Rick Braun – the new self-titled album from the chart-topping multi-instrumentalist – performs strong out of the gate, retaining its position among the top five biggest-selling Current Contemporary Jazz Albums, according to MRC Data, for the second consecutive week while the lead single, dancefloor anthem “Feet First,” continues to be a fixture at radio. Download / stream the album HERE.

The Les Paul Foundation, whose mission includes honoring and sharing the life, spirit and legacy of Les Paul has announced “Les Paul Thru the Lens,” an exclusive traveling gallery of photos highlighting the life and career of Les Paul, the inventor, musician and icon.

In tandem with his North American tour kickoff tonight, visionary singer-songwriter-guitarist José González today releases the El Invento EP, the first in a series of EPs that will revisit the singles of his latest album, Local Valley. Included in this new offering is an airy, polyrhythmic remix by rising Peruvian artist Sofia Kourtesis as well as choral and dub reimaginings recorded by González himself.

When the 2021 edition of Louder Than Life concluded last September – having welcomed a record-breaking crowd of 160,000 people in Louisville, Kentucky – local newspaper LEO Weekly pondered, "How will DWP top this for Louder Than Life 2022? I don't know, but I'm looking forward to seeing you all there again for it."
 

Today, Sound Mind Live announces the fourth annual Sound Mind Music Festival for Mental Health, presented this year as a live, outdoor event at New York City’s famed Central Park on May 21 at 4pm. Featuring performances by Cold War Kids, Big Boi, American Authors, KAMAUU, Wrabel, and Allison Russell, the festival is hosted by comedian Gina Brillon. For the first time, the event will be livestreamed on TikTok.

GRAMMY award-winning band Old Crow Medicine Show releases “Honey Chile,” the latest single from their new album Paint This Town out April 22 via ATO Records.

“What’s your road, man? – holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road.” – Jack Kerouac

For Beat writer Jack Kerouac, author of the legendary novel “On The Road,” the journey began and ends in Lowell.

Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac was born on March 12, 1922, into a French-speaking family in Lowell. After his death in Florida in 1969, his funeral was held in Lowell’s St. Jean Baptiste Catholic Church, and he was laid to rest nearby in Edson Cemetery.

Seth Walker has announced his eleventh album, I Hope I Know, will be released May 20 on Royal Potato Family. It's the North Carolina-based singer/songwriter's third studio collaboration with producer Jano Rix. Each song on the ten track collection shines with what many have come to love about Walker and his soulful Americana: diverse influences, contemplative lyrics, that signature blue tone on the guitar, and movement both geographic and spiritual.

Keith Wortman, Robbie Robertson, Sebastian Robertson, and Blackbird Presents are thrilled to announce The Last Waltz New Orleans: A Celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Band’s Historic Farewell Concert to be held on Saturday, May 7, 2022, at the historic Saenger Theatre in New Orleans, LA.

With their eagerly-awaited joint covers EPs Easy Listening for Jerks, Parts I & II arriving on the 4th March, bluegrass icons The Dead South are now showcasing their forthcoming collection with a vibrant rendition of System Of A Down’s iconic anthem ‘Chop Suey’.