Yesterday afternoon, Tift Merritt announced that she just signed to North Carolina-based indie label Yep Rec Records, and is readying her new album, Traveling Alone, for an October 2nd release.
If you've ever watched and heard Sonny Landreth at his most intense — where he gets really, deeply vested in a solo, gets on that game face that's not quite mad scientist but of a learned tinkerer who knows truths mortals can't comprehend, and conjures the kind of slide guitar sorcery that puts him in league with the instrument's greatest; you know that it isn't his spare, inoffensive singing that packs rooms at Landreth shows throughout the world.
Funksters Galactic (and friends) rode north from the dirty south to park themselves at the fantastic Brooklyn Bowl for four nights of gigs to close out May and start June in the city. Each night featured a different opener who would inevitably contribute to the main acts stage and in tonight’s case vice versa.
The fourth studio recording by Burlington VT’s Waylon Speed is a logical extension of their previous projects. Within roughly two years, the quartet has released their eponymous debut CD, a deliberately schizophrenic double album (Horseshoes & Hand Grenades), then a four-cut EP (Boots), all of which have primed the pump for Valance.
FYF Fest is proud to announce its return to the Los Angeles State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles. Taking place on Sept. 1st and 2nd and will include performances
Catalpa NYC is taking Randall’s Island captive this July with performances from artists ranging from The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, and Girl Talk, to Matisyahu and Umphrey’s Mcgee. The tri-state area is notorious for being a Bermuda triangle of sorts when it comes to music festivals as festivals in New York tend to disappear (All Points West anyone?). With this in mind, Glide caught up with the festivals promoter, Dave Foran, to discuss how the festival came to be, what he aims to accomplish, and how he hopes it will look in 2013.
