Calling All Crows, the Massachusetts-based nonprofit co-founded by musician/advocate Chadwick Stokes (State Radio and Dispatch) and his partner Sybil Gallagher to bring their commitment to hands-on service and activism on the road, will celebrate its 15th Annual Benefit Weekend December 10, 2022, in Boston. The marquee event of the weekend is its benefit concert headlined by Chadwick Stokes & Friends at the House of Blues Boston on December 10th. Additional acts will be added to the concert lineup soon.

The annual homecoming of musicians and industry leaders within the international bluegrass community (IBMA) gathered again in Raleigh, NC last week to celebrate and award the year’s best songs, albums, and players. Recognized yet again for his dynamic and immediately recognizable voice that has lent high, lonesome heart to over 30 records in his six-decade career, Del McCoury was crowned Male Vocalist of the Year for the fifth time.

“Kentucky Rising,” the special one-night-only benefit concert featuring some of Eastern Kentucky’s biggest names in music, will be simultaneously livestreamed next Tuesday, October 11 via Veeps. Organized in response to the devastating flooding in the area earlier this summer, the sold-out event will be held at Lexington’s Rupp Arena and feature performances by Chris Stapleton, Dwight Yoakam and Tyler Childers. Tickets for the livestream are on-sale now, full details can be found here.

Montclair, NJ was the place to be last Saturday night, as Joe Russo's Almost Dead packed the historic Wellmont Theater to cap off another enjoyable three night run in this vibrant New York City suburb. The line to enter the show wrapped around the corner as dead heads of all ages eagerly awaited a mind melting performance by this talented quintet, and they were not disappointed.

On Friday, October 14th, Flushing Town Hall will present “The Swinging Sounds of Coleman Hawkins” featuring Lew Tabackin and his ensemble.

Saxophonist Lew Tabackin is one of New York City’s most notable jazz musicians, whose importance was acknowledged this summer when he was presented a Lifetime Achievement Award by The Jazz Foundation of America.

Speedfossil returns with their latest single and video, "Simple Simon," from their Red on Red Records debut, NO ANESTHESIA. This new video follows in the footsteps of six consecutive Radio Indie Alliance top 20 single/videos from NO ANESTHESIA. It continues to showcase these Boston-based purveyors of adult power pop, whose album has been described as "fist-pumping, convertible-top-down music that isn't dumbed down for masses."

A remarkable journey through Afro Latin music and the 400-year-old regional folk music son jarocho of Veracruz, Mexico, Fandango at the Wall in New York (TigerTurn, Release Date: September 29, 2022) is the next chapter for multi-GRAMMY Award-winning composer, pianist, bandleader, educator, and activist Arturo O'Farrill and his mission to unite people through the power of profoundly moving compositions.

Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp, the experiential music camp giving fans the opportunity to make their rock star dreams a reality, has announced their second “Women Only” camp featuring Country Music Hall of Fame member and 5x GRAMMY Award winner Wynonna Judd; Lzzy Hale, frontwoman of the GRAMMY-winning hard rock band Halestorm and Gibson’s first female brand ambassador; and Vicki Peterson, lead guitarist of the Multi-Platinum group The Bangles.  “Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp: Women Only,” powered by Gibson, runs January 19-22, 2023 in N

Over the past four years, the Opelika Songwriters Festival has attracted die-hard live music fans from around the Southeast to hear original songwriters spanning many genres of music perform their songs. Restaurants, bars, a distillery and an Inn in historic downtown Opelika become music listening rooms for two nights and a third day for dozens of solo, band, and in-the-round performances throughout the weekend of October 14 – 16, 2022.

Beloved Minnesota band Trampled By Turtles has released a video for their new song “A Lifetime To Find” from the forthcoming album Alpenglow (out on October 28th via Thirty Tigers). The track was written by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who  produced the group’s upcoming release.