Wilco’s new album, Cruel Country, is out May 27th via dBpm Records. Today, they release a new single, “Tired Of Taking It Out On You,” and announce a North American tour, on sale Friday, May 13th at 10am local time. Additionally, Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival is right around the corner, May 27-29 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. For the first time, Solid Sound Festival sets from Wilco and Jeff Tweedy will be available to livestream via Flymachine, and sponsored by Bose.

“Jerry Dance Party is a chance for music lovers to experience the mind-bending marriage of cutting-edge audio-visual technology with the timeless music of the Grateful Dead.” - concert promoter and Relix publisher Peter Shapiro.

From its inception, The Jerry Dance Party has brought together the best of Jerry Garcia live catalog, from his extensive and wide ranging career with the Grateful Dead to his work with Old & In The Way, Jerry Garcia Band, Merl Saunders, John Kahn, New Riders of the Purple Sage and many more.

72-hours of camping, dancing, and countless other unique exploits at a field of festival dreams await all who attend Elements Music & Arts Festival. Today, Elements is excited to announce the next phase of talent that includes Grammy award winning indie/electronic artist Tycho, “alien bass music” heavyweight Shlump, Desert Hearts’ Porky B2B Marbs, tech house maestro Chapter & Verse, and more.

Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré is debuting the third track and video from his upcoming album Les Racines (translated as “the roots”), due June 10 via World Circuit Records. “Ngala Kaourene” is a powerful plea to the people of Mali at a time of great turbulence and struggle, as Vieux explains: “Today my country Mali is going through a difficult situation. All I ask of my brothers is to give each other their hand, whatever your ethnic group.

Kelly Curtis, the former Pearl Jam manager who retired in 2020, has exclusively partnered with Fandiem to run a fundraising sweepstakes campaign to benefit the Global Citizen Curtis Fellowship, whose mission is to equip students between the ages of 18-21 years old with the tools to become change makers and ethical leaders. The Curtis Fellowship delivers through collective and engaged experiences and a learner based program, “each one, teach one”.

GRAMMY-nominated rock band The Record Company has announced a new run of tour dates this summer and fall in support of their acclaimed third studio album Play Loud. The shows, which are scheduled to kick off in mid-August, will include stops in St. Louis, Nashville, Washington DC, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco. A full list of confirmed dates is below, and more dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

On the heels of The Revivalists’ epic return to Jazz Fest that saw them perform an electrifying set of hit songs and fan favorites to a sea of festivalgoers this past weekend, the chart-topping rock band has released a new track “You Said It All (Made In Muscle Shoals)” alongside a live studio video (out now via Concord Records).

The inaugural TidalWave Music Festival announced today a partnership with Rock The Ocean, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, to help bring awareness to ocean conservation issues. Rock The Ocean has raised millions of dollars for the cause as a result of their long withstanding partnership with Tortuga Music Festival and will now further the cause at this year’s TidalWave Music Festival, coming to the Beach in Atlantic City from Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14.

One act came from France and the other from Phoenix, but they both proved to be outstanding at this year’s International Blues Challenge finals, which took place May 9th in Memphis’ historic Orpheum Theatre.

The Wacky Jugs, representing France Blues, left Memphis with a first-place finish in the Band Division, while T.C. Carter Band took home the Gibson Guitar Award for Best Band Guitarist (Piedmont Blues Preservation Society.) Eric Ramsey from the Phoenix Blues Society triumphed in the Solo/Duo Division and also took home the Memphis Cigar Box Guitar Award.

After the cancelation of two festival seasons due to Covid-19, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell made a triumphant return, as 475,000 festivalgoers attended the event over seven days and two weekends, Festival organizers announced today.

“Jazz Fest fans make the Festival come to life,” said Quint Davis, Producer/Director of the event. “Thanks to everyone who was in that number. This was Jazz Fest at its very best.”