Today, GRAMMY® Award-winning jazz pioneers Yellowjackets release their newest single “The Lion” featuring guitarist and singer-songwriter Raul Midón. The song appears on their upcoming album Fasten Up, due out February 21 via Mack Avenue Records.  Well into their fourth decade as a band, the new release from these masterful musicians will be Yellowjackets’ 27th album and their seventh for Mack Avenue Records.

The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce its 45th class of Blues Hall of Fame inductees. This year’s honorees represent the heart and soul of the blues, reflecting the genre’s continued impact, innovation, and cultural importance. The Induction Ceremony will be held at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts, 255 N. Main St., on Wednesday, May 7. A Cocktail Reception honoring both the Blues Hall of Fame inductees and Blues Music Awards nominees will start at 5:30 p.m., with the formal inductions beginning at 6:30 p.m.

MAS invites music lovers to gather at The Savoy for an extraordinary evening of boundary-pushing sounds on Thursday, February 27. Award-winning banjoist, producer, and musical explorer Jayme Stone joins forces with the soul-stirring vocalist Alexa Wildish for a night of reimagined folk traditions, indie-pop originals, and global grooves that will transport you from Appalachia to Timbuktu.

When it comes to younger generation musicians dedicated to preserving and advancing the fine art of mainstream jazz guitar culture, Pasquale Grasso has become part of the upper echelon of living practitioners. Through his precision-geared, clean-toned and tradition-steeped legacy in progress, the virtuosic Italian-born and NYC-based guitarist has gained due respect in the guitar scene--including high praises from Pat Metheny--and beyond.

The 26th Annual Super Bowl Soulful Celebration, the only NFL-sanctioned multicultural and inspirational event of Super Bowl weekend, is set to captivate audiences with a special performance by the legendary Isley Brothers. The celebration will premiere in primetime on FOX on Saturday, February 8, at 8 PM ET/7 PM CT.

CMH RECORDS (Country. Music. Heritage.) maintains a rich history of classic country and bluegrass albums and is honoring several of these legacy releases by remastering them and making them available in new formats for the first time ever. Out February 21 for the first time ever on CD and digital, the 1981 classic title The Clayton McMichen Story features a star-studded cast of musicians–country and bluegrass legends Merle Travis, Mac Wiseman and Joe Maphis, alongside Jackson D.

Get ready for the uniquely Electric Guitar Blues Rock Experience that is guitarist Sean Chambers, with the upcoming release of "Live From Daryl's House Club' February 28 on Quarto Valley Records, also home to such legacy artists as Paul Rodgers, Edgar Winter, Savoy Brown and contemporary artists like Tom Hambridge.

Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist Liz Cole makes a striking entrance into the jazz world with the release of her debut album, I Want to Be Happy. A collection of timeless swing standards, intimate South American gems, and a poignant take on Tom Waits’ “I’m Still Here,” the album highlights Cole’s expressive, warm vocal style and impeccable phrasing.

Acclaimed Kentucky country singer-songwriter Grayson Jenkins has unveiled his latest single, “Good Times Go,” featuring the buzzing country and Americana act Pony Bradshaw. The reflective and brooding track, accompanied by a hauntingly evocative music video, explores the fleeting nature of success and failure through the lens of small-town life in rural America.

In celebration of Black History Month, KSDS Jazz 88.3 FM proudly announces Freedom Now! Jazz and Civil Rights, a limited-run, on-air series exploring the deep connections between jazz and the fight for civil rights in America. Airing every weekday throughout February, each hour-long episode will reexamine the landmark events of the Civil Rights Movement through the lens of the music that fortified and galvanized the nation’s signature campaigns for equality and dignity.