Soulful singer, songwriter, musician, and activist Fantastic Negrito (neé Xavier Dphrepaulezz) has announced his brand new album Grandfather Courage, a reimagined acoustic version of his acclaimed 2022 album White Jesus Black Problems. He previously offered fans a preview of the collection’s new version of “Oh Betty”, in celebration of its GRAMMY nomination in the “Best American Roots Performance” category.

Acclaimed jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg returns to Zinc with his trio on Saturday, January 28. Showtimes are at 7:00 pm & 8:30 pm. Tickets: $30 in advance / $35 day of show. For more info, visit https://www.zincjazz.com.

Fresh off their summer tour opening for Steely Dan, Stryker releases Prime—the first recording featuring his working trio.

The Capitol Theatre kicks off the new year with performances from Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, Brandi Carlile, Regina Spektor, Elvis Costello, Goose, Lake Street Dive and more.

More great shows coming up include Long Island Medium: Theresa Caputo, Joe Gatto's Night Of Comedy, Greenwich Wine + Food bringing the sights, sounds and flavors of NOLA and beyond.

On December 15, 2022, blues icon Charlie Musselwhite was honored with the coveted Charles Cros Academy Grand Prix Blues Award for his Grammy Award-nominated Alligator Records album, Mississippi Son. The Grand Prix Awards for Jazz, Blues and Soul Favorites were announced on France Musique (French national radio) on Alex Dutilh's Open Jazz show. The full list of jazz and soul winners can be found here.

deadmau5 serves a bouncy beat for YTCracker’s hacking lore reckoning ‘anti security.’  The track first started appearing in mau5’ pandemic drive-in sets in 2021 and then landed YT a guest appearance during his annual ‘Day of the deadmau5 – Red Rocks’ shows.  Now the track will appear on the WAF compilation as the second deadmau5 offering following “XYZ.”

Bellingham, Wash. folk duo Raveis Kole released their new meditative psychedelic-folk single “Glacier,” a treatise on climate change and the shrinking glaciers. Written after a trip to Glacier National Park, this droning and ethereal journey to the top of Logan's Pass is about contemplating ourselves, our world and the glacier itself. The song is a visceral and elegant experience as it lyrical paints an emotional picture of a beautiful vista of our changing world.
 

On Wednesday, January 4, award-winning roots, blues and Americana vocalist Shemekia Copeland will appear on the nationally broadcast NPR radio program, World Cafe. On the show, Copeland discusses her career with host Stephen Kallao and performs (along with her full band) songs from her Grammy-nominated 2022 album, Done Come Too Far. World Cafe originates from WXPN-FM in Philadelphia, where it airs daily at 2:00pm Eastern time.

Singer, songwriter and musician Channing Wilson’s new song, “Sunday Morning Blues,” is out now. Listen/share HERE.

Spafford closed out a massive 2022 campaign with two nights in their hometown of Phoenix, AZ.

These were the final shows with keyboardist Andrew “Red” Johnson, who concluded his tenure with the band after an amazing 11 year run.

Night 1 Highlights: Former Spafford drummer Cam LaForest joined the band for nearly the entire show on 12/30. Opened with a 21-minute “Comfortable”. They played “Simon & Lilly” with just Cameron before Nick came back for the rest of the show. Fiery “Whipping Post” to close the first set.