Americana band JD & The Straight Shot – featuring vocalist/guitarist Jim Dolan whose voice the New York Post calls “reminiscent of Tom Waits and Randy Newman,” bassist Byron House (Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton) and violinist/fiddler Erin Slaver (Martina McBride, Rod Stewart) – are set to kick off the new year on tour with legendary artist Don Henley. The trek starts on January 14th in Austin, TX at Austin City Limits Live.

Join New Kingston for the final show of their Kingston Fyah Tour in Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall on November 26, 2016! Since day one, Boston was one of the first cities to embrace us! For that we're giving away 200 Kingston Fyah EPs at the concert! See you soon.

Limited fan club tickets for the Kingston Fyah Fall Tour are now available. Includes admission, meet & greet, tour laminate, autographed poster, and Kingston Fyah EP.

Tonight Moby and the Void Pacific Choir make their television debut on CONAN, performing their fiery single, “Are You Lost in the World Like Me?”  The show airs at 11pm/10c on TBS, click

California Roots has announced its partnership with Pints for Prostates for the month of November to help raise awareness for prostate cancer. All month long, the California Roots Pints are on sale, and for every pint purchased Cali Roots will donate a portion of the proceeds in the fight against prostate cancer.

Over 8,000 people have signed a Care2 petition urging hip-hop star Iggy Azalea to apologize and donate to a reputable wildlife fund or sanctuary after she posted a photo to Instagram of her petting an elephant at boyfriend French Montana’s backyard birthday party.

Singer-songwriter Matthew Wolcott is taking the road less traveled, stepping out from a successful law career in favor of his first love, music. The Dallas native, who began playing piano at an early age and performed with his fair share of bands, is releasing his first EP of original songs called WESTERN LIGHTS on December 2.

In an unprecedented move for Metallica, the band will release music videos for each song from their forthcoming album, Hardwired...To Self-Destruct starting today at 12:00 PM EST on

Genre-blending, roots and rock'n'roll band THE WALCOTTS (November 14) partnered with

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which began as a small community outreach in Parton’s native Sevier County, Tennessee, has evolved to become the largest literacy program in the world. In December, the “little literacy program that could” marks another impressive milestone—one million books gifted to children around the world each month.

Damian J. Sanchez revels in carrying the torch for jazz in Miami. Winning the 2015 Buskerfest Miami competition allowed the multi-instrumentalist to complete and release his debut recording titled Sessions 33 1/3, and the artist will make it official on Saturday, December 3, 2016, at 305 Brews in Wynwood (3535 NW 2^nd Ave, Miami, FL 33137).