Sound Summit celebrates its 10th anniversary on Saturday, September 13, as CAKE returns to the historic Mountain Theater to headline the daylong festival atop Mount Tamalpais that has brought both exceptional music and benefit to the mountain and Bay Area community alike over the past decade. The ever-engaging band first appeared at Mount Tam Jam… Continue reading Sound Summit Celebrates 10th Anniversary on Mount Tam
Dark tales of disaster have always been an important part of the bluegrass songbook, and Balsam Range has always known a good one when they’ve seen it. Case in point: the award-winning group’s latest single for Mountain Home Music Company, “The Pacific.” “It’s kind of a Bluegrass version of the ‘Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,’”… Continue reading Balsam Range’s “The Pacific” is a dark tale of a ship’s demise
Globally acclaimed music phenomenon Africa Express is sharing two new singles in celebration of their highly anticipated forthcoming studio album, Africa Express presents… Bahidorá (due July 11 via World Circuit Records). Stream/share “Soledad,” featuring Damon Albarn, Luisa Almaguer, Nick Zinner, Seye Adelekan, Joan as Police Woman and the Mexican Institute of Sound, and “Otim Hop,”… Continue reading AFRICA EXPRESS DEBUTS NEW SINGLES “SOLEDAD” AND “OTIM HOP”
Americana duo The Imaginaries—husband-and-wife team Maggie McClure and Shane Henry—have announced their highly anticipated sophomore album, Fever, due out August 22nd. The Oklahoma-based duo’s latest offering from the record, a resilient, harmony-soaked country-leaning ballad titled “Little By Little,” is available everywhere now. The fresh single gives fans a taste of what’s to come on… Continue reading Oklahoma Roots, Americana Soul: Husband-and-Wife Duo The Imaginaries Announce 'Fever'
The Django Festival Allstars, the “sensational” gypsy-swing juggernaut lauded by George Benson and crowned by DownBeat as the hardest-swinging band to hit Newport, return to Dizzy’s Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center for a fiery four-night stand, July 10–13. Tickets are on sale now at https://ticketing.jazz.org/19015. Listeners can expect a heady rush of Parisian hot-club… Continue reading THE FIRE OF PARIS, THE SOUL OF JAZZ, THE SPIRIT OF DJANGO
GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Mádé Kuti has announced his Eeagerly awaited standalone debut album, Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From?, arriving everywhere via LegacyPlus Records on Friday, July 25. Pre-orders/Pre-Saves are available now. Chapter 1: Where Does Happiness Come From? sees Mádé Kuti – the son of Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti –… Continue reading Mádé Kuti (Femi's Son) Announces Debut Album; Shares New Song
Rituals, the long-awaited new studio album from North Carolina duo Watchhouse (Andrew Marlin & Emily Frantz), is officially out now via Tiptoe Tiger Music / Thirty Tigers. Co-produced with Ryan Gustafson (The Dead Tongues), the 11-track collection marks Watchhouse’s first album of entirely new, original songs since their acclaimed 2021 self-titled release, which debuted at… Continue reading North Carolina duo Watchhouse unveils new album 'Rituals'
Two-time Grammy-nominated and multiple International Bluegrass Music Association award-winning sextet Sister Sadie returns with All Will Be Well, their boldest and most personal album to date, due out June 27, 2025, via Mountain Home Music Company. The all-female group continues to push the boundaries of bluegrass while remaining firmly rooted in its soul, navigating themes… Continue reading Let the Circle be Broken: Sacred Reckonings from Sister Sadie's new album – All Will Be Well
New Orleans musicians and culture bearers Chief Bo Dollis Jr. and The Wild Magnolias release their newest single “Hard to Handle,” featuring Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph of Galactic and the GRAMMY-winning band Tank and the Bangas. This reimagined version of the Otis Redding soul classic finds Joseph in control, compellingly owning the narrative and interpreting the… Continue reading Big Chief Bo Dollis Jr. and The Wild Magnolias Reimagine "Hard to Handle" with Anjelika "Jelly" Joseph, from CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK out June 13
Dave Goddess is thrilled to announce the release of his new roots rock effort, Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk unfolds like a rambling collection of short stories. The songs are rough, ragged, and soulful. Dave Goddess makes real music that rings with passion and truth. It doesn’t have to be lofty; it just has to… Continue reading Rough, Ragged & Soulful, Dave Goddess Releases New Album
