Category: Months

Video ~ Head for the Hills – “Never Does” Official Music Video

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From HeadForTheHillsMusic.com

From Telluride Bluegrass Festival to SxSW and all points beyond – Head for the Hills creates a sound based in bluegrass that reaches into indie rock, jazz, hip hop, world and folk to stitch together fresh songs that bridge the divide between past and future acoustic music. Bluegrass Today said they are “On top of modern string music.”
Head for the Hills is Adam Kinghorn (Guitar), Michael Chappell (Mandolin), Joe Lessard (Fiddle), and Matt Loewen (Bass). The quartet recently released their third studio album, Blue Ruin, of which CMT’s Edge said it “effortlessly matches integrity against innovation.” The album also charted in the CMJ Top 200.
Today, they are thrilled to announce the premier of their newest music video for the song “Never Does” from Blue Ruin. Written by Joe Lessard, “Never Does” is a driving pop infused song about love and loss. It is a pulsing, minor-key tale about a lack of fulfillment and closure told with a rapid-fire vocal delivery. Subtle audio effects and haunting background vocals add to the unceasing and urgent sense of anxiety within the track. They are also offering the song as a free download at: http://bit.ly/H4TH_NeverDoes.
Head for the Hills will also be on the road this summer beginning with an appearance at Pickin’ on the Poudre at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on May 17th. The end of May brings them to Illinois for Summer Camp Music Festival, The Revival Festival in Minnesota, and the Campout for the Cause in Bond CO. They pick back up in mid-June with Vaudeville Mews (IA), Love Fest in the Midwest (NE), Fly Me to the Moon Saloon (in Telluride and featuring special guest Anders Beck from Greensky Bluegrass), and Clear Creek RapidGrass in Idaho Springs. In July they are set to play Camp Euforia (IA), Dawg Daze of Summer (MO), and a co-bill with The Steep Canyon Rangers at the Denver Botanic Gardens. August has them at the Mohawk Valley Music Fest (OR) and supporting Nickel Creek at the Festival at Sandpoint. They will also be at Yonder Mountain String Band’s Kinfolk celebration in Lyons this September and the Boats and Bluegrass Festival (MN). More tour dates will be announced as the season progresses, so please stay tuned to headforthehillsmusic.com.

Head for the Hills Summer 2014 Tour
05.17 | Mishawaka Amphitheatre – Pickin’ on the Poudre – Bellvue, CO
05.23 | Summer Camp Music Festival – Chillicothe, IL
05.24 | Revival Festival at Harmony Park Music Garden – Clarks Grove, MN
05.25 | Campout For The Cause – Bond, CO
06.13 | Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA
06.14 | Love Fest in the Midwest – Bellevue, NE
06.18 | Fly Me to the Moon Saloon – Telluride, CO +
06.28 | Clear Creek RapidGrass Music Festival- Idaho Springs, CO
07.11 | Camp Euforia – Lone Tree, IA
07.12 | Dawg Daze of Summer Festival – Savannah, MO
07.27 | Denver Botanic Gardens – Denver, CO #
08.08 | Mohawk Valley Music Festival – Marcola, OR
08.09 | Festival at Sandpoint – Sandpoint, ID *
09.19 | Kinfolk Celebration at Planet Bluegrass – Lyons, CO ~
09.27 | Boats and Bluegrass Festival – Winona, MN

+ with special guest Anders Beck (of Greensky Bluegrass)
# co-bill with Steep Canyon Rangers
* supporting Nickel Creek
~ with Yonder Mountain String Band, John Bell (of Widespread Panic), The Travelin’ McCourys, The Milk Carton Kids and more

Websites & Links: HeadForTheHillsMusic.com | Facebook | Twitter

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Video ~ Mountain Jam 2014 Official Lineup Video

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The 10th annual Mountain Jam Festival will take place June 5-8, 2014 at Hunter Mountain, NY featuring: The Allman Brothers Band, Bob Weir & RatDog, Pretty Lights, Gov’t Mule, The Avett Brothers, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley, Jeff Tweedy, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Umphrey’s McGee, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Trampled By Turtles, Dark Star Orchestra, and many more!

Websites & Links: MountainJam.com | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube

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Strings and Sol 2014 with Yonder Mountain, Railroad Earth & More in Puerto Morelos, Mexico

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“Strings & Sol returns to the white sand beaches of Now Sapphire in Riviera Maya, Mexico on December 11-15, 2014. Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters, and special guest Sam Bush will take the stage set on the beach against a stunning backdrop of Caribbean waters. This is a tropical bluegrass adventure not to be missed!
The beautiful, luxurious, and all-inclusive Now Sapphire Resort is the perfect setting for your concert vacation. Located just 25 minutes south of the Cancun airport in the Mayan Riviera, Now Sapphire is a first-class resort that features pristine beaches, spacious suites, an incredible on-site spa, gourmet restaurants, beachfront palapas, and stunning ocean views. All of your food, drinks, and of course, concerts are included in the price of your room! Strings & Sol offers music fans a genuine luxury vacation featuring days relaxing on the beach with friends and nights listening to your favorite bands perform in paradise.”

Websites & Links: StringsAndSol.com | Facebook | Twitter | Cloud9Adventures.com

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Family Friendly Mohawk Valley 2014

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From Mohawk Valley
Eugene, Ore. – The Mohawk Valley Music Festival will feature a 3-day family friendly multi-media festival with live music, a kid’s stage, the multi-media Radiance Dome, free camping within a variety of shaded locations close to water, a beer garden, food booths, with free entrance for young people 12 years of age or younger from Friday, August 8 through Sunday, August 10, 2014 within Bob Russell’s Ranch, located 25 minutes east of Springfield at 39638 Mohawk Loop Road, Marcola, Ore.

Lineup

Headlining bands will feature Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe; Nahko and Medicine for the People; Phutureprimitive; Pimps of Joytime; Govinda; and Shook Twins.
Additional artists will include Fruition; Head for the Hills; Polyrhythmics; Solseed; Love Bomb GoGo Marching Band; Marv Ellis and We Tribe; Blue Lotus; Luke Mandala; Beatcrunchers; and and Chibuku.
The Mohawk Valley Music Festival Kid’s Stage will include a nature camp workshop, juggling and acrobatics, performances designed for young people, a bubble guy, a soccer clinic in the mornings, a mask making workshop and a parade featuring the Love Bomb GoG0 Marching Band.

Tickets

Advance tickets for all three days including camping are available now at TicketsWest within a tiered pricing system in which advance tickets currently cost $90, with monthly increases scheduled up to the week of the festival.
Tickets for all three days will be available at the venue when the gates open on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 8 a.m. for $125. Family camping options and locations are available. Camping is included with all tickets. The festival gates will open to the public beginning Friday, August 8, 2014 at 8 a.m. Parking will cost $10 for most vehicles and $30 for large vehicles.
Radiance Dome
Available during the entire festival day and night, the multi-media geodesic Radiance Dome, which debuted to great acclaim during the 2013 Burning Man Festival, will feature glowing panels designed to inspire creative expression by melding art and interactive technology.
Winner of the 2013 LuciteLux© Just Imagine Award, the Radiance Dome during the day will project geodesic structures and transparent panels that will resonate with nature in their elegant geometry, with the triangular panels and steel creating intriguing shadows and perspectives, highlighted by colorful discs illuminated by the sun. At night, the faces of the domes vividly glow with swirling mosaics of colors in response to their surroundings. A DJ will add sound to the play of light, creating a magical experience.

Designed by Light at Play, the Radiance Dome multi-media environment composes layers of light, perspective, and animation in a 40-foot interactive and immersive geodesic environment that responds to participants as they dance to the music.
“The Radiance dome is an illuminated structure controlled by an interactive software system designed to facilitate a closer relationship between music and movement,” said Kenyon Acton, Light at Play co-owner.
“The dome consists of 200 light trans missive acrylic panels, each individually controlled and illuminated by LEDs. Each panel contributes to a coordinated light show directed by the music, the movement of those within the dome, or through interacting with an iPad. It was conceived of and created for the 2013 Burning Man festival to provide a space for tango and blues dancing,” Acton said.

For more information about the Radiance Dome, please click on the YouTube documentary prepared and posted by Light at Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLOmLlShpVk.
About Bob’s Ranch 
Set on a beautiful 150 acre private property in Marcola, Ore., Bob’s Ranch has also hosted the Northwest World Reggae Festival for the last seven years. Giant fir trees line the property and surround the camping areas and festival grounds providing an abundance of camping options and comfortable shade. One can splash in the shallow creek during the heat of the day and take a walk down the shady 1,000 foot trail adorned with visual art to our Mohawk Valley Music Festival Gypsy Stage. A family friendly event, the Mohawk Valley Music Festival will also feature a Kid’s Stage during the day with a parade and family camping options and locations.

Websites & Links: MohawkValleyMusicFestival.com | Facebook

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