New Orleans-based project Mr. Sam & The People People announce a new album People People People People! to be released September 23, and share the title track in the form of an official music video directed by Burt Murder. A fitting entrance into the album, “People People People People!” is a refreshingly earnest ode to life’s simplest pleasures. Mr.

On September 16, Capitol Records will release Marcus Mumford’s debut solo album, (self-titled). Produced by Blake Mills (Alabama Shakes, Jim James), the album includes features from Brandi Carlile, Phoebe Bridgers, Clairo and Monica Martin.  See below for track listing.

The independent producers behind Sol Blume are excited to announce the return this fall of the largest afrobeats festival in the country, Lost In Riddim (LIR), for an expanded two-day celebration of music, culture and community. Two-day GA and VIP tickets will be available for purchase next Monday, July 25 via LostInRiddim.com.

In James McMurtry’s new effort, The Horses and the Hounds, the acclaimed songwriter backs personal narratives with effortless elegance (“Canola Fields”) and endless energy (“If It Don’t Bleed”). This first collection in seven years, due August 20 on New West Records, spotlights a seasoned tunesmith in peak form as he turns toward reflection (“Vaquero”) and revelation ( closer “Blackberry Winter”). Familiar foundations guide the journey.

Prior to the release of 2018’s The Girl From Chickasaw County box set, the music of Bobbie Gentry would often be lazily filed under "Easy Listening" or "Country" but the expansive collection opened the ears and the eyes of the world to what really lay in this incredible songwriter’s recorded oeuvre. Her seven studio albums revealed an extraordinary body of work that merged Americana, soul, country, chamber-pop, bayou funk, jazz, folk and psychedelia across recordings that possessed incredible musical ambition.

Today, acclaimed artist Andrew Combs shares “Anna Please,” the latest single from his forthcoming album Sundays (August 19th, Tone Tree (US), Loose Records (UK/EU)). The song’s sparse, cinematic silence is reminiscent of Ingmar Bergman’s work, and the accompanying music video pays homage to the Swedish filmmaker’s 1972 film Cries and Whispers.

Watch the official “Anna Please” music video via YouTube

The open air and the grass beneath your feet; the smiling faces at every turn and the crowds cheering at every stage; the energetic glows of the stunning light show behind each performer, the smoke and pyrotechnics, and the deep bass so loud you could feel it in every inch of your body. All of this and more made the first annual Heatwave Music Festival unforgettable.

Elton John is joined by singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten on the latest episode of Rocket Hour. She tells Elton about the inspiration behind her latest album ‘We've Been Going About This All Wrong'.

Sharon Van Etten on making her latest album, ‘We've Been Going About This All Wrong’

Over the past few months, groups of individuals have been cropping up unannounced in remote locations throughout West Texas, igniting massive bonfires surrounded by quadrophonic speakers, and gazing at the stars. While local residents have wondered at the mysterious groups, the individuals were in fact enjoying a communal listening experience of The Polyphonic Spree’s long awaited new album ‘Salvage Enterprise,’ which Tim DeLaughter has described as a magnum opus that needs to be experienced as a whole.
 

On the heels of an electrifying, sold-out series of spring tour dates, Princess Goes To The Butterfly Museum (Michael C. Hall, Peter Yanowitz & Matt Katz-Bohen) will kick off their summer headline tour today in Baltimore at Soundstage before making stops in Detroit, Chicago, Nashville, Atlanta and more.