June 2021

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD--the legendary rock & roll powerhouse—are gearing up to return to the road in 2021 starting July 2 in Fayetteville, GA, with another 29 shows to follow this year. View the dates here and read a Q&A below with original founding member Don Brewer (vocals and drums, writer and singer of the multi-million selling hit, “We’re An American Band”).

Omnivore Recordings will be omnipresent on Record Store Day Drops, scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 12, 2021 and Saturday, July 17, 2021 at brick and mortar record stores throughout the country. As Americans slowly find their way back to normal life, music retailers are once again open for business, and music fans will be out in force once again.

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Gulf Coast Records and Hillside Global announce the signing of pop, soul and blues legend Tito Jackson and will release the singer/guitarist’s label debut album, Under Your Spell, on August 6. Under Your Spell will be available for pre-order on July 9, which is also the date the album’s first single, “Love One Another,” will be released.

A magician and endless beacon of improvisational talent, Marcus Rezek is far from your average guitarist. If he’s not on tour with one of his numerous bands like Shred is Dead, he’s probably sitting in at your local music festival or concocting his next move to unleash his exceptional multi-layered sounds into the musical universe.

Hong Kong-born and raised/ Melbourne-based singer and songwriter Alex Fasso returns with the new single ‘Northside’ released on May 28th. The new single is the lead track taken from Fasso’s upcoming EP ‘They All Look The Same’. ‘Northside’ is new territory for Alex Fasso, who has grown from his previous indie-acoustic sound to a more sleek production featuring 80s inspired synths and a soulful vocal delivery.

With its trademark immersion events scheduled across the globe when the Covid-19 crisis hit in March 2020, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Innovative Giving Enhancement (IGE) promptly pivoted raising critical funding for musicians and creating an atmosphere to collaborate internationally via monthly Virtual Immersion Project gatherings.