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![Pigeons Playing Ping Pong Just Announced ‘The Pizazz Tour’ With Flamingosis [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/18891672_10155414043573336_3981957088748336266_o-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
Close the doors, buckle up and get ready for a wild ride, because our favorite Maryland funkateers just announced ‘The Pizazz Tour.’ Featuring Flamingosis and leading up to their upcoming studio album release Pizazz, this tour will see Pigeons Playing Ping Pong’s return to the West Coast and a special Halloween run through Texas and Atlanta! If […]
![Secret Recipe unveils newest EP, Sunken Treasures, via Street Ritual [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/secretrecipe-1.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
For his latest album Sunken Treasures, Secret Recipe serves up a tantalizing 4-track meal for our ears and minds to devour. Each track brings new flavor and a unique blending of genres to the table. With a nod to classic genres such as dubstep and house (most notably on “Freeze Flanks”), Secret Recipe does a […]
![Ryan Viser Delivers Euphonic Brass Funk With ‘Volumetric’ via Mile High Sound Movement [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/volumetric.jpg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
Louisiana’s Ryan Viser has once again pleased fans with his latest EP, ‘Volumetric’. It’s been a year since the release of ‘Louder and Louder’, and his musical progression and fresh influences are evident on all four tracks. With ‘Volumetric’ coming from the heated Mile High Sound Movement label, we’re excited to see Viser getting more […]
![Jimmy Herring and The Invisible Whip: Live at San Antonio’s Tobin Center, August 31 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMR_7241.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
San Antonio spread-heads rejoice! Jimmy Herring is posting up at the Tobin Center in Texas on August 31. Between a full-time position in Widespread Panic and shorter stints with several other bands, Herring is generally kept quite busy. The Invisible Whip tour will mark his first solo tour in about five years, and will […]
![Join Blunt Force and Resonant Frequency JamFeed’s First #JamBarge in Austin, TX, June 23rd [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/https-2F2Fcdn.evbuc_.com2Fimages2F315885472F1134643342352F12Foriginal.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
We are pleased to announce that our friends over at JamFeed are throwing their first annual event this Summer, JamBarge. The Austin music-tech start up is throwing a concert, food and booze cruise June 23rd on the beautiful Lake Travis, just Northwest of Austin proper. JamBarge will be the funkiest outdoor homie throw down, complete with hour long sets from […]
![Bonobo + Nick Murphy: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 5.12.17 [Photo Gallery]](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1514525253161-7a46d19cd819?auto=format&fit=crop&w=1200&q=80)
Electronic
British producer Simon Green a.k.a. Bonobo made his Red Rocks debut last Friday evening, May 12th, 2017, and he did not disappoint. Highlights of the night included performances with members of the Colorado Symphony, hauntingly beautiful female vocals, and a special performance with opener Nick Murphy a.k.a. Chet Faker. If you haven’t seen him yet […]
![Aspiring Students Will Learn From The Best At DelFest Academy 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/del-fest-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Memorial Day weekend and DelFest signals the start of bluegrass festival season, but did you know that DelFest also hosts a four-day bluegrass music academy called DelFest Academy? The Delfest Academy is a four day event with three full days of instruction. It is a learning experience where students are immersed in the bluegrass genre […]
Electronic
The funkiest outfit on the block, Lettuce, brought their closest friends and family together for what will go down in history as a legendary funky stew of epic collaborations for the band’s second annual Rage Rocks this past Saturday, May 13, 2017. The iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre was transformed into a kaleidoscopic canvas of funk for […]
![Little Dragon Casts A Spell Over Austin | April 26th 2017 [Live Music Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/unnamed-5.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Little Dragon breathed the fire of life into the packed crowd at Stubb’s Amphitheater. The entire show was a ritual, as if a spell had been cast over the packed audience by Yukimi Nagano – Little Dragon’s foxy Swedish frontwoman. Yukimi danced with a gourd shaped tambourine in hand and chanted out notes of pure […]
![Musical Highlights from Scoremore’s JMBLYA in Austin, TX | May 6th, 2017 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/jmblya.png?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
JMBLYA is an event that I look forward to every year, as the youthful staff at ScoreMore consistently puts together an impressive lineup of some of the hottest names in hip-hop and EDM. This year, the event sold out with an astonishing 25,000 tickets in advance, making it the third largest concert of 2017. The […]