Registration is now open for the 21st Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards); this is great opportunity for music artists everywhere. IAMA is the preeminent awards for musicians, promotes excellence in acoustic music performance and artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include Acoustic Cafe (a syndicated radio program) and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

Driven by intense local and artist community support, the beloved Oldtone Music Festival has returned from the grave and revealed its full lineup. A one-of-a-kind 3 day hoot taking place from September 5-8 in Hillsdale, NY, the festival is making a  miraculous comeback to Cool Whisper Farm after an early demise that turned out to be a one-year hiatus.

Blues Traveler has announced that they will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of their seminal, six-time platinum album four with a cross-country tour this fall. Kicking off September 13 in Spencer, IA and hitting such legendary venues as The Fillmore and The Graceland Soundstage along the way, the routing will culminate November 17 in St. Petersburg, FL.

Outermost Roots & Blues Festival will return to Nauset Beach on October 12-13. Curated and produced by legendary and innovative blues artist G. Love (Garrett Dutton), Regime Music Group, and Hog Island Beer Company, the festival has expanded to two full days of music, art, and local craft beer. The lineup includes headliners Slightly Stoopid, G.

Today, GRAMMY®-nominated trio Midland announced Barely Blue, an eight-song exploration of loneliness, masculinity and resilience in the face of heartache. Evoking near-empty bars and heat waves shimmering across the blacktop, the new album brings to life the generosity of spirit required to love, lose, and move on.

The Wood Brothers have announced their final tour dates of 2024. The Grammy Award-nominated trio will play 17 shows this Fall with the first leg beginning November 13 at The Ramkat in Winston-Salem followed by stops in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest.

Rita Bliss didn’t pick up a banjo until her mid-20s, but it didn’t take long for her to fall in love with its sound — and the rich musical traditions it represents. Though she was raised in Rochester, N.Y. — near the Adirondack mountains, not the Appalachians — her flat-voweled delivery seems to owe more to the hills and hollers where bluegrass was born. On her debut album, Peaches and Apple Pies, she combines those sounds with folk harmonica popularized in the industrialized north, and nods to the twang of her current Texas home.

Today, GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Joe Ely has shared his new single “Driven to Drive,” the title track from his upcoming album which is out August 2 via Rack ‘Em Records / Thirty Tigers. Capturing the rollicking nature of life out on the road, “Driven to Drive” is an empowering anthem about the freedom of independence, dedicated to those who refuse to stay put in one place.

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The Blues Society, directed by Dr. Augusta Palmer, is playing select theaters and festivals leading up to its release for rental or purchase on all major cable, satellite, and digital platforms on July 9.

Pianist, accordionist and composer Sam Reider's new album, The Golem and Other Tales, features the renowned instrumentalist alongside his all-star acoustic band the Human Hands featuring Billy Strings' violinist Alex Hargreaves, Jon Batiste's alto saxophonist Eddie Barbash, Duncan Wickel on violin, cello, and bouzouki, Molly Tuttle's mandolinist Dominick Leslie, bassist Andrew Ryan, and guitarist Roy Williams.