On tour this mmer with his amazing new band:

Five-time Grammy®-winning musician Victor Wooten, best known for his work with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Stanley Clarke, Dave Matthews and more, will kick off his summer tour at the Summer Camp Festival in late May backed by an amazing ensemble of musicians as he gears up for the release of two new CDs on VIX Records in September of 2012.

In between intense touring with The Flecktones, Wooten has been recording and mixing a new CD that will be released in two versions simultaneously in September.

Words & Tones comprises 13 songs (11 new original tracks and 2 cover songs) which all feature a female vocalist. Vocalists include longtime friends Saundra Williams (Sharon jones and the Dap Kings) and Divinty Roxx (Beyonce), as well as Wooten’s brothers and kids. New collaborations include a smooth vocal performance from Me’shell Ndegeocello, a beautiful duet featuring Joey Kibble (Take 6), and fiery percussion from “Pedrito” Martinez.

Sword & Stone is the instrumental rendition of the recordings. To make things more interesting, Wooten has added new arrangements, solos, instruments, and musicians to this CD. Each CD features a few songs not found on the other.

On this tour, Krystal Peterson, a young singing sensation from Cincinnati, will make her first appearance with the Victor Wooten band. Also joining Wooten are long time cohorts J. D. Blair, Derico Watson, Anthony Wellington, Steve Bailey, and Dave Welsch. These touring musicians also join Wooten on the new CDs. Peterson sings two songs on Words and Tones.

Each musician will multitask (actually switching instruments mid-song) resulting in a part choreographed and part improvised display of musicianship and showmanship at its best. Instruments include: bass, acoustic bass, drums, keyboards, trumpet, trombone, cello, percussion, vocals, and more.

Wooten comments, “Like the new records, I’ll make a slight departure from previous bands. This time around, I’ll be featuring a unique mixture of multi-instrumentalists.  Fans can expect high energy, world-class musicianship, and as always, things they’ve never seen or heard before. The show will consist of mostly new music from my upcoming 2 new CD’S, but will also feature songs from my earlier releases, as well as original music from members of the band, including selections from 2012?, J.D.Blair’s new CD, which was just released on VIX Records.”

The itinerary is as follows:

Sun, May 27                              Summer Camp                                      Chilicothe, IL

Mon, May 28                             C2G Music Hall                                     Fort Wayne, IN

Tue, May 29                              Beachland Ballroom                              Cleveland, OH

Wed, May 30                             Mr. Small’s Theater                                Millvale, PA

Thu, May 31                              The Howard Theatre                               Washington DC

Fri, June 1                                 Toad’s Place                                         New Haven, CT

Sat June 2                                Iridium Jazz Club                                   New York, NY

Sun, June 3                               Iridium Jazz Club                                   New York, NY

Tue, June 5                               Ram’s Head On Stage                           Annapolis, MD

Wed, June 6                              Helsinki                                                 Hudson, NY

Thu, June 7                               Brooklyn Bowl                                       Brooklyn, NY

Fri, June 8                                 Keswick Theatre                                    Glenside, PA

Sat, June 9                               Paradise                                               Boston, MA

Fri, June 29                               Port City Music Hall                               Portland, OR

Sat, June 30                              Montreal Jazz Fest                                Montreal QC

Sun, July 1                                Montreal Jazz Fest                                Montreal QC

Mon, July 2                               The Ark                                                 Ann Arbor, MI

Tues, July 3                              Viper Alley                                            Lincolnshire, IL

Thurs, July 5                             Old Rock House                                    St. Louis, MO

Fri, July 6                                  George’s Majestic Lounge                     Fayetteville, AR

Sat, July 7                                Granada                                                Lawrence, KS

Thurs, July 12                            Boulder Theater                                     Boulder, CO

Fri, July 13                                Aggie Theater                                        Fort Collins, CO

Sat, July 14                               Cervantes                                             Denver, CO

Thurs, July 19                            Yoshi’s                                                 Oakland, CO

Fri, July 20                                Yoshi’s                                                 Oakland, CO

Sat, July 21                               Trinity Tribal Stomp                               Junction City, CA

Sat, Aug 4                                Telluride Jazz                                        Telluride, CO

 For more information: www.victorwooten.com

“Austin trio Hot Club Of Cowtown sounds like it’s spent the last 40 years in tiny rural clubs. The group’s old-fashioned mixture of Western swing and hot jazz leaves all the irony at home, and what’s left is a refreshingly sweet-natured, accomplished, old-school treat…”  - The Onion

 “Unfussy and unpretentious, their blend of down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation harks back to a lost era of so-called western swing. When they plunge into Orange Blossom Special your thoughts turn not so much to runaway trains as to a B-52 tearing up a runway.” – The Times (London)  

Young is the first artist signed to Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs label Readymade.  Discovered by chance, Young opened for The Raconteurs this past fall, at The Tabernacle Atlanta.  His debut album Give Me My Change was recorded 100% analogue at Welcome To 1979, located in Nashville, TN and is available now.   LISTEN TO “Give Me My Change” HERE

“Hines has a penchant for big, unabashed productions and a gift for pop songwriting.”  - American Songwriter  

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We’re proud to welcome The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band back to Skyline Music.

There aren’t a lot of Warped Tour vets who can claim proficiency in the use of washboards, bottleneck slides and five-gallon buckets. Most didn’t spend their teens playing along to Charlie Patton and Bukka White albums. And just about none are fronted by a commissioned member of the Honorary Order of Kentucky Colonels. Nor have most been invited to festivals as diverse as Monolith, Austin City Limits, Vancouver Folk,  All Good and Lillehammer Blues Weekend. But that’s just the star. Read on…

They’re on tour all year, so call you Skyline Music agent today.

Grammy nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer Jeff Lorber is known as one of the most respected purveyors of both jazz fusion and smooth jazz.

His new recording, Galaxy, released early in 2012, on Heads Up/Concord, revisits the sound he helped pioneer with the groundbreaking Jeff Lorber Fusion.. This album takes the experiment that he started with his last GRAMMY-nominated CD, “Now is the Time”, up a notch with 11 exciting and energetic new compositions performed by some of the biggest names in jazz today. Core members Lorber, bassist Jimmy Haslip and saxophonist Eric Marienthal are in rare form, aided by the explosive playing of drummer Vinnie Colaiuta and guest appearances by trumpeter Randy Brecker, percussionist Lenny Castro, guitarists Paul Jackson Jr. and Larry Koonse, and drummer Dave Weckl. On tour, Lorber performs in a variety of configurations.

Michael Martin Murphey is no stranger to the charts. “Wildfire,” “Carolina In The Pines”, “Long Line of Love,” “What’s Forever For”, “Geronimo’s Cadillac” and “Cowboy Logic” spent weeks atop the country and pop charts. In 2009, he earned a Grammy nomination and Bluegrass chart topper for “Buckaroo Blue Grass”, and Murphey has no intention of slowing down.  His latest release “Tall Grass & Cool Water” just hit #1 on the  Albums Chart of the Western Music Association. Previously the album was #4 on Billboard’s Top 10 Bluegrass Album Chart.

Bobby “Blue” Bland has joined the exclusive Skyline Music roster. This true legend has 23 Top Ten R&B hits spanning 60 years and has been covered by Eric Clapton, the Grateful Dead (“Turn On Your Love Light”) and many more. Recently, Rolling Stone Magazine named Bland one of the Top 100 Greatest Singers of all time.