SIDE OF THE ROAD MUSIC COVERAGE

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Announce Grand Point North Music Festival

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals along with Higher Ground Presents have announced the 3rd annual Grand Point North Music Festival will take place on Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15, 2013.... (more...)

The Moody Blues' Set to Release TIMELESS FLIGHT, 6/25

Universal Music Enterprises has announced that The Moody Blues' new definitive, career-spanning collection, TIMELESS FLIGHT, will now be released June 25 in both 17-disc and four-CD configurations. (more...)

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals Announce Grand Point North Music Festival

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals along with Higher Ground Presents have announced the 3rd annual Grand Point North Music Festival will take place on Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15, 2013.... (more...)

ELVIS AT STAX Deluxe Edition Chronicles 40th Anniversary of Historic Studio Sessions

The last major studio sessions in the career of Elvis Presley have finally been gathered together for the first time in one comprehensive package as ELVIS AT STAX: DELUXE EDITION. (more...)

Tim McGraw to Headline the First Delta Country Jam Music Festival in Memphis, 10/4-5

Event organizers for the First Annual Delta Country Jam Music Festival held a press conference today (May 7,) at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN, announcing megastar Tim McGraw to headline the two-da... (more...)

Lee Brice to Release PARKING LOT PARTY, 5/13; Kicks Off Tour 5/9

Curb Records and Lee Brice light things up with his new summer anthem, 'Parking Lot Party' which will be released on May 13th, 2013 and comes on the heels of his third #1 single in a row, 'I Drive You... (more...)

Lee Brice to Release New Summer Single PARKING LOT PARTY, 5/13

Curb Records and Lee Brice light things up with his new summer anthem, 'Parking Lot Party' which will be released on May 13th, 2013 and comes on the heels of his third #1 single in a row, 'I Drive You... (more...)

Ripe Time Benefit, Blake Pfeil and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 5/12

Joe's Pub at the Public Theater has announced its lineup for May 6-12, featuring: Ripe Time Benefit, NYU Tisch, CMA Songwriters Series, Julia Haltigan, Stephane Wrembel, The Fat Man's Daughter, Rabbit... (more...)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND Headlines Barclay Center This September, Tix on Sale Today

VAMPIRE WEEKEND has confirmed a September 20 headline show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY. Tickets to the band's first ever engagement at Barclays will be on sale beginning today, May 4--the sa... (more...)

PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD! Film Series Runs at Moving Image, Now thru 6/9

Museum of the Moving Image will present an eighteen-film screening series celebrating music movies on the big screen, in conjunction with its current exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video. Taking its ... (more...)

Matthew Morrison's PBS Concert Airing 6/1, Album Out 6/4

According to a new interview, noted Broadway/Hollywood crossover star and Glee headliner Matthew Morrison will be presenting his new solo concert special on PBS stations across the country on June 1. (more...)

PLAY THIS MOVIE LOUD! Film Series to Run at Moving Image, 5/4-6/9

Museum of the Moving Image will present an eighteen-film screening series celebrating music movies on the big screen, in conjunction with its current exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video. Taking its ... (more...)

Big Black Delta's Debut Album Out Today; Live U.S. Dates Announced

Big Black Delta's debut full length album is out today via Masters of Bates. The self-titled release streamed exclusively via Spin. (more...)

Superstar Toby Keith Launches 10-Day USO Tour to Philippines, Guam and Hawaii

Superstar Toby Keith thanks troops and their families in the Philippines for their service and lets them know he is Always By Their Side during three-country (more...)

AMERICANA: ORIGINAL MUSIC (From 'Wish You Were Here') Released Today

Lakeshore Records will release the Americana: Original Music From the Film Wish You Were Here digitally today, April 30, 2013. Jordan Shapiro composed the original score. (more...)

VAMPIRE WEEKEND to Headline Barclay Center This September, Tix on Sale 5/4

VAMPIRE WEEKEND has confirmed a September 20 headline show at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn NY. Tickets to the band's first ever engagement at Barclays will be on sale beginning Saturday, May 4--the... (more...)

Caleb Hawley Announces Self-Titled Album Release

28 year-old Caleb Hawley is an American soul singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and multi instrumentalist. Having solely written and fully produced 3 prior albums, his fourth self-titled album, “C... (more...)

Conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto to Release 12 DVD Set & More

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, Cedille Records releases on April 30, 2013, a CD of Mexican composer Carlos Chavez's rarely performed/recorded 1940 Piano Concerto, featuring elegant Mexican pianist Jo... (more...)

AMERICANA: ORIGINAL MUSIC (From 'Wish You Were Here') to Be Released 4/30

Lakeshore Records will release the Americana: Original Music From the Film Wish You Were Here digitally April 30, 2013. Jordan Shapiro composed the original score. (more...)

SKATERS to Join Portugal. the Man on Tour This June

NYC rockers SKATERSwill join Warner Music Group label-mates Portugal. The Man as support for a string of U.S. tour dates in June, all of which are listed below. The band recently performed a series of... (more...)

Bob Marley's KAYA Recording Celebrates 35th Anniversary Edition Release Today

This year marks the 35th anniversary of Bob Marley & The Wailers' now classic, 1978 release, Kaya. To celebrate, today, April 23, 2013, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will release Kaya: 35th Annive... (more...)

Megan Hilty, SONNETS FOR THE CITY and More Set for Joe's Pub, Now thru 4/28

This week at Joe's Pub at the Public, April 22 through April 28, 2013, the lineup will feature: Mike Daisey, Leslie Kritzer: Beautiful Disaster, Megan Hilty, Ashley Davis, Bridget Everett and the Tend... (more...)

Big Black Delta's Forthcoming Debut Album Streaming In Full Via SPIN

Big Black Delta's debut album is currently streaming in full a week prior to its official release via SPIN. The much anticipated self-titled album is due out on April 30th via Masters of Bates. (more...)

CIMMfest Celebrates 50 Years of The Rolling Stones on Film, Now thru 4/21

Chicago International Movies & Music Festival (CIMMfest No. 5), Chicago's annual festival of film screenings, music concerts and more, presents CIMMpathy for The Stones, a major retrospective celebrat... (more...)

The Band Perry & More Set for CBS's ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW'S SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT, 5/19

The Band Perry have been added to the all-star artist lineup scheduled to perform at the ACM PRESENTS: TIM McGRAW'S SUPERSTAR SUMMER NIGHT, taping Monday, April 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las ... (more...)