Black Opry, the online home for both Black artists and Black fans of country, blues, folk, and Americana music, will bring their Black Opry Revue to Nashville this December. The celebrated outlet, founded by country music journalist and activist Holly G, will bring Tylar Bryant, Joy Clark, Lizzie No, Jett Holden, Roberta Lea, Aaron Vance and special guest Frankie Staton to Nashville's historic venue Exit/In for a one-night-only performance on December 18, 2021.

Sarah Jarosz has announced a series of live performances of the Blue Heron Suite this December. Jarosz composed the song cycle after becoming the recipient of the FreshGrass Composition Commission in 2017 and premiered the piece later that year at the FreshGrass Festival.

When Buck Owens took over co-hosting duties on the long-running country/comedy television series Hee Haw in 1969, he brought along singer Susan Raye, who he had also featured on his earlier TV program The Buck Owens Ranch Show. As Buck’s popularity reached a new audience, the hits kept coming, including hits for artists associated with Buck such as Raye, who emerged as a viable county artist in her own right. With three Top 40 country hits of her own in 1971, highlighted by “L.A.

Join Modern Drummer in celebrating the life and legacy of Neil Peart by inspiring an up and coming, young drummer with an incredible opportunity!

In memory of Neil, with the support of his family, Modern Drummer is proud to present an up-and-coming drummer with the annual "Neil Peart Spirit of Drumming Scholarship".

Marcus Rezak has announced a special ‘Phunk Your Face’ performance at The Miracle Theater in Inglewood, CA, after Phish at The Forum on Sunday, October 24th, 2021. Presented by PR Productions and Spin Cycles Presents, Rezak will be joined by Ike Willis (Frank Zappa), Shira Elias (Turkuaz), Pete Griffin (Steve Vai), Adrian Tramontano (Kung Fu/Marble Eyes), and Eric Blumenfeld (Kinetix). Universal Peoples will open the night with music starting at 10:30 p.m.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter-producer Simone Felice has announced the release of his eagerly awaited new album. All The Bright Coins – which marks Felice’s first release through a newly signed deal with Chrysalis Records – arrives Friday, January 28, 2022; pre-orders are available now.
 
Felice’s first studio album in many years, All The Bright Coins is preceded by the resonant new single, “Puppet featuring Four Tet” available now on all DSPs.
 

Originally released by Bethlehem Records in 1959, Nina Simone and Her Friends was a compilation album comprising the few remaining unreleased tracks from the 1957 Little Girl Blue recording session plus songs recorded by two other former Bethlehem artists, the powerhouse jazz vocalist Carmen McRae and the elegant song stylist Chris Connor.

A massive cross country North American tour has been announced for Peter Hook & The Light’s “Joy Division: A Celebration” concerts which sees the group take to the road across the United States and Canada in August and September 2022 for their biggest and most extensive tour to date.  Tickets go on-sale this Friday, October 22.   For details and ticket links go to www.peterhookandthelight.live
 

The High Desert fall tradition of celebrating the legacy and music of Gram Parsons continues Friday November 5th at the beautiful new AWE Bar in Yucca Valley. Please join us for a stellar evening of “Cosmic American Music”.

Tickets: $25 adv. / $30 day of show

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Chicago-based singer-songwriter-pianist Neal Francis has unveiled “Prometheus,” the latest single from his eagerly anticipated new album; a music video is streaming now. “Prometheus” heralds Francis’s upcoming second LP, In Plain Sight, mixed by GRAMMY® Award winner Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, MGMT) and due via ATO Records on vinyl, CD, and digital formats on Friday, November 5. Pre-orders are available now.