Starting Wednesday, January 5 at 10/9c, country hit-maker T. Graham Brown is kicking off the new year with another exciting month of live cuts with some of his closest friends and heroes on the new episodes of LIVE WIRE on Sirius XM’S Prime Country Channel 58. Tune into January's episodes for special stories and memories recorded live at SiriusXM’s Music City Theater in Nashville, Tennessee.

"In collaboration with the artists in Haiti and New Orleans and other project partners, the WXPN Kanaval Ball scheduled to take place this Sunday, January 9 is being postponed to March 20, 2022 at The Fillmore Philadelphia. We look forward to presenting this free, celebratory culmination to WXPN's year-long project exploring the impact of Haitian rhythms on the music of New Orleans at that time.”

JANN KLOSE is releasing a new music video, “Never Fall” as a tribute to the legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the TutuDesk Campaign. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1V5Key8wcVo

On December 17th, 2021, Kareeta, a new country rock band, shares its debut album worldwide. Kareeta rose from the swamps and southern delta heat during the uncertain Spring of 2020. Emerging as a fully formed amalgamation of the music that shaped its core, the band assembled in California and recorded their debut LP in Oakland with producer and musician Greg Loiacono (Mother Hips, Green Leaf Rustlers) at the controls.

"I had the privilege of working alongside Betty White on many occasions back in my game show days of the late '70s and early '80s. We appeared together on Match Game, Tattletales, and Password Plus, and she always went out of her way to make me feel welcome. She kept us all laughing with her incredible sense of humor, while at the same time always performing as the consummate professional. I feel so honored to have known her."
- Bill Anderson
 

Specialists are set to embark on their Winter tour starting January 6th of 2022. After playing Shaky Knees festival in Atlanta GA, Specialists saw their potential to reach a wider audience by branching out of their current home in NYC. Founded in upstate New York, Specialists are eager to bring their Pop-Funk sound down south to Nashville TN, Knoxville TN, Ludlow KY, Atlanta GA, and Charlotte NC.

Generous people like you allow our three branches - the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, the annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion music festival, and WBCM Radio Bristol - to create recognition, opportunities, and economic benefit for our local and regional communities.

You have helped make it possible to educate and engage audiences worldwide regarding the history, impact and legacy of the 1927 Bristol Sessions and for that we are truly grateful.

Sicard Hollow is a four-piece progressive bluegrass band who formed with a mutual passion for pushing the boundaries of genre. Heavily influenced by the Grateful Dead and New Grass Revival, these young pickers bring new energy to a timeless style with a combination of fearless improvisation and instrumental prowess.

Josh Cleveland’s new track, “Home”, captures the comfort of being with the  right person, even (and maybe especially) in the midst of mayhem. Driven by a steady acoustic guitar line and supplemented by sweet harmonies from Family Three, it’s an americana-blues track with an assured sense of place and an instantly catchy hook:

“Yesterday I felt like the world was right and well / That’s when I’m home,” Josh sings, walking down a melody line that settles into resolution on the repeat: “That’s when I know I’m home.”

NYC based Americana jam-band mainstay PJ LaMariana follows the recent release of his debut single “Cold War” with his soulful debut album, For You, out December 22nd. LaMariana puts his entire chest into this album, exploring the colorful range of feelings — from longing, to despair, to hope — he discovers within himself through the stories told on For You.