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Rare Bird Books today ushers drummer, attorney, and jam-band trailblazer Greg Anton onto the literary main stage with the publication of It’s About Time, a propulsive rock-and-roll mystery that puts the back-room drama of the music business under a bright, unflinching light.

 

5X Platinum-certified alternative rock mainstays THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS have released “Slipping Through (No Kings),” their latest single and video for Better Noise Music. The urgent and impassioned rallying cry—written by lead vocalist, guitarist and founding member Ronnie Winter with producer and songwriter Matt Squire—compellingly looks at the societal chaos gripping America right now.

 

I’m old enough now that being told on Tuesday that I am going to cover the Northlands Music & Arts Festival on Friday feels rushed. Gone are the carefree days of the early ’00s. Back then, I went on tour with one day’s notice—without a tent.

Greensky Bluegrass added a spark of collaborative magic to Blue Ox Music Festival on Friday, June 28, 2025, when the band welcomed Grammy-winning flat-picker Molly Tuttle to the Pines Music Park stage in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Midway through an already-fiery first set, Tuttle strapped on her guitar for Sean Camp’s “My Love Will Not Change,” and the single morphed into a sprawling jam more than seven minutes long.

Nestled beneath the ancient oaks of Mendocino County’s storied Black Oak Ranch, Dead On The Creek will once again gather Deadheads, bluegrass pickers, and roots-music revelers for three days of song, fellowship, and creek-side camping from Friday, August 8 through Sunday, August 10, 2025.

Today, singer-songwriter John Flynn releases his new Americana-tinged single "Sisyphus" and its accompanying video.  Written in the days immediately following his country's decision to return Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, both Flynn’s lyrics and the black t-shirt with “Illegitimi Non Carborundum” (“don't let the bastards grind you down”) written on it that he wears in the video pay tribute to the songwriter’s spirit of resistance.

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Celebrating two decades of authentic, heart-driven bluegrass, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers proudly release their 12th career album, Lovin', Fightin', Losin' Sleep, available now via Billy Blue Records. Out today, the 10-track collection showcases the band’s harmonic mastery with three lead vocalists delivering a fresh batch of songs from revered writers.

Tedeschi Trucks Band (TTB), the Grammy Award-winning band led by the dynamic duo of Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, has announced a special evening at The Church Studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma for Monday, July 28th featuring an exclusive screening of their documentary film Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen.

 Today, Omnivore Recordings announced the 50th anniversary expanded edition of Hearts, America’s fifth album for Warner Bros. Records and second with legendary producer Sir George Martin, out on August 8.

 

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We’re thrilled to announce the release of The Buddhist Years: Collected Writings—a powerful new volume of never-before-published work from Jack Kerouac, now available from Sal Paradise Press and Rare Bird Books in partnership with The Estate of Jack Kerouac.

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