Pokey LaFarge will return with Rhumba Country on May 10, 2024, via New West Records. The 10–song set was co-produced by Chris Seefried, Elliot Bergman, and LaFarge and was recorded in Los Angeles, CA & Chicago, IL. On Rhumba Country, LaFarge reveals his newly heightened devotion to making music that channels pure joy.

Nashville's Creature Comfort are set to share a new 4-track project, The Honeymoon EP, on April 15. The acclaimed act's upcoming release will arrive on streaming services to mark the first anniversary of lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Jessey Clark's wedding day—a personal milestone that led to the creation of the band's romantic collection of songs.

From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, out April 19 via Trouser Press Books, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and appraisals that will amplify and expand fans’ understanding and appreciation of them.

San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (SLOIFF) has announced this year’s exciting film lineup, led by the Opening Night selection of the critically-acclaimed Ghostlight, and Sundance comedy breakout Thelma for the Closing Night selection.
 

Three years after its original release on compact disc and streaming services, Smithsonian Folkways is announcing a special DOUBLE VINYL LP SET of the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Album of the Year (2021), Industrial Strength Bluegrass. This all-star project set, which tells the story of bluegrass' transformation from a music to a movement carried north by Appalachians seeking a better life in the booming post-WWII factories of Southwest Ohio, will be released May 3rd.

Luke Combs is partnering with Topeka to curate an immersive music vacation, with special access for his devoted fans, The Bootleggers and providing a special give back opportunity for Teachers, First Responders and Military members to be nominated to win a vacation at this unique live music experience.