Gary Rossington, an original member of GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Lynyrd Skynyrd, died on Sunday, March 5th, 2023 at age 71.

Rossington survived the tragic 1977 plane crash that killed singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, as well as backup vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, pilot Walter McCreary, and co-pilot John Gray.

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Over the weekend, WinterWonderGrass Colorado celebrated 10 years. The beloved bluegrass, roots, and brews music festival returned for the sixth time to Steamboat Springs, CO and officially sold out for its tenth year in a row.

Blue Note Napa is proud to announce the new music lineup for the 2023 Blue Note Summer Sessions concert series beginning May 19 through October. Tickets to the initial slate of events will go on sale this Thursday, March 9 at 10 a.m. PT via bluenotenapa.com, although more concerts will be rolled out in the near future.

Craft Recordings proudly announces that John Fogerty has joined Spotify’s “Billions Club” with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s enduring recording of his song, “Have You Ever Seen the Rain,” commemorating an outstanding achievement of over 1 billion streams on the platform. The exclusive club, which boasts such members as Queen (“Another One Bites the Dust”), and Nirvana (“Smells Like Teen Spirit”) currently includes under 400 songs.

Fast rising alt/americana and bluegrass band Kitchen Dwellers are continuing their upswing with a number of sell-out shows during their recent February tour. Today, the Bozeman-based group announced they will be returning to Livingston, MT’s Pine Creek Lodge for three nights in June. A limited amount of artist presale tickets go on sale today at 10am MT through Wednesday 3/8 10pm MT (code: DISHPIT), and public on sale begins Friday 3/10 at 10am MT.

Orebolo, an acoustic trio featuring Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, guitar), and Jeff Arevalo (upright bass). The band, comprised of members of the emergent Connecticut rock group Goose. The project has built a faithful following nationwide, specifically after a series of virtual festival appearances in 2020, and an acclaimed performance at Lockn’ Presents FRED The Festival in August 2021.

Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Mary Chapin Carpenter will embark on an extensive headline tour this summer with shows at New Orleans’ Orpheum Theater, Dallas’ Majestic Theatre, Austin’s Paramount Theatre, Boulder’s Chautauqua Auditorium, Charlotte’s Knight Theater, Charleston’s Charleston Music Hall, Lexington’s Lexington Opera House and Portland, ME’s State Theatre among many others. See below for complete itinerary.

Denver-based band Sour Magic is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their third single, "High Tide". Set to drop on Friday March 10th, this crackling warm track is promising to reshape the band’s sound again, just in time for sunny weather.

“This one’s a throwback Surf jam in many ways, but, as always with Sour Magic, there’s a dramatic twist or irony. It’s about rising tides, climbing temperatures, distrust of authority, and the seeming hopelessness of it all” said Bass player Drew Morse.

Boundary-breaking and genre-defying are handy terms to use in describing musical artists, but while they can lend a certain cachet to a project, music that really eludes easy description is actually pretty rare. Still, if such terms can be applied to any group at all, the Jon Stickley Trio is at the head of the line for such treatment.

A brand new music festival is coming to the Catskills this fall, and it promises to be one of the most exciting events of the year. Cave Mountain Catskills Music Festival will take place on September 15-16, 2023 at the beautiful Windham Mountain. With a lineup that includes Weezer, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Dinosaur Jr., Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Albert Hammond Jr., Lee Fields, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sheer Mag, and more, this festival is sure to be a hit with music lovers from all over the region.