The B.B. King Music Company, owner of all rights to B.B. King likeness and related trademarks and copyright on behalf of the King Family Trust is pleased to announce a revitalized partnership with Gibson—the iconic American guitar brand--and the launch of the new B.B. King Icon Life Legacy Initiatives.

Today, September 16 marks B.B. King’s 96th Birthday; watch and share the following tribute video below, HERE.

True Love Cast Out All Evil: The Songwriting Legacy of Roky Erickson is due out November 15, 2021 through Texas A&M University Press. “Roky was one of Texas’ most original and unique singer-songwriters,” author Brian T. Atkinson says. “His short time fronting the psychedelic rock pioneers the 13th Floor Elevators in the ’60s made him a cult legend, but his 50-year solo career that followed was barely noticed.

Island Records and UMe announce the 40th-anniversary vinyl release of “Gloria,” a limited-edition 12” yellow vinyl EP to celebrate RSD Black Friday on Friday, November 26, 2021.

The Georgia Thunderbolts have just released “It’s Alright,” the fourth single from their forthcoming debut album, ‘Can We Get A Witness,’ out October 15th via Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group. “"It's Alright’ is about everyday life,” vocalist TJ Lyle explains. "You have ups and downs, whether it's with relationships or friendships. The point is that there will always be better days ahead, and the sun has got to shine at some point."
 

Elvis Costello—songwriter, singer, author and Fender Jazzmaster known to his admirers as “The Little Hands Of Concrete” —spins his tale with wit, grit, and spit to spare.

As the band A Thousand Horses played their final note on the State Street Stage, closing out Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion's 20th anniversary celebration, festival organizers at the Birthplace of Country Music (BCM) were already hinting to the media that next year's event would honor another big milestone, the 95th anniversary of the 1927 Bristol Sessions - the event known internationally as the "big bang of country music."

Acclaimed roots-rock duo Larkin Poe has partnered with innovative hybrid orchestra Nu Deco Ensemble for Paint the Roses: Live in Concert -- a new album out tomorrow that reinterprets Larkin Poe’s music, including their 2020 release Self Made Man and more, through an orchestral lens. Fans can watch the full performance via Facebook here on September 17@ 12pm ET.

#iVoted is building our next Festival for Election Day - November 8, 2022. Help support our mission to increase voter turnout nation-wide!

On Election Night 2020 over 450 artists performed nationwide via webcast in support of voter turnout, making #iVoted Festival the largest single night digital concert in history. Fans RSVP’d with a selfie at home with their blank and unmarked ballot to access the stream.

Aoife O’Donovan — the GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter known not only for her own "gorgeous" (Rolling Stone) solo music but her esteemed work with I'm With Her, The Goat Rodeo Sessions, and many more — announces the January 21, 2022 release of her new album Age Of Apathy.

September 16, 2021—Aaron Lee Tasjan's cosmopolitan-countrified rendition of Neal Casal's "Traveling After Dark" is released today (listen/share).