Acclaimed pianist Lee Pardini has joined forces with his fellow members of Los Angeles-based rockers Dawes for a brand new collaborative single out today. Composed by Pardini and featuring original lyrics by Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, “What It Takes” is available now via GroundUP Music at all DSPs and streaming services.

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The world-famous jazz pianist and bandleader Count Basie helped redefine music several times over and set the preconditions for jazz innovations, rock and roll, and popular American music, and today, a whole new host of colorful talents have mixed with Basie’s legendary sound and influence as part of a brand new album called Late Night Basie.

Just in time for Easter, Grammy-winner Tim O’Brien releases a new bluegrass original, “Little Lamb Little Lamb,” premiering today at The Bluegrass Situation. The song is a taste of what to expect on O’Brien’s upcoming full release, Cup of Sugar, which drops June 16th on Howdy Skies Records. Along with his longtime band, the album features bluegrass legend Del McCoury on a track.

Today, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, native Nicholas Jamerson announces the forthcoming release of Peace Mountain, his sixth studio album, due for release on May 19. The new single “Billy Graham Parkway,” written by Allun Cormier, is available today on all digital streaming platforms.

Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band - Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Edgar Winter, Warren Ham, Hamish Stuart, Gregg Bissonette - have added 4 dates to their upcoming Spring 2023 tour which begins May 19 and concludes June 17. The new dates are: May 23 Long Beach, CA Terrace Theater; May 30 Prescott Valley, AZ Findlay Toyota Center; June 4 Woodinville, WA Saint Michelle Winery and June 10 Jacksonville, OR at the Britt Festival.

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet’s much anticipated third studio album Starcatcher is set for release July 21 on Lava/Republic Records; pre-save/pre-order HERE.

The album’s first single “Meeting The Master” debuts today; listen/share HERE.

Stella Blue’s Band is excited to announce the fourth annual Free Dead in the Park concert to benefit Riverkeeper, presented by The Capitol Theatre and RYTHM Cannabis.

Elements Music & Arts Festival, the Northeast’s premier boutique festival experience, has announced the phase two lineup for its 2023 edition. Best described as an escape unlike any other, Elements is co-created by all those who embark on the journey, fostering a creative getaway aimed to inspire and offer a break from the stresses of everyday life.

Steeltown has long been a flourishing and legendary music city, and that tradition continues with the city’s latest live music event, Smokestack Festival & Concert Series. Taking place May 26 & 27, 2023 at Bridgeworks (200 Caroline St. N.), the new event property, a stellar line-up of some of the best and brightest on the Canadian blues scene, is the result of a collaboration between local label and events producers Sonic Unyon and award-winning Hamilton bluesman Steve Strongman.

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has announced the lineup for its renowned Camping Plazas, as ever showcasing the most inclusive and creative camping experience of any festival, anywhere in the world. Bonnaroo 2023 takes place June 15-18, 2023, on the Bonnaroo Farm, located just 60 miles southeast of Nashville in Manchester, TN.

From Where in the Woods to the Toyota Music Den and Galactic Giddy-Up to House of Yes, the campgrounds at Bonnaroo host a festival within a festival.