[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7hnLq9NXh4[/embedyt] Black Pumas are a psychedelic soul group based in Austin, TX, a new combination of singer Eric Burton and producer Adrian Quesada. We’ve been waiting to find out what this combo would bring us, and today they’ve delivered with releasing the first single and announcing their debut album which will come out later this […]

All set for camping at Pickathon? Still thinking about it? Now’s the time to make your plans! Weekend Tickets are going fast and this will be your only option for camping at the festival. Add a Early Thursday Ticket and make it a four-day weekend! The woods of Pendarvis Farm await your arrival… Get familiar! Download […]

Pickathon is honored to welcome back Tuareg guitar group Tinariwen for two nights, as part of our 20th annual festival. Headlining both Thursday August 2nd & Friday August 3rd. Originally formed in 1979 in Algeria, then returning to Mali in the 1990’s, Tinariwen has more than once been called the greatest guitar group on earth. The […]

It was 2012 when Pickathon first hosted Phosphorescent, in-between Here’s To Taking It Easy in 2010 and the breakout success of Muchacho that came in 2013 (Here’s To Taking It Easy is the one that really got me hooked, well, o.k., that record and also 2009’s To Willie. Damn, what a record). This will be a rare set of […]

Ethiopian Jazz Luminary. African Funk Pioneer. Classical Accordion Genius. D.C. Cab Driver With New Music For The First Time In Nearly 30 Years. We are pleased to welcome Hailu Mergia & trio to Pickathon, joining us August 3-5 as part of our special 20th annual festival. Lala Belu is Hailu Mergia’s newest release, out today on the […]