May 2022

72-hours of camping, dancing, and countless other unique exploits at a field of festival dreams await all who attend Elements Music & Arts Festival. Today, Elements is excited to announce the next phase of talent that includes Grammy award winning indie/electronic artist Tycho, “alien bass music” heavyweight Shlump, Desert Hearts’ Porky B2B Marbs, tech house maestro Chapter & Verse, and more.

Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré is debuting the third track and video from his upcoming album Les Racines (translated as “the roots”), due June 10 via World Circuit Records. “Ngala Kaourene” is a powerful plea to the people of Mali at a time of great turbulence and struggle, as Vieux explains: “Today my country Mali is going through a difficult situation. All I ask of my brothers is to give each other their hand, whatever your ethnic group.

Kelly Curtis, the former Pearl Jam manager who retired in 2020, has exclusively partnered with Fandiem to run a fundraising sweepstakes campaign to benefit the Global Citizen Curtis Fellowship, whose mission is to equip students between the ages of 18-21 years old with the tools to become change makers and ethical leaders. The Curtis Fellowship delivers through collective and engaged experiences and a learner based program, “each one, teach one”.

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GRAMMY-nominated rock band The Record Company has announced a new run of tour dates this summer and fall in support of their acclaimed third studio album Play Loud. The shows, which are scheduled to kick off in mid-August, will include stops in St. Louis, Nashville, Washington DC, New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, and San Francisco. A full list of confirmed dates is below, and more dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

On the heels of The Revivalists’ epic return to Jazz Fest that saw them perform an electrifying set of hit songs and fan favorites to a sea of festivalgoers this past weekend, the chart-topping rock band has released a new track “You Said It All (Made In Muscle Shoals)” alongside a live studio video (out now via Concord Records).

The inaugural TidalWave Music Festival announced today a partnership with Rock The Ocean, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, to help bring awareness to ocean conservation issues. Rock The Ocean has raised millions of dollars for the cause as a result of their long withstanding partnership with Tortuga Music Festival and will now further the cause at this year’s TidalWave Music Festival, coming to the Beach in Atlantic City from Friday, August 12 through Sunday, August 14.