On the personal invitation from President Obama, Brandi Carlile will join Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe, Gloria Estefan, Andra Day, Nas, The National, Francis & the Lights, Chance the Rapper and more for a special concert and community event tonight at Chicago’s Wintrust Arena. The event, which concludes the inaugural Obama Foundation Summit, will be live-streamed via obama.org starting at 8:30pm CT.

Steve Kimock – aka “the guitar monk,” as Relix put it—needs little introduction; he’s been one of the top-flight psychedelic guitarists of his generation, a founder of the whole concept of jam bands.  He’s played with all the living members of the Grateful Dead, Jorma Kaukonen, the late co-founder of Parliament/Funkadelic, Bernie Worrell…you name it. On October 28th he’ll release a new album, Satellite City, produced by Dave Schools, and there’s no better way to celebrate such an event than to go play it.

Monday night David Crosby and Friends kicks off his tour with two nights at City Winery Chicago and continues for 23 more dates throughout the states ending December 9th.

Performing as a full band, his friends consist of James Raymond on keys, Mai Agan on bass, Steve DiStanislao on drums, Jeff Pevar on guitar and Michelle Willis on keys and vocals.

For the first time ever, Whose Hat Is This?, the electrifying acid jazz collective of current Tedeschi Trucks Band members bassist Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie), saxophonist Kebbi Williams (Outkast), and drummers JJ Johnson (John Mayer) and Tyler "Falcon" Greenwell (Col. Bruce Hampton), will be hitting the road for an East Coast US tour in December 2017.

Today at 2:00pm CST, Todd Snider will be performing songs LIVE on Facebook in anticipation of the upcoming Hard Working Americans tour, kicking off this Friday in Portland, Oregon.

HWA will support Tedeschi Trucks Band in Portland, Seattle, San Diego, Los Angeles and Oakland, and also headline several of their own dates (SEE TOUR DATES BELOW) Tickets are going fast. To purchase visit: www.thehardoworkingamericans.com