Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman will be releasing his new concept album “A Gallery Of The Imagination” on February 24, 2023 on Madfish Music.

The initial idea for “A Gallery Of The Imagination” stems from Rick’s first piano teacher, Mrs Symes, with whom he studied from the age five until his time at the Royal College of Music. She taught him that music was like painting pictures: that when you play, you are painting pictures through music, an important lesson that Rick never forgot.

Carly Simon is unveiling a version of “That’s The Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” from her forthcoming Live at Grand Central legendary surprise concert which is being released on audio and Blu-ray for the first time on January 27. Listen/share HERE.

The Flecktones are going out together for the first time since 2019 in June, including a set at Telluride Bluegrass Festival! Tickets are on sale now.

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn:

Distinguished bluegrass artist and instrumentalist Michael Cleveland is unequivocally nothing short of extraordinary. Today, the 12-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year and GRAMMY Award-winner delivers “For Your Love” feat. Billy Strings and Jeff White. “For Your Love” marks the third installment from Cleveland’s forthcoming album — LOVIN’ OF THE GAME — set for release on Friday, March 3 via Compass Records.

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?