Girls Just Wanna Weekend will return for its 7th annual celebration in January with The Chicks and Sam Smith joining Brandi Carlile as headliners.

Additional performers include CMAT, Joy Oladokun, Jensen McRae, Lucius, Jasmine.4.t, Allison Ponthier, SistaStrings, Autumn Nichols, Arroba Nat, The Carlile Family Band, The Marshgrass Mamas, a special Titans of Americana set (guests TBA), and comedian Kristin Key.

As Gibson celebrates its 50th anniversary of handcrafting guitars in Nashville, it is proud to reintroduce the legendary Les Paul™ Custom 70s, making its long-awaited return to the Gibson lineup after two decades as a model only available from Gibson Custom.

Bono and The Edge will accept the 2025 Woody Guthrie Prize on behalf of U2 on October 21 in Tulsa at Cain’s Ballroom.

Goose and Mt. Joy joined forces last night at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Kohl Center for a co-headlining evening that underscored the vitality of the modern indie and jam scenes. Goose took the stage first, treating the arena crowd to a wide-ranging set that bridged their grassroots catalog with fresh cuts from their two groundbreaking 2025 studio albums, Everything Must Go and Chain Yer Dragon.

Chris Stapleton will extend his acclaimed All-American Road Show into 2026 with two-night stands in Las Vegas, NV; Thackerville, OK; and Uncasville, CT. These six new “Evening with Chris Stapleton” shows will feature Stapleton and his full band with no opener.

Tickets will be available for pre-order on Wednesday, September 24 at 10:00am local, with general on-sale beginning Friday, September 26 at 10:00am local.

There are plenty of music festivals out there, but there’s only one Boogiedown. The 5th annual fest took place September 11–13 at Driftless Music Gardens, and this year might have been the best one yet. The whole weekend had that special mix of music, friendship, and shenanigans that only happens when Armchair Boogie is in the gardens.

Their self-titled debut, out September 26, 2025 on Pyroclastic Records, showcases fearless, genre-defying interplay. Conceived by producer/poet David Breskin, the project brings together Taborn’s expansive keyboard palette, Cline’s boundary-pushing guitar, and Gilmore’s dynamic drumming for their first-ever collaboration.

The seventh Bourbon & Beyond welcomed fans from all 50 states and around the globe with more than 120 music artists across five stages in Louisville, Kentucky. The World’s Largest Bourbon, Food & Music Festival took place September 11–14 at the Kentucky Exposition Center and featured an incredible lineup of music legends and rising stars.

Today, Virginia-based Americana pioneers The Steel Wheels announce the release of their new self-titled LP to coincide with their 20 year anniversary as a band. The LP will come out on CD + vinyl on Oct. 31, but won’t be released to streaming services until next year on March 14, 2026 – emphasizing the fan first mentality that has been a hallmark of the band’s since their inception.

Grateful Web is deeply saddened by the sudden passing of San Francisco Bay Area couple Doug Clifton (69) and Katherine Velez Katz (70), who died on Monday, Sept. 15, in a tragic collision on Highway 50 in mountainous Millard County in western Utah, as reported by KSL-TV and KUTV.