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The Alpha Ray will release its debut album this fall on Thick Syrup Records. Little Rock's The Alpha Ray playing the Stickyz Music Tent at Riverfest tonight has an album coming out this fall on Thick Syrup Records . It's being mastered as we speak by none other than Ken Stringfellow , of The Posies/Minus 5/Big Star/a jillion other bands. While the record won't be out quite yet, you can check out ...

The Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que and Bluegrass Festival has 13 bands, barbecue and more in store for May 25-26.

Dude here, walked 2.5 hours on Mission Beach yesterday. I don’t know how many miles that is (get on that Shades), but I do know how badly the sunburn feels. We had to band-fund some aloe at Rite-Aid today. We’ve since added that to our backstage rider. So we loaded into San Diego’s Til-Two Club [...]

Antigone Rising, all female Country/Rock band, returns to The Evening Muse in Charlotte with special guest, A Fragile Tomorrow. Recently returning from Israel and The Middle East as Arts Envoys. (PRWeb May 22, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9534031.htm

Big Star drummer Jody Stephens, the only living member of the seminal power pop band’s original lineup, sat in with Wilco on Saturday night.

They're not a novelty act. They don't waddle on stage. In Spanish, the band is called Lo ...

The new E! reality show 'Mrs. Eastwood & Company' focuses on the lives of Clint's wife, Dina, and daughters Francesca and Morgan with very little footage of the man of the house. Without much drama in the initial story lines and little insight into Clint, this series is a snoozer. In an odd yet understandable marketing strategy, the folks behind E!'s new reality show "Mrs. Eastwood & Company ...

Steve Rhea, a key figure in the history of legendary Memphis rock group Big Star, has died.

Steve Rhea, a key figure in the history of legendary Memphis rock group Big Star has died. Rhea, a drummer in Big Star precursor bands the Jynx, Rock City and Icewater, as well as an Ardent Records staffer, died on Wednesday morning at his home.

NEW YORK -- With mascots (Brutus Buckeye, Albert E. Gator, and KC Wolf), a marching band (The Ohio State University Marching Band) and a mélange of on-air talent (Mike Greenberg, Jon Gruden, Sage Steele among others), ESPN held its annual upfront presentation Tuesday afternoon at the Best Buy Theater in New York's Times Square. What are upfronts? It's a network's attempt to woo marketers and ...

Siva Kaneswaran from The Wanted is reported to have been approached about a starring role in a Bollywood movie. The Sun claims that the chiseled-cheekboned boy band member was promised fame and...