Bo Diddley News

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Billy Livesay and his band The Livesays will be releasing their new album 'Hold On... Life Is Calling' on October 3, 2016!

Billy Bob Thornton - yes, that Billy Bob Thornton - performs on Stage One of the Harris Center with his American country rock/rockabilly band The Boxmasters, a group of seasoned musicians whose music is rich in rhythm and story. They're the real deal: their third album Modbilly reached #1 on the Americana Radio Chart and #14 on the Americana Music Association's Top 100 Albums of the Year, and they've toured as Willie Nelson's opening act. "They're working in the tradition of musical mavericks Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash, surveying the world for stories of ordinary people" (Los Angeles Times). Onstage, "the group shifts seamlessly between Nuggets-type garage rock and country-inflected ballads, with Thornton prefacing the songs with alternatingly poignant and outrageous stories" (Rolling Stone).

George Thorogood, known for such hits as 'Bad to the Bone,' 'One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer' and 'Who Do You Love,' comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 8 pm. Tickets are $39 - $79.

'I'm at a juncture in my career and my life where the many threads of my experience have come together,' says Jono Manson. 'And I hope that makes for a good story.' It does. And Jono tells that story, brilliantly and unforgettably, on The Slight Variations—a record that's literally been a lifetime in the making. Jono Manson will release The Slight Variations on October 14, 2016.

The Skirball Cultural Center continues its twentieth anniversary season of Sunset Concerts with the L.A. debut of blues veterans Music Maker Blues Revue on Thursday, August 18.

A double bill of classic rock! Legendary artists Eric Burdon and The Animals and The Edgar Winter Band come to Mayo Performing Arts Center on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $39 - $79.

On Today, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the fashion-forward Soho shoe boutique Fiorentini + Baker, Soldier Kane will play live (Soldier on violin and banjo, Kane on guitar and drums) in front of projections of Art Kane's groundbreaking photographs to celebrate the release of their new CD Soldier Kane on Mulatta Records as well as the success of the recently released Art Kane book from Reel Art Press.

On Wednesday, April 13 at 8:00 p.m. at the fashion-forward Soho shoe boutique Fiorentini + Baker, Soldier Kane will play live (Soldier on violin and banjo, Kane on guitar and drums) in front of projections of Art Kane's groundbreaking photographs to celebrate the release of their new CD Soldier Kane on Mulatta Records as well as the success of the recently released Art Kane book from Reel Art Press.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce The Ultimate Classic Rock Experience, a concert on Friday, February 26 at 8 pm. Tickets are $25 and available online at www.baystreet.orgor by calling the Bay Street Theater Box Office at 631-725-9500, open Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm.

On Friday and Saturday, February 12-13 at 7:30pm, Schimmel Center at Pace University will present the internationally acclaimed quartet, THE FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS.

Due to popular demand, Boogie Stomp!  will continue to make Times Square audiences dance in their seats.  Written by John Campana and starring the extraordinarily talented, Bob Baldori and Arthur Migliazza, Boogie Stomp! opened to rave reviews on Friday, October 16 and was originally set to run through November 28, but will now run through January 16, 2016 at Times Square's Elektra Theatre (300 W 43rd Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $39-$99 and can be purchased by visiting BoogieStomp.com or call 866- 811-4111. Boogie Stomp!  is presented by IYF Productions.

IYF Productions is proud to bring Boogie Stomp! to Times Square this fall.  Written by John Campana and starring pianists extraordinaire, Bob Baldori and Arthur Migliazza, Boogie Stomp! will begin its limited run on September 25 and will open on Friday, October 16 and run through November 28, 2015 at Times Square's Elektra Theatre (300 W 43rd Street, 2nd Floor). Tickets are $39-$99 and can be purchased by visiting BoogieStomp.com or call 866- 811-4111.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a night of FOLKED UP ROCK, featuring Kinky Friedman and Corky Laing  performing songs and telling stories, along with other special guests.. This special legacy music event takes place on Monday, August 24 at 8 pm. Tickets are available at the Box Office at 631-725-9500 or online at baystreet.org.

Centenary Stage Company invites you to a Beer, Boots & BBQ dance party tonight, August 1, 2015, before a performance of Nashville Legends at the Carol and David Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ.

Guitar Player Magazine dubbed him the 'Titan of the Telecaster.' Rolling Stone said he's 'an American treasure' and 'one of our best.' 'One of the best guitarists on the planet' says Elmore Magazine. No matter what you call him, Bill Kirchen is a founding father of the Americana movement, now at the peak of his impressive career. He'll bring his killer band Too Much Fun (David Carroll on bass and Rick Richards on drums) to Daryl's House Club in Pawling tonight, July 30 at 8 pm.

These companion releases of Soldier's solo piano (In Black & White) and quartet music (In Four Color) dissect and explore the two classic forms of the classical tradition. Together they encompass five hours of compositions spanning thirty years.

The Dunfield Theatre Cambridge is celebrating the Great Canadian Song Book with Canadian Legends, an incredible musical odyssey featuring over 80 anthems that inspires so much pride and awe audiences can't help but exclaim, "I didn't know THAT was Canadian!" throughout.

Guitar Player Magazine dubbed him the "Titan of the Telecaster." Rolling Stone said he's "an American treasure" and "one of our best." "One of the best guitarists on the planet" says Elmore Magazine. No matter what you call him, Bill Kirchen is a founding father of the Americana movement, now at the peak of his impressive career. He'll bring his killer band Too Much Fun (David Carroll on bass and Rick Richards on drums) to Daryl's House Club in Pawling on Thursday, July 30 at 8 pm.

Centenary Stage Company invites you to a Beer, Boots & BBQ dance party on Saturday, August 1, 2015, before a performance of Nashville Legends at the Carol and David Lackland Center in Hackettstown, NJ.

On May 18, GPGDS will release Bright Days on Easy Star Records. Like Steady, the album was recorded at Rear Window Studio in Brookline, MA, and produced by Craig Welsch (10 Ft. Ganja Plant).