The Buffalo Killers - Newly Expanded 'Ohio Grass'

Following the exclusive Record Store Day 'Herb Green' vinyl pressing of their six-song Ohio Grass EP, Buffalo Killers will be releasing it on August 20th as expanded versions on CD & Digital formats through Alive Naturalsound Records, featuring four additional bonus tracks (one new studio track along with three smoking live songs).

In addition to the newly expanded CD & Digital editions, Alive will also be re-releasing the original six-song EP on black vinyl, as well as a very limited pressing on MARBLE VINYL available exclusively through Bomp! mailorder.

OHIO GRASS TRACK LISTING:

1. Baptized
2. Nothing Can Bring Me Down
3. Grow Your Own
4. Golden Eagle
5. Hold You Me
6. Good Feeling (bonus studio track exclusive to CD & Digital)
7. Jon Jacob (bonus live track exclusive to CD & Digital)
8. Hey Girl (bonus live track exclusive to CD & Digital)
9. Move On (bonus live track exclusive to CD & Digital)

Stream and share the raggae-laced track 'Golden Eagle'

BUFFALO KILLERS' TOUR DATES

Aug. 24 Happy Dog - Cleveland, OH

Aug. 30 Daytrotter session - Rock Island, IL

Aug. 31 Double Door - Chicago, IL

Sep. 28 Southgate House Revival - Newport, KY

A perfect match? The Gold Hope Duo and the Oddball Comedy Tour

Lara Hope

Matt "The Knife" Goldpaugh

The Gold Hope Duo have been asked to be a part of the ODDBALL COMEDY TOUR featuring Dave Chapelle, Flight of The Conchords, our good friends The Cut Throat Freak Show and many more funny, bizarre and talented folks!!
Here are the dates and locations that The Gold Hope Duo will be performing at:
8/29 - Comcast Theatre - Hartford, CT
8/30 - First Niagara Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA
9/6 - Susquehanna Bank Canter - Camden, NJ
9/7 - PNC bank Arts Canter - Holmdel, NJ
9/8 - Comcast Center - Mansfield, MA
You can check out the official website of the festival here:
If you're wondering why they aren't on the site...it's because they represent that little asterisk on the bottom of the site that says "Local Support Lineups May Vary By City". The tour is trying to capture the feeling of Coney Island, and therefore they will be performing in a "busking style" right by the front enterance of the arena!

They also have just release three new singles on iTunes
Ghost Town Trail
Til the Well Runs Dry
Bad Habits

If you can't make it to the Oddball Comedy Tour, they have also annouced some fall dates where you can catch them.
*Friday August 23rd - GHD @ Shea O'Briens - New Paltz - 10pm
*Saturday August 24th - GHD @ Pauly's Hotel Mercy! Mercy! Mercy! Summer Music Fest- Albany - 4pm
*Friday Sept 13th - GHD @ Movies Under The Stars - Rotary Park 7pm - Performance before "West Side Story"
*Sat Sept 21st - GHD @ Wright Gallery Records - North Front Street, Kingston - 9pm
*Tuesday October 8th - GHD @ Rosendale Cafe - Singer Songwriter Tuesday - 8pm
*Friday October 11th - GHD @ Joshua's cafe, Woodstock
*Saturday October 12th- GHD @ Yacht Club - private party
*Thursday October 17th - GHD @ Keegan Ales - 7pm
*Friday October 18th - GHD - Grand Cru Beer and Cheese Store - Rhinebeck
*Sunday October 20th - GHD @ Rhinebeck Farmers Mark

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Johnny High-Hat - Heart Of A Clown

We all want to run off to the circus at one point in our lives, for me it happened twice once when I was a wee lad and later after I got out of the service and took a trip around Florida before heading home and stopped in Sarasota and visited the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus winter quarters. I wanted to be a clown.

John Highkin did run off to the circus not as a clown but as co-founder and artistic director of San Diego’s Fern Street Circus. He created and produced circus shows and events from 1991 to 2003, commissioning original music and playing in the band from 1998 to 2003.

After 30 years as a sideman, this mandolin-playing circus impresario has stepped out on his own as Johnny High-Hat to tackle everything from well-known standards to vintage country, and lesser known Texas swing gems, on this debut ‘Heart of a Clown’

Working in theater in the ‘80’s (studying at Bertolt Brecht’s Berliner Ensemble in East Berlin in 1987) Johnny High-Hat brings a theatrical presence to his contemporary interpretations of western swing and traditional songs.  High-Hat tackles everything from well-known standards (“Pennies from Heaven,” “Route 66,” and “September Song”), vintage country (“Rockin’, Rollin’ Ocean,” “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I”) and lesser known gems (“It Must Be Love” and “A Thousand Goodnights”) to present a cohesive set of songs that address hunger, longing, and sadness, change and affirmation.

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Track Listing
1. It Must Be Love
2. Route 66
3. Rockin’, Rollin’ Ocean
4. Heart of a Clown
5. Gingerbread Waltz
6. One More Ride
7. Pipeliner Blues
8. September Song
9. (Now and Then There’s)
    A Fool Such As I
10. South
11. Pennies From Heaven
12. ‘Deed I Do
13. A Thousand Goodnights

The Players
Johnny High-Hat Singing, Mandolin, Upright Bass, Tenor Banjo, Mandocello, Saw -
Steve Jirak Acoustic & Electric Guitars
Mark Danisovszky Accordion
Parrish Ellis Rhythm Guitar (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 13)
Teddy Weber Steel Guitar (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 13) -  Joseph “Joebass” DeJarnette Upright Bass (Tracks 1, 4, 7 & 13) - Rob Thorsen Upright Bass (Tracks 8, 10, & 11) - John Davis Arco Bass (Track 3) Bob Brandt Rhythm Guitar (Track 9) -  Mike Stewart Rhythm Guitar (Track 11)
Dean Kranzler Snare Drum (Tracks 2, 4 & 7) -  David Page Snare Drum & Cymbal (Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12)

Performance of Moon Mullican's "Pipeliner Blues" in San Diego, May 17, 2013.

Johnny High-Hat: vocals, mandolin

Joe Amato: lap steel

Bruce Huntington: upright bass

Jim Mooney: electric guitar

David Page: drums

The Blind Owl Band - Live at Pizza Stone

Before their latest release 'This Train We Ride is Made of Wood and Steel' The Blind Owl Band played Pizza Stone in Chester, VT on May 17th. Dan Russ was there and taped it and put it up on Archive.Org Too make your life easier I downloaded the songs, cleaned up the ID3's and am posting it here for your enjoyment. Grab them all here, or individually below.

Set 1
01. Rainy Day.mp3
02. Sailor Song.mp3
03. Lowdown Truck Driver (Hank Williams III).mp3
04. Map With Roads.mp3
05. Old Wind.mp3
06. Miss Ole Mary.mp3
07. Highway Song.mp3
08. Rain On.mp3
09. anything, everything, nothing.mp3
10. This Song Is Not Called Pickle Chin.mp3
11. Fiddle Don't.mp3
12. Whipporwill.mp3

Set 2 
01. Strangers.mp3
02. Train Man.mp3
03. Devils My Witness.mp3
04. Revolving Door.mp3
05. jam.mp3
06. Needle and Thread.mp3
07. Missing My Home.mp3
08. Bullet (Devil Makes Three).mp3
09. Freeborn Man (Jimmie Martin).mp3
10. Sparrow.mp3

Buy their new album 'This Train We Ride is Made of Wood and Steel'

Introducing...Francie Moon

Francie Moon is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist based out of the Northern woods of New Jersey.  A gorgeous vocalist with a delivery that will reach into your heart and move your very being, she writes poignant heartfelt songs that are wise beyond her years. An extremely talented multi-instrumentalist she can shred garage, blues, and punk riffs as well as delicate acoustic arrangements. Her recordings are DIY and highlight her many talents. 

On September 8th she will hit Oklahoma to join Matt Pless as he wraps up recording his new release in Oklahoma City. From there they will hit the road in his car and drive out to California, up to Seattle, back down the California coast and back home across the southern areas of the country. Check her website often for show dates as they become available. NEW EP RELEASED 'Morning Red'

Swept Under The Rug.mp3

Ain't got a good thing to hold on to, ain’t proud to be this far. Still got a lot of things to do but only a half tank in my car. The mountains are big but not big enough and the ocean's width in my range. Loosely feeling is always deceiving; it rains too much on a cloudy day

A jaded heart and a jealous soul, a sad mind, it lost control, I won’t submit I’m worry free but this worry is growing like the trees, in times we wait for the bomb to drop our friends are understanding while others are not I can't believe these problems have grown so long...swept under the rug, my mind is tossed like a salad mixed liked greens and scrambled like eggs, baked like beans and sprinkled with dressing, to feel better I don’t know what it would take.

Tour Dates
September 11th
Kansas City, MO
The Black and Gold Tavern
9:00 PM

September 12th
Iowa
Private show

September 13th
Urbandale, IA
6400 Hickory Lane
6:00 PM

September 20th
Salt Lake City, UT
5266 West Hunter Dr. (3325 South).
7:00 PM

September 22nd
Reno, NV
TBA

September 23rd
Redding, Ca
Outdoor Park show

October 3rd
Blue Lake, CA
The Mad River Brewing Company
195 Taylor Way
6:30 PM

October 16th
Blue Lake, CA
The Logger
9:00 PM
510 Railroad Ave

October 23rd
Arcata, CA
The Birdhouse
1763 H Street

October 24th
Blue Lake, CA
The Logger
9:00 PM
510 Railroad Ave

25th Eugene OR
TBA

26th Portland OR
TBA

27th Olympia WA
The Guest House
details TBA

28th Seattle WA TBA

29th Tacoma WA.
lyon pride music headquarters
3628 Portland Ave E
8:00 PM

With an already impressive solo catalog and with the garage rockers Melissa and Paul she has the chops to build on with her latest endeavor.

Blair Crimmins and the Hookers - Live in Little Five

I’m an old movie buff; actually I’m an old buff. I love the romanticized depiction of 1920’s Dixieland/Ragtime in old black and white movies, the music is swinging, the characters intriguing and the whole era seems like it would have been the bees knees to live in and I am enthused about the attention it is getting in this young new century. Blair Crimmins and the Hookers capture this moment in time but with a wonderful modernist twist.

Blair Crimmins began his current music career in Atlanta, Georgia, with a determination to bring Ragtime and 1920’s style Dixieland Jazz to new audiences. What he created was a sound that is at once modern while being deeply rooted in the past. Now four years—and five hundred shows later,— he has toured the Eastern United States playing large venues and has opened for national acts such as Mumford & Sons and O.A.R.A multi-instrumentalist and music academic, Crimmins writes songs and arrangements for a classic New Orleans style horn section consisting of trumpet, clarinet, and trombone.

Live in Little Five released 7/22 was captured in front of an enthusiastic audience on December 1, 2012 at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, and features performances of the full 7-piece band with Dixieland horns, rowdy ragtime piano and gypsy jazz guitar.

“This music is about how I feel living in modern times, but with an old soul,” said Crimmins. “The Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points has been my favorite venue in Atlanta since I was a kid, and the old-time decor of the place is a great setting for our vintage-style music and burlesque show.”

Live in Little Five Tracklist:
1.State Hotel
2. Mean Mean Man
3. This Modern World
4. The Lonesome Truth
5. Oh Angela!
6. Old Man Cabbage
7. Checked Out Early
8. A Demon Like Me
9. Without You
10.Can't Fake a Smile
11. March of the Hookers

Purchase

A new release of Sing-a-Longs is set for an August 26th release
Pre-Order here> Pre-sale packages will mail out on August 26th