Bassist/producer Mocean Worker (aka Adam Dorn) and pianist/composer Joe Alterman have come together for Keep The Line Open, a funky, feel-good tribute to the late soul jazz legend Les McCann. Out September 26 via MOWO! Inc., the nine-track collection taps into the genre-blurring spirit that defined McCann’s music, as well as his influence on Dorn and Alterman, who knew him as a mentor, collaborator and close friend.

As the sun dipped toward the horizon on June 11—one of the year’s longest days—thousands of campers had already transformed the fields of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, into a sprawling tent city. The festival officially runs four days, but attendees may now arrive as early as Tuesday. By Wednesday most fans were settled in, and the first wave of festivities had begun in Outeroo, the network of satellite campgrounds that comes alive before the main grounds open on Thursday.

Nebraska’s rising folk-Americana trio The Wildwoods will headline eTown Hall on Friday, August 22, 2025, for an intimate evening celebrating their acclaimed fourth album, Dear Meadowlark (released April 11). Doors open at 6 p.m.; the music begins promptly at 7 p.m. All-ages tickets are on sale now for $23–$38 via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/august-22-etown-presents-the-wildwoods?hxc….

Primus has announced a limited-edition 7-inch vinyl release for their latest single, “Little Lord Fentanyl,” which will feature a newly recorded live version of “Duchess (And The Proverbial Mind Spread) – Live from the Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA” as the B-side, available now on all digital platforms.

After a pair of back-to-back sell-outs at Denver’s Mission Ballroom this spring, Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds will cap their 2025 campaign with two special evenings under the sandstone monoliths of Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Wednesday, September 16 and Thursday, September 17.