Nu-Blu continues to blaze a trail all its own to the forefront of the acoustic music scene with 10 high-profile 2025 Josie Music Award nominations. The band, founded and fronted by Carolyn and Daniel Routh, received nods for Group of the Year, Song of the Year, and Music Video of the Year, all coveted categories.… Continue reading Nu-Blu Celebrates Ten Josie Music Award Nominations
“It’s a highway, filled with deep, exotic colors and beautiful delicate things as well as the perils that come from moving so fast,” says Dar Williams, describing modern life. On her 13th album, Hummingbird Highway, out September 12 on Righteous Babe Records, Williams celebrates the colors she glimpses from her vantage as a touring musician.… Continue reading Dar Williams announces Hummingbird Highway tour dates for 2026
Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist, and best-selling author Josh Ritter releases his new song, “Wild Ways,” today. Listen/share HERE. Of the track, Ritter shares: “‘Wild Ways’ is about surrendering to the better angels of our own natures, about allowing them to guide us through life through our experience of joy and awe. Perhaps those better… Continue reading Josh Ritter shares new song "Wild Ways" today
With just 50 days to go until Hulaween‘s 12th annual celebration, the festival has revealed its highly anticipated stage lineups for The Meadow, The Hallows, The Amph, the Spirit Lake, and OFF LIMITS stages, igniting excitement for its return to Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida, from Thursday, October 30 –… Continue reading Hulaween reveals daily stage lineups and four immersive themes for its 12th annual celebration
Six-time Grammy winner, acclaimed producer, and Blue Note Records President Don Was is set for the release of his debut album with The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, a “nine-piece soul jazz group from Detroit,” as he describes it. Groove in the Face of Adversity is due October 10 via Mack Avenue Records. Pre-save/pre-order the album HERE. In… Continue reading Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble confirm 'Groove in the Face of Adversity' LP out 10/10 + share "Midnight Marauders"
By late summer in Los Angeles, the Forum has seen it all: Lakers championships, pop spectacles, hip-hop blowouts, and even spiritual revivals. On August 30th, it became home to two of America’s strangest showmen — “Weird Al” Yankovic and Puddles Pity Party. Together, they turned the arena into a surrealist funhouse of parody, melancholy, and… Continue reading Weird Al & Puddles Pity Party at the Forum: A Night of Parody & Pathos
The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse came to Berkeley Sunday night near the tail end of their summertime co-headlining “Good Times Are Killing Me Tour.” A groovy gathering of punk rockers, hippies, and freaks of all colors and ages assembled for the festivities in the venerable Greek Theatre. Roadies were still blowing up giant balloons… Continue reading Psychedelic Alt-Rock with The Flaming Lips and Modest Mouse in Berkeley
Samantha Fish and her band rolled into the Aggie Theatre last night to present the 2025 Paper Doll Tour. Fish’s newest album release of the same name was a hot topic among fans with the anticipation of hearing the new material in a live concert setting. When Fish appeared on stage, the temperature in the… Continue reading Samantha Fish | Aggie Theatre | 9/8/2025
John Butler released his 10th full-length studio LP on September 5th, 2025, marking his third in just two years. Prism is a return to John’s solo roots, though not to the style that defined his early solo work. The single “Trippin’ On You”—released in April ahead of his U.S. summer tour—leans more toward Jack Johnson–style… Continue reading John Butler Returns with Prism, His 10th Studio LP
Today, the Indiana-born, Nashville-based rising star Stephen Wilson Jr. earned a nomination for New Artist of the Year at the 59th Annual CMA Awards. This marks Wilson Jr.’s first CMA Awards nomination, following the massive success of his debut double album søn of dad (Big Loud Records). Last week, Wilson Jr. joined his fellow New… Continue reading Stephen Wilson Jr. Nominated for New Artist of the Year at CMA Awards
