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575 Riverside Road, Roswell, GA 30075

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Description: Beloved Asheville-based band with bluegrass, alt-country, and rock influences.

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Hailing from Asheville, NC, Town Mountain has transitioned successfully over the past several years from being a traditional bluegrass band to being an Americana & Folk band playing the authentic music of the Western North Carolina mountains.

Raw, soulful, and with plenty of swagger, Town Mountain has earned raves for their hard-driving sound, their in-house songwriting and the honky-tonk edge that permeates their exhilarating live performances. The hearty base of Town Mountain's music is the first and second generation of bluegrass spiced with country, old school rock ‘n’ roll, and boogie-woogie. It's what else goes into the mix that brings it all to life both on stage and on record and reflects the group's wide-ranging influences – from the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia and the ethereal lyrics of Robert Hunter, to the honest, vintage country of Willie, Waylon, and Merle.

The Rolling Stone says “Call it an evolution or a revolution but it’s clear that Town Mountain is at the forefront.” Town Mountain features guitarist and vocalist Robert Greer, mandolinist Phil Barker, fiddler Bobby Britt, and Zach Smith on bass. Town Mountain's album New Freedom Blues (October 2018) was their second consecutive album to debut in the top 10 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart, and receive multiple mentions by Rolling Stone, No Depression, Music Mecca, and more. Full of new material and featuring several guest artists including Tyler Childers and Miles Miller (Sturgill Simpson, drummer), they proved they have staying power by regularly cranking out authentic hit albums. The impression the band has made on fans is clear through their engagement at top tier festival appearances, and those sweet Spotify streams (30+ million). 

Amid a renewed sense of self is the group’s latest album, Lines in the Levee (2022), a collage of sound and scope running the gamut of the musical spectrum in the same template of freedom and focus found in the round-robin fashion of the musical institution that is The Band - a solidarity also found in the incendiary live shows Town Mountain is now revered for from coast-to-coast, this devil-may-care gang of strings and swagger. The album also cements the standing of drummer Miles Miller (of Sturgill Simpson musical lore) a creative force of nature, one who throws several more logs of ideas and inspiration onto the fire that burns brightly within the group — onstage and in the studio.

"Call it an evolution or a revolution, but it’s clear that Town Mountain is at the forefront." – Rolling Stone

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575 Riverside Road, Roswell, GA 30075

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Description: Bee Taylor is tireless passion, equal parts lioness and songbird. A mesmerizing performer.

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BEE TAYLOR is a once-in-a-generation talent whose live shows have become legendary for those who have attended them. Now, her debut studio album will allow the world to witness that power. 

Onstage, Bee Taylor is equal parts lioness and songbird. Sometimes she stalks the space, a mesmerizing performer who is dancing, singing, playing instruments, and completely engaging with the audience that surges closer to the stage, eager to be near the fire that burns so bright there. On other songs she is commanding as she stands still at center stage, belting out a ballad that hushes the most raucous rooms.  Music-lovers leave her shows as newly converted evangelists, encouraging others to see her. That word of mouth has traveled and now many await the release of Twenty Seven, which dropped November 15.​

Some might doubt that such a ferocious live show can be captured accurately on a studio album but on Twenty Seven Taylor draws in the listener and won’t let go, with eleven concise, sexy, and powerful songs, all written by her, and delivered with sonic force by her energetic band and the producing skills of Grammy-nominated Duane Lundy, who has also worked with artists such as Sturgill Simpson, Ringo Starr, Jim James, and others.

Taylor says she leaned on Lundy to capture the sonic landscape she had in mind. “He is a master of texturing and subtle details,” she says. “All I asked from him is that it keep a kind of art nouveau femininity in its sound.” 

That feminine expression is important to Taylor, and it reverberates throughout the recording as we are carried through the songs by a series of narrators who deliver the full spectrum of a woman’s desires, joys, and sorrows, whether she’s expressing her deepest romantic hopes and fears on songs like “Ethereal Love”, “Hurt Me” and “Horse Runnin’”, the pining desire of “Down to the Floor” and the Tom Waits-inspired “Hens to Cackle”, or the crowd-pleasing euphemisms of “Peaches”, which has become one of the highlights of her live shows. There’s the deeply moving “Don’t Forget”, a plaintive and vulnerable plea for understanding, “Randy Newman”, which pulls a clever twist by revealing that the narrator is singing to her favorite singers instead of a romantic partner, and the unusual and intoxicating POV of opium on the final slow boil track, “Down in the Den”, which allows Taylor and the stand-out band to exhibit their diverse talents. 

​Taylor describes the gathering of songs on Twenty Seven as “an odyssey of human emotions”.

"Without a doubt, I can say I’ve seldom seen a performer as unique, confident, and wildly talented as she, which seemed to be a widely held consensus from the looks on the faces of the enamored fans smiling and jiving to her tunes. From the second the saxophonist started jamming and Bee came out dancing on stage to rousing applause as her magnetic aura radiated, I knew we were in for one helluva ride."

-- The Hillbilly Hippie Music Review

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575 Riverside Road, Roswell, GA 30075

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Description: A blend of Salsa, Funk, Cumbia, Latin-Rock, R&B, Psychedelic Amazonian beats, with a touch of Brass. A high-energy Latin Fusion ensemble that will transport you to the vibrant streets of Latin America and beyond. 

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Coming off from a record-setting international tour for the nine-person Psychedelic Latin Fusion ensemble, - having shared the stage with Grammy Award winning acts like Kabaka Pyramid, Proyecto Uno, and legend Mavis Staples, with performances at stages such as the Grassroots

Festival Circuit, The Smithsonian, a featured artist at Jazz in the Garden in Washington, DC and CocoJazz Fest in Lima, Peru - the band has reached a new height of popularity, expanding its fanbase beyond its original Latin American and East Coast roots.

Formed in 2019, ¡Tumbao! has wasted no time in capturing the hearts and ears of audiences wherever they perform. From legendary venues along the United States East Coast to festivals that celebrate the very essence of world music, this ensemble's popularity is skyrocketing. The band's dynamic stage presence, stellar musicianship, and infectious energy create an atmosphere that is impossible to resist.

Composed of nine seasoned musicians from diverse genres and backgrounds, this group combines their incredible talents to create a sound that defies categorization. With members hailing from all corners of the musical spectrum, ¡Tumbao! effortlessly blends the infectious rhythms of Salsa, the groove of Funk, the Indigenous beats of Cumbia, the electrifying power of Latin-Rock, the smoothness of R&B, the mind-expanding Psychedelic Amazonian beats, and the soul-stirring touch of Brass.

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More than heart-pounding rhythms and irresistible melodies, The band provides a cultural journey that celebrates the rich traditions and diverse heritage of Latin America. By blending musical elements from different regions, ¡Tumbao! creates a multicultural experience that unites people from all walks of life.

A high-energy Latin Fusion ensemble that will transport you to the vibrant streets of Latin America and beyond. 

A multicultural experience that unites people from all walks of life.
 

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575 Riverside Road, Roswell, GA 30075

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Description: An Americana artist of both daring originality and uncompromising depth.

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On her new album Still + Bright, Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah explores the vast expanse of her inner world: her deep-rooted affinity for Eastern philosophies and spiritual traditions, a near-mystical connection with the natural environment, the life lessons learned in her formative years as a self-described “anime-nerd mall goth,” and much more. Produced by Butch Walker (Taylor Swift, Green Day, Weezer) and recorded at his Nashville studio, Kiah’s second full-length for Rounder Records merges her revelatory storytelling with a darkly cinematic twist on the rootsy alt-rock of her 2021 breakthrough Wary + Strange—an LP that landed on Rolling Stone’s list of the 25 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2021 and drew acclaim from major outlets like Pitchfork. With its sonic palette encompassing everything from fuzzed-out guitars and industrial-leaning beats to gilded pedal steel and Kiah’s exquisitely graceful banjo work, Still + Bright makes for a vital new addition to a body of work largely dedicated to exploring the struggle and joy of true self-discovery.

The latest turn in a dynamic career that’s included joining Our Native Daughters (an all-women-of-color supergroup also featuring Rhiannon Giddens, Leyla McCalla, and Allison Russell), Still + Bright emerged from a deliberate transformation of the songwriting process Kiah adopted after composing her first song on a Fender acoustic at age 13. To that end, the album marks her first time opening up her approach and working with co-writers, including punk legend Tim Armstrong, Sadler Vaden (a guitarist/vocalist for Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit), and former Pentatonix member Avi Kaplan. Although her third LP is an undeniable departure from the anguished emotionality of its predecessor (an album informed by losing her mother to suicide at age 17), Kiah imparts each track with a hypnotic intensity born from boldly stating her convictions. Revealing her rare ability to spin her fascinations into songs uncovering essential truths about human nature, Still + Bright ultimately affirms her as an artist of both daring originality and uncompromising depth.

“One of Americana’s great up-and-coming secrets.”— Rolling Stone

“She really is important in reminding people that there is a great tradition of African-American, old-time musicians. I love that she sings in this really rich low vocal range, just straight from the chest, resonant.” — NPR

“Her razor-sharp guitar picking alone guarantees her a place among masters, but it’s her deep-hued voice that can change on a dime from brushed steel to melted toffee that commands attention.” — The New York Times