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Ohana Festival 2026 Opens at Doheny Beach

Billy Idol and Eddie Vedder | photos by L. Paul Mann The air at Doheny State Beach carried the distinct salt-and-sage scent of Southern California’s coast as the 10th-anniversary edition of Ohana Festival kicked off on Friday. Curated with precision by Eddie Vedder, the gathering continues to challenge what a major outdoor music event can… Continue reading Ohana Festival 2026 Opens at Doheny Beach

Bobby Weir’s Blue Mountain Celebrated With 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Ten years after its original release, Bobby Weir’s acclaimed Blue Mountain will be celebrated with an expanded digital deluxe edition. Blue Mountain: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is due November 20 via Rhino/WMG and features previously unreleased recordings, live performances and more. The celebration begins today as pre-orders open for a new 2LP pressing of the… Continue reading Bobby Weir’s Blue Mountain Celebrated With 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Marty Thompson Resurrects 1915 Graveyard Lore on ‘Spoon River Anthology’

Marty Thompson Resurrects 1915 Graveyard Lore on ‘Spoon River Anthology’

Béla Fleck Shares Live “Tennessee” Featuring Billy Strings

Photo Credit: Jesse Borrell Béla Fleck has released a live take of the beloved bluegrass staple “Tennessee,” featuring Billy Strings, a standout on Fleck’s upcoming album Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at the Ryman, out October 16 via Béla Fleck Productions/Thirty Tigers. Listen to “Tennessee” here and watch the performance video. Also check out the… Continue reading Béla Fleck Shares Live “Tennessee” Featuring Billy Strings

Grateful Dead’s Spring Tour 1985 Keeps Delivering With Two New Play Dead Releases

It’s another Tuesday Dead Drop: “But I can’t stop for nothing, I’m just playing in the band…” This week, David Lemieux brings us the second of two nights from the Grateful Dead’s 1985 Springfield Civic Center run, along with the band’s stop in Portland, Maine, six days later. “Springfield finishes with ‘Jack Straw’ > ‘Sugaree,’… Continue reading Grateful Dead’s Spring Tour 1985 Keeps Delivering With Two New Play Dead Releases

Suwannee Amp Jam #3 Celebrates 20 Years of Bear Creek Spirit

Suwannee Amp Jam #3 will return to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, from February 25–27, 2027, celebrating the spirit of the beloved Bear Creek Music & Art Festival 20 years after its inception. The festival’s third edition will feature two sets each from Joe Russo’s Almost Dead and Lettuce,… Continue reading Suwannee Amp Jam #3 Celebrates 20 Years of Bear Creek Spirit

Oteil & Friends Bring All-Star Lineup to Boulder Theater

Oteil & Friends will bring an all-star lineup featuring Steve Kimock, Jason Crosby, Lamar Williams Jr., Johnny Kimock and Tom Guarna to the Boulder Theater on Thursday, March 4, 2027. Two-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Oteil Burbridge has spent more than three decades touring and recording at the highest level of modern music. Most recently known… Continue reading Oteil & Friends Bring All-Star Lineup to Boulder Theater

Spafford Reimagines Temptations Classic at Camp Deep End

Spafford put their improvisational stamp on a Motown classic at Camp Deep End last week, delivering an expansive take on The Temptations’ “The Way You Do the Things You Do” during their performance in Navarro, California. Clocking in at nearly 24 minutes, Spafford’s rendition transformed the familiar song into an extended improvisational vehicle, stretching well… Continue reading Spafford Reimagines Temptations Classic at Camp Deep End

Toy Factory Project Announces Spartanburg Homecoming Show

Toy Factory Project Announces Spartanburg Homecoming Show

Wooten Hill Announces ‘How Did We Get Here’

Photo credit: Russ Harrington NASHVILLE, Tenn. — September 26, 2026 — Wooten Hill, the Americana duo of Grammy-nominated, Dove Award-winning singer-songwriter Kim Hill and celebrated songwriter, musician and award-winning film composer Paulette Wooten, announces its new album, How Did We Get Here, available digitally October 23, 2026, via Parker & Yon Records. A vinyl edition… Continue reading Wooten Hill Announces ‘How Did We Get Here’

The Works of Tom Waits Coming to Carnegie Hall in 2027

Michael Dorf Presents announces The Works of Tom Waits, the 22nd annual installment of its acclaimed Music Of benefit concert series. The one-night-only celebration will take place at Carnegie Hall on March 10, 2027, bringing together an acclaimed lineup of artists to reinterpret the work of one of American music’s most original, uncompromising and influential… Continue reading The Works of Tom Waits Coming to Carnegie Hall in 2027

Gabe Mintz & The Sparrows Channel Denver’s Raw Side on “Colfax Swamp Blues”

DENVER, Colo. — Gabriel Mintz has spent the last decade living on Colfax Avenue, and over that time, the street has become more than a place he calls home. It has become part of the music. As the founder, bassist, songwriter and composer of Gabe Mintz & The Sparrows, Mintz channels that experience into his… Continue reading Gabe Mintz & The Sparrows Channel Denver’s Raw Side on “Colfax Swamp Blues”

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