April 2022

The latest unique news headline out of the music community is that the co-founder of a nationally-touring, genre busting bluegrass act delivers his first solo recording in the style of surf rock. Dave Bruzza, known for two decades of work as guitarist, vocalist and songwriting of Greensky Bluegrass, today offers up Heart of Santa Cruz in the form of a 45 rpm on vinyl.

WXPN, the non-commercial, member-supported radio station of the University of Pennsylvania, today announced that it will present its annual three-day XPoNential Music Festival presented by Subaru from Friday, September 16 through Sunday, September 18, 2022 at two adjacent outdoor venues on the Camden, New Jersey waterfront.

This is the perfect game for fans of the Grateful Dead and Chicago Cubs!

The Grateful Dead Special Ticket Offer Wednesday, June 15, includes a special-edition Cubs and Grateful Dead hat with your ticket to the Cubs-Padres game at Wrigley Field.

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MerleFest organizers and patrons have been counting down the days for the world-famous festival’s return to its usual Spring weekend. Some fans’ annual pilgrimages to MerleFest are already underway, and the Wilkes Community College campus is abuzz with festival staff excitedly readying the festival to take place just one week from now—April 28th through May 1st. Today, MerleFest, presented by Window World, announced the lineup for the fan-favorite Late Night Jam.

Tipitina’s Record Club – an exclusive subscription service from Tipitina’s, the legendary New Orleans nightclub owned and operated by Galactic – has unveiled its latest limited edition vinyl offering in Etta James’ Your Good Thing: Live At Tipitina’s, available on 180g, custom-colored vinyl only via subscription HERE. Shipping begins June/July 2022.

Old Sea Brigade has returned today with his first new release of 2022, continuing a breakout stretch that's seen the Nashville songwriter praised for making "some of the best quarantine art" (Consequence) and as one of SPIN's "favorite musicians" of last year. On "Man Made By Delusion" (Nettwerk Music Group), he employs a pitch-perfect bluntness to capture those moments where nothing feels right....an awkward conversation, a bad glance in the mirror, those moods where even sunshine gets under your skin.