Guitar Center’s Drum-Off, the world’s premier drum competition, launches its 27(th) annual search for the next great undiscovered drummer. Developed to inspire and support aspiring musicians, the program has grown into a sought-after launching pad for a career as a professional drummer. Past Drum-Off winners have gone on to play with Prince and Beyoncé (Cora […]
Bob Marley’s 70(th) birthday year-long celebration (2015) continues with the release of two new box sets, The Complete Island Recordings and The Complete Island Recordings: Collector’s Edition. These two stunning vinyl collection sets will release September 25(th), 2015, and feature 11 albums on 180-gram vinyl spanning a decade’s worth of Bob Marley & The Wailers […]
David Gilmour has announced that his new solo album Rattle That Lock will be released worldwide on Friday, September18, 2015 on Columbia Records. The album will be available for preorder and the first single, also titled “Rattle ThatLock” will be released on Friday, July 17, 2016. Additionally David Gilmour’s first North American dates in ten […]
The SD Music Awards has announced the nominees for the 25th annual SD Music Awards. The award ceremony will be held at Humphreys By The Bay on Monday. October 5th, 2015. Voting for your favorite band is now open. Humphreys Half Moon Inn is now offering a Special Guest Room Rate of $149.00 single/double occupancy. The […]
BELLA DONNA In 1976 when the album Rumors came out, I was blown away. I listened to this album non stop for at least a year. I must admit I was a huge Fleetwood Mac fan before that album came out but this was different. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the […]
A sold-out crowd of concert-goers went wild Wednesday night at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the legendary Charlie Daniels Volunteer Jam, presented by Copperweld, at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena as seven-time GRAMMY-nominee country star Eric Church, iconic Southern rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Blackberry Smoke made bombshell, unannounced appearances to honor U.S. military members and veterans. […]
Multi-platinum music icon Prince, and global music and entertainment platform TIDAL, today confirmed that the next release from the entertainer will be exclusively on TIDAL on September 7, 2015. The upcoming release, the experimental, HITNRUN, was first announced by his band, 3RDEYEGIRL, on BBC radio late last month, following the release of the critically praised […]
The exclusive radio broadcast will include interviews and performances by Metallica, Alabama Shakes, Walk The Moon, Cold War Kids, alt-J, Father John Misty, Glass Animals, St. Paul and the Broken Bones, Hot Chip, Twenty One Pilots, Carnage, The Wombats, Circa Waves, Moon Taxi, and many more. “We are focused on delivering to our subscribers special […]
Calling all small to mid-sized towns and cities across the country: America’s largest free outdoor concert series is, once again, putting the spotlight on you! The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is an exciting matching grant opportunity, created by Levitt Pavilions, serving small to mid-sized towns and cities with populations up to 400,000. 10 […]
About 100 miles south of Atlanta, next to a field just outside the town of Byron, there stands a plaque erected by the Georgia Historical Society marking the location of the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival, where from July 3-5, 1970, “Over thirty musical acts performed, including rock icon Jimi Hendrix playing to the largest […]