An impressive assembly of blues music masters, ranging from Blues Hall of Famers to rising stars, will gather in Memphis on Thursday May 5th, for the 43rd Annual Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Blues Foundation, the BMAs honor the past year’s exceptional achievements in blues music recording, performance, and songwriting, as well as supporting the blues rich cultural traditions. This celebratory evening is recognized internationally as the blues world’s premier event brings nominees to town and many on stage to perform.

9x ACM Award-winner Chris Stapleton is nominated for five more awards at this year’s 57th Annual ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Single of the Year for “You Should Probably Leave” (as artist and producer) and Video of the Year for Taylor Swift’s “I Bet You Think About Me (Taylor’s Version).” The awards ceremony will stream live via Amazon Prime Video from Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on Monday, March 7 at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell today announced the music lineups for all seven days of Jazz Fest and put single-day tickets on sale for the 2022 event taking place for April 29 – May 1 and May 5 – 8 at the Fair Grounds Race Course.

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings is the winner of Best New Headliner/Artist Development Story at the 33rd Annual Pollstar Awards. The all-genre award is Strings’ second Pollstar nod following last year’s win for Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic.

Ragas, with a jazz twist… The Norwegian Grammy nominated Harpreet Bansal blurs the lines between the North Indian tradition and erratic, playful jazz in Parvat - the wildly free and musically outstanding three-piece movement.

Bozeman's Kitchen Dwellers are thrilled to announce a three-night run at Pine Creek Lodge in Livingston MT June 2-4. Tickets are on sale now at kitchendwellers.com/tour.

From the windy hills of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa (Wellington, New Zealand), the multi-platinum selling band The Black Seeds have masterfully honed South Pacific soul, by blending deep grooves of reggae, funk, afrobeat and dub into an undeniably infectious mix. Today, the unstoppable eight-piece The Black Seeds return with the invigorating new single “Bring The Sun.” It is the third track released from their upcoming new album due out later this year.
 

Hot Tuna played an intimate acoustic set at The Parker in Fort Lauderdale on Monday evening, delighting the faithful crowd with their intricate brand of blues, jazz, folk and rock. Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame (class of ’96) members, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady treated the audience to two sets of classic Hot Tuna, showcasing Kaukonen’s Piedmont blues fingerstyle guitar with Casady’s lead guitar style bass runs that have entertained fans for over half a century.

The Grahams, lifelong musical and life partners, are pleased to announce the release of Live at Luck Mansion, a 4 song EP recorded live in front of an intimate audience during AMERICANAFEST ‘21 in conjunction with Luck Presents. Last September, Luck Presents, creators of Luck Reunion, teamed up with The Grahams for a studio takeover at 3Sirens, a state of the art recording space owned by the duo that has the soul of a 1920’s social salon.

As the world awakens from the darkness of the global pandemic, many are looking to gather and share in the joy of live music. Kalan Wolfe and Keely Crow-Ka, of “The Shift,” have called on performers from across the country to join them at Departure Festival in Quilcene, Washington on the weekend of August 5th, 6th and 7th 2022.

Tickets are now available for sale at:

https://musicbytheshift.com/departurefestival