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Crosby, Stills & Nash to cap off spectacular musical line-up at 14th Annual Gathering of The Vibes Festival 2009, July 23-26


vibes2008Seaside-overview2Four-day event to showcase musical legends, support charitable causes and Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Woodstock.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (April 8, 2009):  Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) will be among several extraordinary musical artists to perform at the 14th Annual Gathering of the Vibes, July 23-26, 2009, at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Connecticut.  In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival, CSN will be joined by fellow Woodstock participants Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead, Levon Helm, former drummer and vocalist for The Band, and activist Wavy Gravy, who will serve as master of ceremonies.
 
CSN, whose first gig together was in 1969 at Woodstock, will highlight a very special Sunday Family Day at the Vibes.  The final day of this year's four-day event also features performances from the world-famous Harlem Gospel Choir, progressive reggae artists John Brown's Body, neoclassic rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and legendary blues guitarist Buddy Guy.  To encourage families to make an event of the day, kids 15 and under will be admitted FREE with their parents on Sunday, July 26.
 
"This is a great opportunity for families to get out and some spend quality time with each other in an absolutely beautiful environment," said Ken Hays, executive director of Gathering of the Vibes.  "Last year, we had over 1,200 attendees under the age of 13 join us for an incredible weekend on the shores of Long Island Sound.  This is a chance for parents to share some of the music that makes up the soundtrack of their lives with the next generation." 
  
The Vibes 2009 Main Stage line-up includes: Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Grateful Dead's Bob Weir & RatDog, five-time Grammy award winner Buddy Guy, funk legend George Clinton, Boston's indie-rockers State Radio and Guster, longtime Vibes favorite moe., legendary drummer Levon Helm, the Harlem Gospel Choir and many, many more!
 
* Additional artists to be confirmed.
 
Gathering of the Vibes 2009 marks the fifth time Seaside Park has hosted the annual music, arts and camping festival; the event is in the second year of its current five-year agreement with the City of Bridgeport. The all-ages, family-friendly festival drew 20,000 revelers per day to the 370-acre venue last year. The event caters to both weekend campers and single-day guests, all of whom have access to the park's shaded groves, manicured fields and more than a mile of Long Island Sound beachfront.
 
Tickets
 
A limited number of advance weekend camping passes are on sale for $185 and
VIP passes for $420. Single-day tickets for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are also available in advance for $60 per day.  Kids 12 and under are free all weekend; and on Sunday, "Family Day," kids under 15 are admitted free, only with a parent.   For tickets or information, go to: www.GatheringoftheVibes.com <http://www.GatheringoftheVibes.com> , or call Gathering of the Vibes Festival 2009 Headquarters at 203.908.3030.
 
                                                                                                                                
 
About Gathering of the Vibes
Gathering of the Vibes began in 1996 as a celebration of the life of Jerry Garcia, who passed away the previous summer.  Initially named Deadhead Heaven, the festival provides an annual forum for fans from across the country to remember the counterculture icon.  In each of its past 13 years, Gathering of the Vibes has paired legendary artists with emerging acts to appeal to a wide cross-section of live music fans. For details, www.GatheringoftheVibes.com <http://www.GatheringoftheVibes.com> .
 

Gathering of the Vibes and Charitable Giving

Since its inception, Gathering of the Vibes and its fans have made "giving back" a priority and support numerous social causes. In 2007 and 2008 combined, festival organizers donated more than $75,000 to local Bridgeport charities, Connecticut Special Olympics and many other not-for-profit organizations. In 2008, festival attendees donated 2,500 pounds of non-perishable items to local and state food banks. The festival's bold "GreenVibes" environmental initiative ranges from an aggressive on-site recycling campaign, to educating fans about current research and development being done, and the progress being made in the field of alternative energy solutions.


7th annual event will be held at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota July 22 – 25.

With summer just around the corner, the 10,000 Lakes Festival has added Atmosphere and Ozomatli to the lineup and will host four nights of music and camping with headlining sets from Dave Matthews Band, two nights of Widespread Panic, and Wilco for the 7th annual event held at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota July 22 – 25.

The final artist lineup for the 10,000 Lakes Festival features over sixty acts performing on four stages including:

Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic (2 nights)
Wilco
Umphrey's McGee
Atmosphere
Ozomatli
Mason Jennings
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings
Gomez
Railroad Earth
Tea Leaf Green (2 nights)
Steve Kimock Crazy Engine
Cloud Cult
Kathleen Edwards
William Elliott Whitmore
Akron/Family
Todd Snider
Parlor Mob
Pete Francis (of Dispatch) featuring Barefoot Truth
Junior Brown
WookieFoot
Trampled By Turtles
Everyone Orchestra
Pretty Lights
BoomBox
William Elliott Whitmore
Backyard Tire Fire
Pert Near Sandstone
Tim Sparks
The Honeydogs
Kinetix
Harper
Joe Pug
Paper Bird
My Dear Disco
Nathan Miller Band
Gypsy Lumberjacks
Mifune
Steez
Evan Watson
The Ragbirds
The Macpodz
The Hue
Big Gigantic
Enchanted Ape
& more!
 
Located in Minnesota’s beautiful North Country, the 10,000 Lakes Festival gives attendees an unmatched camping and musical experience.  The Soo Pass Ranch’s 500-acre grounds encompass expansive lakes and rolling forests, offering the natural beauty of over one mile of freshwater shoreline and spacious shaded camping. Numerous conveniences including over 100 hot water showers in multiple campgrounds, permanent bathroom facilities and running water stations provide a premium camping atmosphere.

Tier 2 General Admission tickets are available at the reduced rate of $169 which includes four nights of music and camping. Upgraded VIP packages are available for $395 that offer a first-class festival experience including catered hot meals, drink tickets, two exclusive VIP Main Stage box seating areas as well as preferred camping located directly behind the Main Stage.

10KLF’s new payment plan option now allows patrons to spread out ticket payments over time without any additional fees. Children ages 6 and under are admitted at no charge with paid parents and children 6 to 11 are half price. Complete festival details including artist information, photos, campground reservations, event activities, and door to door directions (www.10klf.com/gettinghere.php ) are available at www.10KLF.com.

Tier 2 Festival General Admission tickets, VIP packages and campground reservations are available online at www.10KLF.com, MusicToday Ticketing ( http://10000lakestickets.musictoday.com/), TicketMaster.com (http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/49313/) and all TicketMaster locations.

Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Galactic, Assembly of Dust & more round out festival bill.

The All Good Music Festival has finalized its 2009 lineup for the 13th annual event held July 9-12 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV. The All Good Festival's eclectic artist lineup of over 30 bands delivers more than 40 hours of music on two adjacent stages in the main concert area with no overlapping sets.  This gives fans the opportunity to see every minute of every band on the bill.

Newly announced bands include:
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Galactic
BK3 featuring Bill Kreutzmann (of the Grateful Dead), Oteil Burbridge & Scott Murawski
AOD
Jeff Austin and Brendan Bayliss
That 1 Guy

These additional artists join previously announced performers:

Ben Harper and RELENTLESS7
Bob Weir & RatDog
moe.
Umphrey's McGee
STS9
Dark Star Orchestra
Robert Randolph & the Family Band
Yonder Mountain String Band
Les Claypool
Keller Williams
Galactic
Lotus
Tea Leaf Green
Buckethead
The Bridge
SOJA
Bassnectar
Steve Kimock Crazy Engine
Donna the Buffalo
BK3 featuring Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge & Scott Murawski
The New Mastersounds
Todd Snider
BoomBox
Jackie Greene
AOD
Jeff Austin and Brendan Bayliss
Lake Trout
Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
Hill Country Revue
Cornmeal
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave
That 1 Guy
Fear Nuttin' Band
 
With a savings of over $35 from ticket prices at the festival gate, Tier 1 Advanced Tickets are available at the low rate of $129; this rate includes camping, music and parking from Friday through Sunday. Early Arrival Thursday tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the gate per person (including children over 3). Each Early Arrival Thursday pass allows for entry only into campgrounds after 2 PM Thursday, July 9.

For discerning festival-goers looking for an upscale experience, the All Good Festival offers an 'Even Better VIP' package which includes exclusive viewing and camping areas with premium site-lines, an Early Arrival ticket for Thursday admission, private air-conditioned bathrooms, private showers, premium camping overlooking the mains stage, Festaxi shuttles, exclusive All Good merchandise and much more for the advanced rate of $379.

Tickets are offered through All Good Ticketing at  http://allgood.musictoday.com or charge by phone by at 1-800-594-TIXX.

More information can be found at:  http://www.allgoodfestival.com

Quactus - 4/01/09

Posted by: Robie | April 6th, 2009

Quactus performs at The Goat Head Saloon in Mesa, AZ

By Andrew Place

Photos by Blake Robertson


quactus2The Goat Head Saloon is the spot for live music in the Phoenix area. A chill atmosphere and the insight to book great bands, such as Quactus, is the lifeblood of a music scene here in the valley. That being said, I would like to thank the members of Quactus for a delicious April Fool's day show.


TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds - Radiance CD

TR3, with legendary guitarist and traveling gypsy Tim Reynolds leading the way, displays versatility and adaptability in a scintillating collection of songs called “Radiance.”

Dumpstafunk - 03.31.09 - The Pour House, Raleigh NC

Posted by: leeway | April 3rd, 2009

A night of “no more lingering unnecessariness”

Either I don’t know the Tuesday night crowd or I don’t know the Dumpstaphunk crowd because I didn’t recognize hardly anyone at The Pour House Tuesday night. Until later that is. I guess I know the late night crowd. Apparently the show almost didn’t happen due to some transmission trouble with the van. They pulled up and loaded in right about the time the doors were supposed to open. Luckily it takes more than car trouble to stop the funk. It was decent sized crowd for a Tuesday night but I expected more with the B’roo & JazzFest performances and the WSP opening spot.

Performers Include The Disco Biscuits All 3 Nights, Nas & Damian 'Jr Gong' Marley, STS9, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, The Orb, DFA Disco Tent, Chromeo, Shpongle, Dr Dog, K'Naan, and Many More!

IN MARIAVILLE, NEW YORK JULY 16-18 2009


$125 Early Bird Ticket Pre-Sale Ending Soon

The Disco Biscuits have confirmed the 1st round of performers slated for Camp Bisco VIII, the eighth annual three-day music and arts festival in Mariaville, New York this July 16-18, 2009. The 45+ performer lineup at the multi-stage camping festival includes: The Disco Biscuits - All 3 Nights; Nas & Damian 'Jr. Gong' Marley; STS9 (2 nights); DFA Disco Tent; Twisted Records All Star Tent; Chromeo; Dr. Dog; K'Naan; The Orb; Shpongle x 2(Simon Posford vs Raja Ram); Younger Brother; Special Disco Version James Murphy & Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem; Flying Lotus; Pretty Lights; EOTO; Holy Ghost; Orchard Lounge; John Brown's Body; Telepath; Boombox; Martyn, BioDiesel with KJ Sawka; AC Slater; Phantogram; MO2; DJ Haitian; Fort Knox Five; Kill the Noise; Prometheus; Ott; Starkey; Bluetech; Indobox; Roots of Creation; Joe Nice; Tuphace; Otherwise; and Dirty Paris. More artists and festival details will be announced in the coming weeks.

"Last year we brought Snoop Dogg, and it was epic! This year we continue to bring in legends of American music: Nas is one of the only rappers from back in the day that is still putting out legit and relevant chart topping music, and we can't wait to see what he and Junior Gong have in store!" - Marc Brownstein

Camp Bisco VIII will once again be held at the picturesque Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, New York. The venue will be set-up with two performance stages and a third late night dance tent. The Indian Lookout Country Club is located approximately 20 minutes travel time from Albany, New York, and sits on 200 acres of rolling, flat grass fields. The grounds come equipped with full bathrooms; which include flush toilets and showers, as well as 24/7 bathroom attendants. Festival goers will have access to a full bar on site and a general store, which sells almost every necessity for a comfortable and care free experience.

Early bird tickets are on sale now for a limited time only and begin at $125. Tickets are available online at www.campbisco.net and 1-800-594-TIXX, as well as at all FYE stores in New England and select outlets in New York state. VIP packages will be made available for an additional $225 per 3 day ticket purchase. Travel packages which include; a ticket to the event, 3 night hotel stay and unlimited shuttle service to and from Camp Bisco will be made available. 15 cents of every ticket sold will be donated to Trees For The Future, an organization that has been the steward of planting trees throughout the world since the early 1970s in an effort to remedy the effects of illegal logging and unsustainable land management systems on the world's developing communities. BE-Green ticket upgrades will also be sold for an additional $2.50. Funds raised by the BE-Green upgrades will be used to offset carbon emissions through the use of renewable energy sources.

ToasT - The Mad Science CD

In releasing “The Mad Science,” ToasT has offered up a refined mix of funk, jazz, and jam that will please the discriminating lover of keyboards and guitar.
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For the first time ever, legendary guitarist Jimmy Herring is hitting the road under his own name, with a hand-picked ensemble of all-star musicians in support. Pioneering a daring hybrid which crosses rock energy with the sophistication and improvisational fire of jazz, Herring's dynamic, exploratory guitar playing has been a key component of such renowned groups as the Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Project Z, and, most recently, Widespread Panic - with whom Herring plays lead guitar to this day. Much esteemed by his fellow musicians, Herring has also been called upon for stints with Phil Lesh and Friends, the Allman Brothers, and the Dead.
   
2009 marks the formation of the Jimmy Herring Band, featuring Herring on guitar, drummer extraordinaire Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Shawn Lane), prolific jazz maverick Greg Osby on saxophone, multifaceted keyboardist Scott Kinsey (Tribal Tech), and musical chameleon Oteil Burbridge (spring tour only) on bass (Allman Brothers, Aquarium Rescue Unit).
   
The Summer Tour will feature world renowned bassist Matthew Garrison  (John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny).
   
jimmy herringThe Jimmy Herring Band will be performing a wide range of material, including compositions from Herring's long-awaited and much-acclaimed 2008 solo debut "Lifeboat."  In addition, there will be some cover tunes from various influential records from the 60's and 70's- and select favorites from the catalogues of the individual band members. Herring is understandably excited about the prospect of performing this music with this lineup over an extended period of time. "It's a shot of adrenaline to get to play with musicians who are pushing the envelope and breaking down the walls that exist between genres of music. Each of these musicians inspires with every note they play."

"Lifeboat" is the debut solo album from Jimmy Herring released on Abstract Logix Music.


Spring Tour Dates

4/24/09: Handlebar, Greenville, SC     
4/25/09: Melting Point,Athens, GA    
4/26/09: Trustees Theatre,Savannah, GA
4/28/09: Cox Capital Theatre,Macon, GA    
4/29/09: Pourhouse, Charleston,SC    
4/30/09: Pourhouse, Charleston,SC    
5/1/2009:Visulite, Charlotte,NC    
5/2/2009:Visulite,Charlotte,NC    
5/3/2009:Lincoln Theatre,Raleigh,NC
5/5/2009:Rhythm and Brews,Chattanooga, TN    
5/6/2009:Mercy Lounge,Nashville, TN    
5/7/2009:Variety Playhouse,Atlanta, GA    
5/8/2009:Soul Kitchen,Mobile, AL    
5/9/2009:Crossroads,Huntsville, AL    

5/10/2009:Workplay,Birmingham, AL    

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