Category: Shows

Video: Mayan Holidaze 2012 Announces Artists & Dates

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Join Cloud 9 Adventures for the next Mayan Holidaze with The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey’s McGee, and STS9. The Holidaze will return to the beautiful Mayan Riviera of Mexico for four days of music and excitement in paradise. Jan 26-30, 2012.

Websites & Links: MayanHolidaze.com | Cloud9Adventures.com | MayanRiviera.com

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Video ~ Forecastle Festival Announces Dates and My Morning Jacket Special Collaboration

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From ForcastleFest on YouTube
“The Forecastle Festival and My Morning Jacket announce special colloboration for the festival’s 10th Anniversary, July 13-15, at Waterfront Park in Louisville, KY. Tickets go on Sale January 27th at noon.

For more information, please visit ForecastleFest.com and MyMorningJacket.com. Film produced by BreakerBox / BranjoFarms. Artwork by Jeff Gaither.”

Websites & Links: ForecastleFest.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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Conspirator ~ The Blizzard of Beats Winter Tour 2012

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Announced Dates
2.02 three20south – Breckenridge, CO w/ Ben Samples
2.03 Agave – Avon, CO w/ Ben Samples
2.04 Pac3 – Carbondale, CO w/ Ben Samples
2.09 The Aggie – Ft. Collins, CO w/ Ben Samples & Dr. Fameus
2.10 Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO w/ Ben Samples & Dr. Fameus
2.11 The Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO w/ Ben Samples & Dr. Fameus
2.15 Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI w/ Dr. Fameus, Ben Silver & Alpha Data
2.16 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN w/ Dr. Fameus, Ben Silver & Alpha Data
2.17 The Congress Theater – Chicago, IL w/ Lotus and Emancipator
2.18 The Pageant – St. Louis, MOw/ Lotus
2.19 Bell’s Brewery – Kalamazoo, MI w/ Dr. Fameus
3.01 Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT
3.02 Sherman Theater – Stroudsburg, PA
3.03 Wescott Theater – Syracuse, NY w/ Eliot Lipp
3.08 The Note – West Chester, PA
3.09 Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA
3.10 Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NYw/ Eliot Lipp
3.16 LIFT Festival – Enfield, NH w/ Ghostland Observatory, Paper Diamond, Orchard Lounge, Break Science, Danger and more

Websites & Links: ConspiratorBand.com | Facebook | Soundcloud

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Video ~ DelFest 2012 Announces Initial Lineup & Top Ten Reasons You Should Attend

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Announced Lineup: The Del McCoury Band • Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers • Yonder Mountain String Band • Sam Bush Band • The Travelin’ McCourys (feat. Keller Williams 5/26) • Preservation Hall Jazz Band • Keller Williams • Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver • The Infamous Stringdusters • Emmitt-Nershi Band • Joe Craven • Split Lip Rayfield • The Larry Stephenson Band • The David Mayfield Parade • Mountain Sprout • Mon River Ramblers • and many more TBA

Websites & Links: DelFest.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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Jam Cruise 10 ~ January 9th-14th, 2012

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Jam Cruise 10

The 10th Anniversary of Jam Cruise
Jam Cruise 10 sets sail January 9-14, 2012 on the beautiful Italian ship: MSC Poesia. We will leave from Ft Lauderdale’s Port Everglades and head to Labadee, Haiti & Falmouth, Jamaica.

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2011 Announced Artists
Umphrey’s McGee * Galactic * Keller & the Keels * Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers * Toots & the Maytals * Soulive * Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe * Railroad Earth * Ozomatli * the New Deal * Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue * EOTO * 7 Walkers feat. Bill Kreutzmann, Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard & George Porter, Jr. w/ Steve Kimock * The New Mastersounds * Shpongle (Simon Posford DJ Set) * Perpetual Groove * Dirty Dozen Brass Band * Toubab Krewe * Break Science w/ Chali 2na * George Porter & the Runnin’ Pardners * Orgone * Dr. Klaw * Surprise Me Mr. Davis * Dead Kenny G’s * The Heavy Pets * A Tribute to Sly & the Family Stone w/ Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, Ian Neville, Adam Deitch, Nick Daniels & Nigel Hall * Tony Hall Super Jam * The Everyone Orchestra * Paper Diamond * DJ Logic * DJ Kraz

Special Guests

Steve Kimock * Anders Osborne * Col. Bruce Hampton * Big Sam * Kyle Hollingsworth * Chali 2na * Jessica Lurie

Pre-Cruise Shows at Revolution Live

January 7th – Umphrey’s McGee and Toubab Krewe
January 8th – Umphrey’s McGee and The New Mastersounds

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Remembering Jam Cruise
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Websites & Links

JamCruise.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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Meet the Artist ~ Zach Deputy

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From ZachDeputy.com

“On his upcoming release Another Day (Eusonia Records, 2011), Zach Deputy demonstrates his extraordinary ability to perform and record in multiple contexts. He conveys the sensibilities of a mature singer/songwriter and demonstrates that he is not merely a “looper”1 with crazy chops, serious pipes and colorful outfits. Another Day offers another look at Zach Deputy and seeks to help him cross over into other audiences. Rich with ballads and mid-tempo songs, the music on this recording 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. The record will appeal to fans of contemporary artists like Jack Johnson and Amos Lee, but the origins of the style and feel remain classic.
Recorded over 5 days in August, 2009 at Mission Sound Recording in Brooklyn, NY, Another Day emerged as a warm, mellow album, one that is perfect for after hour soirees and sunsets. It is possible that the only benefit to recording with a limited budget in a small window of time is that the raw essence of the session is not stripped away by weeks or months of second guessing and revision. The instincts and experience of the players is critical in sessions like this, and producer Scott Jacoby chose the right guys to fill out the sound and vibe of the record.

To handle the ever-present Latin, Caribbean and African elements in Zach Deputy’s backbeat and place them in the contemporary soul / pop format of the songs, Jacoby tapped Graham Hawthorne (Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Joan Osborne, Paul Simon, David Byrne) for the drum kit. Bassist Al Carty came into the studio and explained to Deputy’s manager that he was feeling a little scattered, as he had played four church gigs that day. Despite the list of artists he has recorded or toured with (Lou Reed, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, De La Soul, Carrie Underwood, Gavin DeGraw, Me’shell Ndegeocello, Ashanti and more), the church gigs alone proved that Jacoby was on the mark with this choice for the low end. Zach Deputy is, after all, a soul singer whose music is underpinned by Gospel as much as by any other musical idiom. Equally at home in the Gospel tradition, pianist / organist Will Buthod (Jay-Z, Fat Joe, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Mashonda, The Harlem Gospel Choir) rounded out the studio trio that filled out Deputy’s vision for the recording, a vision made real by Jacoby’s pitch perfect choice of accompanists. These four accomplished professionals met for the first time on the first day of recording and worked as if they were old friends with a shared history and a common purpose.
In contrast to the music and feel of Another Day, Zach Deputy has made his mark thus far as a touring powerhouse.
As a boy, the music of Zach Deputy’s Puerto Rican, Cruzan and Irish heritage was cooked up in the South Carolina heat. The Calypso rhythms and folk songs of St. Croix competed with the R&B / soul of pioneers like James Brown and Ray Charles for space on the family stereo. As Deputy honed his craft, a unique hybrid of these influences emerged, ultimately creating the signature Zach Deputy sound. To bring this sound to the stage, the big, impossibly upbeat South Carolinian with the infectious smile puts on a solo show– enhanced by looping technology– that is essentially a one man dance party offering up what he calls “Island-infused, Drum ‘n’ Bass, Gospel-Ninja-Soul” to the enthusiastic crowds of dancers who flock to clubs from coast-to-coast. It is these late night dance parties—more than 250 per year– that have made Zach Deputy one of the hottest up-and-coming performers on the camping festival circuit and “jam band” scene.
Of course, artists are seldom content to stay in one place artistically, and Zach was looking to collaborate with somebody on a more “produced”, even somewhat “urban” sounding record. When Zach’s manager first turned Grammy Award winning producer Scott Jacoby on to some of Zach’s more funky, upbeat live performances, Jacoby simply didn’t hear it. The one-man-band live looping show features a more simplified version of Deputy’s music, and Jacoby was looking for songs, structure, changes, hooks, choruses… stuff that is nearly impossible to do by one’s self on stage with a nylon string Godin acoustic guitar, a handful of mics and a bunch of looping technology. Zach simply showed up at Jacoby’s studio with his acoustic guitar and sang a few songs and Jacoby was inspired—the urban-oriented dance album they had discussed was going to have to wait: he and Zach were now going to make what they called a “Ray Lamontagne” kind of record and the result is Another Day.

For Zach, most days begin in a hotel room and end a couple of hours after walking off stage, leaving a packed house of sweaty dancers calling for more. The constant touring and the compelling live show may be the key to Zach’s success on the road, but it is an unlikely inspiration for Another Day, as there is little similarity between what fans have come to expect from Zach and what is offered up in this new record. Thus, Another Day is an appropriately titled album, and it is truly an album in the classic sense—a collection of songs that come from the same time and place, inspired by the same muse. Reflective and introspective, it provides a glimpse at the soul of an artist and the depth of a songwriter. Full of hope and anticipation of the promise of another day, a new day, it is a pivotal point in the career of a touring musician. Whereas it is a departure for Zach Deputy, it is one that he feels confident his fans can relate to, but it isn’t the end in itself. Deputy’s multi-faceted diamond gets one side polished in this offering, and it is a side that will shine brightly for a new audience.
1. “Looper” is a term to describe an artist using digital looping technology to accompany themselves in live performances. Using a Godin nylon string acoustic guitar and a bank of sampled sounds, Zach Deputy creates musical passages live, records them as a short loop that plays continuously, then plays other parts over them– which also get looped– creating a palette of layered sounds that give the effect of accompaniment. Using his feet, he is able to bring loops in and out of the mix (he mixes his own sound from the stage), thus allowing for changes and choruses in his songs and an ability to both compose and arrange spontaneously, on the fly, in his live performances. For many, Zach Deputy’s impeccable timing (a loop is very unforgiving) and his remarkable ability to think like something other than a guitarist– he can play bass lines like a bassist, steel drums like a steel drum player, trombone like a trombonist, etc.– sets him apart from other loopers. He also uses looping technology to create rhythm tracks (by looping vocal beat boxing and live percussion), backup vocals and even full horn sections. The sound of beat boxing and vocals are further enhanced by the use of special microphones that provide sonic depth and allow for the use of other effects (sounds and choruses, delays, echo, etc.) on the rhythm and vocal tracks. On top of this full-band sound that he achieves through the technology, he sings and plays lead passages on guitar (or keyboard, trumpet, strings, etc., through the sound bank) and ultimatley creates the effect of a five or six piece band with singers.”

Websites & Links: ZachDeputy.com | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | Myspace | Archive.org

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Video ~ Perpetual Groove’s Amberland Festival XI 2012 (Official Promo)

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From PgrooveByGemini on YouTube
“Amberland XI, Perpetual Groove’s Memorial Day weekend Arts & Music Festival, will take place May 25th-28th, 2012 and will once again be situated on 260 pristine acres at Cherokee Farms in LaFayette, GA. Amberland features six sets of music from Perpetual Groove as well as music from their favorite up and coming artists.

Bands scheduled to play for 2012 include The Heavy Pets from Florida, Moon Taxi from Tennessee and Consider the Source from New York City. Additional artists may be announced in the Spring of 2012.

“Amberland is our favorite time of year,” says guitarist Brock Butler. “I feel like it’s the one time of year that we can all gather as a family and as friends. It’s amazing to see so many people we’ve known for ten years and beyond. The vibe, the laid back feel, and the chance to play anything we want without feeling pressure is something we don’t ever take for granted.”

In addition, the weekend will feature live art, themed costume nights, a disc golf tournamanet, yoga, artist workshops, and more. The theme for Amberland XI 2012 is “Where Did All The Penguins Go?” This theme is based around the popular Perpetual Groove song “Macumba.” Clearly, the penguins all went to Amberland. Site décor and costume nights will reflect this theme.

“It’s going to be wonderful to celebrate Amberland this year with our closest friends and family,” says keyboardist Matthew McDonald. “It will be even more special with my wife and I bringing the newest member of our family to his first Amberland.”

Over the years, one thing that has made Amberland what it is today is its laid-back, backyard party vibe. “It started off as a backyard party, and we want to keep that same enthusiasm about it and preserve the intimacy that makes it so special,” Butler says. The fans take this time every year not only to enjoy the music, but also to reunite with friends and family from all over the world. Amberland IS their family reunion. Together, they’ve shared laughter, tears, marriage proposals and weddings, rain and sunshine. No matter how much people’s lives change year after year, one weekend remains constant for everyone involved. See for yourself, and you will know why so many come back year after year.

Amberland: It’s not a place, but a state of mind.”

Websites & Links: AmberlandFestival.com | Facebook | PGroove.com

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Video ~ Ultra Music Festival Phase 1 Lineup Announced

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From Jambase
Friday, March 23rd: Tiësto, Kraftwerk, Carl Cox, Skrillex, Afrojack, Miike Snow, Pretty Lights, New Order, Groove Armada (DJ Set), Dirty South, Loco Dice, A-Trak, Dada Life, Porter Robinson, Neon Indian, Jack Beats, Chris Lake, Michael Woods, Nicky Romero, Tommy Trash, Katy B, DJ Icey, The Knocks, Afrobeta, Jon Rundell

Saturday, March 24th: Justice (Live), Avicii, Fatboy Slim, Duck Sauce, M83, Sven Väth, Carl Cox, Laidback Luke, 2manydjs (Live), Flux Pavilion, Borgore, Doctor P, Metronomy, Little Dragon, Hardwell, Datsik, Andy C, Zeds Dead, 12th Planet, Magda, Skream + Benga, Zedd, Mord Fustang, Cedric Gervais, Netsky, High Contrast, Mt. Eden, Camo & Krooked, Big Chocolate, Carbon Airways, Yousef

Sunday, March 25th: David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Kaskade, Bassnectar, Chase and Status (Live), The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set), Fedde Le Grand, Knife Party, Magnetic Man, John Digweed, Steve Aoki, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery, Sander van Doorn, Flying Lotus, SBTRKT (live), Adam Beyer, Steve Lawler, Joris Voorn, Jamie, Jones, Seth Troxler, Damian Lazarus, Nic Fanciulli, Layo & Bushwacka!, Marcus Schössow, Popof, Art Department, Big Gigantic, Savoy (Live), Tritonal, Jochen Miller, Keys N Krates, Elio Riso, Remo, Eco, RioTGeaR

Websites & Links: UltraMusicFestival.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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Festivals ~ January 2012

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January 9th-14th 

Fort Lauderdale, USA – Labadee, Haiti – Falmouth, Jamaica

Lineup: Umphrey’s McGee • Galactic • Keller & The Keels • Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers • Toots and the Maytals • Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe • Soulive • Railroad Earth • Ozomatli • The New Deal • EOTO • The New Mastersounds • Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue • 7 Walkers • Shpongle • Perpetual Groove • Garage A Trois • Dirty Dozen Brass Band • Toubab Krewe • Zach Deputy • Orgone • Omega Moos • The Everyone Orchestra • Paper Diamond • And More

Links: JamCruise.com | Facebook | YouTube | Twitter | Myspace

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January 21st 

Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, IL

Lineup: “Big Mon Jam” featuring Del McCoury Band & David Grisman • Del McCoury Band • David Grisman Quintet • The Bluegrass Ball feat. The Travelin’ McCourys and Special Guests • Joe Purdy • The Giving Tree Band • Majors Junction • And More

Links: CBBFestival.com | Facebook

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January 26th-30th 

Mayan Riviera, Mexico – SOLD OUT

Lineup: The Disco Biscuits (2 sets) • Umphrey’s McGee (2 sets) • STS9 (2 sets) • Big Gigantic • The Polish Ambassador • Lance Herb Strong

Links: MayanHolidaze.com | Facebook

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January 27th & 28th 

Ann Arbor Folk Festival
Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI

Lineup: Ryan Adams • Emmylou Harris • Glen Campbell • Nanci Griffith • DeVotchKa • Dawes • Carbon Leaf • Elephant Revival • Sunny War • David Wax Museum • Joe Henry • Sarah Jarosz • Caravan of Thieves • Seth Glier

Links: Ann Arbor Folk Festival | TheArk.org

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January 28th 

Congress Theatre in Chicago, IL

Lineup: Drive-By Truckers with Dawes • Joe Pug • And More TBA

Links: CBBFestival.com | Facebook

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