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

Doors open on Friday at 6pm, and on Saturday at 5pm; Tickets are $30 for one day or $50 for both days.

Featuring an all-star lineup of Asheville- and regionally-based bands, the Vortex Music Festival begins its residence in Asheville on June 27 at the Asheville Civic Center.  The inaugural two-day event features Perpetual Groove, Dubconscious, Toubab Krewe and Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, along with 16 more bands and DJs that highlight the local music scene in Asheville, NC and the surrounding region.  The full lineup is posted below. 

Night Skye Entertainment, the organization responsible for the Vortex Music Festival, seeks to highlight local talent as well as provide a broad spectrum of musical genres to enlighten, inspire and celebrate individual creativity through sound.  From the electronica of John Kelley and Telepath to the roots rock of Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, the festival offers something for every Asheville music lover and beyond. 

In addition to the event's unique lineup of stellar regional bands, Vortex offers something for the common good as well; this year's inaugural event will sponsor three nonprofit organizations, including Child Abuse Prevention Services, NCAHA and Manna Food Bank.  In addition, the event will be broadcast live by 105.9 The Mountain, so that everybody can enjoy the music if they can't make it to the show, and can feel free to donate to any of the above nonprofits as well.   

Tickets for the Vortex Music festival go on sale on April 20th and will be available at the door for the same price.  The Asheville civic center will play host to vendors and booths that are accessible from the venue floor, and food and drink will be readily available to all attendees.  For a complete lineup of artists, see below.   

Announced Lineup

Friday, June 27: 

  • Toubab Krewe
  • Telepath
  • SeepeopleS
  • Stephanies Id
  • Strut
  • Josh Phillips Folk Festival
  • Black Eyed Susan
  • Moksa
  • Thunder Drums 


Saturday  June 28:

  • Perpetual Groove
  • Dubconscious
  • Laura Reed and Deep Pocket
  • Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
  • Marsupial
  • Blues Forgotten
  • John Kelley
  • Hardcut
  • Psiklone
  • Olof
The Everyone Orchestra at the Crystal Ballroom Members of Los Lobos, Galactic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, String Cheese Incident, & Strings For Industry to play.

        Celebrate Community, Culture, and Music at the 4th Annual Pangaea Project Benefit Friday & Saturday, May 16th & 17th, 2008. McMenamin's Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR. TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH AT 10:00 AM. WWW.PANGAEABENEFIT.ORG

         (April 3, 2008) Each year, through the universal language of music, the PANGAEA PROJECT BENEFIT celebrates global awareness, culture, and youth leadership by activating music fans, artists, and progressive thinkers throughout the Northwest for a weekend of improvisational fun.
This year's two-night all-star event features the improvisational mastery of The Everyone Orchestra conducted by Matt Butler with special guest performers Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, The String Cheese Incident's Michael Kang, drummers extraordinaire Jeff Sipe of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Stanton Moore of Galactic, members of the March Fourth Marching Band - the M4 Singers, keyboardist Asher Fulero, Strings For Industry bandmates Darol Anger, Scott Law, and Tye North, and many others. The Stanton Moore Trio will open the show on Friday, May 16th. Peak Experience's Johnny Dwork will provide a special spoken word segment on both nights. Additional guests to be announced in the coming weeks.

What makes Everyone Orchestra performances stand out from other superjams is the conducting. Butler, along with several others, facilitates the jams using giant cue cards which direct the musicians and audience alike in a massive celebratory coming together. The directions include anything from key and time changes to mood swings and audience actions such as massive sing-a-longs, shouts, jumps, dances, song title suggestions and more.

The last annual benefit concert raised almost $20,000 for The Pangaea Project which engages teenagers from underserved neighborhoods in local and international service-learning projects by promoting the development of leadership skills, increasing global awareness, and fostering a commitment to work towards social change. Proceeds from ticket sales, raffles, and other donations will be contributed directly to The Pangaea Project .

Previous Pangaea Project benefits have been enlivened by guest speakers, politician Dennis Kucinich and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill. Ms. Butterfly Hill reflects on the Everyone Orchestra, "I was blown away by the talent, humor, love, and brilliantly orchestrated improvisation coming together in what truly can be described as magic."

Tickets: $22.00 advance, $25.00 day of show. Packages available. Ticket prices subject to service fees. Onsale Friday, April 11th at 10am PDT thru Ticketmaster, by phone at 503.224.4400, or in person at select Fred Meyer stores. Reduced service fee tickets available at the Crystal Ballroom Box Office.  
The PANGAEA PROJECT BENEFIT is produced by Slipknot Productions and MAST Projects.

For more information please visit www.pangaeabenefit.org

Music is the soul of ROTHBURY, which today announces a handful of new artists added to the lineup.

Sam Beam of Iron and Wine, Atmosphere, Steel Pulse, The Wailers featuring Elan, Ingrid Michaelson, Perpetual Groove, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Boombox, Brother Ali, Greensky Bluegrass, Trampled By Turtles, and Four Finger Five join the already confirmed musical acts including Dave Matthews Band, Widespread Panic, John Mayer, 311, Phil Lesh and Friends, Modest Mouse, Primus, Snoop Dogg, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Thievery Corporation, Colbie Caillat and many others.  A complete list of confirmed artists follows, and many others will be announced in the coming months.

On July 4th weekend 2008, ROTHBURY emerges as a new American celebration. For this next generation of the rock and roll music festival, ROTHBURY sets forth as a huge party with a purpose. Hosted at the one-of-a-kind Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, the unique festival site offers trails, forests, fields, lakes and beach fronts, and even on-site lodging, bars and eateries. The four day, environmentally sustainable music and camping festival promises to be an inspiring cultural assembly; one where music fans, artists and progressive thinkers gather to celebrate much more than music.

It is ROTHBURY's goal to harness the unique energy of the live music community into a durable social movement toward an important cause: Climate Change and Clean Energy Alternatives. In addition to a diverse and stellar lineup of over 70 bands on 8 stages, ROTHBURY will host a Think Tank and Energy Fair, and features unprecedented audience participation opportunities.

The ROTHBURY Think Tank is an event within the event, offering various buzz sessions and roundtables between leading scientists, scholars, writers, progressive political and corporate leaders, youth leaders, and entertainers.  Confirmed as ROTHBURY Think Tank Curator is Dr. Stephen H. Schneider, with participants Dr. Eban Goodstein, L. Hunter Lovins, Winona LaDuke , and many, many others to be announced.  The Think Tank will address the topic of Climate Change and Clean Energy Solutions, geared toward conversations related to corporations, government/policy makers, and the individual.  Think Tank events will share ideas about how to lessen our ecological and carbon footprint. Interactive participation, both face-to-face and through the use of multi-media technology, enable the ROTHBURY community to engage with the Think Tank at multiple levels.

ROTHBURY's Energy Fair, where attendees engage hands-on with cutting edge, sustainable technology and products, offers a flurry of scheduled and surprise activities, plus food/drink, vending, performances/presentations on the Workshop Stage, contests and interactive opportunities, and so much more.  

ROTHBURY itself is committed to producing a near zero-waste concert. The first to tackle a green program of this magnitude at an around-the-clock (camping) concert in the USA, ROTHBURY has an on-staff Greening Chief, and has implemented multiple initiatives toward this effort, including replacing disposables with 100% compostables, recycling and composting, choosing clean energy, carbon-offsetting, and Green Ticket options.

ROTHBURY's Solar Schools Program powered by Black Rock Solar will outfit a local school with a free solar panel system. ROTHBURY is committed to donating an absolute minimum of $50,000 worth of solar panels. This year's Solar Schools Program recipient:  Shelby High School in Shelby, MI. Visit www.rothburyfestival.com for more information on ROTHBURY's School Solar Program and other sustainability initiatives.

ROTHBURY's current list of confirmed artists is as follows:
Dave Matthews Band
Widespread Panic
John Mayer
311
Phil Lesh and Friends
Primus
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Modest Mouse
Michael Franti and Spearhead
Gov't Mule
Slightly Stoopid
STS9
Colbie Caillat
Rodrigo y Gabriela
The Black Keys
Keller Williams with Moseley, Droll & Sipe
Yonder Mountain String Band with Jon Fishman
Gogol Bordello
Citizen Cope
The Disco Biscuits
Medeski Martin & Wood
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival
Sam Beam of Iron and Wine
Drive-By Truckers
The Mickey Hart Band feat. George Porter Jr. and Steve Kimock
Of Montreal
E-Town Radio Show
The Dresden Dolls
Gomez
Atmosphere
Brett Dennen
Taj Mahal
Mike Gordon
Zappa Plays Zappa
Crystal Method DJ Set
State Radio
JJ Grey & MOFRO
The Greyboy Allstars
The Secret Machines
Railroad Earth
Steel Pulse
Beth Orton
The Wailers
Perpetual Groove
Jakob Dylan and the Gold Mountain Rebels
A 3
Bettye Lavette
Emmitt-Nershi Band
Ingrid Michaelson
Lotus
Kyle Hollingsworth Band
EOTO
Panjea with Michael Kang
Yard Dogs Road Show
The Beautiful Girls
Sage Francis
Tea Leaf Green
Bassnectar
Pnuma Trio
Brother Ali
Diplo
Boombox
Flosstradamus
The Juan MacLean
The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker
Greensky Bluegrass
DJ Rekha
Dead Confederate
Trampled By Turtles
Four Finger Five
Motion Potion
DJ Rootz
SoJorn
Busdriver

Additional acts to be announced in the coming months.

Williams to Release "Rex" A Grateful Grass Performance Featuring Williams, Keith Moseley, and Jeff Austin

         Today guitarist/singer/songwriter Keller Williams announces his summer tour dates, which include select plays with his band - Moseley, Droll, and Sipe - and a co-headline tour with longtime friends and musical colleagues Yonder Mountain String Band. Williams and YMSB hit the road together in summers past, on such tours as Acoustic Planet and Big Summer Classic.  For the 2008 season, look for stops throughout the south, as well as in the Pacific northwest and Rocky Mountain regions.  Presale for the Keller Williams/YMSB dates begins on April 12 at www.kellerwilliams.net, and at local ticket outlets on April 19.


Keller's complete list of currently confirmed dates include:

May 23 Delfest Cumberland MD Keller and The Keels
May 24 Asheville Music Jamboree Asheville NC Keller Williams and The Keels
June 06 BAMAJAM Enterprise AL
June 07 Wakarusa Lawrence KS
June 08 Wakarusa Lawrence KS Keller and the Transmitters
June 25 Innsbrook Glen Allen VA w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
June 26 Norva Norfolk VA w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
June 27 Koka Booth Amphitheatre Cary NC w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
June 28 House of Blues Myrtle Beach SC w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
June 29 Loudon Summer Concert Series Ashburn VA w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
July 01 Summerfest @ Marcus Amphitheatre Milwaukee WI
July 02 Egyptian Room Indianapolis IN w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
July 04 ROTHBURY Rothbury MI w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe
July 05-06 High Sierra Music Festival w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe
July 12 All Good Festival Marvin's Mountaintop WV w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe
July 17 String Summit North Plains OR
July 18 String Summit North Plains OR w/ Moseley, Droll, and Sipe
July 22 Marymoor Seattle WA w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
July 30 Pine Mountain Flagstaff AZ w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
July 31 Twilight Concert Series Salt Lake City UT w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
August 01 Fox Theatre Boulder CO
August 02 Red Rocks Morrison CO w/ Yonder Mountain String Band
August 31 Gratefulfest Nelson Ledges OH

Before Keller Williams hits the road this summer, he'll release a live, February 8, 2006 Grateful Grass performance. The digital only release, titled REX (Live at the Fillmore), will be available beginning April 29, 2008.  Grateful Grass - which featured Williams, Keith Moseley (The String Cheese Incident), and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) - performed not-so-traditional bluegrass versions of Grateful Dead favorites one winter night in Denver.  The vibe in the packed house was thick and sweet; the crowd was whisper quiet, when they weren't singing along. 100% of the proceeds from REX (Live at the Fillmore) will go to benefit The Rex Foundation, the charitable non-profit started by the Grateful Dead which gives grants to worthwhile causes. www.rexfoundation.org.

REX Track List:
01 One More Saturday Night
02 Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo
03 Eyes Of The World
04 Candyman
05 Loose Lucy
06 Black Peter
07 St. Stephen
08 Casey Jones
09 Brown Eyed Women
10 Bird Song
11 Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain 

www.kellerwilliams.net     

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket - Soul Music CD

Laura Reed & Deep Pocket’s soul:music is so recognizable and so effortless that it’s hard to imagine it’s the Asheville, North Carolina group’s debut album.
Perpetual Groove, Brazilian Girls and The Join announced for Thursday "Pre-Party" shows

Confirmed Artists Include:
Phil Lesh & Friends
Widespread Panic
Gov't Mule
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Keller Williams w. Moseley,
Droll and Sipe
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi
Soul Stew Revival
Mike Gordon
Dark Star Orchestra
The Avett Brothers
Brazilian Girls
SOJA
'The Join (Shields & Shearer (theNEWDEAL), Benevento & Russo)'
Railroad Earth
Tea Leaf Green
The Bridge
Perpetual Groove
Hot Buttered Rum
RAQ
Bonerama
Pnuma Trio
The Wood Brothers
Bassnectar
Outformation
Telepath
deSol
Scrapomatic
Basshound

More Bands Still To Be Announced...

Plus Top 25 for March, Percy Hill video, and more

New Additions to the Catalog:


bs2th The Burnin' Smyrnans - Travel Along CD - Florida's finest funk and jam journeymen are back with their second album! Travel Along moves between rock, fusion, reggae, jazz, funk, and even more styles, creating an expansive, rewarding trip through this up-and-coming band's world. $14.00

jacob11th Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Lil Tae Rides Again CD/LP - Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey re-awakens with Lil Tae Rides Again, their most idiosyncratic album yet. The new recording - the band's fourth on Hyena Records and first studio effort in three years - will surprise even those predisposed to JFJO's mercurial nature. Electronic music eccentric Tae Meyulks was called upon to produce. He and JFJO tracked, arranged, mixed and mastered the album at his Tulsa studio over the course of 2007. Additionally during this period, founding members Brian Haas and Reed Mathis amicably parted ways with longtime drummer Jason Smart, filling the slot with 22-year old Josh Raymer. The 11 tracks on Lil Tae Rides Again find the Tulsa-based trio sculpting ambient soundscapes characterized by dreamlike atmospherics, minimalist melodies and subliminally diametrical themes. CD $11.98; LP Vinyl $16.98

tomshow2th The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder - John, Paul, Tom and Ringo (2 DVDs) - On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview. As he spoke with Tom Snyder on The Tomorrow Show, no one suspected he was about to take an extended hiatus from public life. And no one could have predicted that Tom would rebroadcast the interview 5 years later - in memoriam, the day after Lennon's tragic death. This interview with John Lennon that re-aired on December 9, 1980 is one of three conversations Tom had with former members of The Beatles. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were enjoying solo career at the times of their interviews, and their comments provide further insight into the effects of Beatlemania on their lives. $22.00

yohimbedvdth Yohimbe Brothers - Freedom Now DVD - With Yohimbe Brothers, guitarist Vernon Reid (ex-Living Colour) joins forces with his New York buddy DJ Logic to create a fusion sound at the crossroads of funk, rap, psychedelic and Latino rhythms. This film, shot during a Banlieues Bleues 2005 concert, experiments with the image/sound relationship using a VJ technique in postproduction that consists of recreating the conditions of live multicam to treat each track with specific graphics, colorization, double exposure, distortions or typographic images. The first-ever Yohimbe Brothers DVD can be experienced as an exploration of the particular resonances between image and sound in the tradition of the great psychedelic trips of the 1960's and 70's. $19.99
wtc3th Woods Tea Company - The Passage CD - This is the 9th release of a Woods Tea Co. recording. In the fall of 2003 the Woods Tea Co. released a DVD titled "An Evening With The Woods Tea Co from the Vergennes Opera House." It was the last release of the Rusty, Mike, Howard & Chip quartet. At the beginning of 2006, plans were made to produce a new studio recording and some initial tracks were completed. In July 2006, Chip was hit by a truck while on his motorcycle near his home in New Hampshire and died in October. We managed during the next 10 months to sustain our schedule with numerous guest artists. On August 15, 2007 Rusty died of a sudden heart attack. Our founder and leader was taken from us and the process of grieving and surviving began again. It would have been easy to postpone this recording; instead we've used this project to focus on the future and allow the spirits of our late comrades to guide us. Chip appears on two tracks (Saratoga and December's Child). $14.00
jgreene4th Jackie Greene - Giving Up the Ghost CD - You may have seen this up-and-coming performer with Phil Lesh and Friends recently! Named "The Prince of Americana" by the New York Times, Jackie Greene is steeped in country, blues, jazz, rock and folk traditions, defying easy categorization. Performing live with a guitar and a harmonica rack, Greene has accelerated past initial cries of the new Dylan and has managed to forge a unique musical vision. With four distinctive albums under his belt, Greene's Giving Up The Ghost is an energetic showcase of folk, blues and rock that he has taken to another level. Produced by Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Giving Up the Ghost also features collaborations with Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), Mic Gillette (Tower of Power), Dave Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead), Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) and others. $14.00


Also Available from Jackie Greene:
Broken Hearts, Dusty Roads DVD  $11.99
The DIG Years 2001-2005 CD  $16.99
American Myth CD  $16.99
Gone Wanderin' CD $15.99/LP $19.99
Rusty Nails CD  $15.99

annualsepth Annuals - Wet Zoo EP - This void-filling EP should get fans of this up-and-coming North Carolina band by until the next full-length! If you liked their first disc, you'll be super excited for the new album once you hear these tracks! All the emotional, celebratory, and heartbreaking elements are intact in this deeper sound. Features 3 new Annuals tracks, plus 2 tracks from their pop-rocking alter-ego, Sunfold (all the band members are the same)! $5.99

gibson2th The Gibson Brothers - Iron & Diamonds CD - With Iron & Diamonds, Eric and Leigh have taken their rightful place on the American jukebox. The Gibsons have made a conscious effort to co-write most of the songs on this album. By using their own band and a single microphone for their duet vocals, you hear exactly what you hear in a live show: a tight ensemble that plays to the song, toneful and nuanced lead and duet harmonies, and songs that can move you to tears or to the dance floor. $15.99


We have also rounded out our Boards of Canada collection now that WARP has switched distribution:


Trans-Canada Highway EP  $9.99
The Campfire Headphase CD  $14.99
Geogaddi CD  $14.99
Music Has The Right To Children CD  $14.99
Twoism CD  $14.99
In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country EP  $6.99

Due to a manufacturing error, the vinyl release of DeVotchKa's A Mad And Faithful Telling has been moved to June 18. We apologize for any inconvenience, and you may still pre-order the album.


Recent Releases You May Have Missed:

SOJA - Get Wiser Live DVD
The Wood Brothers - Loaded CD
South Austin Jug Band - Strange Invitation CD
Various Artists - Funky Kidz CD
American Babies CD
The Black Keys - Attack & Release CD/Vinyl LP
Ani DiFranco - Live At Babeville DVD
Unwed Sailor - Little Wars CD
Steel Pulse - Door of No Return DVD
Some Things Should Never Be Digital T-Shirt

New Releases Coming Soon:


April 15 - The Dixie Bee-Liners - Ripe CD (pre-order)
Yonder Mountain String Band - Mountain Tracks Vol. 5 (2 CDs) (pre-order)
Widespread Panic - Free Somehow Vinyl LP (pre-order)
Robert Walter - Cure All CD (pre-order)

April 22 - Tea Leaf Green - Seeds Box Set (pre-order)
Flight of the Conchords CD (pre-order)
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Rock Club DVD (pre-order)

April 29 - Global Noize CD (DJ Logic, Denson, Popper, Worrell, Billy Martin, etc)
Bombadil - A Buzz, A Buzz CD
Portishead - Third CD
Zappa Plays Zappa - Live Multi-DVD/CD sets
Jamie Lidell - Jim CD

May 6 - The Brakes - Tale of Two Cities CD
The Brew - Back to the Woods CD (pre-order)

May 13 - Electric Apricot - Quest For Festeroo DVD

May 20 - John McLaughlin - Meeting of the Minds DVD
John McLaughlin - Floating Point CD

May 27 - moe. - Warts and All Vol. 6 (3 CDs)
Ozric Tentacles - Sunrise Festival CD/DVD

June 10 - Railroad Earth - Amen Corner CD

July 22 - Dr. Dog - Fate CD/LP

Latest News and Reviews:


Caribou - Cat's Cradle show review
Lotus - Higher Ground show review
Belated ECHO Project Photo Gallery
Umphrey's & STS9 Tour


Top 25 Sellers For March 2008:

1- Bonerama - Bringing It Home
2- Grace Potter - Original Soul
3- Entrain - Just A Matter of Time
4- Derek Trucks Band - Live at Georgia Theatre
5- Ryan Montbleau - Patience On Friday
6- Various Artists - Home Grown 7
7- Xavier Rudd - Good Spirit DVD
8- Allman Brothers Band - Jazz Fest 2007
9- SOJA - Peace In A Time Of War
10- Various Artists - Home Grown 5
11- The Black Crowes - Warpaint
12- Phish - The White Tape
13- Ryan Montbleau Band - One Fine Color
14- Peter Rowan - Crucial Country
15- Xavier Rudd - Good Spirit CD
16- moe. - Sticks and Stones
17- New Monsoon - V
18- ekoostik Hookah - Under Full Sail: It All Comes Together
19- The Disco Biscuits - Trance Fusion Radio 1
20- Donna the Buffalo - self-titled
21- Laura Reed and Deep Pocket - Soul:Music
22- The New Mastersounds - Live at La Cova
23- Sound Tribe Sector Nine - Artifact
24- Bassnectar - Mesmerizing the Ultra
25- The Disco Biscuits - Progressions DVD

Staff Picks:


Bryan: Ani DiFranco - Live at Babeville DVD
Lee: Various Artists - Funky Kidz
Robie: The Wood Brothers - Loaded
Sherry: The Burnin' Smyrnans - Travel Along
Trevor: The Burnin' Smyrnans - Travel Along

Upcoming Festivals:

Shakori Hills - 4/17 - 4/20 - Silk Hope, NC - http://www.shakorihills.org 
Camp Jam - 4/18 - 4/20 - Lacochee, FL - http://www.campjamfestival.com 
McDowell Mountain Fest - 4/25 - 4/26 - Scottsdale, AZ - http://www.mmmf.net

Video of the Week:

Percy Hill Live at Rochester Opera House Rochester, NH. 9/22/02

Thanks for reading, and have a great week!

Bryan Rodgers http://www.homegrownmusic.net
 http://www.myspace.com/hgmn

FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND. WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAROL ANGER AND DANNY BARNES; ALSO KELLER WILLIAMS WITH KEITH MOSELEY, GIBB DROLL, & JEFF SIPE, DREW EMMITT BILLY NERSHI AND FRIENDS, BILL FRISELL, AND MANY OTHERS
The Northwest's premier acoustic music festival returns for its seventh year to beautiful Horning's Hideout in North Plains, Oregon, on July 18-20.  The event boasts three days of nearly all-acoustic music, culminating each night with main stage performances from musical hosts Yonder Mountain String Band, this year joined by special guest fiddler Darol Anger (David Grisman Quintet, Psychograss) and banjo/guitar virtuoso Danny Barnes (Bad Livers, Tim O'Brien Band).  Yonder Mountain String Band has been called "the fastest growing acoustic band in history." 

Also on the bill for the 2008 String Summit are Keller Williams (performing two nights - one solo and the second with Keith Moseley(The String Cheese Incident), Gibb Droll (Marc Broussard), and Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Trey Anastasio, Susan Tedeschi, Phil Lesh).  Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon will perform with Billy Nershi (The String Cheese Incident) and friends - which likely will include Vince Herman also of Leftover Salmon.  A very special appearance by Guitar phenom Bill Frisell in duet setting with Danny Barnes will precede this year's super jam, to be hosted by Danny Barnes.  Past year's Super Jam performers have included Chris Thile, David Grisman, Vasser Clements, Hot Rize, Jerry Douglas and Tim O'Brien. 

On Friday evening (August 18), String Summit presents the fifth annual Band Contest, where four competition finalists will compete for the opportunity to perform on the main stage the following year. This year, 2007 Band Contest winners Head for the Hills are on the bill.

The tree-lined landscape of Horning's Hideout is the perfect serene setting for an intimate weekend of all acoustic music.  Located just 20 minutes west of Portland and nestled in a hidden canyon of the rolling hills, dense trees and peacocks, Horning's Hideout is truly one of Oregon's best kept secrets. All ages are welcome and children under 10 years old are free with a paying adult.  Three-day festival passes include music, crafts, vending, and plenty of on-site camping and parking.  A family/disabled camping area is available.  Tickets are $140 - $155.00 (includes parking, camping and county fees) and are on sale now at http://www.ticketswest.com/. For more information and ticketing links visit the official NWSS website at www.stringsummit.com.

Yonder Mountain's current CD, released April, 2008 on the band's own Frog Pad Records, marks the 5th volume in their lauded series of live albums, Mountain Tracks, and captures the essence of a live Yonder show. Mountain Tracks 5 is a double-disc CD featuring an unreleased and in-demand live show, and a compilation disc of the best live tunes handpicked by the band from the past couple of years.

www.stringsummit.com     
Touring heavyweights STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) and Umphrey's McGee team up for what promises to be one of the hardest-hitting tours of the summer. This co-bill will feature extended sets by both bands, and will stop in Midwest and east coast cities throughout the month of July.

     Look, also, for very special late night sets by each band in select markets, including Philadelphia, Raleigh, Madison, Chicago, and NYC. Tickets for all shows are available now at STS9 Ticketing (www.sts9.com) and UMTix ( www.umphreys.com) and at local ticket outlets beginning April 19.  
Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance will host food drives at every stop of this summer's STS9/Umphrey's McGee tour.  All patrons donating 10 non-perishable food items or more will receive a limited edition summer tour poster. In addition to the tour poster, there will also be a special edition poster for the two-night run in Atlanta.  Visit www.consciousalliance.org for details.

In addition, Head Count will be at each show to help get folks registered to vote. www.headcount.org

STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9) and Umphrey's McGee tour stops in the following cities:
July 10 Willow Island Centre Madison WI
July 10 Barrymore Theatre  Madison, WI (STS9 AFTER PARTY)
July 11 Live on the Levee St. Louis MO  FREE SHOW!
July 12 Westfair Amphitheater Omaha NE
July 15 Moonlite Gardens Cincinnati OH
July 16 Innsbrook Pavilion Glen Allen VA
July 17 Promowest Pavilion Cincinnati OH
July 18 White River Lawn Indianapolis IN
July 19 Charter One Pavilion Chicago IL
July 19 House of Blues Chicago IL (STS9 AFTER PARTY)
July 23 Higher Ground  Burlington VT (STS9 Only)
July 24 Roseland Ballroom New York NY
July 24 Blender at Gramercy New York NY (STS9 AFTER PARTY)
July 25 Festival Pier at Penn's Landing Philadelphia PA
July 25 Fillmore at TLA Philadelphia PA (UMPHREY'S AFTER PARTY)
July 26 Bank of America Pavilion Boston MA
July 27 Pier 6 Concert Pavilion Baltimore MD
July 30 House of Blues Myrtle Beach SC
July 31 Koka Booth Amphitheater Cary NC
July 31 Lincoln Theatre  Raleigh NC (UMPHREY'S AFTER PARTY)
August 01-August 02 Masquerade Music Park Atlanta GA
August 01-August 02 Masquerade Music Park Indoors Atlanta GA (AFTER PARTY/ARTISTS TBA)

Umphrey's McGee
The ascension continues for Chicago's Umphrey's McGee, not only in terms of their commercial success but in creative accomplishment and instrumental achievement as well.  Their performance on their most recent release,  Live at the Murat (SCI Fidelity), is as impressive as anything they've recorded to date, with the power and finesse, the yin and the yang, that have come to characterize their by-now classic material.  Live at the Murat is only the latest feather in the cap of the dazzling sextet.  They followed their highly touted spring 2006 studio release Safety In Numbers with the magical odds and sods The Bottom Half in the spring of 2007.  The album, with its outtakes, alternate versions, and other nifty bits, reached #26 on Billboard's coveted "Heatseakers" Chart and received high marks from the music press.  HARP magazine recently noted "...[The Bottom Half delivers] creamy studio work infused by diabolical skill."  Umphrey's McGee has sold out shows in theaters coast to coast, performed coveted slots at such festivals as Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo, and appeared on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."  Booked by the Monterey Peninsula Booking Agency, the band recently sold out three nights at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, two nights at the Nokia Theatre, three nights at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium, and the list goes on, as does Umphrey's McGee.


STS9
Dubbed "...one of the country's most intriguing, innovative outfits around" by XLR8R Magazine, STS9 steps out this summer armed with their brand-new, highly anticipated studio album, peaceblaster. To be released in summer 2008 on their own label 1320 Records (www.1320records.com), the new album will feature never-before heard tracks that artfully mirror the intensity of STS9's live shows, while preserving the musical intricacies of past studio albums that critics and fans have touted. peaceblaster comes nearly three years after their acclaimed 2005 releases, Artifact & Artifact: Perspectives, both of which were named in iTunes list of top albums of the year.   After a flurry of industry attention, STS9 retreated from the limelight to do what they love most:  play music. On the touring front, STS9 reached number 29 on Pollstar Magazine's "PULSE Charts" of the country's top touring artists. The band has shared the stage with a diverse range of acts including Jurassic 5, Tortoise, Digable Planets, RJD2, De La Soul, The Brazilian Girls, Prefuse 73, John Butler Trio, Blackalicious, G. Love & Special Sauce, Saul Williams, Soulive, Cut Chemist, Xavier Rudd and many others, and has played such festivals as Austin City Limits Festival, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Winter Music Conference, and Vegoose Festival.  Recently, the band sold out a 4 night headlining run at Atlanta's Tabernacle, and a 2 night run at Denver's Fillmore Auditrium.
 
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