The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience is set for its highly anticipated return to The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, CA, from August 29-31. The Labor Day Weekend festival will feature performances by the Black Radio Experience’s Artist in Residence Robert Glasper, The Roots, Questlove, Jazmine Sullivan, Hiatus Kaiyote, Esperanza Spalding, and many more, with additional artists to be announced shortly.

Last night’s episode of PBS NewsHour featured a deep dive interview with songwriter, singer, and award-winning mandolinist, Sierra Hull.

TOMMY EMMANUEL, C.P.G—one of five people ever named a C.P.G. (Certified Guitar Player) by his idol, music icon Chet Atkins—and RICHARD THOMPSON, the influential singer-songwriter and virtuosic guitarist, will co-headline a very special show at the historic Carnegie Hall in NYC on October 30 at 8:00PM. This will mark the first time these two legendary artists have ever performed on a bill together (below are quotes from both artists). Tickets go on sale on Friday, May 9, with the pre-sale set for Wednesday, May 7 (pre-sale code: GUITAR).

Today, the iconic voice of heartland rock, Bob Seger, celebrates his 80th trip around the sun. Eight decades strong and still moving listeners deeply, Seger is more than a rock musician—he is the soulful narrator of American life's joys, struggles, hopes, and dreams. Born Robert Clark Seger on May 6, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, Seger found his way into music as a teenager, forging a style steeped in rhythm, blues, rock, and unpretentious storytelling. His gravelly voice became the resonant heartbeat for generations.

Featuring performances by Louisiana’s own Lil Wayne, Harry Connick, Jr., Trombone Shorty, Branford Marsalis, Tank and the Bangas, PJ Morton, Big Freedia, and Preservation Hall Jazz Band, alongside Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, Lenny Kravitz, Santana, John Fogerty, Burna Boy and hundreds more, the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell was attended by 460,000 fans, Jazz Fest organizers announced today.