In West Marin County, California, on Saturday afternoon, a benefit performance by Skeleton Krewe, a unique trio (Stephen Inglis, Barry Sless, and Rob Barraco) in which each member possesses decades of high-level Grateful Dead-esque experience, was enhanced by the presence of two powerhouse musical guests (Pete Sears and Jay Lane), both of whom have displayed their own improvisational prowess seemingly forever.

On September 30, 2024, the iconic folk/blues duo Hot Tuna graced the stage of the historic Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, delivering a night of timeless and exhilarating music. Known for their blend of Americana, blues, and rock, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady once again proved their enduring talent and connection with the audience.

Robert Earl Keen is pleased to announce the addition of a Spartanburg, SC show to the Lights, Camera, Christmas! holiday tour which will take him and the band throughout the Southeast this December for a dozen shows. The Robert Earl Keen Band will wrap up the run in Texas with two nights at Austin’s famed Moody Theater, followed by the grand finale just before Christmas Day in REK HQ, Kerrville, Texas.

Mentored by 6-time GRAMMY® winner and blues guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, bluesman Colin James’ own career is becoming legendary via his 8-Juno Award wins (Canada’s GRAMMY® equivalent), 30 Maple Blues Awards, multi-platinum record sales, and being inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. Yet what is missing from this prodigiously gifted guitarist’s career is a GRAMMY® nomination.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Sarah Brindell breathes new life into Luiz Bonfá’s classic with her latest single, "Samba De Orfeu," set to release on October 18th. This heartfelt reinterpretation is a musical celebration of simplicity and the beauty of everyday moments, inspired by Brazilian rhythms and the myth of Orpheus.

The Red Clay Strays will take their “These Moments Tour” to Australia and Hawaii in May with newly confirmed shows at Honolulu’s Republik, Brisbane’s The Tivoli, Newcastle’s Bar on the Hill, Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, Melbourne’s The Forum and Perth’s Metro City.

Tickets for the tour will go on-sale this Friday, October 18 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.redclaystrays.com/tour.

Samantha Fish, the genre-defying blues-rock powerhouse, proudly announces the return of her Shake 'Em On Down Tour for its second annual edition. Fish will again headline an electrifying lineup showcasing the best in modern blues. This year's tour features Grammy-nominated Cedric Burnside, a North Mississippi Hill Country Blues torchbearer, and the return of blues-punk legend Jon Spencer.

3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito has shared a stark and beautiful official music video for the recently released single, "I Hope Somebody’s Loving You." A rare ballad for Fantastic Negrito, the song is taken from his new album, Son of a Broken Man (Storefront Records), arriving everywhere next Friday, October 18. Pre-orders are available now.

Rockin’ Dopsie Jr. and the Zydeco Twisters’ recently released, self-titled album has been earning raves for its high-energy celebration of one of America’s rich cultural traditions that is beloved across the world: zydeco music.  

Listen to the album here: https://atorecords-ffm.com/morefun  

Watch this short film about the album here: https://youtu.be/VZP2_1xEUsY?si=0ReFORBV46LxLrCw

2021’s vinyl only American Dreamer Box Set reintroduced the world to the undisputed but somewhat overlooked talents of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Laura Nyro, the brilliant Brooklyn-born female artist who, in four decades of recording, would merge r&b, doo-wop, pop, jazz, Broadway, opera, folk with her own individual brand of blue-eyed soul across several critically acclaimed studio albums she recorded before her tragic passing in 1997 ag