During the Dark Star Orchestra performance Saturday night at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, the ‘Drums’ featured actor Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick, Fantastic Four) along with jazz and fusion drum virtuoso Chad Wackerman (Frank Zappa, Allan Holdsworth).

DSO’s tour continues Tuesday in San Luis Obispo at the Fremont Theatre before four additional California shows and performances in Oregon and Washington State. The band is also performing two nights in Honolulu, Hawaii for their first ever shows there April 4 & 5.

Historic Thalia Hall, nestled in the heart of Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood, hosted an unforgettable night of music when the renowned jam band Spafford played on Saturday.  This show marked the end of their extensive 2024 winter tour and the packed out crowd was treated to a fantastic closer.  The night began with a rousing rendition of original song "Ain't That Wrong" that set the pace for the rest of the evening as Spafford sent it to the next level in this fourteen minute banger.

Today, iconic hitmakers Train and REO Speedwagon have announced they will be joining forces for this summer’s hottest co-headlining tour. The diamond-selling bands will be hitting the road on the Summer Road Trip 2024 Tour, bringing together Train’s critically-acclaimed catalog of global hits with REO Speedwagon’s vast collection of timeless classics for an unforgettable night of music, high energy, and fun that transcends generations.

Following their electrifying performances at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park for the NHL Winter Classics on January 1st and Climate Pledge Arena New Years Eve, the legendary rock band HEART announced their highly-anticipated return to the road for the first time after a five-year hiatus. Presented by AEG Presents, the Royal Flush Tour 2024 will see the band embark on a North American and European tour.

A staple of the Des Moines music scene across genres, Tommy Doggett has added his saxophone to folk, funk, jazz, + rock. With his new project, Lines + Lineage, Tommy steps up front as a bandleader + composer.  Blending jazz chops with rock energy, Tommy has created instrumental music to describe the influence his family had on him as a child.

Switching buses from Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Kyle Tuttle is now embarking on a solo journey with his latest album, Labor of Lust. This 11-track achievement pays homage to the jamgrass lore built on the shoulders of jamgrass giants like Leftover Salmon and Yonder Mountain String Band. Kyle Tuttle has traversed the miles while maintaining his studio musician status in Nashville.

With his brand new album, Critterland, folksinger Willi Carlisle invites his listeners to reckon with the inevitability of human suffering and grow in love; all through joining together in song. And Carlisle’s songs are ripe for a singalong. Out today via Signature Sounds, Critterland has already earned praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Associated Press, SPIN, and more, and garnered fans in fellow songwriters BJ Barham and Tyler Childers.

Steve Baskin and the Fourteens’ new album, Love Is Hard, is the kind of sophisticated, soulful statement of a record that comes only with decades of hard-earned experience—at life and love and music.

“Having been around the block a few times, Love Is Hard is a set of songs that brings a grownup perspective on love and relationships from just about every angle,” Baskin says. “It deals with marriage, family, community, losing a close friend, and our divided world.”

Lee Fields is a funk and soul legend 50 years in the making. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Charlotte Film Festival 2022 and an Official Selection of sold-out premiere at DOC NYC 2022, Lee Fields: Faithful Man, the feature documentary directed by Jessamyn Ansary and Joyce Mishaan, chronicles Fields’ journey to find his place in soul music history, from vinyl to virtual — and back again.

The Winter Tour for the high-energy quartet Spafford continued with a bang this weekend at a sold out show in Whitestown, IN.  The Moontown Brewing Company hosted a night of stellar music highlighted by a three song second set featuring the rarely covered "Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots.  Spafford puts their own spin to this 90's Billboard topper and absolute magic was created.