Heartless Bastards have announced tour dates in support of their new album Arrow, due Feb, 14, 2012. This will be released by artist-friendly Brooklyn indie Partisan Records; the album was produced by
Tori Amos will release Sin Palabras, the instrumental version of this year’s acclaimed Night of Hunters album, on December 13 via Deutsche Grammophon. It will be available at all digital
On a hot Los Angeles afternoon a few months ago, Poison drummer Rikki Rockett called in to talk about his early days in rock & roll. Although Poison has been given much flak over the years for their pop-metal type of music, it cannot be denied they are good at what they do. Beloved by thousands of fans world-wide, their records sales are in the millions and they sell out concerts wherever they play.
With 2010’s epic Brothers, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney were propelled to superstar status and with good reason as the band found inspiration in broken marriages and Muscle Shoals Studio. The expanded musical instrumentation and focus on crafting heartfelt songs paid huge dividends for the band, producing a new album a year later is unexpected and when first announced smelled of leftover tracks.
Lana Del Rey announces the release of her highly anticipated album ‘Born To Die’ on January 31, 2012 on Interscope Records. Lana’s December shows in NYC, LA and Toronto sold-out
Plants and Animals’ new album, The End of That, sees the Montreal trio of Warren C. Spicer, Nic Basque and Matthew ‘Woodman’ Woodley bridging the gap between their 2008 debut,
Following a sold-out Red Rocks Amphitheater show in August 2011, Yonder Mountain String Band returns to Colorado for a five-night hometown run from December 27 – 31, 2011! Special guests
Handguns, the 4th studio album from Greensky Bluegrass, is one of the most stirring acoustic releases of the year. The five-man Michigan band has taken strands of bluegrass, country, folk, and engineered a lyrically blunt, musically sophisticated strain of acoustic art. The songs have an honesty that harkens back to the glory days of confessional country music as perfected by Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, and the like.
Blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin passed away today at the age of 80.
Senator Al Franken threw in plenty of jokes when he introduced Dark Star Orchestra in Washington, D.C.
