The Town and The City Festival announced the full lineup for the two-day music and arts festival set to take place Friday, April 28th and Saturday, April 29th in event spaces, bars, cafes and galleries throughout downtown Lowell, Massachusetts.  Celebrating the adventurous spirit of renowned Lowell native author Jack Kerouac, the Fourth Annual edition of The Town and The City Festival features an eclectic line-up of artists that would make Kerouac proud, featuring Buffalo Tom, Dalton and the Sheriffs, Rhett Miller,

Ripe have shared their new single, “Queen of the City,” available now at all DSPs and streaming services. The track heralds the release of the Boston-based alt-pop band’s second studio album, Bright Blues, arriving via Glassnote Records on Friday, March 10.

LISTEN TO “QUEEN OF THE CITY”

JOHN LODGE, legendary bass player, songwriter and vocalist of The Moody Blues and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, is looking forward to his previously announced winter 2023 US tour, “Performs Days of Future Passed,” launching February 18 in Lexington, MA. LODGE, together with his 10,000 Light Years Band, will perform The Moody Blues' iconic Days of Future Passed album-which marked its 55th anniversary on November 10, 2022-in its entirety, with a special recording by the late Graeme Edge and performances by Jon Davison of YES.

Denver-based country artist Cowboy Dave (Wilson) has announced an April 14 release for his latest LP, Venture South. The album was produced by John Macy and features an all-star cast of country studio musicians alongside Wilson's ace Colorado-based touring band.

Athens, Georgia's Futurebirds have announced their 4th annual "Black Diamond Tour", presented by Teton Gravity Research, which sees the band visit towns across Colorado and Wyoming, ending this year at Rendezvous Festival in Jackson Hole with The Revivalists, ZZ Ward, Ryan Bingham, The Texas Gentlemen, Elle King, Dumpstaphunk, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

The band will kick things off at The Ogden Theatre on Feb 4th with fellow collaborator and My Morning Jacket guitar whiz Carl Broemel as Special Guest.

Northern California's renowned non-profit arts institution San Jose Jazz announces today its 2023 WINTER FEST, February 16 - March 3, co-curated by Am I Jazz? Festival, the leading-edge jazz programmer in Kyiv, Ukraine, presented in downtown San Jose, Calif. For this initiative, COUNTERPOINT WITH UKRAINE, San Jose Jazz and Olga Bekenshtein (Founder, Am I Jazz?

Toubab Krewe, the genre-bending instrumental ensemble announces their upcoming winter-spring tour. The tour will kick off with an NHL Stadium Series block party in Raleigh, NC on February 17th. The Krewe then heads to South Florida for a pair of shows in Boca Raton and Jupiter before an evening in Gainesville at the Heartwood Music Fest. The following night Toubab Krewe makes their debut performance in Macon, GA, at Society Garden.

Canadian folk-rock quartet Villages have shared their new single “Play the Fiddle All Night,” the next offering from their upcoming album Dark Island, out February 17 via Sonic Records. Propelled by masterful rich instrumentation and timeless Celtic music influences, “Play the Fiddle All Night” arrived with a behind-the-scenes music video.

On their cinematic new single “Throw That Stone,” featuring guest vocals by bluegrass singer Brenna Macmillan and mandolin by the acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Warren Hood, the Indiana blues-rock outfit The Cold Stares channel some of the greatest artists in gospel blues and American roots for a stirring tale of judgement and acceptance.

From Merle Haggard to The Sex Pistols (on successive shows in 1978!) many musical legends have graced the long stage of the Longhorn Ballroom.