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“Yeah, this song’s called ‘Agent Orange Blues.’ Why? Cuz that’s why.”
Nick Waterhouse reveals ‘Wreck The Rod’with video featuring Danny Trejo (Machete, Breaking Bad, Con Air) WATCH HERE New self-titled album set for March 8th release on Innovative Leisure — Selected previous praise for Nick Waterhouse: “Think music ain’t what it used to be? Then you haven’t heard Nick Waterhouse.” – GQ “…unashamedly retro, but fizzes with an energy that retools classic R’n’B as a vibrantly post-modern American folk-art…nigh-on irresistible” – Uncut “…balances a nostalgic timelessness with modern, urgent emotions” – Q Magazine “…the kind of analogue obsession that suggests even the valves of his heart glow” – The Independent “It’s sexy, it’s smart, and it’s definitely worth another round in…
ABRAMORAMA PARTNERS WITH EXPERIENCE HENDRIX L.L.C. & SONY LEGACY RECORDS TO RELEASE JIMI HENDRIX: ELECTRIC CHURCH PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS AROUND THE WORLD STARTING JANUARY 31ST Captured in front of his largest U.S. audience, the documentary features Hendrix at the historic July 4, 1970 performance at the ‘Southern Woodstock’ New York, NY / January 22, 2019: Abramorama announced today a partnership with Experience Hendrix L.L.C. and Sony Legacy Recordings to release Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church in select theaters around the world. The film opens at the Cinerama Dome/ArcLight Hollywood theater on January 31st with a special Q&A with director John McDermott, legendary…
Providing African villages with permanent, sustainable advanced water and agricultural solutions Building Ndebwe’s clean water system Water4Mercy Project Breaks Ground at Ndebwe Village in Dodoma, Tanzania Ndebwe Village, located in Dodoma district, is a large village of more than 5,000 people and growing. To supply water for such a large community, 18 taps and two water tanks will be installed. Ndebwe villagers anticipating clean water Many Africans are dying of thirst. 1.8 billion people are ‘surviving’ by drinking water contaminated with feces, and risk contracting cholera, dysentery and typhoid. The power of clean water will prevent disease and provide a…
JOHN PRINE FEATURED ON “CBS THIS MORNING” NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMY AWARDS 2019 SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE WORLDWIDE TOUR DATES CONFIRMED CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM THE TREE OF FORGIVENESS OUT NOW “THIS COUNTRY HAS NEVER NEEDED JOHN PRINE MORE.”—THE NEW YORK TIMES John Prine is profiled on today’s “CBS This Morning” with host John Dickerson. Watch the full interview HERE. The piece comes in advance of this weekend’s 61st GRAMMY Awards, where Prine is nominated for three awards including Best Americana Album for The Tree of Forgivenessand Best American Roots Song for “Summer’s End” (watch the official music video…
J.P. SOARS is soaring high. Currently nominated for “Blues Rock Artist of the Year” in the upcoming 40th annual Blues Music Awards, he has been touring the world and is preparing to release a new studio album produced by Tab Benoit for release on Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou label. Soars is nominated alongside blues music heavyweights Billy F. Gibbons, Eric Gales, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Tinsley Ellis, who round out the Blues Rock category. You can support J.P. and your other favorite artists by becoming a Blues Foundation member or renewing your current membership at www.blues.org to vote. The winners will be announced at a formal gala May 9th 2019 at…
FLORENCE + THE MACHINE CONFIRM 2019 NORTH AMERICAN DATES HEADLINING GOVERNORS BALL AND FORM ARCOSANTI Following a history-making North American tour last year, Florence + the Machine return this spring for a run of dates including Chicago, Oakland, Las Vegas, Boston, Colorado’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater and headlining sets at Governors Ball in New York and FORM Arcosanti. Christine & the Queens, Blood Orange, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and Perfume Genius will join as special guests on select dates of the tour. See below for complete details. Citi is the official presale credit card for the tour. As…
LIVE FROM HERE WITH CHRIS THILE’S LATEST EPISODE DEBUTED ON FEBRUARY 1 IN LOS ANGELES WATCH PERFORMANCES BY JENNY LEWIS, ANDREW BIRD, NICKEL CREEK AND CIROCCO DUNLAP Live from Here with Chris Thile’s latest episode debuted on Friday, February 1 at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA. The show featured guest performances from Jenny Lewis, Andrew Bird, Nickel Creek, Sarah Silverman and Cirocco Dunlap. Listen to the complete episode HERE. Watch Jenny Lewis’ performance of “Red Bull and Hennessy” HERE. Watch Andrew Bird’s performance of “Sisyphus” HERE. Watch Nickel Creek’s performance of “When In Rome” HERE. Watch Cirocco Dunlap’s reading HERE.…
“[Small Feet’s] guitar-driven refrains call to mind Band of Horses and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.”—The New York Times “The group’s otherworldly sound comes from the music of leader Simon Stålhamre, an artist who knew exactly what he wanted when he left school at 15.”—NPR/WXPN “World Café” “immediately contagious”—Clash “Quality Swedish folk pop trio led by Simon Stålhamre whose cracked tenor is a vessel for unsettling emotional truths.”—MOJO With Psychic Powers, the sophomore effort from Swedish artist Small Feet, is due March 29 on Barsuk Records. In anticipation of the upcoming release Brooklyn Vegan is premiering the album’s first…
ZZ TOP’S 50th ANNIVERSARY TEXAS BASH COMING TO DALLAS, HOUSTON + AUSTIN THIS MAY WITH GUESTS BAD COMPANY AND CHEAP TRICK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees ZZ Top are coming on strong with their 50th Anniversary Texas Bash celebrating a true career milestone with three key performance dates set for three “Texas towns” this May. The band’s 50th anniversary celebration is set to commence May 17 in Dallas at Dos Equis Pavilion, followed by a performance on May 18 in Houston at Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands. On May 19 the Austin360 Amphitheater hosts the ongoing festivities. The shows…