Annual Folk Alliance International Conference Breaks Attendance Records For Second Straight Year
by Macon Prickett - February 21, 2018 Folk Alliance International (FAI) broke attendance records for a second straight year as it celebrated 30 years of community and song during the organization's annual five-day conference February 14-18, at the Westin Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City, MO. View the photo gallery from the conference w...
Legendary Spinal Tap Bassist Derek Smalls Returns with First Solo Record
by Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2018 Derek Smalls, the bass force formerly of the fabled heavy metal band formerly known as Spinal Tap, returns with the release of his first full length solo venture Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing), out globally April 13 via Twanky Records/BMG on digital, CD and vinyl....
Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker - New EP Out 10/13 - Listen to 'The Cuckoo'
by Emily Bruno - October 03, 2017 Rough Trade Records are excited to announce the release of The Birds EP by Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker. The six track EP will be released both digitally and as an extremely limited UK edition 12 - to coincide with them supporting Richard Thompson on his sold-out UK Tour this October. A very limite...
WFUV Announces HOLIDAY CHEER FROM FUV 2017 Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2017 WFUV (90.7 FM/wfuv.org), New York's station for music discovery, has announced that Aimee Mann, Randy Newman, Jeff Tweedy, and Lo Moon will perform at the 13th annual Holiday Cheer for FUV concert, which will take place at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, December 15, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the concert...
'Sincerely, L. Cohen': A Live Celebration of Leonard Cohen' Out Today
by Caryn Robbins - September 21, 2017 SINCERELY, L. COHEN: A LIVE CELEBRATION OF LEONARD COHEN is out today -- what would have been Leonard Cohen's 83rd birthday. The live album is available for streaming and download via the Royal Potato Family....
Gregory Howe's Self-Titled Debut Solo Album Out Today
by Caryn Robbins - July 14, 2017 Gregory Howe is an American musician, producer, composer and band leader. In 1996, he founded Wide Hive Records. Over the past two decades, Wide Hive Records has created over fifty albums with musical artists/icons such as Roscoe Mitchell, Kamasi Washington and Larry Coryell, among many others....
Gregory Howe's Self-Titled Album Drops Via Wide Hive Records, 7/14
by Caryn Robbins - July 11, 2017 Gregory Howe is an American musician, producer, composer and band leader. In 1996, he founded Wide Hive Records. Over the past two decades, Wide Hive Records has created over fifty albums with musical artists/icons such as Roscoe Mitchell, Kamasi Washington and Larry Coryell, among many others....
British Folk Rockers Fairport Convention's 50th Anniversary Celebrated With Lavish 7CD Box Set
by Caryn Robbins - June 29, 2017 Seminal British folk rock band Fairport Convention's 50 th anniversary will be celebrated on July 28 with two exciting releases via A&M/UMe a lavish 7CD box set chronicling their extraordinary first decade entitled, Come All Ye The First Ten Years, and a 180-gram vinyl reissue of their influential c... |