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Saturday night, Fort Collins was the site of the penultimate tour stop of the world music celebration of the Grammy-award-winning "As We Speak," created and performed by masters of music Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, and Rakesh Chaurasia.

Jim Wooster, Executive Director of Passim, announced that he will retire from the Cambridge music venue in early 2025. Wooster has served as executive director for nearly a decade and helped strengthen the legendary arts non-profit,  creating new initiatives and setting the organization up for continued success. A search is underway now for his replacement.

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Blues-rock titan Joe Bonamassa is thrilled to announce his Spring U.S. 2025 Tour, set to captivate audiences from coast-to-coast with the world-renowned guitarist’s electrifying live performances. The tour kicks off on February 16, 2025, at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA, and will make stops in major cities including New York City, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, and more. A special fan pre-sale begins on Tuesday, July 23rd at 10am local time, followed by the public on-sale on Friday, July 26th at 10am local time.

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Grammy® Award-winning jazz guitarist-vocalist George Benson has released a long-lost orchestral album today, his first since returning to Warner Music Group earlier this year. Dreams Do Come True: When George Benson Meets Robert Farnon is available now from Rhino on CD and LP, as well as digital and streaming platforms. Order and listen digitally HERE. Watch the lyric video for release day focus track “Yesterday” HERE.

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Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival concluded its annual summer homecoming with a winning combination of bluegrass, newgrass, and roots music, drawing thousands of attendees to Oak Hill, NY, for another unforgettable weekend. Set against the backdrop of the breathtaking Catskill Mountains, the four-day gathering is known as the largest and longest-running bluegrass festival in the Northeastern United States.

Fresh off their run performing on Slash’s S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, the Warren Haynes Band, led by GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes, has announced their Million Voices Whisper Tour and revealed their new studio album, Million Voices Whisper, will be released this fall. The new 16-date fall headlining tour launches September 19th in Fort Lauderdale and will make stops in Jacksonville, St.

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In 2019, we attended a concert at Folsom Field in Boulder. The skies darkened, it started to rain lightly, and I emailed my weather guru friend in Austin, Texas: “Hey Danny, what’s happening in the Colorado front range?” Danny sent back a Doppler radar screenshot showing very bright red and deep purple tie-dye splotches running from Denver to Fort Collins. Boulder was in the bullseye. Driving over the Shawangunk Ridge, there’s a similar feel to the Boulder Flatirons.

GIBSON presents The 2024 Allman Betts Family Revival.

Today, The Allman Betts Family Revival announced 2024 tour dates and initial lineup for their 8th annual celebration honoring Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, and The Allman Brothers' enduring music and legacy. The tour begins on November 30 in Saint Charles, IL, and concludes December 21 with a return to the historic Fillmore in San Francisco.

In the swirling mists of the musical firmament, where the luminous stars of funk glitter and dance, there exists a luminary whose brilliance has cast a transcendent glow over the genre for decades. Today, on July 22nd, 2024, we at Grateful Web bow our heads and raise our voices in jubilant celebration of George Clinton, the enigmatic architect of Funkadelic and Parliament, the maestro of the cosmic funk odyssey.

Today marks the 70th anniversary of Elvis Presley's groundbreaking debut single, "That's All Right," and RCA/Legacy are celebrating this momentous occasion with an exclusive preview from their highly anticipated 'MEMPHIS' box set, due out on August 9th. This 111-track collection is the first fully comprehensive compilation of Elvis' hometown recordings, spanning from his early days at Sun Studios to his final sessions in the famed Jungle Room at Graceland.

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