THE REAL McKENZIES hail from Vancouver, Canada, and don kilts and bagpipes to celebrate their Scottish heritage. Born in 1992, THE REAL McKENZIES were the brainchild of singer Paul McKenzie, who claims, while at a party, heard Robert Burns playing in one room and the Sex Pistols in another. This epiphany led to the celtic cocktail they serve up by mixing rock, punk, and folk with a splash of whiskey and the odd Scottish traditional as a garnish…More info...

Phil McKracken’s is holding the first annual Jersie-Bell Benefit. More info...

The FJB steadily built an audience from there with 1993′s “Waiting For the Night,” 1995′s “North Ave. Wake-Up Call,” and 1997′s “Lucid” – which reached No. 19 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart – as well as radio play for songs such as “In a Daydream,” “Waitress” and “Mystic Buzz.” Rolling Stone praised the group’s “fine line between schizophrenic jam band and sensibly-minded pop-rock.” The All Music Guide opined that it’s “sound at times is reminiscent of the Allman Brothers” – high (and accurate) praise indeed.More info...

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