THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

LINEUP ANNOUNCED FEATURING: TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND, DAWES, SHAKEY GRAVES, SHOVELS & ROPE, THE FELICE BROTHERS, NRBQ, AND MORE

FESTIVAL CAMPING MADE AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME
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THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL, Western Massachusetts' favorite music and hot air balloon festival will take place July 8, 9, and 10 on the grounds of Greenfield Community in Greenfield, MA. Presented by Signature Sounds, the festival was recently deemed “one of 2015’s must see summer festivals” by Rolling Stone and one of the “fifty essential summer music festivals” by The New York Times.

The Green River Festival combines a spectacular lineup of nearly 40 acts on three stages, the best in local food, beer and wine, handmade
crafts, a dance tent, a wide array of kid's activities and entertainment, and hot air balloon rides and a balloon glow, for Western Massachusetts'
largest outdoor event of the summer. This is the only music festival in the country that features hot air balloons.

For the first time this year, festival camping will be available at the nearby Franklin County Fairgrounds. The fairgrounds offers over 40 acres of flat open camping area and includes RV electric hook-ups, multiple bathrooms with showers and a weather emergency shelter. All camping tickets include a festival ticket, plus parking with free shuttle buses to and from Greenfield Community College.

Early bird tickets are available on line only through March 4th via http://www.greenriverfestival.com/
After March 4th, advance ticket pricing is as follows:
Full weekend: $119.99
Two day (Saturday & Sunday) pass: $99.99
Sunday only $74.99
Saturday only $64.99
Friday only: $24.99
Full weekend with camping:  $149
Full weekend with premium camping: $189
RV pass: $99
There are no one night camping tickets.

GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL 2016 LINEUP:

Friday, July 8th
Gates open at 4 pm, music starts at 5 pm.

Peter Wolf & The Midnight Travelers
NRBQ
The Dustbowl Revival
Charles Neville
Dean's Beans Latin Music night with artists TBA

Saturday, July 9th
Gates open at 12noon, music starts at 12:30.

Dawes
Shakey Graves
Shovels & Rope
The Suffers
The Felice Brothers
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds
And The Kids
Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers
Greyhounds
Anthony D'Amato
The Soul Rebels
Oh Pep!
Mister G
The Alchemystics
And more TBA

Sunday, July 10th
Gates open at 12noon, music starts at 12:30.

Wheels Of Soul Tour featuring: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos, and North Mississippi Allstars
Birds Of Chicago
Margo Price & The Price Tags
Big Sam's Funky Nation
Sonya Kitchell
Winterpills
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
And more TBA

"ALT-ROCKERS [WHO MAKE] BARB-WIRE HOOKS WITH GREAT HARMONY WORK" (BAEBLE MUSIC) SONS OF FATHERS COMPLETE MASTERPIECE SECOND ALBUM 'BIG DIAMOND WALTZ,' MIXED BY VANCE POWELL (JACK WHITE), OUT AUGUST 15 ON BLANCO RIVER MUSIC

OPENING DATES PLANNED WITH ALISON KRAUSS AND DWIGHT YOAKAM

"ONE OF 12 TO WATCH IN 2012… TERRIFIC… BARN-BURNING" – EMUSIC

"HOT TRACKS… IMPRESSIVE" - RELIX

Following heavy touring and intensive songwriting sessions, "breakout" (Austin Chronicle) "alt-rockers" (Baeble Music) Sons of Fathers fulfills the promise of last year's self-titled debut with a profound, terse masterpiece of a second album 'Big Diamond Waltz' (August 15 / Blanco River Music). Vance Powell, who mixed Jack White's 'Blunderbuss' and albums by Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, approached the band at an in-store at Grimey's in Nashville, TN and offered to mix 'Big Diamond Waltz.' Baeble Music raved about the "barb wire hooks" of the new material, which was self-produced by band principles David Beck and Paul Cauthen, continuing, "Sons of Fathers make their case for why they should be included in your current crush on southern rock leaning bands."

Powell said, "The Sons are blazing a trail out of Austin with great songs and a cool sound unique unto themselves. I loved working on the album."

Embeddable MP3 of"Burning Days."

Downloadable, postable MP3 of"Burning Days"

Behind-the-scenes footage of Sonsof Fathers producing and recording 'Big Diamond Waltz'

Sons of Fathers were named one of "12 to watch in 2012" by eMusic, which called the self-titled debut album "terrific" and "barn-burning," continuing, "nothing can take away the songwriting duo's brotherly harmonies [and] their band's ruckus-raising live shows." Relix Magazine called the self-titled debut album "hot tracks," continuing, "Sons of Fathers puts on an impressive live show but the album is even better." Dates are planned opening for Alison Krauss and Dwight Yoakam.

While 'Sons of Fathers' earned comparisons to The Avett Brothers (by CMT.com and AOL Music), Dawes (Baeble Music), and Ray LaMontagne, the new album adds new elements to their sound on 'Big Diamond Waltz' and in their ferocious live shows: circus-inspired waltzes and reprises with swirling horns and slide guitar, dark blues, and spine-tingling folk, all with Sons of Fathers' harmonies which are "nothing short of moving" (WXPN). Much like the Byrds redefined the boundaries of Country and The Band did so with rock, Sons of Fathers merge the two seamlessly and bridge the generations with a new original sound like no other.

Highlights include "Big Diamond Waltz," a searching song with an unmatched intensity; the unrequited lovelorn "To Whom Do You Belong?," the ballad "Lay Me Down"; the scorching "Burning Days"; and the dark character study of "You're Gonna Hurt Someone."

The vocal and songwriting chemistry between Cauthen, grandson of a Texas preacher who taught him to sing and play, and Beck, son of a prominent Texas upright bassist, has deepened. They are rooted in Texas music but steeped in the indie-folk scene.

The band has also completed a Daytrotter session.

Sons of Fathers are Beck (bass and vocals), Cauthen (acoustic guitar and vocals), Dees Stribling (drums), Regan Schmidt (guitar, slide guitar), Bryan Mammel (keyboards), and Tony Browne (guitar).