Colorado-based band Mynd Reader is excited to announce its newest single, “Leaving Our Lives.” Leaning into a timeless vintage-rock soundscape, the band has created an undeniable soul anthem. “Leaving Our Lives” is out now on Merchant Records LLC and is available everywhere you stream music.

Omnivore Recordings has announced Françoise Hardy Blues: Complete Vogue Recordings 1962-1967, a complete collection of all the recordings Hardy did for Vogue, out on August 1.

On August 14, 2025, the dust-jacket comes off a hidden corner of American folk history when Woody At Home – Volumes 1 & 2 arrives via Shamus Records.

The 33rd Annual Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance is set to transform the Trumansburg Fairgrounds into a four-day celebration of art, community, and global sound next weekend, July 17–20, 2025. Hosted once again by Americana mainstays Donna the Buffalo, the genre-spanning gathering welcomes more than 90 acts across four stages, with newly announced campsite availability and open volunteer enrollment rounding out the final countdown to the festival’s return.

“Adios AIRBEAT ONE!” drifted across the Mecklenburg night sky at dawn on Sunday, the last bassline fading as the sun inched over Neustadt-Glewe. For four luminous nights and three thumping days, more than 200,000 revelers—drawn from every corner of Germany and over 50 nations—turned the sleepy airfield into the third-largest “city” in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Prague-based Australian guitarist, singer and noise-maker Jack Phemister tears the lid off a year of continental upheaval with Sleeping Dogs, a three-song jolt of garage-punk adrenaline arriving worldwide on 8 August 2025.

Austin’s own Cosmic Convoy—the vintage-minded quartet featuring alumni of Golden Bear and The Channel—has kicked off the summer in style with the Independence-Day release of its latest single, “Body & Soul.” Dropped on July 4, the track has spent the past week and a half slipping onto playlists and spinning in dive-bar jukeboxes from Texas to Tulsa, its smooth soul groove and country-storyteller heart proving an irresistible combo for holiday road trips and backyard hangs alike.

Sugaray Rayford is a man with a message, a larger-than-life personality, and a voice to deliver it. Working with producer and songwriter Eric Corne, the soul-blues powerhouse has crafted an incendiary sound and narrative, contributing to an exciting new chapter in American soul music. 

This summer, acclaimed tribute ensemble The Garcia Project will mark its fifteenth anniversary with The Days Between 2025 Tour, a two-week celebration of the music and spirit of the Jerry Garcia Band. Renowned for painstakingly re-creating genuine JGB set lists—complete with the original arrangements, tempos, and on-stage dynamics—the group has been hailed by longtime fans for delivering “the Jerry Band concert they thought they’d never see again.”

Reigning IBMA Songwriter of the Year Rick Faris today unveils his fourth solo album, Life’s Parade, on Dark Shadow Recording. A two-time GRAMMY nominee and eight-time IBMA Award winner, Faris calls the twelve-song collection “a snapshot in time of my life journey and my wants for the world,” adding: