Sea Cliff, NY-based Americana singer-songwriter Roger Street Friedman is set to head into the studio in March and April to work on new music with Grammy Award winner Larry Campbell (Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble, Bob Dylan’s Never Ending Tour) producing songs for Friedman’s next full-length release. Setting up in Friedman’s home studio, The Playroom, Campbell and Friedman will be joined by Friedman’s band to record an album’s-worth of new folk/Americana songs Friedman wrote over the past two years during the pandemic.

For a band named Birds of Play, it’s no surprise that avian references abound in their work. Hence the title of their new album, Murmurations Vol. 2, releasing Feb. 25 as the follow-up to their September 2021 album, Murmurations Vol. 1. The band will celebrate the release date with a hometown performance at the Sheridan Opera House, 110 N. Oak St. in Telluride. Showtime is 9 p.m. Reserved balcony tickets are $30; general-admission floor tickets are $20 (plus a $5 ticketing fee for each).

WHO: Mary Wilson’s daughter, Turkessa Babich, will share stories of her mother Mary Wilson. Claudette Robinson, an original member of The Miracles (the first act to sign with Motown) has known Wilson since her first days at Motown. Wilson’s friends from the world of Motown, Politics, and Philanthropy include: Janie Bradford, Loretta Devine, Marla Gibbs, Jackee Harry, Brian & Eddie Holland, Anna Maria Horsford, Eloise Laws, Judy Pace Smokey Robinson, Brenda Russell, Jay D. Schwartz, Beverly Todd, and more.

This week, to an at-capacity crowd in Denver’s Meow Wolf Convergence Station, Colorado’s prodigal jam-grass sons-and-daughter Yonder Mountain String Band delivered song after song from their brand new album Get Yourself Outside—all with fervor and contagious energy rarely found in a band that’s been pleasing ears and moving feat for over two decades.

GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Becca Stevens and GRAMMY Award-winning Attacca Quartet announced their collaborative album Becca Stevens | Attacca Quartet, out April 22nd via GroundUP Music. Nearly a decade ago, Stevens was approached to reimagine a selection of her songs with string arrangements for a performance at San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival.

Nile Rodgers talks songwriting with Graham Nash of the legendary Crosby, Stills & Nash on Deep Hidden Meaning Radio, and hears the stories behind classics like “Marrakesh Express,” “Our House” and “Teach Your Children.” Graham tells Nile how his former band The Hollies' version of “Marrakesh Express” was "terrible,” how they needed to get David Crosby drunk to sing one of his most famous songs and how one of CSN's biggest hits was the result of a bet with a drug dealer.

Graham Nash and Nile Rodgers on Live Aid

Grammy nominated songwriter Rick Lang has released his long awaited album, A Tale To Tell.  This  captivating collection of story songs, and his debut album on Dark Shadow Recording, is brought to life with the incredible vocal talents of Tim Stafford, Shannon Slaughter, Becky Buller, Trey Hensley, David Parmley, Stephen Mougin, Luke Munday, Kati Penn, Alan Bartram, Brandon Rickman, Jana Mougin, Rick Faris, and James Kee.

What starts as a simple surf trip turns into a pastoral meditation on the passage of time and the value of work, as we’re taken into the dreamtime of a cowboy in Central America. The album culminates in the killing of a mythical bull and the parade that follows.

Singer/songwriter Shawn James is releasing his new album, A Place in the Unknown February 25 on Parts & Labor Records.

Best known for his multi-octave powerful voice - a combination of the gospel choirs he sang with growing up in the South Side of Chicago, and later on his training in classical music and opera. Shawn James’ music is steeped in blues legends like Robert Johnson and Son House, forever at the crossroads of damnation and redemption, the two inextricably woven into the fabric of his songs.

Today, the internationally acclaimed Irish performer, Pierce Turner, releases his 15th album entitled Terrible Good via StorySound Records. The record was created with legendary guitarist Gerry Leonard (David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright). Both Irish expats who’ve made home in New York City, the two set out to create an Irish rock album with a New York attitude.