Today the band announces a month-long tour of Europe and a new live video of "Straight to Hell"
It's a big day forThe Trongone Band from Richmond, VA. Their debut album has been pressed on vinyl and hits store shelves today. They have a hot new live video for "Straight to Hell" (with several cameos by Sarah Shook). AND today their first European tour dates have just been announced! Our Harmonized Records label is proud to support these hard working artists. Check out the video below and give the whole album a listen here. Then check out the tour dates below to find out where you can experience the power of their live shows.
Speaking on the video, Johnny Trongone says, "Straight to Hell is one of my fav songs to play, always fun to rip that drum intro & typically by that point in the set, everyone's sweaty & things are gettin' wild! We brought a film crew to a few of our shows including our sold out 4th of July show on a rooftop in Richmond, VA, complete with fireworks display. We'd been touring with our good friend Sarah Shook of Sarah Shook & The Disarmers who ends up making it on camera. We love Sarah. She's become one of our best friends. We try & link up any chance we get if we're in about a 120 mile radius. We'll hang out, play music, share road stories & of course, party our asses off. We always have a blast. Glad she made an appearance in the video & stoked for our Fall tour together! Look out Midwest!
Nov 22 - Brugge, Belgium @ De Kelk
Nov 23 - Weert, Netherlands @ De Bosuil
Nov 24 - Reitwein, Germany @ Live In Reitwein
Nov 27 - Norderstedt, Germany @ Music Star
Nov 28 - Bremen, Germany @ Meisenfrei Blues Club
Nov 29 - Hamburg, Germany @ Happy Billiard / Club Am Donnerstag
Nov 30 - Dortmund, Germany @ Blue Notez
Dec 01 - Singwitz, Germany @ Kesselhaus
Dec 02 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Rockberry Bar & Music Club
Dec 03 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Muzeum Obchodu
Dec 06 - Verviers, Belgium @ Spirit Of 66
Dec 07 - Uden, Netherlands @ De Pul
Dec 08 - Krefeld, Germany @ Kulturrampe
Dec 09 - Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Rozenknopje
Dec 11 - Orleans, France @ Blue Devils
Dec 12 - Louvier, France @ Mojo Pub
Dec 14 - Zaragoza, Spain @ Rock & Blues
Dec 15 - A Coruna, Spain @ Mardi Gras
Dec 16 - Ponferrada, Spain @ King Kong (Early Show)
Dec 16 - Aldeamayor de San Martin, Spain @ El Zagal
Dec 18 - Cadiz, Spain @ El Pelicano
Dec 19 - Estepona, Spain @ Louie Louie
Dec 20 - Murcia, Spain @ El Garaje Beat Club
Dec 21 - Castellon, Spain @ Veneno Stereo
Dec 22 - Barcelona, Spain @ Rocksound
8/31 The Hamilton - Washington DC w/Flow Tribe
9/1 The Soundry - Columbia, MD w/Flow Tribe
9/7 Chinook Fest - Naches, WA
9/22 CrabDaddy Festival - Javisburg, NC
9/29 Devils Backbone Hoopla - Roseland, VA
10/3 Ace of Cups - Columbus, OH w/Sarah Shook
10/4 Pioneer - Indianapolis, IN w/Sarah Shook
10/5 The Sh'tty Barn - Spring Green, WI w/Sarah Shook
10/6 Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI w/Sarah Shook
10/7 Turf Club - St Paul, MN
10/8 Showboat Saloon - Wisconsin Dells, WI w/Sarah Shook
10/9 Triple Crown Whiskey Bar & Raccoon Motel - Davenport, IA w/Sarah Shook
10/10 Knuckleheads Saloon - Kansas City, MO w/Sarah Shook
10/11 Off Broadway Music Venue - St Louis, MO w/Sarah Shook
10/12 Willie's Locally Known - Lexington, KY
10/13 Fall For Greenville - Greenville, SC
10/17 Pour House Music Hall - Raleigh, NC
10/18 Smith's Olde Bar - Atlanta, GA
10/19 The Creek Stage at The Rookery - Macon, GA
10/20 Aiken City Limits Aiken, SC
10/21 Kentuck Festival of The Arts Northport, AL
11/3 Clementine Harrisonburg, VA
11/8 Riverhawk Brooksville, FL
11/9 The Venu Boynton Beach, FL
11/15 Boone Saloon Boone, NC
11/16 Martin's Roanoke, VA
Big Something's annual throw down for their friends and family never disappoints everyone who is lucky enough to attend
Relentless! That was the special word for the 7th annual Big What festival, held amidst the bountiful green expanses of the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center outside of Pittsboro, NC. It felt like an entire festival of high-energy late night acts - each band an anthem, a steamroller of strength and spirit. Combine the sublime location and inspirational music with the lovely people attracted to such things, and all the ingredients were in place for a perfect weekend of hot fun in the summertime.
The Mantras rocked the phans hard after Phish played the Creek.
The Mantras played and epic Phish after-show on Friday night at The Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC. They did a tribute to The Beastie Boys interspersed with several original tunes.
Up on the Blue Ridge Mountains, there I'll take my stand. Lord, I've been all around this world.
I've been to a lot of music festivals, including Bonnaroo, Lockn,' New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. I've seen incredible music at all of those, and I usually have a good time, but there's always a downside: bang-your-head-on-steering-wheel traffic bottlenecks, $15 Bud Lights, lukewarm fast food, overzealous police, hard drugs, loudmouth-drunk broheems, wookies, inadequate port-a-potties, litter, extreme heat and torrential downpours.
John Ferrara (Consider The Source) teamed up with Seth Moutal for a side project of music he had been working on, that was not CTS material. John had been playing around with looping pedals and bass lines, and thought it would be awesome to find a drummer to play a side project together with. While in Nyack NY at an open mic night, he first saw Seth ripping a drum solo, and killing it. He reached out to Seth a little later, to show him his songs. At their first rehearsal, they kept throwing ideas around, and it went well.
The Tedeschi Trucks Band charged forward like a jam-packed freight train at full speed, 12 wheels perfectly aligned and lubricated, all loyal to the shared destination of love, redemption and togetherness.
Long before Derek Trucks was born, Robert Johnson used a bottleneck slide to fight the hellhounds on his Mississippi Delta trail. Bessie Smith busked for pennies outside gospel churches on the streets of Chattanooga. John Coltrane emerged like a phoenix from rural North Carolina to the divine heights of "A Love Supreme." Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bill Monroe, Aretha Franklin, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley.
The Freeway Revival burst out of Asheville with their debut album in 2016 with a funky and soulful roots rock sound that quickly won them a devoted fanbase.
Mountain Music Festival WV May 31- June 2, 2018 The time for a perfect vacation at Mountain Music Festival WV in Oak Hill was upon us again.
The only music festival boasting amazing adventure excursions and epic music, hand in hand with gorgeous camping alongside our kindred enthusiasts. From river rafting to ziplining paintball, disc golfing, or traversing Ace Adventure Resort's 1,500 acres by mountain bike, this music festival has it all. Not to mention The Lost Paddle bar next to their restaurant, adjacent the lake, full of Summer fun! Zipline, slides, inflatable equipment, blob, or just lounge on the beach and take a swim, Ace is a wondrous oasis for music and a quest for exploration.
The temperature keeps risin,’ everybody gettin' high. Come the rockin' stroke of midnight, the whole place gonna fly! Hey, Saturday Night! Yeah, uh huh, one more Saturday night!
When I arrived at Raleigh's Walnut Creek Amphitheatre on Saturday to see Dead & Company, it was a typical June day in North Carolina, which means it was insanely hot and humid, and you better apply sunscreen and stay hydrated or you'll fry like okra at the K&W. The handful of trees in the parking lot became prime real estate, and the hydration of choice at Shakedown Street was, big surprise, ice cold beer.
