“Celebrating 30 years of music, madness, and familia? That’s not just a milestone — that’s badass,” says saxophonist/vocalist Ulises Bella of triple GRAMMY® winning multi-genre band OZOMATLI about their landmark anniversary. “Through all the chaos in the world, one thing hasn’t changed: Ozomatli brings the vibes that bring people together.” 

Sweetwater Music Hall, the Bay Area’s intimate non-profit music venue established in 1972 at 19 Corte Madera Avenue, is proud to present a diverse slate of performances and community events from May 19 through June 27. As a registered 501(c)3 arts organization, Sweetwater continues its mission to harness the transformative power of live music, support emerging artists, and offer arts education in underserved communities.

Austin-based artist Jelly Ellington channels his Americana, Texas-blues grit and Appalachian roots into his newest offering, Glow. At the heart of the new album is a blend of modern indie rock sensibility and classic American songwriting, with vibrant, analog-driven songs full of soaring riffs and introspective lyrics. The physical album is now available digitally across all streaming platforms. Order and Stream Here.

In the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where bluegrass echoes through the hollers, Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys unleash their electrifying new single, “Polly’s Revenge,” available today on all streaming platforms and premiering live at the Ralph Stanley Hills of Home Festival.

Today, Nashville singer-songwriter Paul McDonald is thrilled to share “Unwind,” the third song to be released off his forthcoming studio album, So Long To The Dark Side. 

Omnivore Recordings has announced a new CD set of performances from Buck Owens And His Buckaroos titled Adios, Farewell, Goodbye, Good Luck, So Long: On Stage 1964-1974, to be released on June 27. The 3-CD set includes 78 live performances, 75 of which will appear on CD for the first time, plus 25 previously unissued tracks in the US, and 20 more previously unissued anywhere in the world.

Six-time Grammy nominee Maria Muldaur, who’s been dubbed “The First Lady of Roots Music” for previous albums touching on her wide-ranging influences from blues, country, folk, jazz and even jug band music, continues her exploration of the great American roots music songbook with the July 11 release of One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey, from Nola Blue Records.

Beingness brings together three masters of creative music: award-winning percussionist Adam Rudolph, soprano sax player and NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman, and drummer and NEA Jazz Master Billy Hart. The CD and digital album will be available via Rudolph’s Meta Records on May 23, 2025 with LPs to follow on July 15. The live album, recorded in the spring of 2023 at New York City’s iconic creative music venue The Stone, marks the fourth in a series of trio recordings released by Liebman and Rudolph.
 

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Who have confirmed a powerful lineup of special guests set to join them on their final North American run, The Song Is Over Tour. Artists including Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters, Billy Idol, Booker T. Jones, Candlebox, Feist, Joe Bonamassa, The Joe Perry Project (Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Buck Johnson, Chris Robinson, Robert DeLeo and Eric Kretz), Tom Cochrane, and ZZ Ward will appear across various stops on the historic farewell tour.

Jonathan Terrell has always chased horizons—whether strumming under the wide Texas sky or testing the limits of lonely, dust-blown soundscapes. But with his new single “MONA,” out May 27 on all platforms, he’s left the familiar behind and set his sights on a whole new kind of frontier: the western desert disco of your dreams. The track is an ode to his beloved, Detroit-built 1979 Ford Ranchero—nicknamed Mona—a chrome-lined time capsule that carries him from sun-baked highways into neon-lit nightclubs.