Rooted in the grit of outlaw country and lifted by the soulful harmonies of bluegrass, folk, and Americana, Kentucky native Kyle Ray releases his debut 5-track EP, This Will End In Tears, today. A recent Berklee College of Music graduate and featured performer at the 2024 Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Kyle Ray steps into this new chapter with a refined voice, a clear creative vision, and a sound that feels both timeless and unmistakably his own.

“Green Country Coastline (Improv 2),” a new single from acclaimed musician, composer and producer, Chris Combs, is out tomorrow, Friday, June 27. The song is available on all major streaming platforms and will be included on Comb’s forthcoming, full-length album, Chris Combs – In Session: Live at The Church Studio, scheduled for release Aug. 15.

Harmony-rich quartet From the Dirt have released their sophomore album, Colored Edge of Memory, recorded at producer-engineer Jerry Brown’s storied Rubber Room studio in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The ten-song collection—out now on all digital platforms—deepens the band’s signature blend of bluegrass drive, Celtic pulse, and rock-and-roll muscle while foregrounding Daniel Kenny’s evocative songwriting.

Originally released in 1975, For Earth Below, the third studio album by British guitar hero Robin Trower brought considerable commercial success none more so than in the US where the LP reached Number 5 on the Billboard chart further cementing Trower’s profile as a major league solo artist.

After an emotional Grand Ole Opry appearance that included a retirement sendoff of long-time Grascals bassist Terry Smith, the group’s leader, mandolinist Danny Roberts might have been in a nostalgic mood when he chose the next in his series of singles for Mountain Home Music Company. Named for his youthful home in western Kentucky, “Leitchfield” is a lively instrumental that, much like the winding country roads around the town, takes a few unexpected turns along the way.

Southern California jam quintet Sanford Street have released their highly anticipated second studio album, expanding their distinct fusion of funk, rock, and electro-groove improvisation. Known for their genre-blending sound and infectious live energy, Sanford Street’s new record pushes sonic boundaries and deepens their creative explorations—without losing the deep-pocket groove that fans have come to love.

Show number seventy-three is officially in the rock-and-roll history books, and by the end of this weekend, Widespread Panic will have sold out Red Rocks Amphitheatre seventy-five consecutive times. This record likely will never be disrupted, challenged, or broken. The band's magical, musical allure, combined with the adventurous, free-spirited fans that follow the band, fuels the swirling unpredictability of the entire cultural society they have created.

RCA Records and Legacy Recordings today release “T-R-O-U-B-L-E – Take 1,” the first-ever unveiling of Elvis Presley’s initial run-through of Jerry Chesnut’s rollicking anthem, captured during the Today album sessions on March 11, 1975. Newly mixed by four-time GRAMMY® winner Matt Ross-Spang, the track strips away later overdubs to place Presley’s powerhouse vocal and the legendary TCB band front and center, revealing the spontaneous electricity that erupted the moment the tape began to roll.

The White Stripes are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their GRAMMY® Award-winning 2005 fifth studio album, Get Behind Me Satan, with today’s arrival of a limited-edition commemorative vinyl release. The 2LP edition – featuring one red and one clear disc, both with black wisps – is available now via Third Man Records.

For those of us born at least a half-century ago, the memory burns bright of listening to AM radio in the dark of night, when the big stations could boost their transmission power and beam music and news far beyond their daytime range. It feels as distant from today’s hyper-connected world as crossing the prairie in a covered wagon, yet tuning in to Chicago’s WLS from Florida was as close to the internet as we had—think Elvis Costello’s “Radio, Radio.”