The Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame will explore the founding of America’s most influential Jazz label with “The All Seeing Eye: Blue Note Records Through the Lens of Francis Wolff.” Curated by the Museum Collective with Blue Note Records, the exhibit will feature some of the 20,000 photographs from Blue Note co-founder Francis Wolff. It will open to the public on May 1, 2024, inside the Boch Center Wang Theatre. Tours are available now at FARHOF.org.

Gibson has been shaping the sound of music since 1894, when Orville Gibson designed and built his earliest-known musical instrument in his workshop in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 130 years later, you can still play it and it sounds better than ever. The innovative and forward-thinking carved top design that revolutionized the mandolin and guitar world delivering a louder, more durable, more playable instrument, remains the DNA of every Gibson.

Today, Kaufman Music Center announces the 25th annual New York Guitar Festival, which will be held at KMC’s esteemed venue, Merkin Hall from June 14-15th, 2024. The festival is co-presented by Kaufman Music Center, World Music Institute, New York Guitar Festival, and New Sounds Live.

For her first new single in 10 years, Nashville-based singer, songwriter and flatpicking guitarist Rebecca Frazier recruited some heavy hitters, starting with co-writers Jon Weisberger and Bob Minner, who helped pen “Make Hay While the Moon Shines.” Then she stepped into the studio with legends Béla Fleck (banjo), Sam Bush (mandolin), Stuart Duncan (fiddle), Barry Bales (bass), Josh Swift (dobro) and Shelby Means (harmony vocals).

Today, Yukon-based bluegrass band The Lucky Ones officially begin a new chapter with the release of their new EP A Nickel For The Fiddler, available on all digital platforms.

On the heels of two singles, "Since The Farm Got Sold" and "Fools Gold," the group is offering one more preview with "Waiting On A Paycheck," a high-and-lonesome homage to their blue collar roots that can be traced back to Jimmie Rodgers.

On his last release, Sweethearts—an all-encompassing tribute to The Byrds’ classic, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, which Glide Magazine called “Tender, faithful renditions that capture the groundbreaking character of the original album, just as his own versions are distinctive"—upstate New York recording artist Christian Parker wanted to prove his skills as an astute music student.

Three years after its original release on compact disc and streaming services, Smithsonian Folkways is announcing a special DOUBLE VINYL LP SET of the International Bluegrass Music Association's (IBMA) Album of the Year (2021), Industrial Strength Bluegrass. This all-star project set, which tells the story of bluegrass' transformation from a music to a movement carried north by Appalachians seeking a better life in the booming post-WWII factories of Southwest Ohio, will be released May 3rd.

The 1980s were a unique, fun-filled era of music shaped in no small part by the emergence of MTV and the genre of New Wave. Fans will soon have a chance to step back in time to the electrifying era of the '80s with a music tour that promises a nostalgic journey of iconic sounds and unforgettable melodies.   

Drummer/producer/rapper Kassa Overall announces his Live At Third Man Records LP, recorded direct-to-acetate at Third Man Records Nashville’s Blue Room venue on May 3, 2022. The album, which is comprised of compositions from his first two albums, Go Get Ice Cream and Listen to Jazz and I Think I’m Good, will be available on both vinyl and streaming services on April 19, 2024.

This May, prepare to be whisked away on an unparalleled musical odyssey with The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, under the luminous leadership of the legendary Scots fiddler, Alasdair Fraser. This captivating concert series will present an enchanting evening filled with the heart-stirring melodies of the Celtic tradition, brought to life by over 65 virtuosic musicians from the Bay Area.