2,000 of you fine folk turned out for August Friday at the Museum and were treated to some quality music courtesy of our top 3 candidates from the 2nd quarter. First place goes to Matthew Reveles!! Second place goes to Captain Squeegee and Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl take third. We've got a great line up for the next 12 sessions so stay tuned and keep voting - next Quarter Final is in November!

Your votes are in - our winners for this quarter final are: Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl, Matthew Reveles and Captain Squeegee. Hear them duke it out live at the Museum this First Friday - remember the winner goes on to the 2010 Tempe Music Festival!

A massive thanks to everyone who turned out on First Friday to vote for their favorite bands. First place goes to Dry River Yacht Club!! They'll be picking up some free time at 513 Analog, a local recording studio. Second place goes to The Sugar Thieves and What Laura Says, Thinks and Feels take third. Rani "g" span with live jazz improvisation, the ciroc vodka was flowing and Fox 10 and ABC 15 were filming. Good times. Keep voting - next Quarter Final is in August!

Phoenix Art Museum. First Friday. It's on. Drinks in conjunction with Ciroc vodka. Rani G will DJ. The best bands will duke it out. So get voting before we close the polls!

At the end of 12 weeks, we'll take the top 3 performing bands and invite them down to Phoenix Art Museum for First Friday to strut their stuff. We'll be asking you, the audience, to pick your winner. Prizes and glory to follow. First concert will be the First Friday in May. Admission free.

Welcome to Train Tracks, a weekly foray into local live music in Phoenix via the light rail. Train Tracks represents a collective passion for top notch live music. A way of bringing the freshest sounds from the local music scene right to your screen. So tune in each week to see something new - or head down to the light rail on Fridays to see us in action.

Week #1 we filmed Kinch, a Phoenix band who just released their new EP called The Economic Chastisement. Their first album won the New Times award for best Phoenix release last year.