Atlanta rockers Blackberry Smoke are set to embark on a mammoth tour in the Spring, and they have an excellent bill of special guests to join them on their road trip. Blackberry Smoke have spent almost two years touring their last album, including a successful double-stint in the UK where they have started to build a loyal fanbase with their take on seventies-style Southern and Country Rock.
John Kadlecik is celebrating the release of his new album Liquid Silver Live and the original material it contains with a solo acoustic tour starting this week in the western states. Furthur (sic) into the fall he will be hosting holiday shows in the Washington DC area with both of his current lineups, the DC Mystery Cats and the John K. Band.
Rebecca Loebe has a new live album, a new video and a slew of tour dates coming up this month. Don’t let her youthful appearance fool you, she’s been performing for more than a decade and already has a stint on NBC’s The Voice under her belt. She was kind enough to get together with Live Music News and Review.com for an interview about her upcoming tour and recent releases.
Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, “the unofficial First Family of the Banjo” (NPR), will release their eponymous debut album October 7th on Rounder Records. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn is a front porch banjo and vocal album of new music, Appalachian murder ballads, gospel, chamber and blues; the culmination of a yearlong tour as a duo in 2013, following the birth of their son, Juno.
Chris Duarte Group is set to release the new album “Lucky 13” on Blues Bureau International October 14, 2014. Chris Duarte Group emerged on the scene out of Austin, Texas, in the early 90’s and gained notoriety after wowing a packed room of industry insiders at the South X Southwest convention. In the wake of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s passing, Duarte quickly gained a national reputation as a young man imbued with a playing style comparable at times to the late guitarist.
John Kadlecik will be performing material from his new EP “Liquid Silver Live,” as a part of his BergenPerforming Arts Center Show on September 19, 2014. Liquid Silver Live, the first album under John Kadlecik’s own name, is an EP with 4 original songs. These songs have already been showcased on the road, with the John K. Band, to the delight of his fans up and down the East Coast.
This pro-democracy non profit founded by musicians and live music fans helps to distribute a massive amount of funds collected at the festival last weekend in Virginia.
Fans of the band that hails from Toronto Canada rock band Enter the Haggis will know all about their sound: elements of rock, pop and Celtic and Scottish influences all clash to create a sound that was clearly theirs. A new album is being released this fall and with it a new band name.
The most significant living figure in the original movement of Afrobeat, Tony Allen, will be joining America’s prolific Afrobeat caravan Chicago Afrobeat Project for a series of shows. The original drummer for Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has been called the greatest living drummer, and his contributions to this tour will be an appetizer for the upcoming album to be released in 2015.
The Wood Brothers are back on the road September through October. The recently announced three week run will focus heavily on shows in the Southeast and Midwest in a number of cities yet to be visited since the release of their critically acclaimed Buddy Miller-produced album, The Muse
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