The members of Southern rocker quartet American Bang have been friends since high school, but didn’t start making music together until 2005. Five years later, the Nashville natives have steadily gained notoriety, playing most of the major national music festivals and openings for big names like ZZ Top and The Pretenders. Their music also [...]

After three years as the touring bass player for Mooney Suzuki and Strokes’ guitarist Albert Hammond Jr., Reno Bo struck out on his own. The singer-songwriter relocated from New York City to Nashville, and set to work. His debut album, Happenings and Other Things, was released on Electric Western Record on February 9th, 2010. Bo will be touring in support of his album for the majority of 2010, providing crowds a chance to catch his seamless blend classic rock sound and some serious power pop hooks in person.

In 2008, Tom Schraeder’s three-day trip to SXSW ballooned into a twelve week stay in Austin. By the time the singer-songwriter was ready to return to his Chicago home, he had completed his sophomore effort, Lying Through Dinner, which features a number of contributions from local Austin musicians.

The Right Ons, a five piece from Madrid, formed in 2006. They found their footing relatively quickly, winning over Spain’s festival circuit with their extremely energetic live shows. Despite their Spanish origins, they’re not immediately identifiable as a foreign act – they sing in English and play classic Detroit garage rock.

By the time he was a teenager, Jacob Jones had already lived in Kentucky, Indiana, and Georgia, and touring most of the Peach State while in a band. At twenty, he relocated to New York City to focus on his music and in 2009 he moved again — this time to Nashville — and spent [...]

Jen D’Angora originally made her name in the Boston scene as the singer-guitarist behind the garage rock of The Downbeat 5 and the pop-punk of The Dents. After The Dents broke up and The Downbeat 5 slowed down, she adopted her nom de plume -Jenny Dee – and focused on creating a throwback 60s-era girl [...]

Derek Hoke’s grandfather exposed him to country music at an early age. Born in Georgia, Hoke taught himself to sing and play guitar while moving around the Carolinas as a teenager. Eventually, he relocated to Nashville, where he slept on floors and played as many gigs as he could get. On his debut album, Goodbye [...]

New England-bred pop-rockers the Wandas may or may not have met at a certain venerable music school in Boston. TeaParty first met the quartet of jokesters in a swanky booth in a not-so-swanky bar deep in the heart of Cambridge. There, they told us of the perks and perils of having your own RV, and [...]

TeaParty first met Keegan DeWitt before his opening set for Boston’s hometown folksters Annie and the Beekeepers. Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Keegan got his start scoring numerous films created with friend Aaron Katz and honing his live solo act by touring with his sister’s band (and Get Your Green On billmates), Roman Candle. Now [...]

For this year’s South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TeaParty Boston is excited to announce that we are teaming up with Nashville’s Electric Western Records, American Songwriter Magazine and Pirate! Media to present Get Your Green On: A Music + Technology Showcase on March 17th.