July 2023

In 2019, John Surge and the Haymakers released Your Wonderful Life. In early 2021, having written nothing in 2020, Surge made it a goal to write two songs a week for three months. 17 songs later, he knew it was time to record another album.

Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and co-founder of Fleetwood Mac, celebrates the memory of his beloved bandmate Christine McVie, who died last November, with a poignant instrumental version of her signature composition, “Songbird.” This rendition features the extraordinary talent of ‘ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and is available today, on what would have been McVie’s 80th birthday. LISTEN HERE.

“Welcome home, Terrapin Nation,” Phil Lesh proclaimed on July 9 to the large crowd before him on the expansive, lush lawn of McNears Beach Park on the shores of San Pablo Bay in San Rafael, Calif. Lesh, co-founder of the Grateful Dead and now 83, joined the so-called Terrapin All-Stars for the closing set of a first-ever, one-day Sunday Daydream festival, which began in the early morning with an aptly named Turtle Trot that included 5K, 10K, and kids races.

Today, 3X GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Grace Potter debuts the cinematic video for her latest single “Good Time,” directed by Catherine Fordham. Set in the same remote desert cafe as Potter’s video for “Mother Road,” the album’s title track released last month, “Good Time,” is the next audacious chapter of the story and finds Lady Vagabond vibing to the Stones-inflected rocker, living her best life, and looking back with no regrets or inhibitions. Watch the video HERE and pre-save Mother Road HERE.

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With Pharoah Sanders’ blessing, this forthcoming box set, due September 15 on Luaka Bop, will present the definitive, remastered version of Pharoah, his seminal record from 1977, along with two previously unreleased live performances of his masterp