Dark Star Orchestra rolled out more 2017 tour dates. The newly added East Coast performances include a handful of shows in New York, including DSO’s 20th anniversary celebration on November 11 at the Palace Theatre in Albany. The fall dates lead up to a Cosmic New Year’s Run which includes three nights at Philly’s Electric […]
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Hearing Aide: Your Name Here ‘5 Weeks’
This album is a true inspiration to aspiring artists and those currently running through the trials and tribulations of beginning adulthood. It’s a complicated time to be alive but it’s comforting to know that there’s a number of people in the same place in life. This is a thoroughly impressive album from an orchestral and […]
Fuzzy, Juicy and Sweet: The 2017 Peach Music Festival
Photos courtesy of Alex B and 215Music.net A well run music festival can be a fantasy land, a respite from reality. Such was the case at the Peach Music Festival in Scranton, PA this past weekend. As concertgoers reveled in musical bliss, the world around them grew darker and stormier. Unimaginable horrors were unfolding. Music, […]
The Arise Festival Is More Than a Wake-Up Call
At times, the music industry can seem like a viciously preposterous environment, kind of like a Sharknado movie sequel only with amplified instruments and egos, laptop computers and seven-dollar plastic water bottles sucked into a funnel cloud with the slimy sharks. But every now and then, a musician emerges from an overseas humanitarian mission or […]
Trey Anastasio Band Fall Tour with Halloween Show
Trey Anastasio will bring his solo band on a six-night fall tour in Las Vegas and California in late October. The tour includes a Halloween show at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Trey Anastasio continues to keep his solo band busy. With four shows already scheduled in mid-September in Northern New England and New Brunswick, […]
Let’s Go to LOCKN’! 2017 Festival Preview
Nestled just beyond the Eastern reach of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Central Virginia, Infinity Downs Farm will once again play host to one of the summer’s most anticipated jam-centric music festivals. LOCKN‘, in it’s fifth installment, will unite roughly 20,000 humans to revel in the spirit and evolution of jam music. Though pioneered by […]
Formula 5 Announces Fall Tour, 10 Shows with Colorado’s Cycles
Fall in Upstate New York is quickly approaching and the Capital Region’s Formula 5 will hit the Northeast and Colorado with 28 shows full of brisk jams and crisp improvisation that has become a staple of their touring machine. September finds Formula 5 supporting Pigeons Playing Ping Pong in Syracuse and Buffalo before returning home […]
ARISE Has Risen
ARISE Music Festival was held at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado, on a jovial weekend August 4-6, surrounded by rock formations, pleasant lakes, and mysterious meadows. This land was indeed filled with love, so its name holds true to its essence. It was a glorious gathering of all walks of life – an open, family […]
Nietzsche’s in Buffalo to Host Intrepid Travelers Residency in September
Intrepid Travelers have announced a residency at Nietzsche’s in their hometown of Buffalo throughout the month of September. This marks the progressive band’s debut residency at the local musical hotspot. Head down to Allentown every Thursday at 8pm to be part of the experience as Intrepid Travelers jams with the support of other local bands. […]
Nights Of Fire: A Conscious Evolution Festival Preview
It is officially time to prepare for this year’s Nights Of Fire: A Conscious Evolution. Hosted by Spun Out Productions, the annual music festival kicks off on Thursday, August 17, and runs through the morning of Monday, August 21. Located at The Woods at Bear Creek, a “glamping”–glamorous camping–ground in Franklinville, NY, Nights of Fire […]