4x Grammy Award-winning singer, composer and actor Lyle Lovett will embark on an extensive tour this summer with his Large Band including newly confirmed stops at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, St. Louis’ The Factory, Kansas City’s Uptown Theater, Minneapolis’ State Theatre, Detroit’s Masonic Cathedral Theatre, Pittsburgh’s Stage AE and Indianapolis’ Everwise Amphitheater at White River State Park among many others.

"Wake up again in an old motel, is it somewhere different? I can't tell. Every set of curtains opens to the open road…": This Friday, March 22nd, Sierra Ferrell will release Trail of Flowers, and in those very first lines of "American Dreaming," the album's opening number and final preview, she sets the scene for a remarkable journey of resilience.

Today, six-time GRAMMY-winning musician, producer, composer, and Blue Note Records President Don Was announced his new group Don Was and The Pan-Detroit Ensemble. Made up of stellar jazz musicians from his hometown, the band features longtime collaborators including Blue Note Records artist Dave McMurray on sax and Eminem’s Oscar-winning collaborator keyboardist Luis Resto. The band’s first US tour kicks off this May (full tour routing below).

Nationally acclaimed funk sensation Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, currently soaring through a busy 2024, will traverse Missouri in June for two additional tour dates. The funky flock is set to bring their radiant positivity and electrifying live performance to recordBar in Kansas City, MO on June 5th and Delmar Hall in St. Louis, MO on June 6th.

The Pretenders have announced plans for a US summer headline tour, getting underway July 13 at Red Bank, NJ’s historic Count Basie Center for the Arts, and then continuing into mid-August. Presales begin Wednesday, March 20 at 10:00 am (local). All remaining tickets will be released to the general public on Friday, March 22 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details, please see thepretenders.com.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its original release in October 1999, Genesis’ multi-platinum-selling Turn It On Again: The Hits is being made available on vinyl for the first time.

Bob Marley: One Love is not a fantastic flick. There are a lot of issues within the biopic, one of which is that it only focuses on a few key years in this icon’s life. It is a snapshot that could have been so much richer. Not knowing anything about Marley’s life, I conducted my own research. The film would have been stronger if historical background was provided especially on the dueling parties within Jamaica which led to the explosive political climate as well as causing Marley’s exile.

Philadelphia singer/songwriter Chris Kasper is set to release his seventh studio album, Sunlight In An Empty Room, on May 10 via Royal Potato Family. Produced by Jano Rix and recorded analog at The Studio Nashville, Kasper presents eleven songs that engage the listener like an old friend stopping by to sit on the front porch and ponder the complexities of life.

On Saturday night, The Machine graced the stage at Penn’s Peak, delivering full renditions of three legendary Pink Floyd albums.

Acclaimed vocalist Lizz Wright embraces her newfound freedom with a classic recording that encapsulates an illustrious 20-year career since the release of her debut album, Salt (Verve, 2003). Wright's studio debut on her label Blues & Greens Records (with licensing/distribution through Lightyear Entertainment/Virgin Music), the forthcoming album, Shadow, solidifies Wright as one of the great modern American singers. Wright celebrates intimacy, loss, community, and healing.