So far this year my favorite and most listened to album is the Yim Yames produced collaboration of Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore called Dear Companion. The trio of Kentuckians put together a stunning collection of songs to raise awareness of the destructive Mountaintop Removal coal mining process affecting central Appalachia.

Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore are bringing Dear Companion to the Majestic Theatre in Madison on Saturday, April 3rd. We’ve got five (5) pairs of tickets to giveaway. Drop a comment with your favorite 2010 release to date and we’ll notify the winners via e-mail on Monday.

MP3: Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore – “Something, Somewhere, Sometime”
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Buy: Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin – “Dear Companion”

Looking for a cheap and legal route into the Pitchfork Music Festival taking place this weekend at Chicago’s Union Park? We’re teamed up with Boost Mobile to offer a 3-Day pass to one lucky reader. Don’t miss your chance to see Public Enemy, Mission of Burma, The Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, Fleet Foxes, Extra Golden, Spoon, Bon Iver, The Dodos, Spiritualized, Cut Copy, Caribou, and many more on us!

To enter, please send an e-mail to muzzleofbees.com @ gmail.com with P4K Music Festival as the subject of your e-mail along with who you’re looking forward to seeing in the body of your message. We will notify the winner by e-mail tomorrow.

Update: We have a winner: Trey Smith!

See you there!

If you took a listen to our latest Muxtape you’d know that this will be a soul-filled summer here at MoB. Last month dropped the Verve Remixed, Vol. 4 on us and we’ve been hard pressed to find a reason not to play it endlessly. After all, how can you argue with The Cinematic Orchestra, Diplo, Mocky, and Antibalas taking on the greatness of Nina Simone, James Brown, Billie Holiday, Willie Bobo, and Roy Eyers.

MoB Ticket Giveaway: We have a beautiful vinyl copy of Verve Remixed, Vol. 4 to give away to the MoB faithful.

To enter, please send an e-mail to muzzleofbees.com @ gmail.com with Verve Remixed as the subject of your e-mail along with some of your favorite summer records. Contest is only open to US residents. We will notify the winner by e-mail on Thursday, June 19th.

Discuss: What are some of your favorite remix albums? What is your favorite Verve Remixed Volume?

MP3: Marlena Shaw – “California Soul” (Diplo Remix)

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