On the strength our their debut album, Gorilla Manor, Local Natives’s fanbase is growing steadily. The Californian indie rock outfit has quickly risen from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake to touring the both the US and Europe, playing festivals like Bonnaroo and the Leeds Music Festival. The five piece band seems to be apart of a new movement of American bands influenced by the Afro-Pop stylings of Paul Simon. The band crafts interesting multi-part harmonies of wandering lyrics that’ll have you huming before you know it. The band recently played a impromtu show at the East End of London that drew a crowd of 200 fans. The band didn’t even bring amplifiers, because they expected only like ten or so people to show up. Local Natives played six songs for the capacity crowd and even stuck around to have a few beers with audience members. The band will be on the road until at least October. Check out Local Natives’ upcoming tour dates here.

David Gray and Ray LaMontagne might not be Top 40 radio regulars, but the singer/songwriters have been two of the most successful over the last ten years. It makes sense that the two team up and tour together this summer for 17 dates in the United States kicking off August 15th in Columbia, MD. David Gray is currently on the road in support of his recent release, Draw the Line, and has been selling out shows across the country. Ray LaMontagne put out Gossip in the Grain in 2009 to great reviews, bringing his live band more into the fray on the album. Both performers are skillful songwriters, but very different from each other, so audiences will get to enjoy two distinct styles. The bearded LaMontagne has one of the most soulful voices in music that can bellow a heart-renching ballad or funky blues number. Gray has a unmistakably sound and will be drawing from songs from his eight studio albums. The price of admission is well worth seeing two great musicians (who are both coming off great albums) perform together.

Two of today’s biggest living blues legends, B.B. King and Buddy Guy, are teaming up for a number of shows in 2010. B.B. King and his guitar Lucille are scheduled to play 27 dates this year with old friend Buddy Guy joining him for stretch of shows in February. The 12 show stint with the two blues-men will be a momentous occasion for music fans as it will be a rare opportunity to get to see two of the most influential guitar players in history. King, a innovator in the use of vibrato in electric guitar soloing, and Guy, famous for his unique Chicago blues playing, will likely jam together for a number of songs as the have done so in the past. The double headlined portion of the tour will start in Florida working its way up the eastern coast and eventually making its way to the Midwest where Buddy will play his last show at the Mid America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. B.B. King will continue on playing gigs in Chicago, New Orleans, and Los Angeles to name a few. The tour will be supporting King’s recent release, One Kind Flavor, produced by T Bone Burnett became the artist highest debuting solo album in his career when it was released in 2008.