The Maple House Festival completed its inaugural presentation in a large retired livestock pasture on the verdant rolling hills of the Hartwood Acres Park in Pittsburgh PA. It was no coincidence that the festival was also a Parks Foundation benefit. The beautiful park area flanked by maple trees is, in other moments, a pleasant spot for a summer hike, picnic,  or horse ride.  It is also home to free summer concerts offered by the city, in a more casual setup.

Emerging country and folk-rock artist Abby Hamilton releases her new single, “Trailer Park Queen,” today—watch/share HERE. Filmed by Jon Tsang at Atlanta’s Goat Farms Art Center, the live performance features Abby along with her band: Ryan Allen (keys), Carson Childers (bass), Zac Hamilton (guitar) and Zach Martin (drums).

Drive-By Truckers release their 14th studio album, Welcome 2 Club XIII, available everywhere now via ATO Records on limited edition vinyl, CD, and all digital formats.

Today, three-time Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, musician and activist Fantastic Negrito (neé Xavier Dphrepaulezz) shares his most ambitious and provocative project to date, White Jesus Black Problems, out now on Storefront Records. Accompanied by a companion film, White Jesus Black Problems is a synthesis of so much – an ancestral journey, an unlikely love story, and even a self-discovery of one’s true name. This new project follows the artists’ acclaimed 2020 album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?

Birmingham, Alabama-based outfit Bob Marston & the Credible Sources have released their debut full-length LP So Long, out June 3rd. "With songs written as early as 2004, it would be an understatement to say that our debut album has been a long time in the making, which makes the title, So Long, completely appropriate,” Marston told It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine. “The album is a culmination of years of writing songs and developing them through live performance.