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Singer-songwriter, Brooke Moriber, signed to Reviver Records in Nashville, has released two tracks inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. “In It Together,” and “Better Days,” were both conceived during the darkest days of 2020, and are available now for streaming.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens has shared a new music video for “Tea for the Tillerman” in a poignant message of hope and optimism for 2021. Watch Here

The new video arrives following a 2020 that saw spectacular celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Cat Stevens’ classic era-defining album, Tea for the Tillerman. Reimagined, the newly recorded Tea for the Tillerman² saw Yusuf recast the same 11 songs for a new age with dramatic results.

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Passim has awarded $40,141 to 24 musicians through its Iguana Music Fund. The Iguana Music Fund awards gifts annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music. Established in 2008 after an anonymous donor approached Passim with the idea to start a program to support local artists’ career growth, the fund provides grants from $500 to $2,000 for musicians with a strong New England connection.

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Two legendary artists—Barry Gibb and Dolly Parton—join forces on a new version of the beloved Bee Gees’ song, “Words,” out today. Listen/share HERE

Jerry Castle honors the memory of legendary saxophonist Bobby Keys’ (The Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Lynyrd Skynyrd) with his new single “With The Band feat. Bobby Keys,” which Rolling Stone calls “a loose, country-tinged, Keith Richards-esque ode to rocking out”

Listen to the new single, here: youtu.be/nZhhxuXvqEA

George Porter Jr & his Runnin’ Pardners end the final week of 2020 with the official release of the timely single “Crying For Hope”, their first new studio recording since 2015. To listen, click HERE.

The New Mastersounds are wasting no time kicking off 2021 with lightning-fast momentum with the release of a new digital single “Fast Man” on January 1, 2021 via bandleader and guitarist Eddie Roberts’ music platform Color Red.

On January 5th, 2021 the state of Georgia is voting in a Special Election that will determine the United States’Senate. ​#iVoted Festival ​is thrilled to announce the debut of ​#iVoted Festival Georgia​ - an Election Day digital concert that directly drives voter turnout featuring the top streaming artists in and from The Peach State.

Leslie Mendelson’s studio performance of "Happy New Year" celebrates this important benchmark while providing the optimism we desperately need after a whirlwind of a year. There is both simplicity and complicatedness in Mendelson’s tune. The piano which is the only supporting instrument is straightforward and gentle, creating an underlying, welcoming calmness whereas the intricately resides in her voice and lyrics. She expresses melancholy in each of her notes, even though the song’s words are uplifting.

When I first heard John Hurlbut’s and Jorma Kaukonen’s acoustic album, The River Flows, my being instantly welled up to the sound, welcoming it like an ocean does a river. With tears filling my eyes, the quality of the music made me realize—There’s something about greatness that opens the soul to living. What was it that I was experiencing which caused me to think such things, to feel such sentiment? John and Jorma’s touch begs the asking.

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