Acclaimed reggae group Easy Star All-Stars return today with “Five Years,” the newest single + video from their upcoming album Ziggy Stardub. Out April 21 via Easy Star Records, the project is a reggae reimagining of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

“There's nothing darker and more depraved in all of creation than love's shadow side,” says Idaho-born songwriter Eilen Jewell of her newest single. Out today, “Lethal Love” is, in Jewell’s words, “A dangerous carnival of hungry ghosts, a Pandora's box full of eternal craving, inhabited by trapped, debauched spirits playing deadly games for the hell of it. But this song is an ode, not a dirge. Why not celebrate that dark side?

San Jose Jazz announces today the SJZ New Works Fest 2023 featuring World Premieres of commissioned works from six standout SF Bay Area artist grantees of the SJZ Jazz Aid Fund. In December 2022, San Jose Jazz provided a new round of funding in the form of $20,000 in individual grants ($1,000/artist) to 20 local musicians. The SJZ Jazz Aid Fund initiative helps to offset the tremendous financial hardships the SF Bay Area arts community has faced due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

A multi-day celebration of music hosted in one of North America's most beautiful cities, the Festival D'ete de Quebec (FEQ) is a festival unlike any other. Today, FEQ announces the star-studded lineup  for FEQ 2023, featuring star performers and exciting rising acts from all over the world, plenty of incredibly talented Canadian artists..

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will embark on an extensive headline tour this summer including shows at Los Angeles’ Theatre at Ace Hotel (two nights), Santa Fe’s The Bridge, Portland, ME’s Thompson’s Point, Burlington’s Waterfront Park, Seattle’s Paramount Theatre, San Francisco’s The Masonic, Phoenix’s The Van Buren and Salt Lake City’s Delta Hall at The Eccles (two nights) among many others.

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Lukas Nelson will release his highly anticipated new album, Sticks and Stones, July 14 via 6ACE Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-save/pre-order). Ahead of the release, the official music video for the first single, “More Than Friends,” featuring CMA and ACM Award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson, debuted this morning at CMT—watch HERE.

FOLLOW THE ARROW, the second annual edition of the Hudson Valley festival presented by Marco Benevento at Arrowood Farms in Accord, NY, has been announced for Saturday, June 17. Benevento and his band will be joined by Rubblebucket, The Barr Brothers, Scott Metzger, and Benevento Family Band. A second round of artists and special guests will be revealed in early April.

3x GRAMMY® nominated guitar legend Joe Bonamassa and Sixthman, the leader in festivals and music cruises for more than a decade, is proud to present the ninth voyage of the biggest Blues-Rock party at sea, KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE AT SEA IX sailing March 18-22, 2024, from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico aboard the luxurious Norwegian Pearl. Fans are urged to sign up for the Pre-sale now, to lock in a reservation time before cabins sell out.

Mike Gordon has announced his new solo album, Flying Games, arriving via ATO Records/Megaplum on Friday, May 12. Pre-orders are available now.

The Shootouts are on a roll. The Akron, OH-based country group recently released their third full-length album, the well-received Stampede (out via Soundly Music); made a showstopping debut at the Grand Ole Opry; and are the current holders of the #7 album on the Americana Music radio charts. Today they release a new music video for their standout single “I’ll Never Need Anyone More,” premiered by Glide Magazine. Watch here.