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Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings and James Taylor will headline “Concert for Carolina,” a special benefit show presented by Explore Asheville and the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, on Saturday, October 26 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Gifting sprouts has become popular with festival attendees recently. The little green shoots are exchanged as a token symbolizing hope for a new friendship. The sprout is a new beginning, but it needs good ground, sun, and water to flourish. Festivals too are like the sprout. They need the right balance of an excellent location and vendors providing the foundation, sunny, warm entertainers, and the flow of patrons. Jamboozled 2024 was a first-time festival held at the Country Ranch in Mendota, Illinois, this September.

On Tuesday, October 28, 2014, after 45 years of performing the greatest live music in rock history, the Allman Brothers Band had arrived at its final concert. The dream created by Duane Allman in 1969 had come to fruition, gone through triumph and tragedy, joy and sorrow, flourished and faltered, and ultimately persevered to reach the pinnacle of the blues/rock genre. The road had seemingly gone on forever, but, in 2014, the group decided that forever would come to an end at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.

Grammy Award-winning artist Billy Strings is set to embark on a musical journey like no other this Halloween at the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore. On October 31, fans will be treated to a very special, bona fide performance: “O Billy, Where Art Thou?”—a theatrical stage adaptation that promises to captivate audiences with its blend of storytelling and bluegrass mastery.

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Described by The Wall Street Journal as “among modern music’s most compelling vocalists,” New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and transdisciplinary artist Ganavya today announces details of an ambitious new album, Daughter of a Temple, due November 15, 2024. Released by Nils Frahm’s label, LEITER, on vinyl and via all digital platforms, it follows her appearance at SAULT’s 2023 live debut in London where, The Guardian wrote, her “voice had a delicate emotive heft that could turn stoics into sobbing wrecks”.

Critically-acclaimed livetronica trio LVNDR.SOUND have released their sophomore album, In The Dark, via Perception Records. PRESS HERE to stream / download.

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Today, Yacht Rock Revue, dubbed the “world’s premier soft-rock party band” by Rolling Stone, delivers “San Junipero (Every Night Like Tonight).” The groovy new single offers a first glimpse into Disc 2 of their ambitious 21-track concept album Escape Artist, set to drop on Friday, November 29.

After sharing the singles "Bleed" and "Michigan Nights," Canadian singer/songwriter Chris Gostling releases his latest album Forest City Town Country today on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

Foreigner, one of the most successful bands in music history, is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on October 19. In celebration of this much-deserved honor, the band has released a career-spanning collection that includes “Turning Back The Time,” a previously unreleased track originally recorded in 1996 featuring Mick Jones and Lou Gramm.

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“What can I say? I love sad songs,” confesses singer/songwriter/mandolinist Darren Nicholson. “I have since I was a small child. In an odd way, sad songs bring me comfort and happiness.” That sentiment has driven decades’ worth of country songs, so it’s no surprise that “Windows Have Pains,” his newest single for Mountain Home Music Company, walks straight down the country side of the bluegrass street from the moment that labelmate and award-winning fiddler Deanie Richardson kicks off the mournful ballad.

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