It all begins with a song. It’s a motto that Balsam Range has adopted and carried throughout their nearly 15-year career. Few artists can deliver songs that move people, and connect to audiences like this quintet from the mountains of North Carolina. With their newest album, Moxie and Mettle, Balsam Range released a series of singles that preceded the full album. The tremendous result was a coveted spot at the top of the Bluegrass Today charts for each of them.

What better way to ring in the New Year than spending New Year's Eve with much-loved and respected blues guitarist Tab Benoit's Swampland Jam, performing at the venerable House of Blues, Foundation Room, Friday, December 31. Show: 10pm. Tickets: $45.-$110. Must be 18 and over. 225 Decatur St.

The show at the Ryman may be sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t join in on the fun! Join me and some amazingly talented friends -- Sam Bush, Michael Cleveland, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, Sierra Hull, Edgar Meyer, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz, Billy Strings, Bryan Sutton, Chris Thile, Molly Tuttle and more -- streaming live on Friday, January 7 at 9pm ET on Mandolin. Performing music from my new, Grammy-nominated album, My Bluegrass Heart, you won’t want to miss this one! Tickets include 24 hour replay access.

Northern California's renowned non-profit arts institution San Jose Jazz welcomes 2022 with the return of its beloved 10th Annual San Jose Jazz Winter Fest 2022 featuring riveting concerts curated for audiences within the heart of Silicon Valley. With the festival's epicenter as San Jose Jazz's new state-of-the-art venue SJZ Break Room, SJZ Winter Fest 2022 reaches the far corners of the South Bay region with eight venues presenting acts from Friday, February 11 - Sunday, February 27, 2022.

This week the Black Pumas, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Jack Johnson, John Paul Jones, Keb' Mo', Mickey Hart, Sir David Attenborough and more joined in the fight for the environment.

Today, Dualtone Records releases Live From Blueberry Hill, a new album that documents the famous run of hundreds of shows that the late Chuck Berry — the American music icon Bob Dylan called “the Shakespeare of rock and roll” — performed on the Duck Room stage in the famed St. Louis venue.