I’m happy to be giving away a pair of tickets to see Steve Kimock & Friends live on Monday, May 14th at The Middle East in Boston, MA.

Quintessential guitarist Steve Kimock is hitting the road this spring with stops already scheduled for Connecticut, New York, Maine, Vermont, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee and Atlanta. For the first large-scale tour in almost three years, he will be bringing  Bernie Worrell (founding member of Parliament Funkadelic, Talking Heads) on keys, drummer Wally Ingram (Sheryl Crow, David Lindley), and bassists Andy Hess and Reed Mathis along for the ride. The band, which has already performed in key cities, will be launching new material as well as celebrating Kimock’s rich catalog of music over 30 years in the making.

Wed/May-09 Bethlehem, PA Musikfest Café
Thu/May-10 Fairfield, CT Fairfield Theatre Company
Fri/May-11 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl
Sat/May-12 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
Mon/May-14 Boston, MA Middle East
Tue/May-15 Burlington, VT Higher Ground
Wed/May-16 Buffalo, NY Tralf Music Hall
Fri/May-18 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
Sat/May-19 Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge
Sun/May-20 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
Mon/May-21 Bloomington, IN Bluebird
Tue/May-22 Nashville, TN Exit/In
Thu/May-24 Orlando, FL Plaza Theatre
Sat/May-26 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Tue/May-29 Charleston, SC Pour House
Wed/May-30 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle Music Hall
Thu/May-31 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
Sun/June-3 Harrisburg, PA Appalachian Brewing Company
Mon/June-4 Washington DC Howard Theatre

The winner has been contacted

The String Cheese Incident has just announced the lineup for Horning’s Hideout 2012!  It’s an eclectic lineup featuring bluegrass, reggae, electronica, and of course CHEESE.

THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT
TOOTS AND THE MAYTALS • SAM BUSH
IVAN NEVILLE’S DUMPSTAPHUNK • EOTO • THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS
KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH BAND • THE CONTRIBUTION
HONKYTONK HOMESLICE W/ KEITH “MOOSE” MOSELEY
THE MOTET • MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND
HAMSA LILA • THE SCOTT LAW REUNION BAND • JANOVER
LIZA’S GOGO LAB • DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS • LYNX
LOVE IN THE CIRCUS • POOR MAN’S WHISKEY
THE DRUNKEN HEARTS • VAGABOND OPERA • BANANA SLUG STRING BAND

PLUS A SILENT DISCO, YOGA, WORKSHOPS, FIRE DANCING SHOWS
AND TONS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED!

Check out the official announcement here

Kyle Hollingsworth has just announced a fall tour featuring polka covers of all the classic Cheese songs!  In honor of this special announcement, we’re playing Polka all day long!  Enjoy!

Take a listen to this special announcement from Kyle!

April Fools!

I’ve been getting so excited for Horning’s Hideout this summer and thought I’d highlight some stand out moments from past Horning’s Hideouts. This one is an awesome Dirk > Jungle Boogie > Dirk from Friday night at Horning’s 2010. Take a listen!

Dirk >
Jungle Boogie >
Dirk

Get the whole show here!

This contest is for a brand new Railroad Earth “The Jupiter” pin, created by Phantasy Pins. The pin features a gold outlined locomotive with JUPITER and RRE on the side. It also has snowflakes for the winter season. This is a limited edition of 100 and the pin is currently only available at the merch table at Railroad Earth shows.

The winner has been contacted!

The String Cheese Incident just announced their plans for summer 2012.  The band will kick off their July tour with three nights at Electric Forest, then three nights at Red Rocks the following Thursday, Friday, Saturday.  Next they’re off to Park City, UT, then Flagstaff, AZ and then to LA at the Greek Theatre.  Then they’re performing two nights at the legendary Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA, the site of many epic incidents.  Finally, they’re back home at Horning’s Hideout!!!!  There’s a special twist this time around….no ticket fees for tickets through SCI Ticketing!  Way to set an excellent example for the rest of the jam community.  I’ll see you out there!

Check out the official site

6/28 – 7/1 Electric Forest, Rothbury, MI
7/5 – 7/7 Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO
7/10 Deer Valley Amphitheater, Park City, UT
7/12 Pepsi Amphitheater, Flagstaff, AZ
7/13 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
7/14 – 7/15 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
7/19 – 7/22 Horning’s Hideout, North Plains, OR

Then after much anticipation, the curtain was lifted to reveal Jason Hann and Michael Travis elevated above the stage and enclosed by the giant lotus flower.  For the next hour and a half it was non-stop EOTO madness.  They shifted styles throughout the night, turning on a dime and varying the music from dubstep to house and everything in between.

It was a special show, being the debut of their new stage rig and also due to the film crew who documented the whole show for a later release.  Musically, the boys delivered what I’ve come to expect from an EOTO show: organic, hard, bass driven music.  Much like a String Cheese Incident show, this show was just as much about the friends in attendance as it was about the music.  It was tough to do a 360 turn without seeing a familiar, glowing, smiling face.  If you’re reading this page, no doubt you have experienced the same thing at an EOTO show too.

Thank you to Jason, Travis, Zebbler, Encanti, Chris, Shibby and the rest of the crew for doing what you do.  Till next time…

Photos by Margaret Quigley

Photos by Margaret Quigley

Just announced today: The String Cheese Incident will be playing a full two set show at The Hangout Music Festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama. May 18,19,20 20120. Check out the full lineup here

EOTO is debuting their new Lotus flower stage rig (designed by the legendary Zebbler) next Thursday at the House of Blues in Boston, MA.  You don’t want to miss this!!! I’m happy to be giving away 2 tickets for this show. Enter below for your chance to win. Contest will only be running for a few days.

The winners have been contacted

This month’s contest is for this beautiful, signed poster created by Ryan Kerrigan. This poster commemorates The String Cheese Incident’s three night run in March 2001 at the Warfield in San Francisco, CA.

Fun Fact: Ryan Kerrigan was gracious enough to create the original String Cheese Radio mandala logo back in 2008, for free! So support him and buy some of his awesome, hand drawn art! His website has tons and tons of great work to look at and purchase: The Art of Ryan Kerrigan

Check out these 3 memorable shows featuring guests such as Steve Kimock, Bob Weir, and Vince Welnick
2001-03-08 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
2001-03-09 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA
2001-03-10 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA

The winner has been contacted