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For over a decade, California Roots Music & Arts Festival has been bringing the best reggae, roots music, rock, hip hop and psychedelic art center stage at the iconic Monterey County Fair and Event Center. This month they celebrate Women in Music for “Women’s History Month!” Highlighting their on-going support for Women in Music, this year’s festival features a stellar line-up of women fronted musical acts like HIRIE, Nattali Rize, Vana Liya, Sa-Roc, Eli-Mac, Lila Iké, Sevana and Artikal Sound System’s Logan Rex.

Ready to ignite 2022, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame®-inducted icons and rock music legends Def Leppard return with their twelfth full-length album, Diamond Star Halos [UMe], on May 27th, 2022. It marks the band’s first new work since 2015’s chart-topping self-titled, Def Leppard. It is available for pre-order now in multiple configurations, including a Deluxe Edition, 2-LP Vinyl, Digital formats and more. Exclusive bundles including newly designed album merch have also launched.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle’s new song, “Big Backyard,” featuring special guests Old Crow Medicine Show alongside her new bluegrass collective, Golden Highway, is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. “Big Backyard” is the latest song unveiled from Tuttle’s anticipated Nonesuch Records debut, Crooked Tree, set for release on April 1 (pre-order here).

Tom Morello has released his inaugural Spotify Singles recordings.  Listen HERE.

We’re bringing the funk to one of the most beautiful places this May, St. Croix, USVI! Funk It Up at The Fred will take place May 19th - 23rd. This festival will be stacked with live funk and soul for four full nights of music and fun.

The 12 honorees of The Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame's 42nd class encompass over 70 years of music, spanning from Lucille Bogan in the 1920s & 1930s, Little Willie John in the 1950s & 1960s, and Johnnie Taylor from the 1950s through the 1990s.

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Fans of the legendary British progressive rock band Pink Floyd will have numerous opportunities to hear their music performed live in 2022. Of course, they will be able to catch original Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason showcasing their classic songs with Roger's solo tour of the U.S. and Nick's Europe tour later this year. But also, a small handful of seasoned Floyd-themed bands, including the international touring unit Brit Floyd, have major 2022 tours on deck in North America. So much Floyd, so little time!

Comedy Central today announced that renowned franchise “South Park” will celebrate its 25th Anniversary (series premiere: August 13, 1997) this summer with “South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert” at the iconic Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, produced by AEG Presents.  The concert, with Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Primus and Ween, takes place on Wednesday, August 10.  Fans can register to purchase tickets at www.SouthParkatRedRocks.com

Suwannee Rising Music Festival has released the artist lineup for the 2022 edition of the festival, returning for its third year to its home at the beautiful Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida on April 7-9, 2022. Suwannee Rising will offer a wide-reaching mix of nearly 30 live artists on two stages for a three-day weekend filled with jam, funk, jazz, soul, rock, blues music, and more.

Elements Music and Arts Festival is the kind of event spoken of in exhilarated tones and with wide eyes. Its mystique is self-sustaining and continues to lure attendees to immerse in 72-hours of car camping, dancing, and countless other unique exploits — like aerialists rappelling from a 100-foot grain silo—at this field of festival dreams if you think it (or even if you don’t) it will come.
 

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