PBS (Porter Batiste Stoltz)

The first ever Loki Festival dawned on the scenic Deerfields Camp Grounds of Asheville, NC to ideal weather and colorful hints of autumn along the forest skyline. For a start up Loki’s musical line-up boasted one of the heftiest funk forecasts all season and the colorfully adorned campers in attendance seemed antsy to groove. With funk heavy weights like Lettuce, Porter Batiste and Stoltz (PBS), and George Clinton on board, there was undeniable sense of boogie in step.

The inaugural North Carolina Festival, slated for October 10th, 11th, and 12th, just announced their First Annual Mystery Headliner - CAKE!

Longtime collaborators George Porter Jr., Russell Batiste Jr. and Brian Stoltz are back together and doing what they do best: laying down funky-ass cuts for funky-ass cats. This release from three of the most prolific New Orleans Rock and Funk-fusion masters is a lesson in how to make people get their groove on.

Nederland Music & Arts Festival 2007 takes place Friday, August 24th through Sunday, August 26th in the Mountains of Nederland, Colorado on the shores of Barker Reservoir 17 miles west of (3,000 ft above and only 25 minutes from) Boulder.