Young Greenville, Georgia, bluesman Jontavious Willis has released the follow-up to his debut album, 2016's "Blue Metamorphosis." Well-established blues musicians Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ are big fans of the 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist, and they played key roles in the production of the brand...
Wisconsin-bred/Georgia-based folk musician John McCutcheon will perform a concert celebrating the 100th birthday of his biggest inspiration, Pete Seeger, at the Red Clay Music Foundry in Duluth on May 5, 2019. McCutcheon (pictured with Seeger) titled his 1975 debut album, "How Can I Keep From...
An unauthorized biography of R.E.M.’s formative years will be published on May 14, 2019, via Verse Chorus Press. Written by Robert Dean Lurie (author of books on David Bowie and Australian band The Church), "Begin the Begin: R.E.M.’s Early Years" includes commentary and insight from numerous figures...
The lineup for the 2019 Shaky Knees Music Festival has been announced, with Tame Impala, Beck, Cage the Elephant and Incubus headlining. The rest of the lineup – more than 65 bands – includes Tears for Fears, Gary Clark Jr., Interpol, Foals, Father John Misty, Grouplove, Tash Sultana, Liz Phair...
After a successful year touring as The Devon Allman Project with special guest Duane Betts, the sons of Gregg Allman and Dickey Betts are joining forces to form The Allman Betts Band. The new group will also Berry Oakley Jr., (son of original Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley), along with...
One of the odder and more entertaining albums you’re likely to hear was released in October by Atlanta band Leucine Zipper & the Zinc Fingers. The conceptual group hits you with a preposterous premise right off the bat – they’re a genetically modified band created by scientists in a lab. But even if...