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Love From Philly will officially kick off Philly’s newest outdoor venue – The Oval On the Parkway with a free all Philadelphia culture celebration featuring performances from local artists who call the city home including Rich Medina, Cosmo Baker, Lauren Hart, the West Philly Orchestra, Schooly D, The Philly Gospel Preservation Alliance, The Ultimates, Ursula Rucker, The Tisburys, WALLIS and more.

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For more than a quarter of a century, Acoustic Syndicate has been setting the pace for a style of music that fuses southern roots music, bluegrass, rock and roll and a healthy dose of improvisation in an approach that now permeates the American music scene. Hailed as a progenitor of and inspiration to generations of jam and jamgrass bands, the group has released seven albums and taken its distinctive, North Carolina-bred sound across the country more times than any of its members can recall.

Florence + the Machine’s much lauded new album Dance Fever debuts at #1 on Billboard’s Top Alternative Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, #2 on Top Album Sales and #7 on the Billboard 200—her fourth consecutive album in the top ten. In addition, the album debuts at #1 in the U.K., the band’s fourth LP to reach the top spot.

Colorado Springs-based outlaw alt-folk group Tejon Street Corner Thieves (TSCT) have just released their new album Thick As Thieves across all platforms via Liars Club, the new label formed by Amigo the Devil and indie powerhouse Regime Music Group.

Artfully chronicling the ever-shifting sands in both his personal life and America’s sociopolitical landscape, singer/songwriter Nick Binkley’s epic fourth album Stardust Angels Ghosts covers an expansive array of hard-hitting, emotional topics via a colorful, stylistically eclectic mix that includes tender romantic ballads, hard-edged rockers, infectious lighthearted pop, gritty Americana and lilting reggae in collaboration with the late Jamaican legend “Toots” Hibbert of the Grammy-winning band Toots and the Maytals

All Alone is the second solo release by Jedd Chlebowski but the first as a solo electric bassist. His first CD, Jedd Chlebowski Featuring Special Guests, was a rock CD of original music featuring such talent as Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, John Fogerty), Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Gilby Clarke (Guns N’ Roses, Nancy Sinatra) and more.

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will mark their return to the road in early February, 2023 with a string of to-be-announced US arena dates, followed by European stadium shows kicking off on April 28th in Barcelona and a second North American tour leg starting in August.

Said Springsteen: “After six years, I’m looking forward to seeing our great and loyal fans next year. And I’m looking forward to once again sharing the stage with the legendary E Street Band. See you out there, next year — and beyond.”

The Jazz Catz are the newest and freshest jazz music addiction for people all around the world. Their unique sound was a treat for fans when they debuted in 2017, and has left them wanting more after every release.  The Jazz Catz are a dynamic duo who have built their music from scratch. They are multitalented, and compose, arrange, record, and play all their instruments themselves.

The Jim Irsay Collection, based in Indianapolis, has acquired at auction Kurt Cobain’s iconic guitar used in Nirvana’s cultural defining "Smells Like Teen Spirit" music video. The guitar and more of the renowned collection will be showcased for the first time publicly on Friday, June 3 in New York City at the Manhattan Center's Hammerstein Ballroom. Ticket link here.

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Dennis Johnson is pleased to announce that he will be releasing his fourth full-length album, Revelation, on July 15, 2022. The video for the first single, "Going Down" was premiered by American Blues Scene.

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