Sound Summit, the intimate annual music festival staged high above San Francisco Bay returns to the slopes of Mount Tam on Saturday, September 9.

Andy Hall of The Infamous Stringdusters has collaborated with GRAMMY-award-winning guitarist Billy Strings in his newest single “Muscle Car,” off of his forthcoming album Squareneck Soul out via Americana Vibes on June 23rd.

Brandi Carlile’s rendition of “Home”—made famous by Diana Ross in 1978’s The Wiz—is out today and is featured in this week’s penultimate episode of Ted Lasso season three, now streaming on Apple TV+.  Produced by Carlile at ShangriLa Studios, the recording features Matt Chamberlain (drums), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), Dave Palmer (piano/organ) and Chauntee and Monique Ross (strings). Listen HERE.

The Junction in Mill Valley is pleased to present Los Angeles-based instrumental supergroup Circles Around the Sun who is set to play the venue’s first outdoor concert of the summer on Wednesday, June 28. The band was initially formed with the purpose of creating music for “Fare Thee Well,” a series of reunion concerts played by the surviving members of the Grateful Dead.

“A celebration of 25 years of music and the next best show,” is how Chicago-formed improv-rockers Umphrey’s McGee describe Frame x Frame, an all-new retrospective “rockusensory” film about the band of brothers who’ve stepped on stage together more than 2600 times—and growing.

Jerry’s Middle Finger, a family of music-makers born from a deep collective love of all-things Jerry Garcia, has released their Summer/Fall 2023 tour dates.

Established in 2015, JMF has become a spiritual destination for those searching for “the sound,” yearning for that unspoken feeling when the sweet soaring song lifts you off your feet and sends you dancing through the stars.

In James McMurtry’s new effort, The Horses and the Hounds, the acclaimed songwriter backs personal narratives with effortless elegance (“Canola Fields”) and endless energy (“If It Don’t Bleed”). This first collection in seven years, due August 20 on New West Records, spotlights a seasoned tunesmith in peak form as he turns toward reflection (“Vaquero”) and revelation ( closer “Blackberry Winter”). Familiar foundations guide the journey. “There’s a definite Los Angeles vibe to this record,” McMurtry says.

Today, Grammy-Award winning rock band Greta Van Fleet share a live performance video of their latest song "Sacred The Thread" - Watch/share HERE.

The song is from their much anticipated new album Starcatcher on July 21 via Lava/Republic Records. Of the new track, American Songwriter calls "Sacred The Thread" a "stunner."

Baltimore jam-funk quartet Pigeons Playing Ping Pong returned to Legend Valley in Thornville, OH this weekend for their annual music festival, Domefest. Since its inception, Domfest has been all about magical collaborations, and with bands like Pigeons, Twiddle, TAUK Moore (TAUK ft. Kanika Moore), The Magic Beans, Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers and more on the lineup, this year’s edition was never in doubt of producing some of that classic Dome-magic.

My Morning Jacket has announced today’s premiere of Return To Thunderdome, a new documentary film chronicling the band’s now-legendary performance at 2004’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival during what proved a historic downpour, debuting tonight, May 23, at 9:00 pm (ET), exclusively via the official MMJ YouTube channel.