The Itch share shimmering “first traditional love song”, ‘Drugdealer’ – inspired by Elton John and Ultravox

The Itch have shared a new single, 'Drugdealer', from their upcoming debut album 'It’s The Hope That Kills You'. Listen here.
Juno

Robert Leiner interview – “Throw yourself into the unknown”

Leiner notes Few artists can claim to have lived every phase of techno and trance from the inside out, but across nearly four decades as both DJ and producer, Robert Leiner (pictured above, ...
MLive

Billy Strings announces details, support for ‘Ionia Freak Fair’ homecoming

IONIA COUNTY, MI — Two weeks after confirming his return home for two dates in August, Billy Strings has unveiled plans for the inaugural “Ionia Freak Fair.” Strings, raised in nearby Muir, will take ...
BroadwayWorld

Billy Strings Sets First Appearance at 'Ionia Freak Fair' This Summer

3x Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Billy Strings will return to Michigan this summer with his first-ever “Ionia Freak Fair” on Friday, August 28 and Saturday, August 29. Hosted ...
Jambands

Billy Strings Issues Invitation to Inaugural Ionia Freak Fair with Greensky Bluegrass, Sierra Hull and More Bluegrass Titans

Billy Strings has taken to social media to help outline an inaugural event, dubbed the Ionia Freak Fair. The two-day gathering is scheduled to take place at the Ionia Fairgrounds in Ionia, Mich., and ...
Metro Times

Billy Strings shares details for Ionia Freak Fair music festival

Before he became one of the biggest stars in bluegrass and country music, Billy Strings grew up in Muir, a small community located between Lansing and Grand Rapids. The Grammy Award-winning artist is ...
The New York Times

Who’s Pulling the Strings on the World Stage? Ask the Puppets.

Eurasia Group, the geopolitical risk consultancy run by Ian Bremmer, gets into the political satire game with its Instagram show “Puppet Regime.” Credit... Supported by By Kim Córdova The electronic ...
CNET

Behind the stunning stop-motion magic of 'Kubo and the Two Strings'

Director Travis Knight reveals how the puppet masters at Laika combine CGI, 3D printing and other high-tech techniques with time-honoured stop-motion storytelling. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV ...
Mental Floss

The Invisible String Theory Explained: From Ancient Myths to Modern Love

What if every person you meet, including those you’ve yet to cross paths with, is quietly tethered to you by a single thread you can't even see? That's the premise of the invisible string theory. The ...
MusicRadar

“It revealed what went on behind the doors of Kling Klang, and for once the truth is almost up there with the fiction”: What we’ve learned about the inner workings of ...

When it comes to the machines used to make their music, there are few who compare to Kraftwerk in the secrecy stakes. The iconic German synth masters' almost complete lack of studio interviews on the ...
Jambands

Billy Strings Takes Winter Tour to Asheville, First in Four-Night Series

On Tuesday evening, Billy Strings arrived at the ExploreAsheville.com Arena in Asheville, N.C., for the first in a four-night series of live performances. The concert served as the latest entry on the ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

String Fever

Join NCPR each Thursday afternoon at 3:00 for the best acoustic and bluegrass music in the North Country. If you are a first-time visitor, let me tell you a little more about String Fever: It’s all ...