When JIMMIE VAUGHAN and KIM WILSON teamed up to form THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS in 1974, they created a band that helped shape the soul of modern Texas blues. Vaughan’s history with that storied band has finally been chronicled in The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978–1989, a comprehensive four-CD box set available Nov. 7, 2025, via The Last Music Co.

Improvisational rock band Spafford will close out the year with a three-night New Year’s Eve run at Vivarium in Milwaukee from December 29–31. The year-end run promises to deliver three unforgettable nights of music leading into 2026. As always, Spafford will feature deep song selections, fan favorites, and unexpected detours as the band builds toward the midnight countdown on New Year’s Eve, Wednesday night.

Few bands make it three decades. Fewer still shape a genre in the process. And no one has done it with more joy, grit, and freewheeling spirit than Leftover Salmon.

Trey Anastasio Band has announced plans for a US headline tour, getting underway with a two-night stand at Denver, CO’s Mission Ballroom on November 14-15. Highlights include the band’s first appearances at La Vista, NE’s The Astro Theater (November 17), Des Moines, IA’s Val Air Ballroom (November 18), and Akron, OH’s Akron Civic Theatre (November 23).

Six-time Grammy winner and Blue Note Records President Don Was will hit the road this fall on the first leg of an extensive tour with The Pan-Detroit Ensemble, a “nine-piece soul jazz group from Detroit,” as Was describes it.

The tour will feature songs from the band’s forthcoming debut album alongside a full performance of The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah, celebrating the album’s 50th anniversary.

THE STRAY CATS have announced a “VERY SPECIAL SHOW!! The Stray Cats: Rumble in Del Mar,” set for Thursday, November 20 at The Sound in Del Mar, CA. Tickets are available via a special artist presale beginning today, Tuesday, August 19, from noon PT to Thursday, August 21 at 10:00 PM PT, sign up here for early access.

Since forming in 2013, Danish quartet Kalaha have carved out a distinctive, genre-defying sound, blending Brazilian samba, Anatolian rock, African highlife, desert blues, and modern electronic music into something entirely their own.

With multiple awards and a loyal following among critics and vinyl collectors, the band now announces their seventh studio album, Guirca, arriving October 24th on Denmark’s forward-thinking jazz imprint April Records.

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov has added a second night at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall with the Colorado Symphony due to overwhelming demand. The initial headline performance on Thursday, January 30, sold out within just one hour of public on-sale, prompting the addition of a second show on Friday, January 31.

On September 27, Club Passim will host the third annual Reimagining Lilith Fair, a powerful evening of music that honors the spirit of the '90s feminist festival while embracing today’s intersectional voices from across the local music scene. Curated and hosted by queer, Boston singer-songwriter Naomi Westwater, the event celebrates women, queer, and gender-expansive artists in the Greater Boston music scene.

Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Lukas Nelson shares the scenic new music video for his song “Montana” today, directed by Miles Reickert and Kehana Rose and filmed in Emigrant, MT. Watch/share HERE.