May 2023

Guess the Year is a new podcast that celebrates the music of the Grateful Dead – and the incredible passion of their fans, the Deadheads. Recently, Guess the Year hit #51 on the Apple Podcasts charts in the overall Music category, making it the most listened-to Grateful Dead podcast in the world, after only sixteen episodes.

BMG and The Montreux Jazz Festival have today released a brand-new live recording of ‘Stack-A-Lee’ from musical legend Dr. John. The track is taken from Dr. John’s performance at the 1986 Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland and appears on the upcoming record “Dr. John: The Montreux Years”, available from Friday 02 June.

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Dynamic blues auteur Samantha Fish and guitarist extraordinaire Jesse Dayton release their anticipated collaboration, Death Wish Blues, on Rounder Records. The latest track is the gritty “Rippin’ and Runnin,’” a bold number full of swagger and bravado, featuring a twangy intro that quickly evolves into thumping riffs alongside gut-punching vocals.  Listen to the hard-hitting “Rippin’ and Runnin’” and to Death Wish Blues HERE.

GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter, producer, and guitarist extraordinaire Cory Wong is back with “Look At Me (Feat. Allen Stone),” available now at all DSPs and streaming services.

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Accalimed indie-folk quartet Darlingside release the exquisitely wistful song "Darkening Hour" from their upcoming album Everything Is Alive (out July 28th via Thirty Tigers). "Darkening Hour" encapsulates the essence of Everything Is Alive, one of greater despair and frustration which much be confronted before redemption can eventually occur. Listen to "Darkening Hour" HERE and via DSPs HERE.

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Brennen Leigh is premiering the official video for her trucker song "Carole with an E" with Holler, who writes: "Like the other songs on Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet,' ’Carole With an E’ echoes the best of the era, when bluegrass-fuelled tunes, beer soaked honky-tonk ballads and hard-country weepers burst forth from AM transistor radios. The album’s country roots run deep, with guests like Marty Stuart and Rodney Crowell and a line-up of top-flight musicians."