Virginia-based Americana pioneers The Steel Wheels return with new single “Easy,” released via the band’s own Big Ring Records label. With a placid sound that reinforces the song’s title and an earworm of a chorus, the track is deceptively profound, as it finds the band asking whether it’s worth the cost to have the world waiting for us on the other side of our screens. 

Listen to “Easy”

When the late, great bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne passed away in 2023, his mentee and Po’ Ramblin’ Boys’ mandolin star C.J. Lewandowski was not only mourning the loss of a dear friend, but he was also unsure of what to do with the material he’d been recording with Osborne just months before.

 For the past decade, Andrew Leahey has pushed against the boundaries of Americana music, releasing hook-driven records that have more in common with the heartland rock & roll of Tom Petty than the traditional sounds of his Nashville home. With "Horizonless" — the first single from KICK / MOVE / SHAKE, the upcoming fifth album from Leahey's critically-acclaimed band, Andrew Leahey & the Homestead — he steps into a new sound altogether.

Colorado's progressive rock band Squeaky Feet is back with their electrifying new single, “Brainrot,” the second release from their highly anticipated album, 'Overview Effect', set to drop on October 10, 2025.

The new deluxe version of Lainey Wilson’s award-winning album, Whirlwind, is out today via BBR Music Group/BMG Nashville. Stream/purchase HERE.

To honor their five-decade mark in the Lone Star State, Western Swing mainstays Asleep At The Wheel had no choice but to dedicate their upcoming 32nd album to the adopted home that made all of their dreams come true. “It’s been fifty-five years for Asleep At The Wheel as a band, and fifty of them have been spent in Texas,” says the incomparable band’s founder and fearless leader, Ray Benson.

DD VERNI & THE CADILLAC BAND have today (August 22) released the second single “Two Of A Kind” from their upcoming album BUCKLE UP, which marries rock ‘n roll’s visceral energy and succinct songwriting to suave, swinging throwback arrangements and aesthetics.  “Two Of A Kind” notably features the Reverend Horton Heat’s Jim Heath.

A fresh album featuring five new originals, two deep-cut covers, two tunes from friends, and a string-band reimagining of a traditional Liberian chant? That’s par for the course for one of the most talked about bands on the scene, East Nash Grass. A worldly blend of spirituality, connectedness, and world-class picking makes up the lauded quintet’s latest LP, All God’s Children—out now on Mountain Fever Records.

JAS (Jazz Aspen Snowmass) today announced the official opening schedule for their first permanent home, The Paul JAS Center in downtown Aspen, with 10 nights of performances starting Friday December 19, 2025 and continuing through the New Year. Tickets will be available for purchase on Friday, Aug. 22 at 10am mst at jazzaspensnowmass.org.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Kathleen Edwards’ anticipated new album, Billionaire, is out today on Dualtone Records; stream/purchase the album HERE.