A cloudless winter sky arches over Los Angeles this Jan. 31, setting a bright stage for a night of musical brilliance and heartfelt celebration. At the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 34th annual MusiCares Persons of the Year gala is about to get underway — and this year, all eyes are on the Grateful Dead, the 2025 honorees who spent six decades forging an undeniable legacy of boundary-pushing music and generous community outreach.

Austin’s soulful, jam-infused American rock band Nether Hour is turning up the heat with the release of their groove-heavy single, “Sex Ed,” available Thursday, February 13 via Nether Family Records. This third tantalizing preview of their forthcoming eight-track album, MOONSHINE, arrives ahead of the album’s official release on March 14, 2025.

Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist Ray Cardwell is the newest addition to the Americana Vibes roster, label of the GRAMMY-award winning progressive bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters. Cardwell’s debut album on the label and fourth full-length release of his career, Singing Tree, is produced by Jeremy Garrett of The Infamous Stringdusters and available today on all streaming platforms and CD.

Maya Delilah has announced the release of The Long Way Round, her stunning full-length debut album out March 28 via Blue Note/Capitol.

The creative genius and passionate determination of one of America’s musical icons comes to life inside the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame with Joan Baez: A Life of Music, Art, and Activism. The exhibit, curated by Museum Collective, will feature handwritten lyrics, rarely seen personal photos, original artwork and famous instruments that defined Baez’s award-winning career. The new exhibit opens inside the Boch Center Wang Theatre, March 6, 2025.

Goose are excited to share the official music video for the euphoric first single, “Give It Time,” from their new album, Everything Must Go, arriving via No Coincidence Records on Friday, April 25. Digital and vinyl pre-orders are available now.