Artists
All tickets are General Admission. This does NOT guarantee seating. ABOUT SACHAL “This man is really amazing!” With a “golden voice” and an ability to execute complex ideas with subtlety and nuance, “amazing” echoes the general reaction to Sachal Vasandani, a… (Read More)
Salem music is an amalgamation of funk, Afro-Cuban jazz, and hip-hop idioms. Todd Anders Johnson’s socially-conscious compositions have been featured in Warren Miller’s “Off the Grid” and in the national film tour of “Playground.” The group is playing the X Games… (Read More)
Keyboardist and composer Salvador Santana’s vibrant music mixes hip-hop, funk, rock, Latin and other world idioms into a uniquely individual and totally contemporary style. He likes to call the richly textured grooves he creates with the Salvador Santana Band, a new… (Read More)
Samantha Stollenwerck was first handed a guitar at the age of 16 after a knee injury from tennis confined her to the couch for 2 months. Her mom, who gave her the guitar, had no idea at the time that she… (Read More)
My new Bio. By: Me So I’m supposed to tell you about myself and we’ve tried to write something fancy, and I’m just not that fancy, so here I go. The non-fancy me. I’ve been writing songs for as long as… (Read More)
First establishing himself as an influential poet, and then as an award-winning screenwriter/actor, Saul Williams then went on to establish himself as an MC. His approach to MCing, though, wasn’t exactly in line with the traditional school of hip-hop. His rhymes… (Read More)
New York rocker Saul Zonana has made a bunch of acclaimed alt-rock albums with recent several sides produced by guitar legend Adrian Belew. Actually, Belew’s approach to pop song writing and production is a good reference point when describing the music… (Read More)
Merging howling lyrical venom with an endless arsenal of corrosive guitar orchestrations, harmonized leads and runaway locomotive rhythms, SAVIOURS have been rapidly garnering international attention as one of the best heavy bands active today. The self-described “piss-angry metal band”, known for… (Read More)
At girst glance one would think SpDouble’s fingertips were bruised from hitting the pads of an mpc. The talented produced every track of his upcoming album “Change The Station”. Although the road he traveled left him with many bumps and scrapes… (Read More)
Scissors For Lefty’s story involves Malaysian pop songs and intense Beatles fixations, influential British indie labels and late night hot tub parties, ‘80s dance nights and KISS solo records. But mostly it’s a story about friendship. “You find friends you like… (Read More)
The songs and albums of songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Scott Miller have always possessed a strong sense of place. Citation, Miller’s third release with Sugar Hill Records, is no exception. It sports songs that emerge, breathing heavy, from the broken-in seats of the vehicle… (Read More)
With a fresh take on both urban and country blues, Scrapomatic arrives with a convincing array of raw, outspoken and emotional tracks as they make their Landslide Records debut. ALLIGATOR LOVE CRY, the bands second CD release, demonstrates a solid foundation… (Read More)
Seventeen years ago, before he became an internationally acclaimed, three-time Grammy-winning pop vocalist and songwriter who has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, Seal was a hot property on Britain’s house music/rave scene. He hooked up with legendary producer Trevor… (Read More)
Teen blues phenom Sean Costello was born and raised in Atlanta, receiving his first guitar for his ninth birthday. A primarily self-taught player, he initially gravitated towards hard rock but soon discovered Stevie Ray Vaughan, moving on from there to Howlin… (Read More)
First, Second Sun conquered the trance world with their hit collaboration with Paul Van Dyk, Crush (3 singles on his label – Empire, The Spell and Playground helped solidify their rep, with spins from the world’s top DJs). Then, they hit… (Read More)
Serena Ryder is just 23. But her voice, a deep, bluesy, soulful instrument that has drawn comparisons to Janis Joplin and Aretha Franklin, makes her sound much older. She also appears wise beyond her years, blessed with an intelligence and confidence… (Read More)
In the live music venues of the Rocky Mountain region, there are only a few bands that consistently draw large crowds. One of the more notorious is Shakedown Street. By virtue of their success, they have proven that Grateful Dead music… (Read More)
Shannon McNally is a soulful singer and an entrancing songwriter. Drawing on the defiant spirits of outlaws and visionaries such as Jesse James, Susan B. Anthony, Little Richard, she takes her listeners on a timeless and haunting journey through her self-coined… (Read More)
“You’ve got to feel it,” is the first thing that comes from the mouth of seasoned soul singer Sharon Jones when asked what makes great music. “You’ve got to feeel it! In your bones, your heart, in everything and everywhere!” And… (Read More)
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
In the mid-1990s, a band called the Soul Providers began recording an album of instrumentals inspired by James Brown – which is the key, because there is a very special place in the musical heavens for James Brown. We tend to… (Read More)
Gossip is whispered, cigarettes are smoked, arms are crossed and uncrossed, and then the band takes the stage. An anticipation and hush that could only be described as electric takes hold. A beat begins—minimal, sparse. Single white beams cast shadows against… (Read More)
One day back in the Spring of ’05, I received an e-mail from Barry Manilow. We had met at a Grammy function a few years back. Turns out he digs my music. So we’ve kept in touch over the last couple… (Read More)
When singing sensation Shemekia Copeland first appeared on the scene in 1997 with her groundbreaking debut CD, TURN THE HEAT UP, she quickly became, at 18 years old, a roots music superstar. Critics from around the country celebrated Shemekia’s music as… (Read More)
enter SHINY TOY GUNS. and welcome the machines. introducing an actual new sound representing the whole of 3 equal parts. starts with one. :GUITARS. < rock and roll. :the permanent ever-changing fusion of drums and screaming analog instrumentation always have and… (Read More)
The only son of country legends Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings literally spent his childhood on a tour bus. Born Waylon Albright Jennings, Shooter was playing drums by the time he was five years old and had already begun… (Read More)
The hard-touring Los Angeles quartet played more than 400 shows in 2004-2005, headlining clubs and opening for such diverse acts as Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Jayhawks, Ted Nugent, Bob Schneider, the Drive-By Truckers, Los Lonely Boys and… (Read More)
Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars
“As harrowing as these personal tales may be, the music buoying them is uplifting. The clich (Read More)
The film begins on a balcony overlooking the highlights of Basin City, a grimy, violent and corrupted place. The Customer (Shelton) is greeted by The Salesman (Hartnett), who offers her a cigarette before mysteriously killing her. The film then moves to… (Read More)
Sister Carol, born Carole East, is one of Jamaica’s top entertainers. Having been born and raised in the ghettos of Kingston till the age of 14, her family immigrated to Brooklyn, NY in 1973 to look for work. Who knew that… (Read More)
