New York City and Halloween has always been a powerful combination for the best of music events in the Gotham underground. An often misty and dark setting of murky skyscrapers accompanies the epic jams that have been through this city over the years. Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead to name a few have played memorable Halloween shows in the city and as Jerry Garcia told the audience on the live feed for the famous simulcast show broadcast throughout the nation at MSG, “stay tuned folks the show is going to be frightening!”.

The Cuckoos have signed a distribution deal with Republic of Music following the success of their self-titled debut EP, released in April 2017. "Republic of Music are delighted to be working with The Cuckoos," explains Mark McQuillan, Managing Director at Republic of Music. "As soon as I heard their excellent EP I knew it was a band we could work with and help build their profile. Great tunes and real promise." Through Republic of Music, the band will be re-releasing their aforementioned EP, featuring a new song "A Little Bit Funky", on 11/24.

As soon as the sound of Ragged Union’s music fills a listener’s ears, the subtle cleverness of their name hits home. They play bluegrass — a genre known for being anything but ragged. On the contrary, it requires attention, precision, and of course, careful uniting of diverse instrumental and vocal skills. The band’s second album, Time Captain, releasing Oct. 27, confirms just how adroitly the band’s six individual talents merge into one well-meshed whole.

Hot on the heels of their West Coast “Campfire Caravan” tour dates, acclaimed indie-folk band Mipso has been featured by

Oh Boy Records is pleased to announce the release of John Prine Beyond Words, available for purchase via https://johnprine.com. Beyond Words includes over 100 photographs from Prine's personal collection, copies of handwritten lyrics showing the creative process with select commentary, and lyrics with guitar chords for 60+ classic Prine songs. Watch the trailer for Beyond Words here.

Los Angeles-based CMH RECORDS will release Country Music Heritage: The Legacy of CMH Records on Black Friday 2017, November 24.  Featuring a wide array of artists culled from the label's 40-plus years of music history, the 14-song set will be issued in a limited-edition 180-gram vinyl, gatefold package.  The album will be released digitally as well on December 1.  The album's first focus track is "Charlotte's Web" by The Pinnacle Boys, produced by Sonny Osborne of The Osborne Brothers.

Sonos and Pearl Jam have teamed up to host exclusive extended screenings of the documentary film Let's Play Two on October 25th in select cities. These events are the first time that Pearl Jam fans will have the opportunity to view 45 minutes of bonus, not-seen-in-theaters footage before the official home video release on November 17th.

Fresh from Atlas Studios in Boulder Co, George Hunter recorded “Fool’s Gold” with Lifted Entertainment. Hunter wrote out a funk-flamenco fused pop burner about letting go of inhibition and going for what you really want.

Winnie Brave are a husband-and-wife, highway-stormin’, Americana/country-soul duo. They tour in a 1976 Winnebago with their two dogs and two old guitars. Space is tight but they love to log the miles and play their music to folks all across the country. They've recently released their latest album which is entitled, 'Cheap Gin'.

The sound of Anders Beck’s dobro cuts through the crisp October air, animating as it were, the twenty-five-hundred-plus friends gathered here to witness this. Asheville, NC in the fall is, by any measure, a lovely place to be. Gathered down on the banks of the French Broad river, at The Salvage Station, a venue that manages to be somehow both expansive and inclusive, I can’t think of any place I would rather be.