It’s been about a year since Jack Johnson played Farm Aid 2015, and that was the last time he stepped foot on an American stage until now…and if ever there was a stage designed for the likes of Jack Johnson, it is the San Diego exclusive…KAABOO Del Mar and one of the largest stages in […]
Two of the most talked-about roots music artists of the past year — Jason Isbell and Chris Stapleton — highlighted the eclectic mix of honorees, presenters and performers at the 15th Annual Americana Music Association Honors & Awards show Wednesday night at Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium. Isbell took home two trophies, one for Album of […]
This was the first time I had even heard of Jason and I was pleasantly surprised when he came out to perform at this year’s KAABOO festival. Upon doing some research on him and his music, it came to my attention that Jason was more than a singer songwriter. As I discovered through his breakthrough […]
Legendary saxophonist and composer John Coltrane would have been 90 today. To celebrate his legacy and incredible body of work, Verve/UMe is proud to announce today’s release of the high-resolution audio remasters of nine more of his classic Impulse! Records albums, continuing the label’s initiative to remaster every album Coltrane recorded in his lifetime for […]
I came to KAABOO early on Saturday, day two of the non-festival mixperience, just to see this guy…Bryce Fox. The Indiana transplant to Los Angeles had some buzz around him leading up to his first festival performance and, spoiler alert…he killed it with a bittersweet moment on stage. The mid-westerner moved here to follow his […]
Executive Producer Barry Josephson, Josephson Entertainment, announced that American Supergroup will premiere on Pop (a CBS – Lionsgate joint venture) on Tuesday, October 11 at 8:00 pm EDT, MTV Live on October 13 at 8:00 pm EDT and MTV Classic on October 14 at 7:00 pm EDT/PDT. The series will run for 9 weeks on […]
Score another hit for the European melodic rock arena! Released by Frontiers Music, srl, Swedish based, Cruzh, drops their debut album on August 26th. Make room in your library, this is another keeper that spans all music fan demographics. This three year in the making album defines the term “melodic rock”! Influenced by such 80’s […]
Tonight, you could feel the electricity in the air as the crowd started settling into their seats anticipating what was in store for them. Chic featuring Nile Rodgers will be opening the show for Britain’s Fab Five and they will be featured in an upcoming issue of Backstage360, as they well deserve it. Nothing stopped […]