Stuart Bogie (clarinet) and Buck McDaniel (organ) announce the release of Monday 11/11/24, part one of the five-part series November Variations (2024) captured live by producer Fritz Myers at Church of our Saviour in Manhattan, New York from November 11 through 15, 2024.
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The week of free, fully improvised concerts were presented daily at 9am showcasing Bogie and McDaniel in deep listening and communication.
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Rockopelli Music Fest 2025 lands at Bulldog Park on Saturday, August 23, 2025, for a high-energy, all-ages night of live music that supports music scholarships and local charities across Northwest Indiana and Chicago. Gates open at 3:30 p.m.; music starts at 4:00 p.m.

I’ve found a soothing balm of sound in this collaboration—an urban pulse with heart. Hunter and Feingold move between sketches and longer conversations, honoring the past with sly nods while keeping the feel decidedly present. The shortest pieces—little bursts of perfection—leave me wanting more. Now I want to see them live and watch that interplay up close.

Grammy-nominated powerhouse Sister Sadie is heading out for a multi-state run this August and September in support of their new release, All Will Be Well. This tour includes a mix headlining shows in new markets, major festival appearances and a return to the genre’s biggest stage at IBMA in Chattanooga.

Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will make his debut headlining performance at New York’s historic Radio City Music Hall with the Colorado Symphony next year on Friday, January 30. The symphony will be led by renowned conductor Christopher Dragon. Isakov, his band, and the symphony will be playing fan-favorites from their collaborative album Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony.

 For the past 17 years, the 30A Songwriters Festival has attracted thousands of dedicated live music fans from around the world to hear original songwriters spanning multiple genres perform their songs. The beach resort towns along Scenic Highway 30A on the Gulf Coast became a music mecca featuring 30 venues presenting over 125 songwriters and 300+ solo, band, and in-the-round performances throughout the weekend of January 16 – 19, 2026.

That well-known lyric from the Grateful Dead song “Truckin’” was on my mind this weekend. “She” might refer to America’s most iconic band. “She” might be a Deadhead who was born before Jerry Garcia took his first breath – or a Deadhead who never heard a lick of Dead music until after Garcia died. “She” might be San Francisco, the city that reluctantly birthed the psychedelic movement and its most famous rock band in the tumultuous 60s. Or “she” could be that same city in its current incarnation, the city that welcomed Dead & Company with open arms for a 60th birthday celebration this past weekend.

Sage & Aera is an indie folk duo combining the songs and instrumental prowess of Sage Cook (Elephant Revival) with the uniquely captivating voice and upright bass of Aera Fox. The duo who co-founded folk-rock band WE DREAM DAWN in 2014 have decided to lay their hearts bare in a purely acoustic fashion. Sage and Aera left Colorado in 2013 to embark on a subsistence farming adventure in hopes that deepening their connection to the land would also lead to greater self-realization and expression.

Greg Loiacono & Stingray have released their debut single, “Hope We Get To Dance,” a greasy, soul-rock anthem celebrating personal freedom and expression. Fronted by Loiacono, the vocalist, guitarist, and co-founder of San Francisco rock legends The Mother Hips, Stingray features a lineup of acclaimed Bay Area musicians, including drummer Michael Urbano (Lindsey Buckingham, John Hiatt), percussionist /vocalist Vicki Randle (Mavis Staples, George Benson), Kofy Brown (bass/vocals), Danny Eisenberg (keys) and Tom Ayres (guitar).
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Nearly three-quarters of a century after Woody Guthrie pressed “record” in his Brooklyn apartment, 35 of those intimate reels are stepping into the spotlight. Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2 lands August 14 via Shamus Records (the new imprint of TRO Essex Music Group, Guthrie’s longtime publisher), offering 22 never-before-heard recordings—including 13 songs the folk icon captured nowhere else—and three revealing spoken-word tracks.