Note from Ole

Let me introduce myself, I'm a Norwegian singer, songwriter

FINALLY Ole Ask,

Norway's songwriter extroidinaire teams up with Under The Radar music group.

Ballinger is a blues legend in the making

Ballinger is a blues legend in the making
THOMAS GARRETT
Bulletin Senior Writer

This year's Winter Blast of Blues audience may have been witness to one of the early performances of a future blues legend. Daniel "Slick" Ballinger put on a show that rocked the Baxter County Fairgrounds Exhibition Building with musical energy and showed he is, indeed, the real deal when it comes to playing the blues.
Ballinger headlined this year's Winter Blast, sharing the stage with Tripwire, Steve Smith & the Sneakers and The Uncivil Servants.
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UTR eStore Additions

Welcome everyone! It's a new year and many new items are being added to the UTR shop.

Highlights include the incredible book Black White and Blues from photographer Marc Norberg. This beautiful book is a must have for all music lovers. 

http://www.utrmusicgroup.com/store/merchdetail.asp?ArtistID=82

Also, the limited edition lithograph Family Tree of the Blues is back in stock. Artist Bruce Burton created this one page history of the blues, based on the Handy Awards, and only printed 2000 - all signed and numbered by the artist. Another must have for the blues afficionado.

http://www.utrmusicgroup.com/store/merchdetail.asp?ArtistID=81

And many new Luther Allison items.

http://www.utrmusicgroup.com/store/merchdetail.asp?ArtistID=10

Check back often, new items will be added weekly.

Eric Tessmer Band News!!

Hey there y'all,

We've moving into the New Year with fingers crossed and hopes high. Hope you've made your resolutions or are at least thinking about possibly considering musing on selecting some major lifestyle changes.

Anyhow - the new record is still in the production phase, we're planning another trip to the studio soon to finish 'er up.

We'll be back in the Midwest in March - you can check out our website - www.erictessmerband.com - to see how the schedule is developing. We might even make it to Canada this time around. more...

Nite Rail News!!

Happy New Year!!! I hope everybody had a very fun and relaxing holiday season. We've had a couple of weekends off lately, and it has been really nice to catch up with family and friends.
January should be pretty big month for NiteRail. For starters, our six song EP entitled 'Back & Forth" is totally finished and available on-line at
www.niterail.com/music.html!!! Three of the cuts are available for your streaming audio pleasure as well. more...

JoAnna James News!!

Hi all,

I have some fun treats for you. First off, this Tuesday January 3rd at Gluek’s in downtown Minneapolis, the band will be playing and I am giddy to report we have some very special guests on board for the evening. Adam Levy and Noah Levy along with Peter J. Sands of the Honeydogs fame are going to be joining me on stage for a few tunes. Plus, a film crew from the local television program, “Search Mode TV”(channel 6 in the metro), will be shooting some of this show, so now’s your chance to put those dance moves on the big screen. more...