Ashkenaz (1317 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702) proudly announces its upcoming lineup of live music, dance lessons, and cultural celebrations, spanning February through March 2025. Established in 1973, Ashkenaz is a nonprofit, all-ages venue recognized for presenting a vibrant array of local and international artists.

The Swamp Blues are alive and well in Louisiana and what better source to report on the Blues than Louisiana’s very own multi-Blues Music Award-winner and Grammy nominee Kenny Neal, who’s releasing his new single, “Devil’s In The Delta,” along with his son, Micah Willis, on February 28th from Verdict Music. “Devil’s In The Delta” is being distributed by The Orchard.

Watershed Music Festival announced today that headliners Jason Aldean, Dierks Bentley and Bailey Zimmerman are set to descend on the scenic Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington on Fri., Aug. 1 through Sun., Aug. 3. It was also revealed the three-day, two-stage festival’s main stage will host performances from Drew Baldridge, Sawyer Brown, Ashley Cooke, Jackson Dean, Tyler Hubbard, Ian Munsick, Bryan Martin, Chase Matthew, RaeLynn, Nate Smith, Austin Snell, Dee Jay Silver and Zach Top.

Multi-platinum entertainer Dierks Bentley announced today his 2025 BROKEN BRANCHES TOUR, will kick off in Austin, TX and roll through over 30 U.S. cities nationwide. Produced by Live Nation, Bentley has enlisted rising star Zach Top and new Warner Music duo The Band Loula to join him this summer. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10am local time at www.dierks.com. Citi is the official card of the BROKEN BRANCHES TOUR.

Today, Texas-via-Oklahoma band Jason Boland & The Stragglers released “Take Me Back To Austin,” the final pre-release single ahead of their new album The Last Kings of Babylon, out March 14 via Thirty Tigers. The breezy single celebrates his adopted home of Austin, TX – his favorite place to return to from the road and where he first met his wife. The Last Kings of Babylon marks a full circle moment for the band as they reunite with legendary producer Lloyd Maines, who produced the band’s debut album Pearl Snaps.

To support the release of their brilliant third studio album, Waving From A Sea, Michigan Rattlers kicked off their mammoth Waving From A Sea Tour in Columbus, OH. With 40+ stops in major markets including Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Austin, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Nashville, Boston and more, this intimate set of club dates is one you won’t want to miss.

Today, Sterling Drake has announced his debut album The Shape I’m In, due out May 2 via Calusa Music/Missing Piece Records. Produced by GRAMMY-winning Icelandic musician Thorleifur Davidsson (Sierra Ferrell, KALEO), the new album is a captivating exploration of the Montana troubadour’s journey, vulnerably reflecting on love, heartbreak, purpose and the revelations that bring us back home.

Fans were treated to a notable musical combination on Friday, February 7, 2025, between the genre-blurring funk band from Boston, Mass., Lettuce, and rapper GZA (aka The Genius), who is a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan. This all took place at Brooklyn Steel, located in Brooklyn, NY.

For his first release after signing with Mountain Home Music Company, multi-instrumentalist Jesse Smathers digs deeper into the vein of his earlier singles with a neatly multi-flavored version of “Sleepy Eyed John,” an old favorite written by a Kentucky fiddler turned Hollywood western swing musician and found in the repertoire of old-time, country, swing and bluegrass musicians alike.

esperanza spalding has detailed a number of key performances for 2025, including a 12-night residency at the Blue Note in NYC, beginning February 18.  spalding’s itinerary also includes Big Ears in Knoxville, TN on March 28 and tour dates in New Orleans and Kansas in April.  See below for spalding’s full itinerary, and at https://esperanzaspalding.com/