This summer jam-pop trio Dispatch will head out on their first extended tour together since 2002, which kicks off with a three-night run at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre from June 3 – 5. As we previously reported, the band announced that prior to hitting the road they would head into the studio to work on recording their first set of new material in over a decade. The band, who recently debuted their first new tune Melon Bend on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, will digitally release their Peter Katis-produced self-titled EP next Tuesday, with plans for a full-length album to follow next year.
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Finally, earlier this week it was announced that the Library of Congress and Sony Music have teamed up for an ambitious project called National Jukebox, which will give free streaming access to over 10,000 historical recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901 and 1925. Highlights from this massive collection, according the L.A. Times music blog Pop & Hiss, include Enrico Caruso and Fritz Kreisler; the first blues recording, Livery Stable Blues, made in 1917 by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, a comedy skit by the Vaudeville team of Gallagher and Shean, speeches of President Teddy Roosevelt, piano performances by jazz-ragtime pioneer Eubie Blake and music of the John Philip Sousa Band.