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The fabled 14-song album, "Miss Kittys Lounge," initially served as a set of demos that ultimately led to the group’s first record deal with Capricorn Records, Now it will be released May 20, 2022, on vinyl.

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Phish Fall Tour 2021 continued Friday at Ak-Chin Pavilion in Phoenix, Arizona, check out the setlist, a recap and The Skinny.

Daniel Hutchens, who with his musical partner and lifelong friend Eric Carter helped define Athens music history with their band Bloodkin, died Saturday after suffering a stroke on Friday. He was 56.  An West Virginia native, Hutchens (and his childhood friend Carter) spent parts of four decades in Athens and with Carter had recently released Bloodkin’s ninth album, “Black Market Tango,” the band’s first release since 2009’s “Baby, They Told Us We Would Rise Again.”   Bloodkin�...

In 2009, two college students who didnt know one another began work on separate documentary films about the Georgia Theatre, their favorite place to see live music in Athens. With the help of a local attorney and the venue owner, they agreed to tackle the project together before the whole thing went up in flames — literally. "Athens Burning," a 2-hour documentary film released in 2011, was originally created as part of a collective effort from the Athens community to rebuild the theatre aft...

To celebrate John Bell's birthday today, watch JB lead Widespread Panic through the late 1996 'Bombs & Butterflies' release party in Athens, Georgia.