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Bluegrass and Americana phenom, Lizzy Long, releases her sophomore album, Dreaming Again, today as the follow up to her freshman effort, which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Bluegrass Chart. This album further showcases Long’s talents as not only an acclaimed instrumentalist, but a vocalist and a songwriter, co-penning five of the songs.
In celebration of their new album Coastin' dropping this Friday, July 10th, reggae-influenced alternative rock band Iration has announced an official livestream performance event for Thursday, July 9th. Presented by NoCap, the new venue-based streaming platform created by Roxy Theater co-owner and musician Cisco Adler and singer-songwriter Donavon Frankenreiter, the Coastin' Livestream will broadcast from SOhO in Santa Barbara, CA starting at 7pm PT/10pm ET and will mark the first time Iration has performed songs off the new album.
"Charlie’s been like a brother to me since the early ‘70s. He’s one of the greatest, kindest people I’d ever met in my life. Not only Charlie - but he surrounded himself with incredible people that I love, especially his wife Hazel. We did a duet of a song Charlie wrote called 'Willie Jones' and it was one of the most fun studio sessions I’ve been in. I’ve always loved playing Volunteer Jams through the years - I will miss my dear friend." - Bobby Bare, Country Music Hall of Fame and Grand Ole Opry member
Hi there! My name is Helena Hunt and I am a folk singer/songwriter and banjo player and I am about to release my first single on July 17th, 2020! It's called "Girls Like Me", and I wrote it in hopes that it would empower women of all ages to be happy with who they are and always have been since so many women struggle with self-esteem and inequality issues in their daily lives.
Austin, Texas-based Heartless Bastards have teamed up with Spaceflight Records to release a digital single, “Revolution,” with a portion of proceeds from all downloads to be donated to the ACLU in support of civil rights. The song will be available July 3 for download via Bandcamp, the site is once again waiving fees to support artists during the Coronavirus pandemic. The track will be available at digital retailers everywhere at a later date.
Today, Trevor Hall has released a brand new song titled “My Own.” This song follows the release of “Put Down What You Are Carrying (with Brett Dennon)” earlier this year. American Songwriter exclusively premiered “My Own” on Thursday, July 2.
Alternative rock and reggae group 82FIFTY recently released their third full-length album 82FIFTY. With over 2k streams on Spotify and counting, the highly-anticipated album, produced by the group's lead guitarist Zach Manzano (Audio Ramen), takes the band to a new level of musicality featuring a mashup of different sound elements including face-melting guitar solos and hard-hitting drum and bass hooks.
In a charged response to both the outrage and solidarity rising from the national reckoning over police brutality and systemic racism, GRAMMY Award-winning musician & activist Tom Morello turned to a score of fellow artist comrades – Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds, producer The Bloody Beetroots and artist/activist Shea Diamond.
Modern age songster, singer, multi-instrumentalist, photographer and videographer, Kirby Sybert makes his solo LP debut with Happy People Make Happy Things, due out on August 7th. Kirby sings, plays guitar, keys and drums in addition to recording and producing a large portion of the album in his Philadelphia bedroom. It is a return to the simplicity and joy of creating something on one’s own and making it sound fantastic despite a fancy, expensive studio.
