| Ryan Montbleau Band x2 | Bernie Worrell Orchestra |
| The Alchemystics x2 | Alan Evans Trio |
| Marco Benevento | Juggling Suns |
| Consider the Source | Shake Down X2 |
| Jimkata | Turkuaz |
| Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band | |
B. A. Dario - Barika - Bay Road - Beau Sasser Project - Big Daddy Love - Big Something - The Big Sway - The Brummy Brothers - Byrne's Big Suit - Carole Davia - Conehead Buddha - Cosmic Dust Bunnies - Cosmodrome - Daddie Long Legs - Danny Pease & the Regulators - Domino Theory - East Bound Jesus - Fat Bradley - Fungus Amungus - Gaia Roots - The Garcia Project - Gary Backstrom Band - Goosepimp - Jabooda - Juicy Grapes - Kind Buds - The Kings - Les Racquet - Liquid Pocket - Lucid - The Marks Brothers - Matt Carey - The McLovins - Moses & the Electric Company - Orange Television - Otis Grove - Our Own World - Outer Stylie - Paranoid Social Club - People With Instruments - Pigeons Playing Ping Pong - Primary Others - Primate Fiasco - Raft - Rebelle - Rebel Alliance - Relative Souls - Resin Ed - Rev Tor featuring Charles Neville - Rising Tribe - Romano Project - Secret Sage - Seed - Silent Bujak - Sun Jones - Tawdry - Tony Vacca and World Rhythms Ensemble with Abiodun Oyewole (of The Last Poets) - Van Gordon Martin Band - Vernville Family Jam - Viral Sound - William Thompson Funk Experiment
Purveyors of a Genre and a Way of Life, Max Creek Celebrates 40+ Years They Made It Through the Seventies, and They're Still Going. Calling Elvis>> I want to Die Easy>> Cities from Max Creek on Vimeo. Max Creek is a living, breathing historical study in a hugely significant yet too-oft overlooked American subculture: the jam band. Creek guesses they've performed nearly 3,000 times over their forty+ years together. A true jam band, Max ...
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Donna the Buffalo's feel-good, groove-oriented, danceable and often socially conscious music all began over twenty years ago with roots in old time fiddle music that evolved into a soulful electric Americana mix infused with elements of cajun/ zydeco, rock, folk, reggae, and country. Donna the Buffalo is known for touring the country remaining fiercely independent as one of the industry’s most diverse roots-music bands and has "earned a reputation as ...
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Nearly a decade evolved from their debut at 2003's New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Dumpstaphunk offers fans an unforgettable live experience steeped in the "Big Easy" tradition of a good time. The all-star collective features Ivan Neville on keys, the unique double-bass attack of veterans Tony Hall and Nick Daniels, Ian Neville on guitar, and the monster addition of Nikki Glaspie on drums. Listen here!: Blues_Wave From annual performances at New ...
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Zach Deputy demonstrates his extraordinary ability to perform and record in multiple contexts and conveys the sensibilities of a mature singer/songwriter. Rich with ballads and mid-tempo songs, his music is best described as soulful rhythm and blues, with flavors of Al Green, Taj Mahal and Stevie Wonder emerging in the swells, changes and modulations of the music, in the voice and even in the lyrical content. Zach Deputy appeals to fans ...
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The Brooklyn-based funk army known as Turkuaz “is like tossing a lit match into a dumpster full of fireworks” (bestnewbands.com). Their stage show combines influences from Sly and the Family Stone to Talking Heads into an explosive auditory and visual circus, a full-frontal assault on the senses. After multiple residencies at NYC’s Brooklyn Bowl, two blowout performances at Bear Creek Music Festival, and tours spanning the east and west coasts, ...
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How many artists can say they were in on the ground floor of an honest-to-Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame supergroup, all while inventing a completely original and uncanny sound and, in the ensuing years, building a legendary reputation as one of the most versatile hired guns in the music business? True funkateers know the history. From the fat Minimoog bass lines of "Flash Light" and "One Nation Under A ...
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For an exhilarating glimpse into the future of rock piano, look no further than Marco Benevento. A melodically inventive musical adventurer who artfully employs pedals, amplifiers, circuit-bent toys and sundry effects around his acoustic piano set-up, Benevento has forged a fascinating repertoire of songs, including both wildly original compositions and renditions of those by the likes of Leonard Cohen, Pink Floyd and My Morning Jacket. Benevento first came to national attention ...
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Jimkata is a nationally touring electro-rock band blending heavy beats, synthy hooks, and big guitars to create music with both modern and timeless appeal. Their latest EP, the 80’s pop tinged Ghosts & Killers, is an anthemic dance-pop nugget complete with 21st century, infectious guitar hooks and is available as a free download at jimkata.com. They are currently taking their electro-rock circus to a town near you. Jimkata website
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Deeply rooted in Funk and fully committed to the ongoing evolution of the genre, the Booty Band has a sound that is unique yet has the power and soul to create lasting melodies and seismic rhythms. The group has been together for a full decade, performing well over 150 shows and completing three to four national tours each year. With a new album in the works at Echo Mountain Studios in ...
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Founder, writer and drummer of Soulive for over 15 years, Alan Evans proudly presents his newest creation, the Alan Evans Trio… an inspiring and fresh drum-guitar-organ trio lineup! Enlisting the support of good friends and talented players Danny Mayer on guitar (On the Spot Trio), and Beau Sasser on organ (Melvin Sparks, Akashic Record) the trio’s sound proves hard driving and groovin’ with dark funky rhythms and blues lick solos. The Alan Evans Trio opens ...
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NYC trio Consider the Source defy easy description. If intergalactic beings of pure energy, after initiation into an order of whirling dervishes, built some kind of pan-dimensional booty-shaking engine, powered by psychedelics and abstract math, it’d probably just sound like a CTS tribute band. Drawing from progressive rock, fusion and jazz, with alien sounds soaked in Indian and Middle Eastern styles, CTS blends disparate parts into a striking, utterly original ...
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Fueled by their passion to explore beyond the edges of traditional musical boundaries and their diverse ethnic and musical backgrounds, the Alchemystics blend reggae, politically infused hip-hop, gritty soul, hard-driving rock, and pulsing Jamaican, Cuban and Trinidadian rhythms into an utterly unique and distinctively original new sound. The result is modern-day roots music with global appeal – an alchemy of ancient musical traditions; intricate, intelligent wordplay; elementally raw soul; irresistible ...
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