Today, The Black Legacy Project, a musical celebration of Black History, releases “Rise Up” from the debut album Black Legacy Project Vol. 1, out September 22nd. “Rise Up” is an original composition, created and performed by a diverse group of musicians in The Berkshires area of Western Massachusetts.  Listen to the moving “Rise Up” HERE.

Beginning August 31 The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) will present RetroBlakesberg: The Music Never Stopped, a solo exhibition that travels through some of the most explosive moments in music history through the lens of Bay Area-based photographer Jay Blakesberg.

Popular music festival Reggae on the Way presents "Maui on the Way: Wild Fire Relief" - a two-day concert benefiting the disastrous wild fires that have been raging across Hawaii.

Ghost of Vroom – the acclaimed band comprised of veteran singer-songwriter Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing), bassist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston, and drummer Madden Klass – have announced plans for their biggest headline tour thus far. North American dates begin November 3 at Gabe’s in Iowa City, IA, and then travels through mid-November. General on-sales for all announced dates begin Friday, August 18 at 12:00 pm (local).

“She's the moon in the sky / She's the turning of the tide / She's the salt in the water, the horizon line.” David Borné's “Color of the Rain” is an ode to the driving force behind it all—inspired by the idea that rain itself is colored by whatever surrounds it.
 

Today, the Southern Indiana-born, Nashville-based artist Stephen Wilson Jr. released new single “patches” from his upcoming debut double album søn of dad, out September 15 via Big Loud Records. With its deceptively breezy melody and easygoing chorus underscored by melancholic slide guitars, the song touches upon the importance of learning to live with the scars, scratches and holes in our lives.

On October 6th, American abstract artist and Hawk bandleader David Hawkins will release the stunning third album of his orchestral art-rock supergroup Be, Here, a lush and intricate song cycle inspired by The Beach Boys’ classic Pet Sounds and dedicated to Brian Wilson, though one can also hear traces of mystical Beatles psychedelia and The Velvet Underground’s tangled hum among its influences.

Today, GRAMMY-nominated trumpeter John Raymond and Bon Iver sideman S. Carey released their video for “Transient,” the newest single from Raymond and Carey’s upcoming collaborative album Shadowlands.

Bay Philharmonic (formerly Fremont Symphony) is proud to announce its ‘23/’24 season, which

On her new 9th album ‘Center of the Universe’, Swedish born musician; Sofia Talvik, brings together her own distinctive nordic melancholy, Laurel Canyon vibes and modern folk mixed with bluegrass, further defining the path that is uniquely hers.