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Chris Stapleton’s “Second One To Know” is premiering today. The song is the third sequential track unveiled from Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, which will be released next Friday, May 5 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available for pre-order digitally and with physical bundles.

Country Music Roots and GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble, Old Crow Medicine Show, releases their SIXTH album, 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde, today via Columbia Records Nashville.

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Grassfed is a quick-picking five-piece string band, releasing their 18-track debut album on April 1, 2017. Pivoting on the foundation of bluegrass, Grassfed entwines tradition with an eclectic array of influences. Forged by songwriters and driven by instrumental conversation, the band brings a punching sound all its own.

Stream the new album here!

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Six individual albums from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Warner Bros Records catalog are now available again as stand-alone vinyl titles. The albums were included as part of a deluxe box set that was released last year to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s self-titled debut and are now individually available on 140g black vinyl with the original LP artwork.

Grammy® Award-winning multi-platinum band Soundgarden will kick off their North American headlining tour tonight in Tampa, FL at WXTV Rockfest. The Pretty Reckless and Dillinger Escape Plan will support select dates. Visit www.soundgardenworld.com for ticket info and a list of complete dates.
 

There's a common thread here, we promise! Deadheads across the good ol' U.S. of A. will be gathering next week to celebrate Cornell. Headed to JazzFest?

Disco Donnie Presents and SMG Events are getting ready for Labor Day weekend 2017's biggest party with the seventh-annual Sun City Music Festival taking place in El Paso, TX. We'll be wishing a farewell to summer and greeting fall with the best of the best in dance music.
 

After New Orleans, the solo tour resumes, bringing me back to Birmingham, AL after many years and stopping aging in Chattanooga before dropping in to the Grateful for Spring Festival at Mountain Sky in Jermyn, PA.  JKB has a short mid-Atlantic weekend run before the solo tour picks back up in the Pacific Northwest June 1 & 3! June 9 & 10 I am part of two great all-star jams for a Rex Foundation benefit at the Ardmore Music Hall near Philadelphia, and looking ahead, tickets are on sale for 2 Phish afterparty shows with JKB July 25 & 26.

With his honey-sweet vocals, soul singer/songwriter JOHN GARY WILLIAMS rose to fame as the lead voice of inimitable Stax group, The Mad Lads ("Don't Have to Shop Around," "I Want Someone"). At the height of the band's success, however, Williams was drafted into the military to serve in the Vietnam War and when he returned home his newly discovered political consciousness led him down a different path altogether.

Uniting elements of electronic dance music with more traditional forms of American rock, the Disco Biscuits have long established themselves as one of the most exciting - and influential - touring bands in the country. In the late 90s, the band pioneered a unique style of music, often referred to as "trance-fusion," that distinguished them from their peers, while heavily influencing an entire generation of younger "livetronica" acts.

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