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The Wood Brothers have expanded their 2025 tour plans with the addition of nine shows this spring as well as three shows over the summer. Among the twelve dates announced are five festival appearances: Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Sun, Sand & Soul, Del McCoury’s Delfest, Virginia Arts Festival, Rhythm & Roots Festival and Bender Jamboree Fest.

Today, legendary West Coast boogaloo revivalists The Greyboy Allstars release their eighth studio album, Grab Bag: 2007-2023. Issued via the band's own Knowledge Room Recordings, the quintet—featuring saxophonist Karl Denson, keyboardist Robert Walter, guitarist Elgin Park (aka Michael Andrews), bassist Chris Stillwell, and drummer Aaron Redfield—gathered nine previously unreleased recordings from the past decade and a half of their illustrious 30-year history.

Today, The Greyboy Allstars unveil "Boxes," the third and final single from their highly anticipated album Grab Bag: 2007-2023, set for release on November 22. This nine-track collection, curated from the band’s archives, spans 16 years of rare and unreleased material, including an instrumental soul-jazz take on Michael Jackson’s "The Way You Make Me Feel." With Grab Bag, The Greyboy Allstars continue their legacy as pioneers of West Coast boogaloo, blending jazz, funk, and soul in their unique style.

The Wood Brothers have confirmed their first tour dates of 2025. The Grammy Award-nominated roots music trio has added 18 shows with headline performances in the Southeast in February and the West Coast in March. The band begins the first leg on February 6 at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, one of three shows in the Sunshine State.

Lost at Sea: Rarities, Outtakes and Tales from the Deep is Howlin Rain’s grand three-LP, 15-track archival statement to be released November 29th on Silver Current Records. The more than 90 minutes of music contained within—almost exclusively never before released and previously unheard tracks—traces the band’s jagged path through outrageous highs and lows over nearly two decades.

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Today, Grayson Capps shares his rendition of Gordon Lightfoot's classic "Early Morning Rain" (listen/share here). It's the third and final single released in advance of his forthcoming album, Heartbreak, Misery & Death, due October 25 on Royal Potato Family.

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Influential West Coast Boogaloo revivalists, The Greyboy Allstars have announced their eighth studio album, Grab Bag: 2007-2023. For this latest offering, the quintet featuring saxophonist Karl Denson, keyboardist Robert Walter, guitarist Elgin Park aka Michael Andrews, bassist Chris Stillwell and drummer Aaron Redfield, gather nine previously unreleased recordings from over the past decade and a half of the quintet’s illustrious 30-year history.

On October 11, adored violinist and composer Jenny Scheinman releases her ninth studio album, All Species Parade. Today, she shares the third and final single in advance of the collection's release, the hard-charging and rambunctious "Shutdown Stomp."

Today, LaMP ft. Russ Lawton, Scott Metzger & Ray Paczkowski have announced a 12-date Fall tour, including their first ever shows in the Midwest. Beginning October 10 at Mr. Smalls Theatre in Pittsburgh, highlights along the way include stops at Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH on October 11, Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, KY on October 12 and Chop Shop in Chicago, IL on October 19.

Uncollected Noise New York '88-'90 is Galaxie 500's first release of new archival material in nearly 30 years and is their most comprehensive collection of unreleased and rare archival material ever. Due September 20 as a joint release via Silver Current Records and the band's own imprint 20/20/20, its 24 tracks make up the complete Noise New York studio recordings of the band's outtakes, b-sides and non-album output. Compiled by the band, it traces their career from among their earliest recorded moments in the studio to their last.