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John Fogerty considers himself a lucky man.  His fans know well the saga of his career after the break up of Creedence Clearwater Revival.  The man who wrote "Proud Mary," "Fortunate Son" and "Bad Moon Rising" became as well known for his troubles as he was for his music.  But as he concentrated on his happy life as a husband and father and less on music, a funny thing happened.  Music came pouring out of him.  With a healthy new perspective on his past and a renewed sense of optimism for the future, Fogerty created a new album that could only be called Revival.  He has since followed with The Blue Ridge Ranger Rides Again and most recently a 25th Anniversary edition of Centerfield.

Tedeschi Trucks Band is set to tour the world and support their debut album, to be released in early June. 

Allman Brothers Band guitarist Derek Trucks is the youngest guitar player to make Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All-Time" list.  With his own group, The Derek Trucks Band, Trucks has built a devoted following through two decades of touring and seven acclaimed albums.  Their 2009 release, Already Free, won a GRAMMY for Best Contemporary Blues Album. 

Susan Tedeschi's knack for musical truth-telling has been apparent in the years since she first captured the public's musical imagination.  The 1998 GRAMMY winner for Best New Artist Tedeschi's powerful voice, commanding guitar playing and fearless stage presence have made her one of the most stirring soul and blues musicians of our time.

Vinyl is the rare sort of band that can meld funk, Latin jazz, dub and reggae without coming across as pale imitators of the style of the moment.  Instead, Vinyl can alternately sound like the best live funk, Latin, reggae or dub band you've heard in ages -- and occasionally, all at the same time.  Instead of going for flash or gimmicks, Vinyl brings it with fierce musicianship and zesty abandon, proving you can have both substance and style.  It's an approach that has made the band favorites of the festival circuit, but the best place to experience them is on the dance floor of a hot, sweaty indoor venue.

 

For Sheryl Crow, the title of her 7th album isn't just a location; it's a state of mind.  "I grew up in a small town 100 miles from Memphis, and that informed not only my musical taste, but how I look at life," she says.  "The music that came out of that part of the world is a part of who I am, and it's the biggest inspiration for what I do and why I do it."  So for the Kennett, Missouri native, calling the disc 100 Miles From Memphis is a statement of purpose, both musical and emotional.  The album evokes a time when soul and passion filled the radio waves, when the sweat and joy of a recording session could be captured forever on wax.  It also marks a long-awaited return by the nine-time Grammy winner to the sounds that first drew her to making music.

 

At 26, Hiromi Uehara stands at the threshold of limitless possibility, constantly drawing inspiration from virtually everyone and everything around her.

Hiromi first mesmerized the jazz community with her 2003 Telarc debut, Another Mind.  The buzz started by her first album spread all the way back to her native Japan, where Another Mind received the Recording Industry Association of Japan's Jazz Album of the Year Award.  The keyboardist/composer's second release, Brain, won multiple awards and in 2006 Hiromi won Best Jazz Act at the Boston Music Awards and the Guinness Jazz Festival's Rising Star Award.  She also claimed Jazzman of the Year, Pianist of the Year and Album of the Year in Swing Journal Japan's Readers Poll for her 2006 release, Spiral.  Hiromi continues her winning streak with the 2007 release of Time Control and in 2008 Beyond Standard.   

 

Five-time Grammy nominee including a 2010 Best Latin Jazz Album nomination, Wayne Wallace, is one of the more respected exponents of African American-Latin music in the world today.  His group is known for its use of traditional forms and styles of Brazilian and Latin rhythms in combination with contemporary music.

Guitarist Rick Vandivier explores a unique blend of jazz, blues and other musical crossovers that stretch from Andres Segovia to Pat Metheny to Jimi Hendrix.  He has performed with John Handy, Mose Allison, Carl Saunders, David Grisman and many more.

Saxophonist Evan Francis leads a group nominated for Best Jazz Band by the SF Weekly featuring many of the Bay Area's Jazz Mafia and recently Spaceheater's Blast Furnace.  The group is a rhythmically active six-piece ensemble that presents melodic and tight horns over an organic patchwork of jazz to create a strong sense of groove and motion with musical sophistication.

Times 4 presents a fresh blend of contemporary jazz and urban grooves, drawing on a wide range of styles including Jazz, Soul, Latin, Funk, Hip-Hop and Rock.  The group has shared the stage with artists such as Chris Botti, Dave Koz and Friends, Patrice Rushen and Anita Baker.

Voted "Best Band" by the 2008 Oakland Magazine Reader's Poll, Delta Wires is a tight Bay Area troop, fronted by vocalist/harmonica genius/composer Ernie Pinata. The group melds Mississippi Delta tunes and Chicago-style arrangements with rock, soul and swing.

Santos Perdidos plays an eclectic mix of Son Cubano, Rumba Espanola, Bolero, and Afro-Peruvian Lando.  With its strong vocal harmonies and rich sound, the band's constantly expanding repertoire includes traditional music from Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Spain.

Horace-Scope is a premier hard-bop sextet primarily inspired by the innovative musical works of the great Horace Silver and the hard swingin' classic 1950-60s Blue Note albums.  They also pay homage to the cool sounds of jazz on the West Coast during the same era.

The Gipsy Kings consist of two bands of brothers: the Reyes (Nicolas, Canut, Paul, Patchai, Andre) and the Baliardos (Tonino, Paco, Diego).  The Reyes and Baliardo boys were the offspring of Spanish gypsy families that had fled into France to escape Spain's Civil War.  They grew up roaming the south of France, working harvests and making music.  In 1987 The Gipsy Kings' self-titled debut album introduced the world to "rumba Gitano" - the sound of South America's rumba rhythm married to flamenco guitars - and with "Bamboleo" the Gipsy Kings scored a huge international hit.  Since then the Kings have never stopped singing to the world.

 

Rue Manouche is an ensemble that performs 1930's-era hot-club jazz and the classic music of Django Reinhardt.  rue Manouche performances take you on a musical journey of dazzling Gypsy swing, heartfelt ballads and playful waltzes.

A traditional New Orleans jazz band, Fog City Stompers perform old standards and the classics from Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Preservation Hall and more.  They offer original compositions and new arrangements performed in the traditional Dixieland jazz style. 

Mo'Fone, with special guest tuba player Kirk Joseph from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, powers its way through New Orleans second-line and brass band funk, combining serious musicianship with an infectious sense of fun onstage.  Like a furious detachment of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Meters, Mo'Fone finds ingenious ways of creating a full, multi-textured, hard-swinging sound. 

Du Gris is a jumbo bowl of ragtime, swing and classic New Orleans style rhythms.  They perform songs composed by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith and traditional French music that influenced New Orleans.