BMG and The Montreux Jazz Festival have today announced the release of Dr. John: The Montreux Years – Friday, June 2, 2023 and available to pre-order now. The brand-new release in the Montreux Years series is a collection of Dr. John’s finest performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival between 1986 to 2012. Beautifully restored and mastered, Dr. John: The Montreux Years will be available in multi-format configurations including superior audiophile heavyweight vinyl, high-quality CD and HD digital.

Thundercat joins Zane Lowe in-studio on Apple Music 1 to discuss his surprise collaboration with Tame Impala on new song “No More Lies”. He tells Apple Music why the experience was “one of the greater moments” for him and discusses the origin of the collaboration, how Tame Impala’s “Apocalypse Dreams” got him through one of the hardest moments of his life, the experience of creating together, and more.

Thundercat Tells Apple Music About The Origin of His Collaboration with Tame Impala...

“It’s kind of classic country chords,” says Chris Shiflett about his brand new tune “Dead And Gone.” He’s not wrong, but it’s so much more than that. The two-step-ish feel is there, as are the sweet dobro playing of Charlie Worsham and the swampy tremolo guitar tones of Tom Bukovac, but a wildly fuzzy electric guitar fills the space between Shiflett’s slightly overdriven and doubled vocal lines. He stomps on another pedal for his solo that splits his guitar into three whole octaves of in-your-face chicken pickin’ licks.

Bellingham, Wash. folk duo Raveis Kole have charted on Billboard, participated in Folk Alliance and AmericanaFest, shared bills with Justin Townes Earle, The Wailers, Cory Henry, and more, and today they release their new LP In the Moment (out Apr. 28), an album about being present, not taking life for granted, and making loving connections with yourself, others and our planet.