Appice Drum Wars Invades The Northeast
11 July, 2011
The Rock House in West Greenwich, Rhode Island will kick off the first northeastern USA Drum Wars shows featuring legendary drummers Carmine and Vinny Appice on Saturday, July 30th. Brothers and "rivals" Carmine and Vinny Appice are set to battle it out by performing classic hard rock, pop and metal ...
| Grammy, ASCAP, And Blues Music Award-winner Tom Hambridge Set To Go Boom! On New Solo Cd, For August 30 Release By Superstar Records
08 July, 2011
Grammy, ASCAP and multiple Blues Music Award-winning Tom Hambridge's latest CD, Boom!, has been announced for August 30th release by Superstar Records. Hambridge wrote or co-wrote all of the album's 11 tracks, collaborating with such acclaimed American songwriters including Gary Nicholson, Delbert McClinton, ...
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Rolling Stone Offers First Taste Of New Nick Lowe LP
07 July, 2011
Rolling Stone premiered a new Nick Lowe song "Checkout Time" today, hailing him as "one of the sharpest lyricists in rock." The song is the first to be revealed from Lowe's first new album in over four years 'The Old Magic,' set for September 13 release on Yep Roc. Listen to "Checkout Time" here: https://bit.ly/qB3ExH ...
| Ed Hale Releases New Single 'New Orleans Dreams' That Shines Spotlight On The South
07 July, 2011
Ed Hale is known for being a musician and singer/songwriter, however there is more to his music than meets the ears. On his last solo studio recording Ballad on Third Avenue, a rousing collection of alternative pop-rock acoustic tracks, he sings about love and all the emotions that are forthcoming. ...
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Frank Palangi Set To Release His Debut Offering 'Frank Palangi EP'
06 July, 2011
The musical talents of Frank Palangi have finally brought us the much awaited debut release of "Frank Palangi EP". Along with the producing efforts of Rogers Masson, who has worked in the past with the likes of Marilyn Manson, and The Mavericks, accompanied by Grammy nominated rock-band Day of Fire, ...
| Marilyn Manson Donates Original Art To Benefit The WM3
04 July, 2011
Multi-talented and controversial artist Marilyn Manson donates original watercolor depicting Grove Pashley's infamous image of Damien Echols with his hand on the glass of the prison window during a visit. This original piece will be auctioned to raise money for the defense fund of Damien Echols ...
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Strawman Says... End The Romance
04 July, 2011
STRAWMAN's newest single, END THE ROMANCE is set for release in July 2011, on Why Canned Uzi? Records. Strawman is back, with their new single 'End the Romance', continuing with the proliferation of their brand of De-Prog(ramming) Rock. With the current generation becoming dependent on their social ...
| Joe Bonamassa's Label Leverages Facebook And Other Social Networking Sites To Increase Fanbase And Break Artists
04 July, 2011
Blues-rock guitar hero, singer-songwriter and Billboard's No 1 Blues Artist Joe Bonamassa released his "Infinity" Lithograph last week. The fourth edition in an on-going series of high quality lithograph images commemorating his career, the "Infinity" was limited to 100 prints and sold out in less than ...
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Patti Smith's Outside Society Is The First Single-CD Collection To Span Arista And Columbia Years From 1975 To 2007
02 July, 2011
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Patti Smith raises the curtain on OUTSIDE SOCIETY, a new collection of her signature songs on the Arista and Columbia labels. The landmark 18-song release marks the first single-CD collection to span Patti's entire body of recorded work. The chronologically ...
| Nashville Roots-rocker Andrew Adkins Returns With The Release Of 'Troublesome, My Love'
02 July, 2011
Songwriter, Andrew Adkins is no stranger to trouble. He spent the past decade as part of the psychedelic/roots-rock band, Mellow Down Easy. "Nearly ten years on the road in a band like Mellow Down Easy can either kill you or really enlighten you," says Adkins. "We all waded through our share of demons, ...
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Gina Sicilia Nominated For A Blues Blast Award!
02 July, 2011
Gina Sicilia is on fire! In 2008 she was nominated for "Best New Artist Debut" at the Blues Music Awards and just released her 3rd album with the VizzTone Label Group. The album debuted at No 11 on the Living Blues Radio chart and was just nominated for a Blues Blast Music award in the "Sean Costello ...
| Outline GTO For Mike & The Mechanics At Royal Albert Hall
30 June, 2011
Mike & The Mechanics, the multi-million selling side-project formed in 1984 by Genesis guitarist Mike Rutherford, recently played London's Royal Albert Hall to launch their 2011 "Hit The Road" tour. Featuring a new lineup which includes UK R&B star Andrew Roachford, the tour coincides with the release ...
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Jon Anderson To Play Select Summer Concerts In Support Of New Cd Release
30 June, 2011
Music legend and original YES vocalist Jon Anderson will be playing select concert dates this summer in support of his critically acclaimed new CD release 'Survival & Other Stories'. Jon Anderson, who has one of the most recognizable voices in music, and is best known for his work with YES, Vangelis ...
| Planetrox Hong Kong China Final!
30 June, 2011
We are delighted to announce that these FIVE bands are now in the finals of Planetrox China: Shotgun Politics Noughts and Exes Retox'D Eli The3Think ONE of these five bands will win this "once in a lifetime" opportunity to fly to Quebec, Canada in September 2011 to participate in Envol et Macadam ...
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Peter Furler Returns To Music - On Fire, Feature Story By Melissa Riddle Chalos
30 June, 2011
Imagine taking your life's work-two decades of successful touring, with over 7 million albums sold and 25 No. 1 hits-a big part of your identity, and handing it over. Imagine selling most everything you own-your house, your cars, your stocks and a most of your furniture-and moving to another state. ...
| Classic Doors Reinvented By Densmore, Krieger, Stanley And Eberhardt
Robby Krieger (lead guitar) with Peter Tork (Monkees), Timothy B Schmit (Eagles), Laurence Juber (Paul McCartney & Wings), Paul Barrere (Little Feat), Scott Breadman (Rippingtons, Lindsay Buckingham), and more... "James Lee Stanley and Cliff Eberhardt are excellent pickers and what they did to our songs ...
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Robert Plant's Blue Note On Dvd August 23, 2011
27 June, 2011
Robert Plant's journey through the territories that have most acutely informed and inspired his music is perhaps one of the most multi-faceted of any artist from his generation. In a remarkable career that has spanned five decades, Plant has travelled from gold-maned god of hard rock to balladeering ...
| Back By Popular Demand, Elvis Costello And The Imposters Return To NYC/NJ
24 June, 2011
Elvis Costello and the Imposters announced additional dates featuring the Spectacular Spinning Songbook, with three new tri-state area shows this fall, on sale Friday, June 24. The shows include Costello's re-scheduled May 18 performance, now set for October 5, as well as two new dates by popular demand: ...
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The Latest With Shawn Michael Perry
24 June, 2011
SHAWN MICHAEL PERRY & ONLY THE BRAVE a power pop, country, funk, rock band that performs original music and brings an exciting attitude to the stage! This band is as diverse as they come. The band is fronted by Shawn Michael Perry who shares the stage with a group of the hottest musicians. They offer ...
| 27 Years, A Rock Band That Screams With Emotions
24 June, 2011
There are many great artists who left this earth too early: Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison. What do they all have in common? They were gone at just 27. 27 Years is a rock band with those artists in mind. The members and their music are products of their collective influence. ...
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