To kick off the new year, the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture is kicking off a new music series; Convergences – Indie Artists Series. The goal of this collection of shows is to spotlight indie artists and performers whose work straddles the line between music and other forms of art in new and exciting ways.

Cornflower announces the release of his new single “Monks on Main Street” on Tuesday, March 21st, available globally on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Amazon Music as well as on Cornflower’s website. “Monks on Main Street” was recorded using Cornflower's all-vocal arrangements by producer Bret Levick (Gifthorse, LEFT). This song is intended as a call-to-action for the times we live in, with the lyrics inspired by the likes of Martin Luther King, Jr., Gandhi and Eckhart Tolle.

The Grand Ole Opry^® in partnership with Huka Entertainment and Tortuga Music Festival are set to take the Opry’s popular Circle Throwdown series to Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Fort Lauderdale, Florida April 7 – 9.

BACKUP PLANET--the Nashville-based quartet who write arena-size anthems echoing with progressive intricacy, funk swagger, and even a little metallic edge--today (3/9) have announced their sophomore full-length album, REACTIONS, will be released Friday, March 31.

MerleFest, presented by Window World, is going international for its 30^th celebration by hosting the The Transatlantic Sessions Tour live at this year’s festival. MerleFest 2017 is scheduled for April 27-30 at Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, N.C.

Riding the wave of their critically acclaimed 2015 album, Lost at Last, Jon Stickley Trio independently releases their 3rd full length album, Maybe Believe, on May 12, 2017. Jon Stickley Trio combines Jon Stickley’s rapid-fire flatpicking guitar with the sultry and wild, yet refined, melodies of Lyndsay Pruett on violin set over the deep groove of Patrick Armitage on drums.

All around Kidal, the Malian desert stretches in every direction. Endless horizons of rock and sand, barren and parched. This is the southwestern edge of the Sahara, the home of the Tuareg people, and the town of Kidal is one of their main cultural centres. Fought over, conquered and re-conquered, it remains the symbol of Tuareg defiance and hope, the spiritual home of a dispossessed people.

For the past 7 years, The Werks have put on The Werk Out Music & Arts Festival which has hosted some of the top names in the business.  The initial reveal of the lineup includes 3 nights of The Werks, Gramatik, The Floozies, Emancipator, Dopapod (two nights), Dumpstaphunk and many more.

Forty Below Records is pleased to announce the inclusion of John Mayall. The Godfather of British Blues, in Airplay Direct’s Global Radio Showcase Series, Volume 3.

Bowling Green, KY's Morning Teleportation - the Paste "Best of What's Next" anointed group of Tiger Merritt (vocals/guitar/keyboards) and Travis Goodwin (keyboards/vocals) - announced its new album Salivating for Symbiosis will be released on April 28th via Glacial Pace Recordings.