Club Passim is launching the Passim Persists Festival streaming Wednesday, June 24 through Tuesday, June 30. The festival will wrap up the non-profit’s Spring fundraiser, themed “Passim Persists,” and include performances by Dar Williams, Aoife O’Donovan, Vance Gilbert, Dietrich Strause, Margaret Glaspy, Rose Cousins and more. The artists will be performing in-the-round, allowing them to interact with one another and share their personal experiences about why Passim must persist.

Fresh off the release of their music video for "Right Here Right Now" celebrating essential frontline workers and first responders, reggae-influenced alternative rock band Iration has dropped their optimistic new single "Move Forward" from their forthcoming seventh full-length studio album Coastin', due out July 10th via the band's own Three Prong Records.

Singer-songwriter and activist Chadwick Stokes will join a Facebook Watch Party and live Q&A with Boston public media producer WGBH on Thursday, June 24 at 7pm ET. Together with Chadwick, fans will be able to watch his 2019 performance in WGBH’s intimate Fraser Performance Studio and engage in the comments section.

Greenwich Entertainment announced today that CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine will be released as theaters reopen later this summer. Featuring appearances from Alice Cooper, Cameron Crowe, Joan Jett, Wayne Kramer, Michael Stipe, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Kirk Hammett, Thurston Moore, Peter Wolf and many more CREEM contributors and famous fans, the highly-anticipated documentary celebrates the irreverent, wild-child publication out of Detroit.

Blackberry Smoke’s special new EP, Live From Capricorn Sound Studios, is out today with a portion of all proceeds going to the Recording Academy’s MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. Stream/purchase HERE.

Today, folk-influenced male/female indie pop band The National Parks has released their fourth independent full-length studio album Wildflower. PRESS HERE to stream/download and PRESS HERE to purchase on CD or green vinyl. Wildflower is about struggles and growth, hard times and faith, and knowing that through trials and tribulations the best is yet to come.

Legendary Yes singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Jon Anderson has released "WDMCF", the third single off of his highly-anticipated new solo album 1000 Hands, an album nearly 30 years in the making.
 

Today, Brooklyn-based jam quartet Escaper announced the release of their third studio album, Apotheosis. Recorded and mixed by John Davis at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn, NY, the album is the band’s first release with their new four-piece lineup. Apotheosis is Escaper’s first release in over two years - the band is clearly back with a vengeance. The six-track album carefully traverses a myriad of soundscapes, carefully blending musical complexity with toe-tapping accessibility.

Although Planet Bluegrass's trilogy of festivals - Telluride, Rocky Mountain Folk Fest, and RockyGrass - had to be cancelled this summer, they recently announced a Summer Solstice Livestream event that will take place this weekend.

Everyone Orchestra Virtual Sessions II: conducted by Matt Butler, ft. Al Schnier (Moe.), Aron Magner (The Disco Biscuits), Brandon “Taz” Niederauer, Bridget Law, James Casey (Trey Anastasio Band), Jennifer Hartswick (Trey Anastasio Band), Kai Eckhardt (Garaj Mahal), & Weedie Braimah