Hands Off Gretel, founded by nineteen year old Lauren Tate are a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by the likes of Brody Dalle and Courtney Love, Lauren made it her mission to ensure strong, young women had a voice in today's music industry, presenting an alternative to mainstream pop stars singing about broken hearts. Lauren is a powerhouse of creativity; the band's frontwoman and songwriter, she also designs Hands Off Gretel's merchandise and is responsible for their videos, album artwork and photography.

In what is endearingly called the “big little” festival, Levitate Music and Arts Festival donated over $18,000 to Boys and Girls Club of Marshfield this summer. With 10,000 attendees this year, LMF donated $1.25 per ticket sold, plus parking revenue. This is the fourth year that the festival partnered with the club and previous fundraising efforts helped to rebuild the town’s skate park.

The Bluegrass Country Foundation has formed to become the new home for the longest operating bluegrass radio station in America.

Holly Bowling has announced the release of Better Left Unsung, a collection of solo classical improvisations and arrangements of The Grateful Dead, due December 9 on Royal Potato Family. A classically trained pianist, Bowling possesses one distinction that sets her apart from similarly studied musicians—a devotion to improvisational rock music and the vision to painstakingly transcribe “jam” masterworks note-for-note, arranging them for solo piano and improvising upon what was already wri

Ian Anderson is presenting JETHRO TULL this October on the West Coast in Las Vegas, San Diego, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Modesto, Folsom, San Jose, Portland, Spokane, and Seattle.

Medeski Martin & Wood have announced two shows in Cleveland at On Air Studio on Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19. They'll be joined each night by special guests and lifelong collaborators: guitarist Marc Ribot, trumpeter Steven Bernstein and percussionist Cyro Baptista. Also on the bill are turntablists DJ Logic and DJ Olive.

A big heart felt thank you to Peter Shapiro and Dave Frey, and all the staff and volunteers who helped to make Lockn’ Festival 2016 the best one yet! The music brings the love out of us all and flowing into the open air like the chem-trails! It's not as easy to see, but it sure is easy to feel and fun to capture. Thank you, Nelson County for opening your community to our community for this fantastic experience.

Zach Deputy, the one-man-band phenom from Savannah, GA released his 4^th album, Wash It In The Water, Friday, September 9.

Colorado Americana/Rock band Paper Bird releases their self-titled album today on Thirty Tigers, produced by John Oates (of Hall & Oates) and David Kalmusky. The band will perform at the prestigious Americana Music Fest in Nashville on September 24th.

"11 tracks that blend a ’70s rock sensibility and harmonies throughout." - Wall Street Journal, Speakeasy

HIRIE’s Wandering Soul has impressively debuted at #1 on the Billboard Reggae Chart and #10 on Billobard Heatseekers Album Chart! Wandering Soul (released on August 19, 2016 on Rootfire Cooperative) is the band’s second studio album and their first release to claim the #1 spot on the Billboard Reggae Chart and #10 on the Heatseekers Album Chart. The album is  also HIRIE’s first release on the forward-thinking U.S. label Rootfire Cooperative.