Groundbreaking musician/songwriter/producer Steven Wilson has been honored with two prestigious GRAMMY® Award nominations for his acclaimed sixth album, THE FUTURE BITES, available everywhere now HERE. The album earned nods for “Best Immersive Audio Album” and “Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package,” marking Wilson’s fifth and sixth total career GRAMMY® nominations thus far.
 

On Tuesday, November 23, The Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards. Three Alligator Records albums were recognized.

Elvin Bishop & Charlie Musselwhite's acclaimed 100 Years Of Blues received a nomination for Best Traditional Blues Album. Bishop has been nominated for three previous Grammy Awards. Musselwhite has been nominated 13 times, and won a Grammy Award in 2013.

Grant Dermody & Fotusky are pleased to announce the January 14, 2022 release of Digging in John's Backyard. Dermody, a modern master of the blues harmonica, and guitarist Fotusky, one of the premier acoustic blues guitar stylists in the nation, have finally joined forces to record the album inspired by their shared connection to the late John Jackson, the Virginia bred country blues guitarist and master of the Piedmont style who gave up in 1949, only to be "rediscovered" in the 1960's.

Award-winning songwriter Jake Bugg is the latest artist announced for Kent’s, Black Deer Festival. Joining Van Morrison, The Waterboys, Imelda May, Drive-By Truckers, Foy Vance, Courtney Marie Andrews and Wilco, Jake Bugg will be performing in the spectacular surroundings of England’s oldest Deer Park in June 2022.

Boundary pushing Bluegrass/Americana band Nefesh Mountain is kicking off the holiday season with a new one-time series for Hanukkah called 8 Nights with Nefesh Mountain! Beginning this Sunday, November 28 the band will begin an eight-night run, releasing new music videos from its recent album Live From Levon Helm Studios: A Hanukkah/Holiday Concert.

"I like sad songs," says Canadian songwriter B. Knox, whose second studio album — the tellingly titled Far From Folk — blends cosmic Americana, left-field honky tonk, rugged country-rock, and woozy roots music into its own melancholic mix. Far From Folk roots itself in the modern struggles we all endure, replete with vignettes about romance, estrangement, and the long journey toward hope. There are sad songs here, to be sure, but there's also an overarching sense of optimism, with B.

Bluegrass virtuoso Becky Buller is celebrating the release of two new holiday tracks today packaged as The Christmas 45, Vol. 2 on Dark Shadow Recording. Produced by Dark Shadow label head Stephen Mougin, Christmas 45, Vol. 2 features original tracks “The Box” and “Mary Rocked Her Baby” featuring The Fairfield Four.

The Mother Hips have shared "Clay Mask Clown"—the third and final single to be released from their new studio album, Glowing Lantern, out next Friday, December 3 on Blue Rose (Listen/Share).

Congratulations to Cory Henry, who received four GRAMMY nominations today. His solo album ‘Something to Say’ is nominated in the Best Progressive R&B Album category. Henry is also nominated as a co-producer/writer on Eric Bellinger's ‘New Light,’ nominated in the same category, and as a co-producer/writer on Kanye West's ‘Donda,’ nominated for both Album Of The Year and Best Rap Album.

The fifth annual Allman Family Revival Presented by Gibson will kick off this week in St. Louis, MO. The tour is also excited to announce the artist additions of Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke) and Eric Krasno (Soulive, Lettuce) who will join the star-studded event in select markets.