After a cascading series of unfortunate events—including the loss of her parents, divorce, cancer, 2020’s lockdown, and an overall life upheaval—North Carolina singer and songwriter Rebekah Todd turned to psychedelic therapy to try and set herself back on track. It worked. After a three-year hiatus from her band and music career, Todd will be releasing her new LP, Realign, on September 30th, with a clear head and a focused sound.

Sixthman, creators of unforgettable festivals on sand and at sea for more than two decades, have announced the 15th voyage of Cayamo: A Journey Through Song, a seven-night musical adventure sailing February 10-17, 2023 from Miami, FL to Tortola, BVI, and St. Maarten aboard the beautiful Norwegian Pearl. Pre-sales will be available beginning Monday, August 8, with general on-sales following on Tuesday, August 9, exclusively at www.cayamo.com.

Town Mountain will release their anticipated Lines in the Levee on October 7th, 2022 via New West Records. The 11-song collection was produced, engineered, and mixed by the multiple Grammy Award nominated Justin Francis (Kacey Musgraves, Orville Peck, Anti-Flag) at Ronnie’s Place in Nashville, TN. Hailing from Asheville, NC, Town Mountain is the sum of all of its vast and intricate influences — this bastion of alt-country rebellion and honky-tonk attitude pushed through the hardscrabble Southern Appalachian lens of its origin.

Punk veteran. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Alt-country songwriter. Modern-day guitar hero. For more than 25 years, Foo Fighters six-stringer Chris Shiflett has blurred the lines between genre and generation, balancing his full-band projects with an ongoing solo career.

Grammy-winning musician and producer Brian Eno’s first studio album in six years, FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, is set for release on October 14 via Verve/UMC. The 10-track record was made at his West London studio and is the first album featuring his vocals on the majority of tracks since 2005’s Another Day on Earth. The new album is available on vinyl, CD and digital formats including ATMOS, pre-order HERE. The first single, “There Were Bells” is out today.

Award-winning and Country Music Hall of Fame members, The Oak Ridge Boys, will return to the Gaylord Opryland Resort to celebrate the holiday season at home this year with a 32-show residency as part of the resort’s 39th annual ‘A Country Christmas’ event.

Mark Knopfler – The Studio Albums 2009-2018, a 9 LP vinyl/6 CD boxset & digital SD/HD, will be released on October 7 by UMe/EMI, gathering together the second half of his solo songbook with his more recent studio albums, to add to last year’s ’96 – 2007 collection.

Don’t miss the return of supergroup The Dead 70’s, celebrating the Golden Era of the Grateful Dead on Friday, August 12th at the Ivy Room in the East Bay. Featuring Mark Karan (Furthur, RatDog, The Other Ones), Jay Lane (Dead & Co, Bob Weir & The Wolf Bros), Steven Sofranko (China Cats) Zach Jones (Lovin Dead) and special guest Allan Len from Acoustically Speaking. Expect far-out explorations of material the band played in the 70’s and top level musicianship. All tix from the original show scheduled for 4/22 will be honored.

Dark Horse Records is celebrating what would have been Joe Strummer’s 70th birthday on August 21 with Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years, the first-ever comprehensive collection highlighting his work with his post-Clash band, The Mescaleros.

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is very proud to unveil the initial lineup for its long-awaited live return to San Francisco, CA’s iconic Golden Gate Park on September 30-October 2. The three-day, multi-stage free music festival will come “Back To The Park” with an eclectic bill of performers spanning an array of genres, including Marcus Mumford, Allison Russell, Las Cafeteras, Lucius, Galactic, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Joy Oladokun, Charley Crockett, Buddy Miller, and Dashawn Hickman.