The countdown is officially on for AIRBEAT ONE Festival 2025, as organizers reveal a blockbuster final line-up featuring more than 250 of the world’s leading electronic music talents. Running from July 9 to 13, 2025, the festival will transform the historic airfield at Neustadt-Glewe into a vibrant “Spain”-themed festival city, complete with six uniquely crafted… Continue reading Olé – AIRBEAT ONE Festival 2025 Announces Final Line-Up with Over 250 Artists
WhyHunger, a global nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and advancing the human right to nutritious food, will honor CNN Chief Legal Analyst and Anchor Laura Coates with the inaugural Bill Ayres Social Justice Award, in honor of those who are driven by moral conviction to unite communities and fight for justice, at WhyHunger’s 50th Anniversary… Continue reading CNN’s Laura Coates, Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo To Be Honored at WhyHunger’s 50th Anniversary Gala
As summer officially kicks off with Memorial Day Weekend, GrassRoots Festival is proud to release its complete daily lineup—now available in the attached schedule poster—and to open single-day ticket sales for the 33rd annual celebration, running Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20, 2025. Fans can now plan their festival experience in detail, circling can’t-miss… Continue reading GrassRoots Festival Unveils Full Schedule Poster, Single-Day Tickets, and Volunteer Pass Program
The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto, is fast approaching! With just one month to go, the Festival is thrilled to announce that concerts by Blue Rodeo and Monsieur Periné have been added to the outdoor programming, offered free of charge on the TD… Continue reading 45th Festival International de Jazz de Montréal
Two-time Grammy® Award–winning guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Strings has officially announced his appearance at the 53rd Annual Charlotte Bluegrass Festival, taking place June 19–21 at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, Michigan. In a surprise announcement to fans, Strings revealed, “This is the first bluegrass festival I ever attended and it changed my whole life!”… Continue reading Billy Strings Returns to His Roots at the 53rd Annual Charlotte Bluegrass Festival
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead gifted the Atlantic and Northeast states a three-night Memorial Day Weekend run, starting in Virginia Beach, VA. We missed this great show but were fortunate to attend their throw down at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ, on May 23, 2025. This was their second performance at the… Continue reading JRAD Cover Bruce Springsteen and the Allman Brothers at the Stone Pony Summer Stage
For 27 years running, Marin County roadhouse Rancho Nicasio has hosted a summertime “BBQs on the Lawn” concert series. Los Lobos, the venerable SoCal rock band, has been around nearly twice as long. Put the two together, and ¡ya está! – the perfect marriage of tasty music and pastoral backyard vibes to kick off Memorial… Continue reading Good Lovin’: Los Lobos and BBQ Kick Off the Summer in Nicasio
Pinch Records is delighted to announce the July 16, 2025 release of Birds In Dream Land, the highly anticipated second EP from 21-year-old composer, arranger, orchestrator and video-game scorer Zhengtao Pan. Following his debut big-band album Scenery In My Story (Outside In Music, April 2025), Pan turns his attention to nature’s most lyrical subjects—birds—crafting an… Continue reading Zhengtao Pan’s Whimsical Sophomore EP Birds In Dream Land to Soar July 16, 2025 via Pinch Records
As European settlers moved westward from the Atlantic coast of North America, the Mohawk people – the easternmost tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy – became known as “Keepers of the Eastern Door” for their role as guardians against invasion from the encroaching colonizers. The outcome of that battle may seem inevitable from the historical perspective,… Continue reading Acclaimed Saxophonist/Composer Chris Cheek Finds Harmony with Nature on Keepers of the Eastern Door
On Saturday, May 17, the fourth annual Cruel World Festival took place in Pasadena, California. Just days earlier, the same venue hosted the Just Like Heaven Festival under record-breaking 100°F heat. For Cruel World, though, those sun-baked skies were replaced by a fittingly gloomy California “May Gray” morning. By afternoon, fog and drizzle had turned… Continue reading Fourth Annual Cruel World Festival Blends Goth, Rock and European Weather
