Purity still exists in modern-day music. There’s the purity of real instruments – violin, acoustic guitar, upright bass, percussion, and even cello – coupled with homespun harmonies that magically float into the ether. Then, you have the purity of songs written from the soul that fill a human void. None of that ever goes out of style.

Few musicians boast a résumé as eclectic and impressive as James Mastro’s. With a career spanning decades, Mastro has played alongside legends like Patti Smith, Ian Hunter, and Robert Plant, while also fronting his own projects, including the alt-country favorite The Health & Happiness Show and early pioneers The Bongos.

Acclaimed U.K. band Stereophonics will embark on their first tour in six years in Spring, 2025. Also their largest tour to date, their Spring North American tour kicks off March 21 at Théâtre Beanfield in Montreal and includes performances in New York, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles and more. See below for a complete list of tour dates.

Two of Italy's most innovative musical agitators, Vittorio Nistri and Filippo Panichi, have joined forces for the first time to create an ambitious self-titled album that challenges the rise of Artificial Intelligence in music. Slated for release on November 1st, 2024, via Snowdonia Dischi, the album is a mesmerizing blend of electronic, psychedelic, and progressive chamber music that defies genre boundaries.

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Unlike the legendary story of blues icon Robert Johnson and his iconic "Cross Road Blues," widely acclaimed blues guitarist Terry Robb and the highly lauded blues pianist David Vest have individually crossed clubs, cities, and countries performing their rich and illustrious discographies to blues fans from north to south, east to west. Now the two musicians have joined forces for CrissCross, the debut album from the duo featuring the almost criminally short but terribly sweet instrumental single "Long Gone Home."

Canadian blues, soul, and rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Marcus Trummer is pleased to announce his new single “Holding Out For You” released Friday 18th October. The single is available on all streaming platforms HERE.

Watch the official “Holding Out For You” music video on YouTube HERE.

Today, the supercollab rock ensemble THIS WILD DARKNESS releases "The Wild Darkness," the second single from their forthcoming five-track concept EP, The Notorious Memphis Rains, set to drop on October 25. Fans can also look forward to a limited-edition vinyl version accompanying the digital release.

Stream "The Wild Darkness" here.

After playing their first-ever show on US soil at ProgStock Festival on October 20, 2024, UK Band Lifesigns will take to the road for a one-week tour with support from Mike Keneally (Zappa, Satriani, Devon Townsend, ProgJect) and Matt Dorsey (Beth Hart, Sound of Contact, ProgJect, Dave Kerzner Band).

Days Between Stations are releasing their fourth album, “Perpetual Motion Machines (Music For A Film),” on November 29.  Just released this weekend is the music video “Seeds” at https://youtu.be/5kmLDoapIkg.

The music video for “Seeds” features artist Jean-Paul Bourdier at work, altering landscapes, coloring bodies, marking up film frames, playing with manufactured items to see how they influence visuals.   

Today, Tyler Ramsey has released the deluxe edition of his fifth studio album, New Lost Ages (Soundly Music). The Deluxe Edition features two previously unreleased B-sides: “Song Out of My Head,” which was released earlier this fall, and “Paper Hearts.” “'Song Out of My Head' is a study of recurring thoughts,” explains Tyler. “Memories or images or maybe regrets that might keep you up in the middle of the night.