Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band

June 27 & 28 at Asheville Civic Center with Perpetual Groove, Toubab Krewe, Telepath, Dubconscious & many more

7th Annual FloydFest happens July 24-27 in the Blue Ridge

We are pleased to present the 7th Annual HGMN Year-End Awards! Winners include Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, Lotus, Future Rock, and more.

Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band was just one of the many acts performing at this year’s first annual Capitol City Carnival. I had a chance to chat with them for a bit inside their hospitality tent. Along with the performing musicians, carny acts, burlesque and freak shows, CCC also offered beer tasting tents from 50 of the countries (and Europe's) best microbreweries. So by the time this interview took place early Saturday evening everyone involved had been enjoying all the fine beer the three day festival had to offer. So I apologize that some of these answers and questions tend to stray way out in left field. I blame my impediment on the Magic Hat # 9.

Big IV Productions announced today that the Bear Creek Music and Art Festival, slated for November 16-18, has been moved to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak. The festival, formerly scheduled in Quincy, Florida, was denied its festival permit by Gadsden County.

As Perpetual Groove's Serious Business Tour makes its way across the Eastern United States, the band is pleased to announce this year's Thanksgiving performances in Winston-Salem. The 9th Annual Thanksgathering will take place between November 23-25 at the legendary Ziggy's which will be closing its doors as the band wraps up their final set. Perpetual Groove [PG] and their fans have been invited to tear the roof off at Ziggy's after 30 years of music at their current location.

The Asheville Music Jamboree at Deerfields (NC) was a sweet treat to welcome festival season. This Eco-Conscious, Kid Friendly adventure in the beautiful hills of North Carolina was an excellent pot of roots rock music stew, from the Carolina mountain music to the roots of Jamaica, through to the revolutionary fusions of Rastagrass Appalachian Reggae and rock.

As I sit at my computer and download the photographs my family and I had taken over the weekend, I cannot help but reminisce about those wonderful days in the North Carolina Mountains. As a volunteer, my three children and I arrived on Thursday and set up camp in what was to become the “family camping” area. By Friday afternoon this small wooded glen was filled up with wonderful families, whose children became fast friends, playing endless games of tag and exploring. And what exploring there was! On our first day we found several wonderful places to swim (there were two lakes) and a wonderful babbling brook to wade in. The water was cold, yet refreshing. It was a nice treat after getting all sweaty setting up camp.