Amos Lee

Having already sweetened the pot with a Grammy, five No. 1 singles and the longest charting country single of all time, it doesn't look like Kristian Bush, the guitar pickin', mandolin playin', country singin' front man of duo sensation Sugarland, is going to dissolve anytime soon. Read More

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- 429 Records has brought together a stellar roster of artists for a project titled "THE VILLAGE: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF GREENWICH VILLAGE"--a musical homage to an influential scene that thrived during an incomparable era in the history of rock music. Read More

It's a little surprising that until now, no one has put together a tribute album to folk's fertile days in New York's Greenwich Village. 429 Records' new collection titled The Village--A Celebration Of The Music Of Greenwich Village spotlights the historical significance of the neighborhood's folk music scene with passionate contributions by thirteen artists including Rickie Lee Jones, Los Lobos, Bruce Hornsby, Amos Lee, Shelby Lynne, Cowboy Junkies, John Oates, Lucinda Williams, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rachael Yamagata, and others. Read More

The influence of Hall and Oates has been recently acknowledged by the likes of Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and Brandon Flowers (The Killers), and their music has been covered and sampled by Kanye West, Wyclef Jean and Heavy D. Read More

Recent winner of the Best Buddies Battle of the Bands at LaCarretta, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Greg Talmage puts the necessary time and work into being more than just a run-of-the-mill local artist. Read More

Even though Wednesday morning was dampened with scattered rain showers and an overall muggy mood, singer-songwriter Jared Campbell managed to fill Norm's, the new game room and performance area located beside Outtakes in the Student Union. Read More

The King of the Roadhouse, Delbert McClinton, has never made a bad album. Read More

It's been three years since the old New Haven Folk Festival became the Connecticut Folk Festival and Green Expo. Of course, with this being its 17th year, the event's gone through quite a few names. Read More

Imagine some poor fellow, new to the world of music, assuming The Clash, Jack Johnson, Elton John, Aerosmith, CCR, Natalie Imbruglia, Fall Out Boy, Madonna (though only a few of her albums make the "rock" cut), Santana and Elvis Presley all play the same or similar types of music. Read More

With Amos Lee, Caravan of Thieves, Jason Spooner Trio, Martyn Joseph, Professors of Bluegrass, Avi & Celia, Pamela Means, Lyndell Montgomery and Chris Pureka. Read More