Ozzy Osbourne’s Speak Of The Devil will see a DVD release. Filmed at Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in California on June 12, 1982, the concert is a snapshot of Osbourne’s performances in the ’80s, with dramatic staging and a setlist based on his first two solo albums and a few Black Sabbath classics. The lineup for this show features Osbourne, Don Airey (keyboards), Tommy Aldridge (drums), Brad Gillis (guitar), and Rudy Sarzo (bass). The DVD will be available July 17.
What started as a talk between co-workers at the company ”Earmaster” is now a free tool made by musicians, for musicians. BandLoot is the first social accounting web app that will help bands track their cash flows easily together, as a band, in total transparency. The core features of traditional accounting and IOU applications have been streamlined and customized to match the needs of bands of any size, and made available to musicians worldwide.
For more information, visit bandloot.com
The Made in Chicago: World Class Jazz series returns to Millennium Park with Chicago’s leading jazz artists and concerts that celebrate the sounds of blues, boogie, Latin, Bop and beyond. The 2012 series includes tribute concerts and retrospectives.The free weekly series begins Thursday, July 19 and closes Thursday, August 30, 2012.
For more information, visit millenniumpark.org.
The Rock and Roll Medicine Show is a night of music benefiting the Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Acts include Eric Stuart Band, Electric Attitude, and local and Sum Morz. The concert will be held in Fort Wayne’s historic Embassy Theatre on July 13. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to the Lutheran Children’s Hospital.
The event is open to all ages and is family-friendly. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster outlets.
Joe Cocker, The Dukes of September, and K.D. Lang will appear at this year’s Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival, which returns to the Benedict Music Tent June 22- July 7. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling 866-527-8499 or visiting jazzaspensnowmass.org.
Vince Gill will hit the road in June. The 20-time Grammy-winner and member of the Country Music Hall of Fame will be backed by fiddler Stuart Duncan, guitarist Jeff White, banjoist Jim Mills and bassist Dennis Crouch. Gill will round out the band on guitar, mandolin and vocals.
Bluegrass prodigy Sarah Jarosz will open for Gill from June 13 through June 23. A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Jarosz is most recognize for her albums Song Up In Her Head (which contains the Grammy-nominated “Mansinneedof” track) and Follow Me Down.
For more, go to vincegill.com.
Victor Wooten’s Center For Music & Nature will host a series of educational music and nature camps this spring, summer and fall at WOOTEN WOODS, located just outside of Nashville.Wooten will teach at each camp alongside a variety of skilled guest instructors.
Wooten Woods is a camp/retreat and private event center located in Only, TN, resting on 150 acres along the bank of the beautiful Duck River. The facility has multiple large buildings for special events and instruction, a huge dome structure, an open-air pavilion, large and small sleeper cabins and houses, a performance barn/meeting space with an indoor/outdoor amphitheater and industrial kitchen, a large bathhouse and plenty of space for personal or event-style tents.
For more information, visit victorwooten.com
Dunlop and Slash have teamed up to create two pedals – the MXR Slash Octave Fuzz and Slash Cry Baby Classic. The Slash Octave Fuzz produces a tone that can be combined with a separate sub-octave voice and octave-up fuzz. The Slash Cry Baby Classic is tuned to a lower frequency and has a custom-wound resonance inductor, giving it a huge dynamic range and a wide sweep.
Also new is the Slash Pick Tin, which has the white 1.14mm Tortex picks Slash uses, adorned with album art and imagery. Learn more at jimdunlop.com.
Paul Reed Smith Guitars will host its sixth annual open house, Experience PRS 2012, in Stevesville, MD on September 13-15. The event will connect dealers, distributors, customers, music lovers, and music press from around the world.
For more, visit prsguitars.com/experience.
Last Of A Dying Breed is Lynyrd Skynyrd’s first studio album since 2009’s God & Guns which debuted at #18 on the Billboard Top 20 and gave the band their highest debut since 1977.
Lynyrd Skynyrd will be on tour throughout the summer in North America and Europe. Led by core members Gary Rossington, Johnny Van Zant, and Rickey Medlocke, the band will welcome Johnny Colt, an original member of the Black Crowes who has also played with Train and Rockstar Supernova.
For more, visit lynyrdskynyrd.com/