Bluegrass music has long balanced its worldwide appeal with a strong sense of place, but few of its artists are more openly devoted to their native ground than Mountain Home Music Company’s Unspoken Tradition. So it’s only natural that, while many of its tracks have already been successful singles, their new collection, Resilience, nevertheless has a theme deeply attuned to its history and culture.

Dogfish Head is raising a can to 60 years of Grateful Dead history. Just in time for Dead & Company’s three-night stand in Golden Gate Park, August 1–3, the Delaware craft-brew pioneers are dropping a limited‑edition Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale 60th Anniversary can—a colorful, collectible nod to the band’s enduring legacy and the community that’s kept the music (and the dancing) alive.

From coast to coast, Kerouac’s vision of the American highway rolls onto the big screen—with more cities to be announced soon.

Talking Heads’ groundbreaking second album, More Songs About Buildings and Food, returns as a Super Deluxe Edition from Rhino. Released as the band celebrates its 50th anniversary, the collection captures a pivotal moment in their evolution and marks the first of three albums produced with Brian Eno.

Acclaimed Santa Cruz, California string-band AJ Lee & Blue Summit have announced their highly-anticipated EP, Cover To Cover V1 will be released digitally October 17th via Signature Sounds. Cover To Cover V1 is available for pre-save here.  An extensive tour is underway including RockyGrass, Bluegrass in La Roche, Bourbon and Beyond, and Pickin’ in the Pines festivals. The band will also unite with East Nash Grass for a co-headlining tour in November.

GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes has released his new single “You Ain’t Above Me,” the latest offering from his forthcoming album The Whisper Sessions, out September 12th via Fantasy Records. “You Ain’t Above Me” is a bluesy soul ballad about speaking up for oneself.

Every single day for two years, when bluegrass legend Bobby Osborne was drafted and subsequently deployed in 1951, his mother Daisy would listen to Bill Monroe’s 78rpm record of “Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong” to cope with her sorrow. But Osborne didn’t find out about that until he was 91 years old. While C.J. Lewandowski, The Po’ Ramblin’ Boys’ mandolinist and mentee to the late Osborne, was working with his hero in the studio on a new bunch of songs—what eventually became the upcoming album, Bobby Osborne, C.J.

In June 1971, Melanie was among the most eagerly awaited headliners at the Glastonbury Fayre - the free festival predecessor of the modern Glasto beanfeast, and an event oft-described today as the climax of the British underground, both musically and culturally.
 

Beloved bluegrass-americana band Greensky Bluegrass is set to release their new album XXV on October 31—the exact date of their 25th Anniversary. The LP will be released via Big Blue Zoo Records/Thirty Tigers. Today the band unveils their new single “Reverend” featuring bluegrass superstar and Grammy-Award winner Billy Strings; watch the official lyric video HERE, Listen HERE.

Called “a phenomenal talent whose feel for classic soul music is bone‑deep” by The New York Times, powerhouse vocalist, former Broadway lead, and Juilliard alum Morgan James is back with her boldest concept album yet. Soul Remains The Same (out August 8) drags some of the loudest, heaviest songs of the last four decades—by Ozzy Osbourne, AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Metallica, and more—straight onto the sweaty soul floor, where horns pop, Hammond organs whirl, and James’ voice testifies with unflinching fire.