IN THE NEWS:
Photos from day 1 of the inaugural two-day music festival Orlando Calling on Saturday, November 12, 2011 in Orlando, FL, featuring Pixies, The Avett Brohters, Gavin DeGraw, The Roots, Gogol Bordello, The Raconteurs, Iron & Wine, and Lucero among others.
A Monday night (10/17) benefit concert featuring George Strait, Dixie Chicks, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, The Avett Brothers and Asleep at the Wheel and others raised more than $500,000 for victims of the recent wildfires that swept through the state.
Following an in-progress European trek, the Avett Brothers will embark on a U.S. tour leg that spans three months.
The Avett Brothers wrapping up summer U.S. leg of tour, heading overseas for European summer festival circuit
This year's Life is Good Festival has enlisted performers Ray LaMontagne, The Avett Brothers, Michael Franti and Spearhead and The Levon Helm Band to help raise money for kids facing life-threatening challenges. 
Indie rockers The Avett Brothers, currently in the midst of a tour in support of last year's "I And Love And You," will release the band's first live CD/DVD combo this fall.
Singer/songwriter St. Vincent will front Man Man and Joe Henry will partner with the Swell Season at this year's Calgary Folk Festival as part of its "arranged marriages" series, in which acts are placed in one-time-only collaborations.
