The Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars are hardly your group of musicians born and bred on Zeppelin, Nirvana and Radiohead. In fact they are the epitome of a roots band having formed as refugees displaced to Guinea during the Sierra Leone Civil War (1991-2002). Instruments and musicians were hard to come by and the concept of touring and recording were something of far fetched fantasy verse reality.
Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of a series of Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers in the United States this August. The Stopovers combine the intimacy
Roots-rocker Langhorne Slim shares the video for the title track from his new album.
A week of reruns on the late night shows gives you a second chance to catch a number of memorable performances.
Do you ever wonder if professional musicians are really happy? They claim to love their time on the stage but most of the other hours tend to be a series of bus rides, generic dressing rooms, interviews with journalists and lots of sitting around doing nothing. After a while this can become insanely monotonous. But if you listen to Megadeth’s bass player Dave Ellefson talk, you get the impression that life on the road and in the studio is nothing short of total bliss.
Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante has announced the release of two new records.. The first is an EP entitled Letur-Lefr, and the second is an LP entitled
Mike Sherry’s photos of Umphrey’s McGee, Gigantic Underground Conspiracy, Gov’t Mule, Brain Damaged Eggmen and more from Saturday at Summer Camp.
Mike Sherry’s photos from Friday at the Summer Camp Music Festival.
Photos from Day One of the Summer Camp Music Festival by Mike Sherry.
Songs about war and the soldiers who we’ll remember on Monday’s holiday.
