Music icon Joni Mitchell is this week’s guest on Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1. In this special in-depth chat at Joni’s Los Angeles home, she reveals that she is releasing a new album following her surprise appearance at the Newport Folk Festival in July, which was her first full live performance since 2002.

Raven Drum Foundation partnered with more than a dozen drummers to present a unique twist on a classic holiday song for the second year in a row. Founders Rick Allen and his wife Lauren Monroe reached out to some of their music-industry peers and friends to help raise vital funds for injured service members dealing with PTSD, trauma, and suicidal ideation. Their “12 Drummers Drumming” online auction will commence at noon PT on Veterans Day, November 11th and will run until 12/12/22.

Bruce Springsteen's Only The Strong Survive is out today via Columbia Records, a collection of 15 soul music greats that comprise his 21st studio album. Featuring lead vocals by Springsteen, the new album was produced by Ron Aniello and draws from the legendary catalogues of Motown, Gamble and Huff, Stax and many more.

Dreams of Modern Living, Jefferson Berry’s first solo album will arrive on January 27, 2023. The Urban Acoustic Coalition bandleader has produced an album of guitar and vocals that is centered on stories, tales from “these modern times.” The themes of the good love, the bad love and these days of strange that were on display on Double Deadbolt Logic (2020) and Soon! (2021) by Jefferson Berry & the UAC are given clarity on Dreams of Modern Living. “The songs I’m writing convey stories.