FRIDAY:
Sweet Leda at Wild Willy’s in Annapolis
Bond & Bentley at Greene Turtle Westminister
Sam Grow at Greene Turtle La Plata
Sharon Jones at Targhee Fest in Wyoming

SATURDAY:
Pressing Strings at Sly Fox in Annapolis
Deep River Rockwoodat Music Hall | New York, NY
Trombone Shorty at Umbria Music Festival in Italy

SUNDAY:
Cris Jacobs with The Bridge all All Good Festival Masontown, WV
All Mighty Senators at All Good Festival Masontown, WV
Sweet Leda at Annapolis City Dock

Matt and Kim will most likely be playing basketball with Wiz Khalifa in Brooklyn.  Jimmie’s Chicken Shack recently had their first “real practice in 10 years” – I think they’re still recovering.  Harper Blynn will be hanging with their Models/Dancers friends before their West Coast tour.  Grilled Lincolns & Pasadena are stocking up on dramamine before they board a boat next weekend.   Jarflys is still riding high after releasing this video for ‘balancing act.’  And Fitz and the Tantrums are preparing to be Aussie’s for a week.

And you can check out what the other guys are doing online:  LAZERlibby, Pandomonia,  Tobias Russell.  Mike McHenry you will have you find on the streets in Annapolis – I don’t think he does the online thing very well.

Regardless of where the bands are this weekend, you know you plan to see these guys, all in one beautiful day at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds on August 27, 2011.  http://tickets.silopannafest.com $39.50

And because every blog post needs a picture, here is one from Matt & Kim’s instagram yesterday:

Remember the first year of the Silopanna Music Festival?  When it was at Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds?  When it was only a one day festival?  When they only had 20 bands?  Remember that first year and the eclectic mix of headliners that rocked the stage with their infectious energy?

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have come a long way since their humble beginnings nearly a decade ago. Steeped within the gilded and gritty sounds of gospel, soul and funk, this nine-piece Brooklyn collective has continued to electrify fans, disc jockeys, critics, record collectors, and bloggers the world-over with their authentic, heart-felt sound. As distinguished as their recordings may be, however, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have truly become renowned thanks to their incredible live show, not to mention their relentless touring.The band has appeared on CNN, MTV News, VH1, Conan OBrien, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon.   website Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue   Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews’ new album, Backatown (Verve Forecast April 20), is the work of a rare artist who can draw both the unqualified respect of jazz legends and deliver a high-energy rock show capable of mesmerizing international rock stars and audiences alike. With such an unprecedented mix of rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul, he had to create his own name to describe his signature sound: Supafunkrock! Andrews is the kind of player who comes along maybe once in a generation, and Backatown is the latest, clearest proof that his artistry is as singular as his raw talent. Shorty’s dream is now a musical reality of potentially game-changing significance, as he and his band prepare to shift the musical landscape in a thrilling new direction website Matt & Kim Matt & Kim are a two-piece: Matt plays keys and Kim plays drums. The two met at Pratt Institute. Despite Kim having never played drums before and Matt having never played keyboard, they started the band in 2004. Cameras, was released August 31, 2010 and jumped to the number 14 spot on the iTunes Alternative Chart within the first hour its release. The new album is the follow up to Grand, released in early 2009 via FADER Label. Grand achieved iTunes Top 10 single and album placements, as well as spots on both the Billboard Single and Album Charts. To date, Matt and Kim have been on the Billboard New Artist chart for 78 weeks and the single Daylight is certified gold, having sold over 500K. Their video for Lessons Learned, won an MTV VMA for Breakthrough Video and an mtvU Woodie award for Best Video.  website Fitz and The Tantrums Fitz and the Tantrums may be the breakout act of 2011. Their monster hit Moneygrabber may very well be the song of the year, and their live show is among the best going. Dont take our word for it, heres what the press is saying:  “Fitz and the Tantrums comes around with the chops to back up an L.A. swaggerboth a familiar yet rousing soul-pop sound that transports you back to nostaligic heartache and a live performance which involves the audiencesinging, dancing, clapping, screamingfrom start to finish.” Paste Magazine website Harper Blynn   Harper Blynn is classic pop reimagined. The band’s instantly hummable music is remarkable not only for its breadth but also its intimacy, ranging from four-on-the-floor dance stompers to near-whispered pleas for understanding. As inspiring as their recordings are, Harper Blynn effortlessly transcends them in concert, delivering three-part harmonies over a smartly-arranged blend of guitar, keyboards, bass and drums that is at once minimalistically modern and timelessly organic. In fact, the bands musical proficiency and on-stage chemistry raise an uncomfortable question: Where did all the real bands go? We may never know for sure, but at least theres one still standing: Harper Blynn. website

Do you remember the first time you heard the word Silopanna?  Did you stumble over how to say it [sill-o-pan-uh]?  Did you wonder where it came from or what it meant?

Remember when you actual wondered who would come to the event?  And how far they would be willing to drive?

Do you remember hearing your favorite band for the first time at Silopanna?

Jimmie’s Chicken Shack website	All Mighty Senators website	The Grilled Lincolns website
Pasadena website	Deep River website	jarflys
Sweet Leda website	LAZERlibby featuring Navid from the Data Frogs website	Bond & Bentley website
Mike McHenry Tribe website	Cris Jacobs (of The Bridge) website	Tobias Russell website
Pressing Strings website Sam Grow Band website

Do you remember Silopanna 2011?

http://tickets.silopannafest.com

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01.15
Have Mercy + Leland Palmer
w. Frenamie, Grandi Dai, Sepia, Stealing the Sun
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

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01.25
Liz Phair w. Harper Blynn
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

It’s been over 15 years since the release of the groundbreaking Exile in Guyville. The record was released in 1993, and ranked 1 that year on both the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll and Spin magazine’s year-end critics poll. Incredibly influential to this day, its place as a seminal rock album has been reaffirmed by its inclusion in countless historical “best of” lists over the past 15 years, including: Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Tired of working with record labels, she chose to release the material herself. Funstyle was appropriately released on her own website in July 2010, with the bhangra-influenced “Bollywood” becoming the album’s first single.

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01.29
The Bridge CD Release – presented by Walther Productions
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

The fearless leaders of The Bridge have traveled an enormous distance to get where they are; all the way from living off-the-grid on a remote Hawaiian farm—in Kenny Liner’s case—and chafing in the buttoned-down corporate world—in Cris Jacobs’—to making a formidable album that’s fed by hometown roots and laced with wanderlust. It’s called National Bohemian, a nod to both the Baltimore-based sextet’s beloved local brew and their creatively rewarding but often unglamorous hard-touring lifestyle. It’s also the work of a dexterous band of players to be reckoned with. And it’s available February 1, 2011 on Woodberry Records/Thirty Tigers.

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02.11
An Evening with Keller Williams (solo)
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

One man band and Rams Head favorite Keller Williams returns to Baltimore for a very special solo show. Anyone has seen one of Keller’s live shows knows that these are can’t miss affairs – he has been called the guitar’s mad-scientist, a one-man-band for the new millennium and dozens of other clever sobriquets dreamed up by fans and music journalists trying to get a handle on his uplifting and ever-shifting style of music.

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02.12
Jagermeister Music Tour featuring
Buckcherry
w. special guests Hellyeah, All That Remains, The Damned Things – presented by 24-7
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

The Jägermeister Music Tour launches in mid-January with Buckcherry commanding the headline slot plus Hellyeah, All That Remains and The Damned Things. This is going to be BIG.

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02.16
Young Dubliners, Barley Juice + The Rovers
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

After taking an exciting retro, rootsy labor of love detour to give a shout out to the masters of Irish song past and present on their 2007 429 Records debut “With All Due Respect, The Irish Sessions”, the Young Dubliners drew inspiration from the trials and tribulations of the past few years on the road. There they have encountered their share of, to borrow from an Irish proverb, “poets and patriots, saints and sinners”, inspiring the title of thier new release Saints and Sinners.

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02.19
DNL presents Pirate Rob’s Birthday Bash 2011
w. Pasadena, Bond and Bentley, Fiction 20 Down, Twenty 4 Seven, Bumpin Uglies, Ground Score, Broken Coast, Grilled Lincolns
Just Announced + On Sale Thursday, December 09 @ 10am!

Come down for a jam packed bill of some local jam, funk and party favorites. This show brings you some of the best Baltimore is made of. $3 Bud and Bud Lights, $3 Rails and $2 Natural Lights.