lespecial, a heavy future groove trio from Kent, CT, is hitting the road for an extensive run of shows this Fall. Dubbed “2021 Fall RepeaTOUR,” the jaunt is named after “Repeater,” a track on the band’s 2020 release, Ancient Homies. Starting on 10/1, the band will travel to upstate NY for a pair of shows, before heading to Portland, ME to support Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at the State Theatre on 10/8.

NYC bassist Karina Rykman carves out an ethereal and groove-filled creative space to call her own with her sixth single “Arbitrary” out TODAY, August 13th, 2021. Listen HERE.

“Arbitrary” comes on the heels of previously-released singles “No Occasion,” “Dirty South,” “City Kids,” “Elevator,” and “Plants.”

Join me on Sunday, September 12th at 8pm EDT to celebrate the release of my first bluegrass album in over 20 years, My Bluegrass Heart. This stream features the band's debut performance live from RockyGrass in Lyons, CO and highlights a new generation of bluegrass players including fiddlist Michael Cleveland, mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull, multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, bassist Mark Schatz, and guitarist Bryan Sutton.

Following the success of their latest album Long Lost, Lord Huron brings yet another visual masterpiece to their fans with their new music video for "Love Me Like You Used To." Released on July 26, the music video already has over a quarter of a million views on YouTube with hundreds of comments submitted by fans raving over the quality and beauty of Lord Huron’s latest work.

Today, soulful roots-rock trio The Nth Power announce tour dates for their “Fall Back In Love Tour.” Kicking off Aug. 27 at the Utah Arts Festival in Salt Lake City, the 20-date tour features performances at festivals and music rooms in 11 states coast-to-coast — ending with a special performance at Suwannee Hulaween Oct. 30 featuring original band members Nigel Hall and Weedie Braimah.

San Diego-based SLIGHTLY STOOPID returns to live music this weekend with two sold-out shows at the historic Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. Slightly Stoopid, in partnership with The Relix Channel on Twitch, will deliver a FREE LIVESTREAM of the complete “DOUBLE ON THE ROCKS” lineups, each day.

Grammy Award winning folk group Old Crow Medicine Show are the latest legendary act to join the Cola Concerts fall lineup. The band will be joined by special guest Molly Tuttle for an incredible night of music Friday, October 15, 2021 at the Columbia Speedway Amphitheatre.

Beginning September 1, 2021 Wentworth Galleries will showcase, and offer for sale, a unique collection of art from the late creator Ric Ocasek. In addition to being a visual artist Ocasek, who passed away on September 15, 2019, was best known as the singer, rhythm guitarist, songwriter and frontman for one of the most successful and beloved New Wave bands - The Cars. 

Legendary singer songwriter Jesse Colin Young is set to release his rousing rendition of Van Morrison’s “These Dreams of You” on Friday, August 20. The single, which will be available on all streaming platforms, will be accompanied by a new music video.

“'These Dreams of You’ is a tongue in cheek look at relationships gone really wrong, and I couldn’t resist a good shuffle,” said Young.

Smithsonian Folkways is proud to announce the release of The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes, out September 24. This expansive new collection of music challenges the historical preconception that New York’s Greenwich Village was the sole epicenter of folk music in the 1960s, and brings to life the nearly forgotten but equally vibrant contemporaneous scene emerging in Northern and Central California.