July 2025

This past Friday, GRAMMY-nominated future funk pioneers Lettuce performed a collaborative set with hip-hop icon GZA from Wu-Tang Clan at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, Colorado. Lettuce performed one set of original material and GZA joined the sought-after sextet for nearly all of the second set after Wu-Tang Clan concluded their final Colorado performance at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater.

 

The Infamous Stringdusters and Leftover Salmon, two of the scene's favorite acts, kick off their 'Rowdy Summer Nights Tour' today, taking place throughout July & August of 2025. Rising bluegrass stars, Bozeman-based Kitchen Dwellers will open each night of the tour with the Dusters and Salmon alternating who closes each night.

With production crews breaking ground July 16, the Hoochenanny Whiskey & Music Festival is just weeks away from transforming 14 waterfront acres at Camp Eastman into a two-stage, six-tent playground of spirits, songs and small-town charm. Festival hours are Friday 2-10 p.m., Saturday noon-10 p.m. and Sunday 2-10 p.m.

 

High Moon Records is proud to share the second track from Sly & The Family Stone’s The First Family: Live at Winchester Cathedral 1967, available Friday, July 18 on CD, LP, and digital download. "I Can't Turn You Loose" Is streaming now at all digital services.

 

From the album's liner notes:

 

On NUEVA TIMBA, the new Blue Note album from Cuban-born pianist Harold López-Nussa, the jazz vanguard meets multiple eras of Cuba’s musical history with results that are at once accessible, life-affirming, and strikingly accomplished. The album, which will be released Sept.

A brand-new chapter in roots-music celebration begins this Labor Day weekend when the Unbroken Circle Music Festival transforms Madison’s riverfront Bicentennial Park into a three-day, no-overlap concert paradise, September 4-6, 2025.