On Thursday April 18 catch Royal Southern Brotherhood at the 2013 Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL.
Get your tickets at WaneeFestival.com

We are proud to announce that Royal Southern Brotherhood will be supporting the GREGG ALLMAN TOURin December and January.  ON New Years Eve the band will be in New Orleans Louisiana at the House of Blues. Then off to Texas with the Rock-n-Roll Icon. Keep an eye on the schedule there are a couple of dates that two greats- John Hiatt and Leon Russell we be joining the tour. Thanks for all of your support and “Keep On Rockin” until we see you again in 2013.

The first annual New Orleans Music and Heritage Cruise on The Norwegian Star to depart Nov. 25, 2012 from New Orleans, LA. and return Dec. 2, 2012. The cruise starts in the port New Orleans and makes port of call stops in, Costa Maya, Mexico, Belize City, Belize, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras, and Cozumel, Mexico. The host is comedian Peter Bizzo, and the musicians featured on the cruise are saxophonist Big Chief Donald Harrison(Artistic Director), r&b icon-Cyril Neville, organist-Dr. Lonnie Smith, pianist/singer-Davell Crawford, violinist-Michael Ward, trumpeter-James Andrews, along with Joe Dyson, Detroit Brooks, Rockin Dopsie, Conun Pappas, Zaccai Curtis and more.

For more information  http://getawaytravelentertainment.com/

The Louisiana supergroup the Voice of the Wetlands Allstars feature the ”crème de la crème” of Louisiana musicians.

*August 2012*

• 8/14/12 @ State Theater * Falls Church, VA
• 8/15/12 @ FTC Theater * Fairfield, CT
• 8/16/12 @ Highline Ballroom * New York, NY
• 8/17/12 @ Philadelphia Folk Fest * Philadelphia, PA
• 8/18/12 @ Chenango Blues Festival * Norwich, NY

Head over to the tour page for a full list of Cyril Neville dates.

Ruf Records announces the signing of Royal Southern Brotherhood, which consists of Cyril Neville (percussion and vocals), Devon Allman (guitar and vocals), Mike Zito (guitar and vocals), Charlie Wooton (bass) and Yonrico Scott (drums), and will release the group’s debut self-titled CD on May 8. The new CD was produced by Grammy-winner Jim Gaines and recorded at Dockside Studio near Lafayette, Louisiana. Ruf Records is distributed in the U.S. by the Allegro Corporation.

http://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/ruf-records-signs-royal-southern-brotherhood-new-cd-soon

On May 1, a star-studded lineup will play “New Orleans Musicians for Obama”, an effort to lend support to President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign. Organizers Gaynielle Neville, Jimmy Anselmo, Diane Ireland and OffBeat’s Jan Ramsey have pulled together a musical lineup that so far includes Dr. John, Irvin Mayfield, the Neville Family, Zigaboo Modeliste, Caesar Brothers Funkbox, the Help, Deacon John, Leo Nocentelli, Bonerama, James Andrews, Cyril Neville, Rejected Youth Nation, Kermit Ruffins, Marcia Ball, George Porter, Jr. and more. Celebrity guests include Alfre Woodard. The show will take place at Generations Hall, and tickets range from $50 to $200 for VIPs, and they’re on sale now from EventBrite.com.

Drawing on the blues, soul, R&B, and jazz music of his hometown, Neville makes music that is entertaining, thought-provoking, and never predictable. The only problem that I have with The Essential Cyril Neville is the album’s twelve-song length. Unlike many modern CD releases, I wish that they’d included another three or four songs to take advantage of the format’s longer run time…and that’s less of a real complaint than praise for Neville’s music

On March 20, Ani DiFranco begins the second leg of her tour in San Diego in support of ¿Which Side Are You On?, her first new studio album in three years. The dozen track record is an exquisitely varied and colorful work, intimate and direct, while not only encapsulating the noted DiFranco creed, but also expanding on her storied treatise in a most modern and sophisticated way. The artist’s new album also features Ivan and Cyril Neville, Anaïs Mitchell, Adam Levy, Matt Dillon, Skerik, and folk icon Pete Seeger, along with a diverse range of subject matter that helps magnify its sublime framework.

Read more about the new album over on JamBands.com.