The Hudson River will once again echo with brass, bass and bop when the 12th annual Jersey City Jazz Festival returns to Exchange Place Plaza the weekend after Memorial Day. Produced by the non-profit Riverview Jazz and presented by Exchange Place Alliance, the free outdoor spectacular welcomes locals and visitors alike on Friday, May 30 (6 p.m.) and Saturday, May 31 (noon–9 p.m.), anchoring a week of club shows and pop-up concerts that begin Tuesday, May 27.

Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion turns the volume all the way up this year, welcoming a powerhouse slate of artists who embody the festival’s spirit of boundary-free Americana.

Emerging country duo The Band Loula releases a powerful new music video for its captivating song, “Running Off the Angels,” today. The striking clip—directed by band member Logan Simmons alongside Ben Humphrey and Corey Bost—features special appearances by Ashley McBryde and fellow Georgian co-writer Peytan Porter. Watch/share HERE.

The award-winning Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion will raise the curtain on its 24th annual festivities with an intimate, open-air Kickoff Show at Lumac Rooftop Bar atop The Bristol Hotel on Thursday, September 18, 2025. Nashville honky-tonk firebrand Emily Nenni and rising Richmond singer-songwriter Brady Heck will each deliver full sets beginning at 6:30 p.m., setting the tone for the three-day celebration of Appalachian sounds that follows in downtown Bristol.

James McMurtry will release The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy on June 20 via New West Records. The 10-song collection was co-produced by McMurtry & Don Dixon (R.E.M., The Smithereens) and is his first album in four years.

Dead & Company is set to perform at the Polo Field in San Francisco’s legendary Golden Gate Park for a landmark three-night engagement on Friday, August 1 through Sunday, August 3, 2025.

Country music icon Reba McEntire continues to prove why she's one of the genre’s most enduring forces, scoring the biggest streaming debut of her career with her new single “Trailblazer,” a powerhouse collaboration with Lainey Wilson and Miranda Lambert. The anthem—celebrating the legacy, grit, and unstoppable spirit of women in country music—garnered an impressive 2.6 million on-demand streams in its first week, marking a new personal best for Reba in the streaming era.

Illuminate LIVE and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department invite music lovers of all ages to the historic Bandshell at the Music Concourse for Crucial Reggae Sundays, a free, family-friendly reggae concert series every Sunday from 4:20 to 7:30 pm through mid-November.

In the years since his emergence with 1977’s cult classic You Think You Really Know Me, iconic underground hero Gary Wilson’s outsider pop sensibility has spawned a devout following that includes the likes of Beck (who name-checks Wilson on “Where It’s At”) and hip hop collective Odd Future!
 
Now, with his latest album Come On, Mary due to street on June 13, the Endicott, NY, legend unveils the title track as both his new single and a positively trippy video, both telling the story of Mary herself.
 

On July 18, Jalopy Records will release Homegrown, the eagerly awaited new album from Cole Quest & The City Pickers – the folk-bluegrass ensemble led by Woody Guthrie’s grandson. Self-described as “roots music for the modern city,” Homegrown fuses three classic Guthrie compositions with richly wrought originals by Quest and select gems from the broader American songbook.