Alternative folk artist Anna May today unveils her newest single “Elegy,” a stirring meditation on grief set against the sun-baked landscapes of Southern California. Accompanied by a raw, handheld-camera video shot by Taylor Hungerford in Sherman Oaks, “Elegy” follows Anna’s acclaimed release “The Show,” which earned KUTX’s Song of the Day honors in August 2024.

This June, the Columbia Pike Blues Festival returns for its 28th year, transforming Arlington’s vibrant Columbia Pike corridor into a weekend-long celebration of America’s greatest musical art form. Presented by the Columbia Pike Partnership in collaboration with Arlington Arts, the festival remains the largest blues gathering in the D.C. metropolitan area, drawing thousands of residents and visitors for an unforgettable day of live music, local vendors, and family-friendly fun.

Phans can now relive one of the band’s most exploratory performances from the fall of 1999: the September 12 show at Portland Meadows. This newly remastered archival release, curated by Phish Archivist Kevin Shapiro, is streaming today on the LivePhish App and is available for download at LivePhish.com. The set captures a crisp, sunlit Sunday evening in the Pacific Northwest, with Phish arriving fresh from a Vancouver tour opener and a triumphant two-night stand at The Gorge.

Standing before their hand-painted tour bus—its gleaming black sides emblazoned with prancing horses and “Minnesota”—Wild Horses (Mark Jensen and Katie Owens) look every bit like the off-grid troubadours they are.

This fall, Rythm Premium Cannabis invites music fans across the Midwest to experience The Miracle in Mundelein, a two-day festival on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025. Set against the leafy backdrop of 1255 Armour Blvd (next to Rise Mundelein) in Mundelein, Illinois, The Miracle combines world-class performances, lush festival grounds, and elevated production values to create a weekend-long celebration of rhythm, groove, and good vibes.

Mason’s Children, the California–based quintet devoted exclusively to the primal, free-wheeling era of Grateful Dead music from 1966 to 1972, will barrel up and down the Eastern seaboard this summer on a whirlwind seven-show trek they’ve dubbed the “Great Northeast Cannonball Run.” Known for channeling the Dead’s early psychedelic edge, the band leans into the quake-inducing jams of Viola Lee Blues, the shuffle of Big Railroad Blues, and the shimmering vocal blends

It wasn’t your typical night at Boston's Symphony Hall. Last evening, beneath the elegantly vaulted ceilings and behind those plush velvet curtains, the Boston Pops Orchestra joined forces with a hand-picked crew of musical veterans, weaving a kaleidoscopic journey through the songbook of Jerry Garcia. Imagine the refined atmosphere, suddenly inhabited by the wandering ghosts of the Haight, conjured masterfully by the dexterous fingers of Tom Hamilton, gripping Jerry's own Travis Bean TB500 guitar (#11, no less).

With their eagerly awaited Summer Tour 2025 still on the horizon, Phish has added a string of September dates that will carry the party south from Kentucky to Virginia. The run begins September 12 with a headlining appearance at Louisville’s Bourbon + Beyond Festival before the band makes its debut at Birmingham’s brand-new Coca-Cola Amphitheater for a pair of concerts, September 13–14.

Following back-to-back Grammy-winning albums with her band Golden Highway, along with a Best New Artist nomination, Molly Tuttle releases her new solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, on August 15, 2025 via Nonesuch Records.

New Orleans musicians and culture bearers Chief Bo Dollis Jr. and The Wild Magnolias release their newest single “Hard to Handle,” featuring Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph of Galactic and the GRAMMY-winning band Tank and the Bangas. This reimagined version of the Otis Redding soul classic finds Joseph in control, compellingly owning the narrative and interpreting the song from a female point of view.