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We hope you all had as spectacular of an Halloween as possible under the, ah... current circumstances. I'll be doing a special all-Grateful Dead livestream performance tonight on YouTube at 7:15p EST in honor of the "Day of the Dead" and the 50th anniversary of the release of American Beauty!
Chattanooga band Strung Like A Horse have released their debut studio album WHOA! via Transoceanic Records. The album was produced by multiple Grammy-winning producer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price, Brandi Carlile, John Prine) and was recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium in Nashville, TN. The band will be playing a SOLD OUT socially distanced release show tonight at The Signal in Chattanooga.
Listen to WHOA! here:
Before the gold and platinum albums, before the MTV hits and critical renown, power-pop and alternative-rock pioneer Matthew Sweet was just a 13-year-old bass player sitting alone in his Nebraska bedroom, daydreaming of a life spent making music. “I was just starting to write songs and play a little guitar and I had this thought: I wonder if when I’m old and I’ve been around music a really long time, I might suddenly just be able to play lead guitar without ever properly learning how.
Whether you voted early, voted by mail, or vote on Election Day, you’ve earned your symbolic sticker, and some entertainment!
Drive-By Truckers have released an extremely potent video for the title track of their latest album. Filmed entirely in Portland, OR, during the protests of summer 2020, the clip for "The New OK" is profoundly intense and emotional as it matches DBT co-founder Patterson Hood's lyrics that address America's state of disunion.
THE NEW OK was released via ATO Records at all DSPs and streaming services on Friday, October 2. The CD and red vinyl edition of the album will arrive on Friday, December 18
Dark Shadow Recording artist and award-winning Bluegrass virtuoso Becky Buller releases her highly anticipated 13-track record, Distance and Time.
Nashville-based singer songwriter Emily Hackett releases her EP My Version Of A Love Song, the follow up to her 2019 album "By The Sun/By The Moon." The 6-track EP is a collection of songs that demonstrates Hackett's knack for confessional & detailed songwriting, while also showcasing her ability to seamlessly navigate different genres.
At midnight, Connecticut-based indie-groove band Goose released a new EP, Night Lights. The surprise project includes four singles released over the past eighteen months and a previously unreleased cut of the song “Yeti.” Available across all streaming platforms, the studio recordings are polished takes on several tracks that precede the formation of the band.
Bill Bruford was the original drummer in Yes and was a long-term member of King Crimson. His band ‘Bruford’ recorded this BBC broadcast in 1979.
The DVD in this package is the only officially released concert footage of the band that exists, and as such has achieved legendary status.
The line-up on this album is: Bill Bruford (drums, percussion), Allan Holdsworth (guitar), Dave Stewart (keyboards), Jeff Berlin (bass) and Annette Peacock (voice).
Singer / songwriter Shawn James has released a new album, The Guardian Collection, on Parts + Labor Records. Listen HERE
Transcending any and all genres, James’ songs speak as much to these tremulous times as they do the eternal human condition. Steeped in mythology (the fearsome a cappella which opens “Orpheus”) and America’s dark past (the deep delta blues of “Burn the Witch”),
