Luther Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars will release Dead Blues Vol. 1 on October 17, 2025 via Strolling Bones Records. The 9-song set was produced by the 10-time GRAMMY Award-nominated Dickinson and is a collection of blues songs the Grateful Dead performed throughout their career by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bo Diddley, the Mississippi Sheiks, Willie Dixon, and more.

The nationally-recognized nonprofit organization JAZZ HOUSE KiDS announced the full lineup of the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL Downtown Jamboree and Block Party, taking place in downtown Montclair, NJ on September 13. 

The international ensemble SHAKTI celebrated their 50th anniversary with an unprecedented world tour that followed their first new studio recording in more than 45 years, the brilliant GRAMMY™ award-winning album, This Moment.. Just over a year after the tour’s end, “a curtain came down on a monumental part of my life,” recalls guitarist, composer, and Shakti Co-Founder John McLaughlin.

Cooking Vinyl has announced the 40th Anniversary reissue of Telephone Free Landslide Victory, the groundbreaking debut album by Camper Van Beethoven, arriving September 5, 2025 on CD and LP.

Craft Recordings proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of J.D. Crowe & The New South’s self-titled album—a landmark collection that helped shape the future of contemporary bluegrass—with an expanded reissue on CD and hi-res/standard digital formats. Long revered by musicians, fans and the press, J.D.

Nine-time GRAMMY® Award winning bassist / composer Christian McBride released a stunning rendition of the beloved jazz standard “Old Folks” featuring five-time GRAMMY®  Award winner Samara Joy. It’s the second single from McBride’s upcoming release Without Further Ado, Vol 1, a new album featuring his acclaimed big band and an all star cast of special guests.

The beloved Outermost Music Festival is returning to Cape Cod this fall, bringing two unforgettable days of roots, rock, and genre-blurring sounds to Orleans on October 11th and 12th, 2025. Anchored by a deep commitment to local talent and community spirit, this year’s festival features a powerhouse lineup of national headliners and rising regional stars, all set in the scenic coastal charm of Massachusetts’ Outer Cape.

David Cultura is thrilled to announce Cultura, his debut album, set for release on September 19 via Devon Allman’s Create Records. The first single, “Margarita,” dropped July 25 on all major DSPs.

Love Surrender Devotion by Jeff Tamarkin is a behind-the-scenes journey featuring exclusive interviews, presented in a definitive, hardcover 11x15-inch, 392-page book. It’s the perfect companion to Carlos Santana’s memoir, The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story to Light. The artwork, photographs, and interviews are adorned throughout with inserts, personal art, and correspondences. It’s a must-have for the consummate Santana lover.

I was twenty-four, a couple months out of college, manning the phones at my first real job in New York City. The owners were in L.A. for a conference, which meant I had the whole place to myself—just a swivel chair, a humming computer, and a window that didn’t open. It felt like adulthood in miniature: hold down the fort, answer professionally, don’t screw up.