There comes a time when everyone needs a fearless escape, a moment to say yes to, an opportunity to revive your soul in a magical place. That time is nearing, because Suwannee Roots Revival is just around the bend, happening October 9–12 at The Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida.

Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 7) marks the publication of OZZY OSBOURNE’s second autobiography LAST RITES (Grand Central Publishing). The memoir was finished just days before the rock icon’s untimely July 2025 passing and it chronicles the past seven or so years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy®-winning singer and songwriter’s life. Read a moving Q&A with OZZY’s son Jack Osbourne below.

Andy Falco and Travis Book — guitarist and bassist of the Grammy-winning Infamous Stringdusters — are stepping out as a duo to celebrate the music of Jerry Garcia. This stripped-down project gives fans a rare chance to hear Garcia’s songs in their most intimate form, guided by two players who know how to balance tradition with fearless improvisation.

Brandi Carlile’s new song “A War with Time” is out today — listen/share HERE. Written by Carlile and Aaron Dessner, the track was produced by Carlile, Dessner, and Andrew Watt, and features Justin Vernon on background vocals and piano.

Acclaimed Americana duo Joselyn & Don will release their moving new video Workin’ the Hi-Line on October 10, 2025, bringing to life a powerful story of immigration set against Montana’s sweeping prairies.

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The Vermont Jazz Center will welcome Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah [formerly Christian Scott] on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at 7:30 PM. The performance will be held in-person in Brattleboro, VT, and livestreamed. Adjuah will be joined by Lawrence Fields (Fender Rhodes, keyboards), Kris Funn (bass), and Brian Richburg Jr. (drums and percussion).

Dublin shoegaze/psych-rock trailblazers Sun Mahshene return with their most ambitious single yet. Life Is Joy arrives October 31st, followed by a headline release show at Sin É in Dublin on November 1st with support from The Ravs.

Amid the U.K. and Europe leg of her completely sold-out tour, Ethel Cain adds a 2026 North American leg to her Willoughby Tucker Forever run. The new shows include two hometown appearances at The Moon in Tallahassee and dates across the Midwest and Southeast.

“It’s that time of year again. As Jack wrote, Everybody goes home in October.”

The Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family will present Join Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon on Friday, October 24, 2025, at 8 p.m. at the United Theater, 929 S. Broadway, in Downtown Los Angeles. This special concert will benefit The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization and The Ed Asner Family Center for the Autism Community.