Acclaimed American rock band Blackberry Smoke’s new song, “Azalea,” written by lead singer Charlie Starr and longtime collaborator Travis Meadows, is debuting today. Watch/share the official music video HERE.

Reflecting on the track, Starr shares, “It’s a heavy song. It’s not a happy song, per se. There’s some hope in there, too. It comes with both Travis and I being fathers. Hold on to your kids as tight as you can without smothering them.”

Today, January 19th, 2024, we pay homage to a man who was as enigmatic as he was influential, a figure whose impact on the Grateful Dead, and indeed the entire 60s counterculture, resonates profoundly even today. Owsley "Bear" Stanley III, a genuine alchemist of sound and chemistry, would have celebrated his birthday today.

On this day, January 19th, 2024, we at Grateful Web immerse ourselves in the vivid celebration of Janis Joplin's birthday, an icon who not just sang, but lived the blues with a rawness and fervor rarely paralleled. Janis, with her raspy, soul-drenched voice, wasn't just a singer; she was a force of nature that reshaped the contours of music, leaving an indelible mark on the psychedelic rock scene of the 1960s.

TR3 Featuring Tim Reynolds explores the eccentricities of contemporary life with playfulness and candor on its latest full-length studio release, Watch It, out now on vinyl, CD, and digital streaming platforms. Fronted by two-time GRAMMY-nominee and Dave Matthews collaborator Tim Reynolds, the illustrious trio has delivered an insightful and provocative collection that embraces absurdity with a surprising sense of composure. Listen to Watch It in full here.

Today, Big Something and Possum Holler Productions unveil the dates for this year's edition of the much-loved camping festival, The Big What?, taking place August 22-24, 2024 at Pittsboro’s Shakori Hills, located in the heart of North Carolina.

ROSS VALORY, regarded as one of rock’s best bass guitarists and an original member of the multi-platinum band Journey until his 2020 departure, has returned with the video for “Tomland.” It’s the hypnotic first single from the bassist and songwriter’s debut solo album ALL OF THE ABOVE due out this April (exact date TBA) on OID Music.  Watch the movingly atmospheric video, directed by Michael Cotten, HERE, for the single that’s out this Friday (Janu

Tibet House US has announced that iconic singer, songwriter and activist Joan Baez has joined the lineup for this year’s Annual Benefit Concert along with legendary Ukrainian punk rock band Gogol Bordello. One of the longest-running and most renowned live cultural events in New York City, the concert will return to The Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on February 26 at 7:30PM.

Good Vibez Presents, the organizers behind the long-loved California Roots Music and Arts Festival, have been hard at work filling out their 2024 Cali Roots lineup. Having dropped the initial lineup back in November, the new year brought a new set of acts to the three-day festival’s schedule, including a special acoustic set from reggae royalty Stephen Marley, California’s own E-40 and Too Short, and N.W.A. founder turned international superstar, Ice Cube.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, the annual celebration of the unique culture and heritage of New Orleans and Louisiana, has just unveiled its very special lineup for the 2024 Festival.

Town Mountain release Dance Me Down Easy: The Woodstock Sessions EP today via New West Records. The 6-song set was produced by Town Mountain & Justin Francis and recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. The EP consists of the band’s renditions of favorites originally recorded by The Kinks, J.J. Cale, Dire Straits, Levon Helm, and The Rolling Stones. Dance Me Down Easy follows the band’s 2022 New West Records debut Lines In the Levee.