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.

Decades long fixture in the Seattle music community, folk singer/songwriter Jim Page is releasing The Time Is Now April 16th, 2022. Featuring 11 lilting, American folk roots tracks sprinkled with saxophone, lap steel guitars, and lush backing vocals from Seattle’s J.R. Rhodes, The Time Is Now is Jim’s 24th album of original music.

Melissa Etheridge, the 1990s rock icon and Grammy Award winner, brings her “One Way Out Tour” to the Samala Showroom at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 24 at the Chumash Casino Resort. Tickets for the show are $59, $64, $69, $79 and $89.

“One Way Out” is the 16th studio album released by Etheridge, who brings her 38-city North American tour to the Chumash Casino Resort.

Mr. Mota is a young, 4-piece jam band born and bred in the backyards of Boulder, Colorado. The band formed in May of 2020 and have made their name as one of Boulder’s premiere live bands. Mr.

Reggae Rise Up – one of the most recognized reggae festivals in the United States with large scale multi-day events in Florida, Las Vegas, and Utah – has just announced the latest addition to their growing list of festival properties, Reggae Rise Up Maryland! Taking place over the July 29th-31st weekend at Swann Park in Downtown Baltimore’s developing Port Covington district, Reggae Rise Up Maryland is slated to deliver one of the most impressive genre-specific lineups the city has ever seen.

Elvis Costello joins Elton John's Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1 this weekend to discuss his new album 'The Boy Named If'. He tells Elton about recording the album remotely from his fellow band members, making a conscious effort not to become "complacent", his tour plans for this year and more.

Elton John Tells Elvis Costello He “Can’t Stop Playing” His New Album ‘A Boy Called If’…

As George Thorogood himself once put it, "I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, you know?" And what we have here is a collection of hard-stompin,' party-down, good songs—all penned by Mr. Thorogood himself. Scheduled for release on April 15, 2022, the aptly named album The Original George Thorogood brings together the best from the rock and roll heart and fevered brain of George Thorogood and his unstoppable, longtime band, The Destroyers.

UK guitar virtuoso Jack Broadbent releases “Midnight Radio” from his upcoming album Ride out April 8th.  Describing “Midnight Radio” as  “a song for the night owls, for the people that love their music by moonlight and stars,”  Broadbent’s distinctive voice accompanies the country-blues track with a swinging jazz groove.