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Legendary jazz combo The Bad Plus share their new song "Not Even Close to Far Off," available now via Edition Records at all DSPs and streaming services. A nearly six-minute journey, "Not Even Close to Far Off" opens with one of the album's most melodic themes that slowly modulates, creating growing tension underscored by saxophonist Chris Speed's improvisational explorations before fading into an insistent rhythmic trance.

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New West Records & Pedernales Records are proud to announce Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver to be released November 11th, 2022. The 12-song set was co-produced by Charlie Sexton & Freddy Fletcher and features renditions of Shaver songs lovingly recorded by Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams, George Strait, Miranda Lambert, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ryan Bingham and Nikki Lane, Steve Earle, Edie Brickell, Rodney Crowell, Margo Price, Allison Russell, and Amanda Shires.

While Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chris Shiflett gets a lot of recognition for his role in Foo Fighters, the modern-day guitar hero has seemingly always had one foot in the country music world—and, these days, he’s been spending a lot of time making music in Nashville.

Montreux Jazz Festival and BMG are excited the share the brand-new music video for Chick Corea’s America, performed live at Montreux in 2006. Ahead of the highly anticipated release of Chick Corea: The Montreux Years. The video for “America (Continents Pt. 4)” will be a mesmerizing animated visualization of the mid-century art inspired artwork.

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Fort Worth-based singer songwriter Abraham Alexander releases “Stay” featuring fellow Texan and multi Grammy Award-winning guitarist Gary Clark Jr. “Gary was one of my early heroes and it was just another instance of being in the right place at the right time when we connected. But beyond his musicality he's someone that I definitely look up to and I'm grateful for, and someone I want to emulate,” Alexander explains of the collaboration which is his first release for Dualtone Records.

English singer/songwriter Beth Orton today releases the new song “Fractals” which features jazz poet Alabaster dePlume on the swirling saxophone, The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and Mercury Prize nominated bassist Tom Herbert of The Invisible. These musicians locked naturally into Orton’s sensibilities, expanding the new sonic world she’s created.

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On April 29th 2022, Jane Lee Hooker self-released their long-awaited new studio album Rollin’ via Symphonic Distribution; eight songs that perfectly showcase the band’s signature blend of rock ‘n’ roll, blues, punk, R&B and soul. Three tracks from the new collection were released last year as singles and videos: “Jericho,” “Drive”

Dave Matthews Band announced a fall 2022 North American tour, which will launch on November 2 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC – the first of three Pacific Northwest dates. The headline run, which will include shows at Target Center in Minneapolis (November 13) and Chicago’s United Center (November 15), will conclude the weekend before Thanksgiving with a two-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York City (November 18 & 19).

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“Moving people through the power of soul music, that’s what it’s all about,” says Josh Hoyer of his band’s sixth studio album, Green Light, released on October 21, 2022. “You’ll hear the sounds of pain, solitude and spiritual reckoning – a heartfelt reaction to the realities of today.”

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Bluegrass Underground, the 2nd longest music series on national television behind Austin City Limits, will debuted on PBS stations September 10th, 2022 as The Caverns Sessions with an episode featuring Nashville-based, festival favorites Moon Taxi.

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