Kansas City-based multi-instrumentalist Brody Buster is on the road with his 'Redemption Tour,' returning to perform in the town where he was born and raised, Paola, for the 36th Annual Paola Roots Festival, 7 W. Peoria St., Saturday, August 23. Buster's set time: 6:10pm. Tickets: $25 (2-Day Pass). Info: (913) 294-6327 or visit rootsfestival.org.

Ryan Lee Crosby’s new album At The Blue Front is out this week on Crossnote Records. Recorded over two days at Jimmy “Duck” Holmes’ historic Blue Front Café in Bentonia, Mississippi, the eight-track collection channels the hypnotic pulse of Bentonia and Hill Country blues through Crosby’s distinctive 12-string electric guitar.

Torchbearers of southern rock, Blackberry Smoke has released their rendition of the Bad Company classic, “Run with the Pack”, from the forthcoming tribute album, Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute to Bad Company, to be released October 24, 2025 on Primary Wave Music.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats continue to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their beloved, breakout 2015 self-titled debut album, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, today sharing the second demo taken from their anticipated, imminent re-release; “Trying So Hard Not To Know (Demo)” is out now—listen/share here, watch/share the visualizer here, and watch/share a clip from the documentary

Red Rocks. This place has been written about for decades and has been the site for so many memorable and legendary moments in music that putting them all to paper would fill an endless number of pages. The place itself has held special meaning for those who have found themselves reaching its monument.

The daily music schedule has been announced for Bourbon & Beyond – The World’s Largest Bourbon, Food & Music Festival – returning to Louisville, Kentucky for its 7th year, September 11-14, at the newly expanded and enhanced Highland Festival Grounds at Kentucky Exposition Center. Attendees can now create a personalized festival schedule with alerts and find all festival details via the official Bourbon & Beyond mobile app, available on both iPhone and Android.

Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival (OMF) returns for its 10-year reunion with a renewed spirit – and a nod to the rich legacy of music and visual artistry. To mark the occasion, OMF has partnered with British artist Nigel Waymouth, whose visionary poster designs defined the psychedelic era, to create an original artwork for the 2026 event.

Dark Star Orchestra is thrilled to announce Fall Tour 2025—a 13-date run across the Northeast this November. The tour features two-night stands at The Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ, and at the Paramount in Huntington, NY. DSO is forever grateful to their faithful fans and will give thanks in Jim Thorpe, PA, with their traditional Thanksgiving Eve show at Penn’s Peak.

As it celebrates over 130 years of music history, Gibson, the iconic global instrument brand, is proud to announce the new, limited edition Gibson Les Paul™ Standard 50s and 60s Double Trouble guitars have all the highly-coveted features from our Les Paul Standard 50s and 60s models, but with two notable differences: Their gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes are slightly faded when compared to the standard versions, and the uncovered Burstbucker™ pickups feature Double Classic White bobbins.

Jerry Joseph & the Jackmormons announce the release of Panther Tracks Vol. 1 on World Will Turn Records on September 5, 2025. The first Jackmormons’ album since 2018’s Full Metal Burqa, it will be available digitally, on CD and on limited edition blue vinyl. The album includes 5 fan favorite songs from their live set that have never been recorded in a studio as well as their rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “You Want It Darker” and new track, “New Lincoln”.