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Last night, Trey Anastasio performed "I Never Needed You Like This Before" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The song is from Anastasio's new album, Lonely Trip (Rubber Jungle), available now at all DSPs. With this performance, Anastasio became the first guest to perform in-studio on any late-night TV show since lockdown began in mid-March. "I’m still buzzing after playing with the Roots,” Anastasio told Pitchfork. "Man, I needed that.

The multi-instrumentalist and fingerstyle guitar artist, Jake Allen announces his newest album “Affirmation Day,” due out October 2 releasing on his label, Jake Allen Music, and being distributed in conjunction with Six Degrees Records. The new album beautifully captures Allen’s existential thoughts juxtaposed with his transcendent perspectives encased in a blend of prog-pop, folk and alt-rock sensibilities. It is an impressive album with technical guitar stylings under simple melodies and strikingly deep lyricism.

After scrapping more than half the record due to the sudden death of his Marine veteran brother, Jonathan Terrell perfects and comes out swinging on third LP, Westward. “The album I wanted to make”. Austin, TX elite musicians Shakey Graves, Mark Wystrach (Midland) David Ramirez and Gregg Rolie (Santana/ Journey) members of Black Pumas and Band of Heathens all contribute alongside Terrell's eversteady road band.

Critically acclaimed progressive-rock pioneers Crack The Sky released their new single, “Tribes,” today. Listen/purchase HERE. In celebration of the release, the track exclusively premiered at VENTS Magazine yesterday—see HERE.

It’s official: as of today, you can request your mail-in ballot for the November election from coast to coast.

Heaven means a lot of different things to different people and cultures around the globe, but for singer-songwriter Greg Gilman of LA-based Americana rock band Greg in Good Company, it’s here and now, in every joyous moment spent with loved ones.

On September 17th, 2020, Six String Salute will premiere a virtual concert to support and celebrate the touring and venue crews who are the backbone of live music and depend on shows to make a living. Six String Salute will bring together guitarists and guitar-centric bands to share exclusive performances and great rock and roll stories in support of Crew Nation, a global relief fund for live music crews.

Festival organizers announced today that MerleFest, presented by Window World, will be moving to the weekend of September 16-19, 2021.

Alligator Records is pleased to announce the September 25, 2020 release of 100 Years Of Blues, the first-ever album by Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame guitarist Elvin Bishop and Grammy-winning harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite. 100 Years Of Blues is front-porch, down-home music with Bishop and Musselwhite trading licks and vocals on 12 rootsy, spirited songs, mixing nine originals with three reimagined classics.

Commencing at midnight August 27th and concluding at midnight September 4th, WKCR-FM (89.9 FM, wkcr.org) will dedicate all programming to celebrations of the legacies and influences of two of jazz’s central figures: Charlie Parker (b. 8/29/20, d. 3/12/55) and Lester Young (b. 8/27/09, d. 3/15/59). For more than four decades, the station has noted their birthday anniversaries with a three-day marathon broadcast.

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