Though Superdrag may be best known for their 1996 major-label debut Regretfully Yours and the hit single “Sucked Out” that helped launch the band towards international success, the follow-up Head Trip In Every Key, issued in 1998, was widely regarded as the band’s creative peak. Amidst label woes and line-up changes, namely the departures of founding members Pappas and Fisher, the band would issue their third and fourth full-lengths In The Valley Of Dying Stars and Last Call For Vitriol to universal critical accolades, and expand their hard-won fan base through incessant touring, with the help of bassist Sam Powers and guitarist Mic Harrison. Many of Superdrag’s latter-day fans have never had an opportunity to see the original line-up onstage together until their greatly anticipated reunion in 2007. Superdrag continued touring releasing the highly anticipated Indusrty Giants in 2009.

Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews is a rare artist who can draw the respect of jazz lovers and deliver a high-energy rock show capable of mesmerizing audiences. He delivers an unprecedented mix of rock, funk, jazz, hip-hop and soul to create his own signature sound, which he describes as Supafunkrock! Equally adept on trombone and trumpet, Andrews plays a variety of other instruments as well. He's applied the same skill sets and fierce discipline to his vocal instrument, to soulful effect, as his album Backatown demonstrates. Surrounding Andrews is his band, Orleans Avenue--Mike Ballard on bass, Pete Murano on guitar, Joey Peebles on drums, Dwayne Williams on percussion and Dan Oestreicher on baritone sax--virtuosos every one.

The Eli Young Band’s music has all the hallmarks of youth: passion, energy and excitement. The band combines a range of elements--vocalist Mike Eli’s ingratiating resonance, guitarist James Young’s elastic bag of sounds, bass player Jon Jones’ inventive foundation, and drummer Chris Thompson’s energetic propulsion--to create music that paints even the difficult turns in life with underlying optimism.

Jill Andrews picked up a guitar for the first time when she was 19; armed with only three chords, she had all she needed to create deep and soulful songs with lonesome melodies and haunting lyrics. In 2003, Jill teamed up with Sam Quinn to create the band the everybodyfields—it was an undeniable musical union that changed the face of Tennessee’s roots music. The everybodyfields played Bonnaroo and Floydfest, honkytonks, bars, and theaters from coast to coast. Paste Magazine listed them in their “Best of What’s Next” issue in September 2008, saying that they “straddle old and new, bitter and sweet, desperation and transcendence with an arresting command.” Jill’s taking that arresting command into her new solo project, and fans that have fallen head over heels for her material can expect that signature alt-country, roots-rock sound to deliver and grow. Her songs will warm you like a winter quilt--or chill you to the bone. Either way, when you hear Jill Andrews sing, you will remember it.

Tonic is a musical powerhouse, merging the raw honesty of rock to unabashed melody and ushering rock 'n' roll into a new millennium. After a two-year break, the band is set for the May 4 release of the follow up to their Grammy-nominated Head On Straight. Emerson Hart founded Tonic with childhood friend guitarist Jeff Russo, adding bassist Dan Lavery shortly after inception. After storming the charts with debut album Lemon Parade and its monster hit “If You Could Only See,” the band released two additional studio albums, Sugar and Head On Straight, as well as a live EP, Live & Enhanced. The band is hitting their stride and energized by what the future holds.

Funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, rock and poetry combine when Aftah Party hits the stage with an eclectic sound that can’t be matched. This 10-piece band, with three-piece horn section, has set out on a mission to combine their wide range of musical experiences and influences into a single dynamic and soulful experience for audiences. Aftah Party has rapidly been gaining notoriety in their hometown of Knoxville, as well as surrounding areas, for their high-energy performances and large diverse crowds. On December 11, 2009, they released their debut album Welcome To Tha Aftah Party. The band continues to perform and write new music and looks forward to traveling and bringing their music and unique style to both national and international audiences.

It's not every band that’s still staking out new musical territory and embracing fresh challenges more than 20 years into their career, but that’s the case with Blues Traveler. Having long ago graduated from the jam-band underground to mainstream stardom, the iconoclastic combo has consistently played by its own rules. For their new release, North Hollywood Shootout, the quintet ventured out of their creative comfort zone to explore some adventurous new horizons. The resulting album is a landmark in Blues Traveler's large and widely loved body of work, demonstrating the enduring strengths of the band’s songwriting while capturing the spontaneous spirit of their legendary live shows. The band's best-known single, “Run-Around,” was the longest-charting radio single in Billboard history. Along the way, the band has played more than 2,000 live shows in front of more than 3 million people. "We’re still trying to reconcile the different things we do, and cultivate what we're individually good at into something that’s bigger than the sum of its parts,” notes frontman and harmonica-slinger John Popper. “When we're all playing and it's working, it becomes this separate entity, and that's still the thing that we're chasing.”

The Dirty Guv’nahs have been spreading their rock gospel across the Southeast, showcasing their talents at festivals like Bonnaroo, Bele Chere, and previous Sundowns. Their sound has been best described as "a passionate, jubilant slice of rock-meets-Americana." In their hometown of Knoxville, they’ve graduated from playing packed-out bars to playing theaters where capacity crowds consistently cram in and press against the stage to hear another three-hour helping of what Metro Pulse dubbed, "rock the way God intended." It’s safe to say that The Dirty Guv'nahs are paving the way for a new chapter of American Rock and Roll. James Trimble and Michael Jenkins (guitarist) have continued to mature as songwriters, but diehard fans will recognize those signature sing-along choruses. Their message to lovers of rock and roll remains the same: This is not about us, and we all need family to get by.

Flaunting a mix of Southern pride, erudite lyrics, and a muscled three-guitar attack, Drive-By Truckers became one of the most well respected alternative country-rock acts of the 2000s. Led by frontman, Patterson Hood, and comprising a rotating cast of Georgia and Alabama natives; the band celebrates the South while refusing to paint over its spotty past. History, Southern folklore, politics, and character studies all share equal space in the Truckers' catalog. However, it was the band's ambitious double-disc concept album, The Southern Rock Opera, which became their unlikely magnum opus. A two-act affair, the album explored Patterson Hood's fascination with 1970s Southern rock (specifically Lynyrd Skynyrd) while tackling the cultural contradictions of the South. The band’s newest CD is The Fine Print, a collection of oddities and rarities, which features songs written by band members past and present.

As a performer, Eli “Paperboy” Reed approaches each song with nothing less than utter conviction; he's as authentically gritty as he is ingratiatingly sexy. On his most recent record, Come And Get It, Reed proves to be the life and soul of a swinging, sweaty party during which everyone gets dragged onto the dance floor. Reed incorporates the feel of classic R&B, blues and soul into a largely self-penned, 12-song set. "For me," says Reed, "it's just about writing pop songs. Those are the kind of artists that I was influenced by and those influences are a big part of what I do. When I pick up a guitar to write a song, that's how it comes out. For me, that music has been completely internalized. I'm not trying to put anything on; this is what comes out, this is what happens, I can't sing any other way than I do."