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Vermont-based multi-instrumentalist SUPRALUKE presents his debut studio album, Songs For The Great Blue Heron. The eleven-track folk project draws inspiration from the vast New England wilderness, casually ambling through genres. Co-produced and engineered by SUPRALUKE and Ben Collette (Phish) at Tank Studios in Burlington, VT, the album also features an illustrious list of musical guests including Jon Trafton (Strangefolk), Erik Glockler (Strangefolk), Richard James (Neighbor, Pink Talking Fish), and piano phenom Kevin Gift (Wendel Patrick).

Darke County, Ohio-based, Americana/indie-soul act, Shannon Clark & the Sugar, and releasing their video "The Burden" (out 2/18/22) from their May 2021 full length album Marks on the Wall, produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Mark Howard (Bob Dylan, U2, Neil Young, Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Emmy Lou Harris, Willie Nelson).

Instead of taking up golf, gardening, baking, or the such during his COVID-demanded downtime, bluegrass’s elder statesman Del McCoury dove headlong back into his teenage years, combing through hours and hours of music, searching for the songs. Demo after demo crossed the discerning ears that flank McCoury’s signature silver pompadour. He listened intently. He listened for songs that excited him.

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What can be said about Karl Denson other than he is one of the hardest working men in show business. Denson is an extraordinary saxophonist, flutist, and vocalist, and his list of accolades is as long as your arm and involves many heavy hitters in the music industry. He’s an alumni of the Lenny Kravitz band and he co-founded and led The Greyboy Allstars. When not touring and playing saxophone with the Rolling Stones you can find him playing with his band Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe.

The title track of The Infamous Stringdusters’ new album Toward the Fray finds the song’s narrator making a decision to get involved, rather than just comment on the sidelines; a thread that weaves through the GRAMMY-nominated band’s entire release, directly reflecting a pivotal moment in its members’ collective consciousness. Toward the Fray is available today via Americana Vibes, click here to download and/or stream.

Michelle Malone is pleased to announce the upcoming release of her new album, 1977 on April 22, 2022 via SBS Records, distributed by BFD/The Orchard. And to kick-off the campaign, Americana Highways premiered the first single, "Not Who I Used to Be".

Chris Stapleton’s “All-American Road Show” will continue throughout 2022 with newly added stops at L.A.’s The Forum, Detroit’s Comerica Park, DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, Long Island’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, New Orleans’ Smoothie King Center and Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena among many others. See below for complete itinerary.

Today Petaluma Records released the official video for “Carnival Time” featuring Irma Thomas, Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr., Ian Neville and Ivan Neville. The new recording is the third single unveiled from the upcoming soundtrack release Take Me To The River: New Orleans.

Six-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer and New York Times Best Selling author Brandi Carlile expands her extensive “Beyond These Silent Days” summer tour including new stops at the Santa Barbara Bowl, Austin’s Moody Amphitheater, Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion, Salt Lake City’s Vivint Smart Home Arena, Philadelphia’s TD Pavilion at The Mann and more.

Today, DelFest organizers announced addition’s to this year’s lineup including Tyler Childers with the Travelin’ McCourys, Robert Earl Keen, the Jerry Douglas Band, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, and the Price Sisters. 2019 festival favorite Tyler Childers will have the Travelin’ McCourys as his backing band, a truly could-only-happen-at-DelFest musical moment. This will be REK’s first and last DelFest performance as he announced earlier this year that 2022 will be his last tour.

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