MUMFORD & SONS and MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD
JOIN KID ROCK, SUGARLAND & STEVE MILLER FOR
72 HOTTEST HOURS OF SUMMER AT THE
JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS LABOR DAY FESTIVAL
Jazz Aspen Snowmass has announced the final main stage acts in what is certainly the biggest line-up in the Festival's history: British Folk/Rock group MUMFORD & SONS; Colorado and JAS Favorite MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD; and the "pelvis-pushing juke music" of VINTAGE TROUBLE.
These artists have been added to the already impressive list of performers, including genre-hopper KID ROCK and his mix of rock, country and rap; country music superstarsSUGARLAND; classic rock icon STEVE MILLER BAND; and "supafunkrock" group TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE.
Scheduled appearance days for each artist are:
Friday, Aug. 31 - Sugarland & Steve Miller Band
Saturday, Sept. 1 - Mumford & Sons, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Sunday, Sept. 2 - Kid Rock, Michael Franti & Spearhead & Vintage Trouble
"Three huge days!" added JAS President & CEO Jim Horowitz. "Summer's Hottest 72 Hours will come to pass at JAS Aug 31 - Sep 2. We are pleased to be able to add these three important and relevant artists, all awesome performers, to what was already a very strong concert bill."
There are currently a limited number of 3-day passes available at $175 plus service charges. Single day tickets, priced at $82.50/day plus applicable service charges, will go on-sale Friday, May 18 at 8am mst.
Steve Miller Band - 6:30pm, Aug. 31
The Steve Miller Band has become one of the centerpiece attractions of the summer rock concert season, playing sixty or more shows every year. He is the Gangster of Love. Some people call him Maurice, the Midnight Toker or the Space Cowboy. And with his latest release, "Let Your Hair Down," a masterpiece album by one of the greats, Steve Miller shows he still speaks of the pompitus of love.
"Let Your Hair Down," includes some of the finest guitar playing Miller has ever recorded, alongside the last recordings by harmonica virtuosa Norton Buffalo, Miller's "partner in harmony" for thirty-three years.
One of rock music's all-time greats, the Steve Miller Band has sold more than 30 million records in a career spanning more than 40 years. His trademark blues-rock sound made him one of the key artists in class rock radio. The Steve Miller Band is a brand name rock that millions have come to trust.
Sugarland - 9pm, Aug. 31
Despite winning multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM awards - and selling more than 8 million records - the country music duo of Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush is embracing a creative rebirth, a musical awakening that permeates their adventurous fourth album, "The Incredible Machine."
What they have created is a dynamic masterwork. Co-written and co-produced in full by Jennifer and Kristian, The Incredible Machine is a soaring album elevated by ski-high choruses, ringing guitars, and pulsing drums that recall the beating of the album's titular engine, the human heart. A country record, a pop record, an anthem record, a ballad record, but above all, an authentic record.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave. - 3pm, Sept. 1
Since the release of their Grammy-nominated 2010 debut album, "Backatown," Trombone Shorty and Orleans Ave. have grown creatively while winning hordes of new fans performing nonstop on five continents. Their new album, "For True," offers substantive proof of their explosive growth, further refining the signature sound Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews has dubbed "Supafunkrock."
The band - Mike Ballard on bass, Pete Murano on guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, Dwayne Williams on percussion, Dan Oestreicher on baritone sax and Tim McFatter on tenor sax - stirs together old-school New Orleans jazz, funk and soul, laced with hard-rock power chords and hip-hop beats, and they've added some tangy new ingredients on "For True" as they keep pushing the envelope, exploring new musical territory.
Mumford & Sons - 7pm, Sept. 1
Since they formed in December 2007, the members of Mumford & Sons have shared a common purpose: to make music that matters, without taking themselves too seriously. Four young men from West London in their early twenties, they have fire in their bellies, romance in their hearts, and rapture in their masterful, melancholy voices. They create a gutsy, old-time sound that marries the magic of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young with the might of Kings Of Leon, and their incredible energy draws us in quickly to their circle of songs, to the warmth of their stories, and to their magical community of misty-eyed men.
As soon as they had their first rough cluster of songs, they hit the road. Straightaway, they won the hearts of their audiences with their harmonies, the way they engaged with their instruments, their bandmates and their crowds - and chased the friendly live reception they got all over the country. Word spread quickly, today their live reputation goes before them.
Vintage Trouble - 3pm, Sept. 2
Vintage Trouble formed in 2010 out of the ashes of a few other bands, and not by chance, Ty Taylor and Nalle Colt teamed up with Richard Danielson and Rick Barrio Dill. They entered The Bomb Shelter Studio, recorded an album's worth of material in three days, which was intended to be demos and ended up being pressed into CDs. The Bomb Shelter Sessions became Vintage Trouble's first album. Vintage Trouble is a quartet of sincere musicians whose combination of hard work, talent, and luck are undoubtedly going to take them right where they deserve to be. This is live-wired, straight-shootin, dirty-mouth'd, pelvis-pushing juke music.
Michael Franti & Spearhead - 5pm, Sept. 2
Michael Franti is one of the most positive and conscious artists in music today. He has crossed all sorts of musical and physical boundaries throughout his career in order to make music for everybody. In the mid-90's he first formed Spearhead, and increasingly in recent years, he's found his own voice musically and his own organic brand of popular success. Franti and Spearhead's 2008 All Rebel Rockers, became the biggest hit of Franti's career, hitting the Top 40 on the Billboard 200, and yielding his biggest hit, the Top 20 "Say Hey (I Love You)."
His latest album, The Sound of Sunshine, is a kind of musical sun shower, a bright, beautiful and often buoyant song cycle created to bring all kinds of listeners to a sense of hope during rough and rainy times for so many in our world. "Music is sunshine," says Franti. "Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood. Music gives us new energy and a stronger sense of purpose."
Kid Rock - 7pm, Sept. 2
Kid Rock has a unique ability to genre-hop, marking his territory everywhere. He hosted last years CMT Awards and performed at events ranging from the Grammy's to the VMA's, EMA's and CMA's to the Hip Hop Honors. He has performed for and visited troops overseas numerous times, and remains one of entertainments most vocal supporters of our soldiers abroad. His philanthropic efforts through his own Kid Rock Foundation, have expanded greatly over the last year as well.
His latest release, "Born Free," is in many ways a transformational album for Kid Rock.
While there is still the edge, wit and swagger of previous albums, he doesn't rap, there's no metal - there isn't even a parental warning sticker. Says Kid Rock, "The catalyst for this record was Detroit, and my thoughts on the world through the lens of Detroit. Watching everything go downhill over the past few years, the economy, the loss of jobs everywhere, I wanted to make a record that reflected the times but that still had soul."
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at 866-JAS-TIXX,
jazzaspensnowmass.org, or locally at the Belly Up Box Office, (970) 544-9800.
For information on VIP Packages please call (970) 920-4996.
For lodging and ticket packages: 800-SNOWMASS or snowmasstourism.com.
NEW THIS YEAR: JAS has partnered with Vivid Seats (vividseats.com) to offer a new festival experience for a limited group of guests each day. The Vivid Seats Lounge will be a Hospitality Tent and Patio located with an elevated private platform viewing area and cash bar. Avoid bar lines and the rush for the perfect spot by purchasing the 3-Day Vivid Seat Lounge pass available at a discounted rate of $570. Individual day passes will go on-sale with the general admission single day tickets on Friday May 18 at a rate of $199/per day. To purchase call 866-848-8499.
Thank you to this year's Festival sponsors include: Town of Snowmass Village, Casillas Petroleum Corp, Denver Post, XOJet, Comcast, Coors Light, Viceroy Hotel, Patron Tequila, Infinite Monkey Theorem, SkinCeuticals, Outside Magazine, KSPN, 5280, and Aspen Sojourner.
For more information on the JAS Labor Day Festival or the JAS June Festival please visit jazzaspensnowmass.org or call JAS at 970-920-4996.
For media information, please contact:
Andrea Beard · (970) 920-4996 Ext.12
DL Media · 610-667-0501
Don Lucoff · don@dlmediamusic.com
