July 2024

For over 30 years, Shakedown Street has been bringing the legendary music of the Grateful Dead to life with their electrifying performances. Their dynamic repertoire delves deep into the vast catalog of the Grateful Dead, capturing the essence of traditional Americana, folk, blues, jazz, and rock and roll, interwoven with a touch of the avant-garde.

Today, acclaimed singer-songwriter Amos Lee shares his new song, "Darkest Places." The track, available everywhere now, is taken from his much-anticipated new album, Transmissions, due out Friday, August 9 on his own Hoagiemouth Records via Thirty Tigers.

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 A multi-artist collection from Mountain Home Music Company, Bluegrass Sings Paxton is a sparkling, genre-wide salute to songwriter Tom Paxton, whose “The Last Thing On My Mind” and “I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound” are bluegrass standards, but whose broader catalog has remained largely unexplored by the genre’s artists.

The album is now available for pre-save/add ahead of its August 30 release.

Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is just around the corner, promising an unforgettable weekend of larger-than-life musical performances. Scheduled for July 17-21 at the picturesque Walsh Farm in Oak Hill, NY, the 2024 installment of the legendary bluegrass celebration is set to be a highlight of the summer.

Today, GRAMMY Award-Winning bassist and experimental musician, MonoNeon, has released his new single “Full Circle” featuring iconic singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples. The single is the latest from his upcoming album, Quilted Stereo, releasing July 26th via Court Square Recordings.

In the solemn yet luminous realm of bluegrass, there exists a virtuoso whose name reverberates through the hollows and hills, akin to the spectral echoes of a nocturnal whisper. On this day, July 10th, 2024, we commemorate the birth of Béla Fleck, a maestro of the banjo, who has bestowed upon us a symphony of strings that transcend mere music, summoning the ethereal and the arcane.

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