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DelFest, the festival brainchild of Del McCoury and his extended McCoury family, has just announced DelFest At Home, a streaming event celebrating musical highlights from DelFests past. Happening during the originally scheduled festival weekend, May 21st through May 24th, the free online event will feature performances from the festival’s namesake and his family as well as bluegrass and jam band luminaries such as Trey Anastasio Band, Bela Fleck & Chris Thile, Greensky Bluegrass, and more. A full lineup can be found below.

Cory Wong has found his newest role -- podcast host.

Connecticut based jam band, No Mind has released their debut album, Bright Signs For Dark Times, across all streaming platforms. The album is available today, May 20. The new album, recorded by Nate Faulkenberry and mastered by Matt Bultrucki, features fan favorites that have been road-tested for the past year but never recorded in the studio.

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Barenaked Ladies announce the postponement of their extensive 2020 Last Summer On Earth tour of North America until 2021. The tour was originally set to kickoff next month in Florida. Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket will join Barenaked Ladies with the original lineup for the new dates next year.

Quality involvement! Join us as Jorma Kaukonen performs his 8th solo free Quarantine Concert from the Fur Peace Ranch this coming Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. EDT. For seven weeks Jorma has been performing, telling true-life tales and talking about his songs, often playing them on the very guitar he wrote the song on. It is a fascinating look at this artist's history and influences.  The sound quality is clear and the filming visually revealing... you can even steal a lick or two!

Soul, early blues, and old-school country-influenced musician Quinn DeVeaux recently released the energetic foot-stomping Book of Soul via QDV Records. The Nashville-based artist demonstrates his musical versatility and vitality once again with this new record; an uplifting affair that brings to mind the sound of recordings from Memphis’ famed Sun Studios in another era.

Vevo announces the release of Watch This featuring The Killers and their music videos for "When You Were Young," "Bones" and "The Man." The Killers' Watch This series premiered with "

"As with so many of our songs, the message of “Resilient” has taken on a new poignancy in this time of disruption, isolation, and uncertainty,” says David Brown, bassist and baritone guitar player for the global folk band Rising Appalachia, about the remixed version of “Resilient” that was released Friday. NPR Music praised the original track when it was released as an “uplifting, original folk anthem,” and this remix is no different.

On Monday, June 1, 2020, Cousin Earth will release their new single worldwide for the song, "Bacon, Cat Food & Cheese."  It will be available on all streaming platforms and accompanied by an absurdist video featuring the individual band members in quarantine. The video debuts 3 days early at Noon on Friday, May 29 via Facebook, Instagram, and Youtube, along with an audio pre-release on Cousin Earth's Bandcamp.

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Los Angeles musician/hatmaker Charlie Overbey of Lone Hawk Hats and partner Vanessa Dingwell have joined forces with United Natives (www.UnitedNatives.org) and Dr. Michelle Tom to aid in the COVID-19 crisis faced on the Navajo Nation Reservation.

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