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Today, soulful singer, songwriter, musician, and activist Fantastic Negrito (neé Xavier Dphrepaulezz) has released his brand new album Grandfather Courage, a reimagined acoustic version of his acclaimed 2022 album White Jesus Black Problems. He shares, “The incredible story of my seventh generation grandparents was so profound. I reimagined it through the lenses of my touring band.

Quantum mechanics and country music don’t usually go hand-in-hand, but Jill Rogers and Crying Time aren’t your typical country music players.

On the heels of 2022’s hit single, “Small Town America,” Danny Roberts — best known as a founder of and mandolinist for bluegrass powerhouse, The Grascals — returns with a somber meditation that takes its place in a long line of powerful country and bluegrass songs reflecting the hard, dangerous working life of underground coal miners.  

From July the 12th to the 16th 2023 the brilliant 20th anniversary of Northern Germany's biggest dance festival will take place. 300 of the best DJs and acts will perform at the AIRBEAT ONE Festival on the five stages of the four-day open air event in Neustadt-Glewe in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. New top acts have joined the mega line-up in January.

Grammy-award honoree, Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and BBC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don McLean remembers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, J.P. Richardson – “The Big Bopper” – and the pilot, Roger Peterson on the anniversary of the deadly plane crash just after their concert at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The fateful day was coined ‘The Day The Music Died’ by Don McLean in his hit “American Pie.” The song was released in 1971 and spent four weeks at No. 1 in 1972.

GRAMMY-nominated band Common Kings have released their brand new single "Raggamuffin" via tastemaker label Mensch House Records. The song's instantly contagious chorus of “Be the one that she needs raggamuffin, be the air that she breathe…” adds some breezy roots reggae riddims to Common Kings addictive sound.

Today, Southern roots rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck have released “Come At Me,” the hard-charging, rock & roll infused final single from their new EP ‘One Of A Kind,’ out March 10th via Joe Bonamassa’s newest independent label, Journeyman Records.

February 3rd marks the 25th anniversary of Pearl Jam’s fifth studio album Yield. Home to some of Pearl Jam’s most recognizable tracks like “Given To Fly” and “Do The Evolution,” Yield has remained a fan favorite since its release in 1998.

Last night, on a chilly evening in Orange County, NY, Anders Osborne and Jonathan Sloane played their first stop in an intimate 8-city acoustic tour of City Winery locations this side of the Mississippi.

GRAMMY Award-winning music producer and lauded field-recording trailblazer Ian Brennan (Tinariwen, Zomba Prison Project, Ustad Saami) continues his acclaimed recording career of over 50 releases with the first album ever made featuring the wisdom and voices of those over 100 years old.

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