John Mellencamp’s forthcoming new album Orpheus Descending is set for release June 2 via Republic Records. In anticipation of upcoming record, Mellencamp is sharing the album track “Hey God.” Listen/share HERE, watch/share the official video HERE and pre-order the album HERE.

His twenty fifth album produced by Mellencamp and recorded as his own Belmont Mall Studio. One of his most personal records to date, standout tracks “Hey God” and “The Eyes of Portland” focus on social issues Mellencamp continues to passionately advocate for.

Mellencamp is currently in the midst of his massive Live and In Person 2023 North American tour, with dates running through June 27 including stops in New York City, Nashville, Philadelphia, Boston and more. A complete list of remaining dates is below and tickets where available for purchase HERE.

He’s currently performing songs from the new LP during his live set. The Chicago Tribune says “Awash in death, “Hey God” functioned as a plea for deliverance from senseless gun violence. Preceded by a story about his encounter with a 20-something homeless woman, the solo acoustic “The Eyes of Portland” took aim at the empty “thoughts and prayers” condolences offered as a solution to major tragedies and dilemmas.” LA Weekly describes the performances as “authentic, grounded and painfully honest.”

His critically acclaimed studio LP, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, was released early last year to praise from The New York Times, NPR Music, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more.

Mellencamp also recently released a deluxe edition reissue of his beloved seminal album, Scarecrow, which features a massive collection of bonus tracks, rarities and more never previously shared before. Listen HERE.

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a Grammy winner, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Mellencamp has continued to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. Last year, he released a self-curated book of his work, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages, which is out now on Rizzoli New York.

TRACK LIST
ORPHEUS DESCENDING
1. Hey God
2. The Eyes Of Portland
3. Land Of The So Called Free
4. The Kindness Of Lovers
5. Amen
6. Orpheus Descending
7. Understated Reverence
8. One More Trick
9. Lightning And Luck
10. Perfect World
11. Backbone
    
TOUR DATES
April 21—Stifel Theatre—St. Louis, MO
April 22—Stifel Theatre—St. Louis, MO
April 24—Orpheum Theatre—Memphis, TN
April 25—Orpheum Theatre—Memphis, TN
May 5—Old National Events Plaza—Evansville, IN
May 6—Old National Events Plaza—Evansville, IN
May 8—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN
May 9—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN
May 10—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN
May 12—Aronoff Center—Cincinnati, OH
May 13—Aronoff Center—Cincinnati, OH
May 15—Embassy Theatre—Ft. Wayne, IN
May 16—Embassy Theatre—Ft. Wayne, IN
May 17—Palace Theatre—Columbus, OH
May 19—Peace Center—Greenville, SC
May 20—DPAC—Durham, NC
May 22—Benedum Center—Pittsburgh, PA
May 23—Benedum Center—Pittsburgh, PA
May 25—Playhouse Square—Cleveland, OH
May 26—Playhouse Square—Cleveland, OH
June 2—The Lyric—Baltimore, MD
June 3—Kimmel Cultural Center—Philadelphia, PA
June 5—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 6—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 7—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 9—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 10—Boch Center-Wang Theatre—Boston, MA
June 11—Providence Performing Arts Center—Providence, RI
June 13—Palace Theatre—Albany, NY
June 14—Landmark Theatre—Syracuse, NY
June 16—Shea’s Performing Arts Center—Buffalo, NY
June 17—Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI
June 19—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON
June 21—Devos Performance Hall—Grand Rapids, MI
June 23—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 24—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 26—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI
June 27—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings will continue his extensive headline tour through this fall including newly confirmed shows at Portland’s Moda Center (two nights), Seattle’s WAMU Theater, Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater (two nights), Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena, Pittsburgh’s Petersen Events Center (two nights), Baltimore’s CFG Bank Arena (two nights) and Syracuse’s The Oncenter as well as dates in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the U.K. See below for complete itinerary.

Tickets will be available for pre-sale starting this Wednesday, April 26 at 10:00am local time with general on-sale following this Friday, April 28 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.billystrings.com/tour.

The fall dates are just the latest added to Strings’ extensive 2023 run, which also includes upcoming shows at Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (two nights, both sold out), Denver’s Mission Ballroom, Phoenix’s Arizona Financial Center (sold out), Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre (sold out), Las Vegas’ Brooklyn Bowl (sold out), Austin’s Moody Center, Indianapolis’ TCU Amphitheater (two nights, both sold out) and Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion (two nights) among many others.

The upcoming performances add to yet another landmark year for Strings, who released Me/And/Dad, the first album he’s recorded with his dad, Terry Barber, this past fall via Rounder Records (stream/purchase here). The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. Released to overwhelming acclaim, NPR Music praises, “exuberant interplay…a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners,” while The Wall Street Journal declares, “Me/And/Dad works beautifully…the guitars from the principals along with mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass are expertly played with joy and verve” and Billboard proclaims, “Top-notch, wooly bluegrass picking wraps around distinct, family harmonies throughout.” In celebration of the release, Strings and Barber were featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” speaking with host Ailsa Chang, while Strings was also featured on “CBS Sunday Morning” speaking with correspondent Conor Knighton.

The new record follows Strings’ acclaimed album, Renewal, which landed on several “Best of 2021” lists including The Bitter Southerner, No Depression, Glide, The Boot, Folk Alley and was one of the Top 50 Most Played Albums at Americana Radio last year. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, the record was released to overwhelming praise with The New York Times declaring, “a premier bluegrass mind for this post-everything era…he has zigged and zagged between the form’s antediluvian traditions and rapid-fire improvisations that hit like hard bop, all within songs with hooks so sharp that he seems poised for crossover stardom.”

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards (the organization also named him Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year in 2021), Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.” A respected figure across all genres, Strings has also collaborated with a wide variety of artists.

BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, April 28 at 10:00am local time
April 29-30—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl – Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
May 17—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 19—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 20—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 21—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
May 24—Las Vegas, NV—Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)
May 26—Napa, CA—BottleRock Napa Valley
June 2—Austin, TX—Moody Center
June 3—Austin, TX—Moody Center
June 7—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center
June 9—St. Louis, MO—Chaifetz Arena
June 10—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 11—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 13—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 14—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 16—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre (SOLD OUT)
June 17—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (SOLD OUT)
July 13—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 14—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
July 15—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
July 19—Norfolk, VA—Chartway Arena
July 21—Bridgeport, CT—Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 22—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 23—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 25—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
July 26—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
July 28—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 29—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 30—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 7—Frankfurt, Germany—Batschkapp
August 8—Berlin, Germany—Huxleys
August 9—Hamburg, Germany—Grobe Freiheit 36
August 11—Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County—Way Out West
August 12—Oslo, Norway—Oya Festival
August 24—Knoxville, TN—Knoxville Civic Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
August 25—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater
August 26—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater
September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 22—Buena Vista, CO—venue announcing soon
September 23—Buena Vista, CO—venue announcing soon
September 27—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Arena
September 29—Portland, OR—Moda Center
September 30—Portland, OR—Moda Center
October 1—Seattle, WA—WAMU Theater
October 4—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center
October 6—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater
October 7—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater
October 8—Stateline, NV—Tahoe Event Center
October 10—West Valley City, UT—Maverik Center
October 13—Independence, MO—Cable Dahmer Arena
October 14—Independence, MO—Cable Dahmer Arena
October 31—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena
November 6—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso
November 7—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso
November 8—Antwerp, BE—De Roma
November 10—Cologne, DE—Carlswerk Victoria
November 11—Luxembourg—den Atelier
November 12—Munich, DE—Neue Theaterfabrik
November 14—Paris, FR—La Cigale
November 15—London, UK—Roundhouse
November 17—Manchester, UK—Manchester Academy
November 18—Glasgow, UK—O2 Academy Glasgow
November 19—Birmingham, UK—O2 Academy
December 6—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum
December 8—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena
December 9—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena
December 12—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center
December 13—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center
December 15—Wilkes-Barre, PA—Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
December 16—Syracuse, NY— The Oncenter
December 29—New Orleans, LA—Uno Lakefront Arena
December 30—New Orleans, LA— Uno Lakefront Arena
December 31—New Orleans, LA— Uno Lakefront Arena

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, will release their new album, City of Gold, July 21 via Nonesuch Records (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, lead track, “El Dorado,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

City of Gold follows Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards and led NPR Music to call her, “a female flat picker extraordinaire with agility, speed and elegance who distinctively brings American roots music into the spotlight,” adding that the album “marries the improvisatory solos of traditional bluegrass with singer-songwriter sophistication.”

Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, during which they have grown together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks—mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)—capture the electric energy of the band’s live shows by highlighting each members’ musical strengths. In addition to Tuttle and Secor, Mason Via also co-wrote “Down Home Dispensary,” while Melody Walker and Shelby Means co-wrote “Next Rodeo.”

Reflecting on the project, Tuttle shares, “When I was a kid, we took a field trip to Coloma, CA to learn about the gold rush. I’ll never forget the dusty hills and the grizzled old miner who showed us the nugget around his neck. Just like gold fever, music has always captivated me, captured my heart, and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths. On my new album I dug deep as a songwriter (with Ketch Secor) and co-producer (with Jerry Douglas) and surfaced with a record that celebrates the music of my heart, my life, the land where I grew up, and the stories I heard along the way. I made this record with my band Golden Highway after playing over 100 shows across the country last year. On the road and in the studio, we are inspired by artists such as John Hartford, Gillian Welch and Peter Rowan to name a few, whose records are like family albums to us. Just like them, on this album we chart some new territory along some old familiar ground. The songs span from breakdowns to ballads, fairytales and fiddle tunes, from Yosemite up to the Gold Country and out beyond the mountains. That visit to Coloma, site of California’s first gold strike is where I first heard about El Dorado, the city of gold. Playing music can take you to a place that is just as precious. I hope you like this record!”

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, acoustic guitar), Douglas (dobro) and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle, harmony vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass, harmony vocals) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo, harmony vocals)—City of Gold also features special guest Dave Matthews on “Yosemite.”

In celebration of the new music, Tuttle and Golden Highway will tour through this summer including headline shows at Oklahoma City’s Beer City Music Hall, Virginia Beach’s Elevation 27, Cleveland’s Blossom Music Center and St. Louis’ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre as well as select dates with Shane Smith & The Saints, Dierks Bentley, Charley Crockett and Marcus King. The band will also make festival appearances this year at New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo, Railbird Music Festival, DelFest and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage. 

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

May 5—New Orleans, LA—New Orleans Jazz Festival
May 9—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
May 13—Huntersville, NC—North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival
May 19—Oklahoma City, OK—Beer City Music Hall
May 20—Bentonville, AR—FreshGrass Bentonville
May 21—Columbia, MO—The Blue Note
May 25—Portsmouth, NH—The Music Hall
May 26—Marshfield, MA—Levitate Backyard
May 27—Virginia Beach, VA—Elevation 27
May 28—Cumberland, MD—DelFest
June 1—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage†
June 2—Clarkson, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre†
June 3—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center†
June 4—Lexington, KY—Railbird Music Festival
June 15—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 16—Grass Valley, CA—Father’s Day Festival
June 22—Owensboro, KY—ROMP 2023
June 23—Somerset, WI—Somerset Amphitheater
June 24—East Troy, WI—Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 25—Maryland Heights, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 7—Harbor Springs, MI—Blissfest Festival Farm
July 14—Whitefish, MT—Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival
July 18—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater‡
July 19—Boise, ID—Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
July 22—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 30—Lyons, CO—RockyGrass Festival
August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
*supporting Shane Smith & The Saints
†supporting Dierks Bentley
‡supporting Charley Crockett
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings collaborates with legendary artist Willie Nelson on “California Sober”—watch the official music video HERE. Released today in celebration of Nelson’s 90th birthday, the single is Strings’ first new music since partnering with venerable label, Reprise Records. Strings will join Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Chris Stapleton and many more celebrating Nelson’s birthday this weekend with two special sold out shows at L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl (more information here).

The new release comes on the heels of a series of landmark years for Strings, who is currently in the midst of an extensive world tour including upcoming shows at Denver’s Red Rocks (two nights, both sold out). L.A.’s Greek Theatre (sold out), Austin’s Moody Center (two nights), Chicago’s Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (sold out), Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion (two nights) among many others. Tickets for the newly unveiled fall leg, which will span across the U.S. in addition to stops in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the U.K., go on-sale today at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found below or at www.billystrings.com/tour.

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Since his 2017 debut, he has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year and Song of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards (the organization also named him Entertainer of the Year and Guitar Player of the Year in 2021), Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits” and “Bluegrass Underground.”

His most recent release, last year’s collaborative album, Me/And/Dad, featured Strings along with his dad, Terry Barber. The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child. Released to overwhelming acclaim, NPR Music praises, “exuberant interplay…a match made tender by the familiar harmonies of these two lifelong picking partners,” while The Wall Street Journal declares, “Me/And/Dad works beautifully…the guitars from the principals along with mandolin, banjo, fiddle and bass are expertly played with joy and verve” and Billboard proclaims, “Top-notch, wooly bluegrass picking wraps around distinct, family harmonies throughout.”

BILLY STRINGS 2023 CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

April 29—Los Angeles, CA—Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 at the Hollywood Bowl (SOLD OUT)
April 30—Los Angeles, CA—Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90 at the Hollywood Bowl (SOLD OUT)
May 11—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
May 17—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 19—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 20—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (SOLD OUT)
May 21—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
May 24—Las Vegas, NV—Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)
May 26—Napa, CA—BottleRock Napa Valley
June 2—Austin, TX—Moody Center
June 3—Austin, TX—Moody Center
June 7—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center
June 9—St. Louis, MO—Chaifetz Arena
June 10—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 11—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)
June 13—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 14—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
June 16—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre (SOLD OUT)
June 17—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (SOLD OUT)
July 13—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 14—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre
July 15—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
July 19—Norfolk, VA—Chartway Arena
July 21—Bridgeport, CT—Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
July 22—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 23—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)
July 25—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
July 26—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion
July 28—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 29—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)
July 30—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 7—Frankfurt, Germany—Batschkapp
August 8—Berlin, Germany—Huxleys
August 9—Hamburg, Germany—Grobe Freiheit 36
August 24—Knoxville, TN—Knoxville Civic Coliseum (SOLD OUT)
August 25—Huntsville, AL—The Orion Amphitheater
August 26—Louisville, KY—The Orion Amphitheater
September 14—Huntsville, AL—Bourbon & Beyond
September 22-23—Buena Vista, CO—venue announcing soon
September 27—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Arena
September 29—Portland, OR—Moda Center
September 30—Portland, OR—Moda Center
October 1—Seattle, WA—WAMU Theater
October 4—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center
October 6—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater
October 7—Stanford, CA— Frost Amphitheater
October 8—Stateline, NV—Tahoe Event Center
October 10—West Valley City, UT—Maverik Center
October 13—Independence, MO—Cable Dahmer Arena
October 14—Independence, MO— Cable Dahmer Arena
October 31—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena
November 6—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
November 7—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
November 8—Antwerp, Belgium—De Roma
November 10—Cologne, Germany—Carlswerk Victoria
November 11—Luxembourg, Luxembourg—den Atelier
November 12—Munich, Germany—Neue Theaterfabrik
November 14—Paris, France—La Cigale
November 15—London, U.K.—Roundhouse
November 17—Manchester, U.K.—Manchester Academy
November 18—Glasgow, U.K.—O2 Academy Glasgow
November 19—Birmingham, U.K.—O2 Academy
December 6—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum
December 8—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena
December 9—Baltimore, MD— CFG Bank Arena
December 12—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center
December 13—Pittsburgh, PA— Petersen Events Center
December 15—Wilkes-Barre, PA—Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza
December 16—Syracuse, NY—Oncenter War Memorial
December 29—New Orleans, LA—Uno Lakefront Arena
December 30—New Orleans, LA—Uno Lakefront Arena
December 31—New Orleans, LA—Uno Lakefront Arena

Grammy nominated duo The Milk Carton Kids are debuting the new track “North Country Ride” off their forthcoming record I Only See The Moon, due May 19 via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Stream/share the song HERE and pre-order/pre-save the album HERE.

Band member Kenneth Pattengale explains, “My wife’s Uncle Peter died in November, 2021. He was a beautiful guy. The funniest person in the room and—more than anyone else I have ever met—genuinely interested in other people’s creativity. Pure joy, and tenacious; he gave us many laughs and many tears. I wrote “North Country Ride” for Peter. Joey helped me finish it, and provides singular rhythm and harmony on our studio rendering here and whilst on stage (Thanks, Joey). Love you Unky, see ya in the stars.”

The group recently debuted the album tracks “All Of The Time In The World To Kill,” “When You’re Gone,” “Running on Sweet Smile” and “Star Shine,” their first new music since their acclaimed 2019 album The Only Ones. American Songwriter hails “Running On Sweet Smile” as a “thoughtful, acoustic guitar-driven song,” while praising the “blissful harmonies” of “When You’re Gone.” The Boot calls “When You’re Gone” “an earnest tale of a memory that refuses to leave while longing for days that have passed,” and The Bluegrass Situation notes that “Running On Sweet Smile” is “direct in its lyrics, yet winding and exploratory in arrangement, highlighting the many strengths of the folk duo.”

“Both of us have now lived enough life to understand that maybe one of the purposes we were put on Earth for is to sing together, to write songs together, to make music together,” notes Pattengale. “It has truly provided a direction for our lives.” Guitarist/vocalist Joey Ryan adds, “It’s like a successful marriage in that there’s always been enough there between us collaboratively in the way that we work together, sing together, play together. It’s a very special thing. And I don’t think we ever took that for granted.”

Founded in 2011, The Milk Carton Kids swiftly emerged as a major force in the American folk tradition, blending ethereal harmonies and intricate musicianship with a uniquely powerful brand of contemporary songcraft. 2013’s ANTI- debut The Ash & Clay proved their national breakthrough, earning The Milk Carton Kids their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album. A second Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance followed in 2015 for the track “The City of Our Lady” from band’s acclaimed third studio album, Monterey, and 2018’s All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

The band’s most recent album, 2019’s The Only Ones (out now via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers), was the subject of extensive praise, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that “Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan get back to the beautiful basics with The Only Ones,” while NPR’s “World Café” noted that “even though Joey and Kenneth are not related, their voices together create a sibling-like harmony...the duo has a strong sense of respect and reverence for the musical traditions that they've grown from.”

TRACK LIST
I ONLY SEE THE MOON
1. All Of The Time In The World To Kill
2. Star Shine
3. When You’re Gone
4. Wheels And Levers
5. I Only See The Moon
6. Running On Sweet Smile
7. One True Love
8. Body & Soul
9. North Country Ride
10. Will You Remember Me

Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter’s anticipated new album, Spectral Lines, is out today via Thirty Tigers. Stream/purchase HERE.

Produced by Ritter’s longtime collaborator Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim), Spectral Lines finds Ritter expanding beyond the bounds of his previous work to create a record both atmospheric and profound. Dedicated to the memory of his mother, Ritter searches for commonality across these ten seamless tracks by exploring life’s most universal ideas—love, devotion and what it means to be connected, to both each other and to ourselves.

Adding to an already notable year, Bob Dylan performed Ritter’s song, “Only A River,” earlier this month while on tour in Japan. The song was originally recorded by Bob Weir for his acclaimed 2016 solo album, Blue Mountain. Of the cover, Ritter shares, “I am speechless. I wrote the song in the stairwell of my dorm in college, 25 years ago. Music is a blessed traveler.”

One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, Ritter has released ten studio albums to date including 2019’s widely acclaimed, Fever Breaks, of which NPR Music praised, “He remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within a single song.” In addition to his work as a musician, Ritter is also a national best-selling author, having released two novels to date: 2011’s Bright’s Passage and 2021’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, for which the film rights have recently been optioned for development. Released to critical attention, Stephen King wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Bright’s Passage “shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime…This is the work of a gifted novelist.”

In celebration of the new music, Ritter and his band, the Royal City Band, will return to the road next week with upcoming headline shows at Chicago’s Thalia Hall (sold out), Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Washington, DC’s Lincoln Theatre, Philadelphia’s Keswick Theatre, Boston’s House of Blues and New York’s Beacon Theatre among others. He will also join Gregory Alan Isakov for select dates this summer. The upcoming shows follow Ritter’s sold-out solo European tour, which he wrapped earlier this month. See below for complete itinerary. Full details can be found at www.joshritter.com.

In addition to Ritter (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar) and Kassirer (piano, organ, mellotron, synthesizers, drums), Spectral Lines also features Jocie Adams (clarinet, synthesizers, background vocals), Matt Douglas (woodwinds), Zachariah Hickman (upright bass, electric bass), Rich Hinman (electric guitar, pedal steel), Shane Leonard (drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass), Kevin O’Connell (drums, percussion, electric bass, electric guitar) and Dietrich Strause (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).

SPECTRAL LINES TRACK LIST
1. Sawgrass
2. Honey I Do
3. Horse No Rider
4. For Your Soul
5. Black Crown
6. Strong Swimmer
7. Whatever Burns Will Burn
8. Any Way They Come
9. In Fields
10. Someday

JOSH RITTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
May 4—Woodstock, NY—Levon Helm Studios* (SOLD OUT)
May 5—Woodstock, NY—Levon Helm Studios* (SOLD OUT)
May 6—Reading, PA—Miller Center for the Arts*
May 7—Norfolk, VA—Virginia Arts Festival*
May 9—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater*
May 10—Munhall, PA—Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead*
May 12—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall* (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
May 14—Atlanta, GA—Variety Theater*
May 16—Durham, NC—Carolina Theatre*
May 17—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre*
May 18—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre*
May 19—Boston, MA—House of Blues*
May 20—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
June 1—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 2—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 3—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 4—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 6—St. Louis, MO—City Winery+
June 7—St. Louis, MO—City Winery+
July 27—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point^
July 28—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park Concert Series^
August 12—Lyons, CO—Rocky Mountain Folks Festival*
November 4—Groningen, NL—Take Roots Festival
*Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
+Josh Ritter solo acoustic
^supporting Gregory Alan Isakov

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Joy Oladokun’s anticipated new album, Proof of Life, is out today via Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records. Stream/purchase HERE.

Already receiving critical attention, Oladokun recently spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “the singer-songwriter with Springsteen aspirations wants to make music for everyone. Her new album, Proof of Life, pushes her one step closer,” and continues, “her songs are conversational and confessional, and her hooky but profound melodies turn her lyrics into mantras.” Additionally, The Tennessean declares, “everyone’s favorite unlikely breakout pop star…it’s the latest and greatest combination of eras of pop nihilism – ‘90s indie pop Beck and Weezer vibes delivered with blithe, Beatles-esque musicianship,” while No Depression proclaims, “She’s almost a throwback to a pre-internet era of big-tent pop-rock, with a tempered balance of self-doubt and affirmation delivered with a voice that can convey warm affability and stadium-filling uplift.”

With production by Oladokun, Mike Elizondo, Ian Fitchuk, Dan Wilson and Alysa Vanderhym, Proof of Life captures the human experience with a profound simplicity. Across these thirteen tracks—including collaborations with Chris Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Manchester Orchestra, Mt. Joy and Maxo Kream—Oladokun celebrates the little details and simple pleasures of being alive, while also giving voice to some of life’s most complex experiences in a way only she can.

One of music’s most unique and vulnerable voices, Joy Oladokun will embark on her extensive “Living Proof” headline tour this fall including shows at New York’s Irving Plaza, Denver’s Summit Music Hall, St. Louis’ Delmar Hall, Asheville’s The Orange Peel, Charlotte’s The Underground, Washington DC’s The Howard, Philadelphia’s Union Transfer and Boston’s Roadrunner among many others. Oladokun will also join Noah Kahan on his sold-out tour this summer. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.joyoladokun.com/tour.

“This album is evidence of how I live,” Oladokun shares. “I hope these are helpful anthems. I started making music because I wasn’t hearing from the ‘everyday human being’ on the radio. I hope this resonates with anybody who feels normal and needs a little musical boost to get through the day. I’m average. I do this job because I love what I do. I put so much care, craft, and intention into it. I’m making music to live to.”

Further adding to her breakout career, Oladokun’s song, “i see america,” was selected as a finalist for the Recording Academy’s new Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change, an accolade honoring music that addresses current social issues while inspiring positive global impact. Additionally, Oladokun is featured as part of GAP’s new campaign for their limited-edition line, GAP x The Brooklyn Circus, created in partnership with Brooklyn Circus founder and creative director, Ouigi Theodore, to celebrate the spirit of individuality and culture.

Proof of Life adds to a series of breakout years for Oladokun, a proud queer Black person and daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Her breakthrough major label debut, in defense of my own happiness, landed on numerous “Best of 2021” lists including at Billboard, Variety, American Songwriter, The Tennessean, Nashville Scene, The Bitter Southerner and NPR Music, who praised, “She has a remarkable ability to distill how forces at work in the world…she can make even social and political protest feel like an intimate, warmly human act.”

Moreover, Oladokun recently performed at the White House as part of the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony and has also performed on “CBS Saturday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “TODAY,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Oladokun’s music has also been included in Loudmouth, the recent Al Sharpton documentary, CBS’ “CSI: Vegas,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’s “Station 19,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and HBO’s “And Just Like That” among many others.

Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell, Lucie Silvas and Noah Kahan and has joined Morris, Isbell, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road. She’s also performed at several major festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Hangout, Ohana Festival and Newport Folk Festival.

PROOF OF LIFE TRACK LIST
1. Keeping The Light On
2. Changes
3. Taking Things for Granted
4. Somebody Like Me
5. Friends feat. Mt. Joy
6. You At The Table feat. Manchester Orchestra
7. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton
8. Trying
9. Pride
10. Revolution feat. Maxo Kream
11. The Hard Way
12. We’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah Kahan
13. Somehow

PROOF OF LIFE DELUXE TRACK LIST (VINYL AND CD)
1. Keeping The Light On
2. Changes
3. Taking Things for Granted
4. Somebody Like Me
5. Friends feat. Mt. Joy
6. Purple Haze
7. Spotlight
8. You At The Table feat. Manchester Orchestra
9. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton
10. The Hard Way
11. Trying
12. Pride
13. Revolution feat. Maxo Kream
14. We’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah Kahan
15. Flowers
16. Somehow

JOY OLADOKUN CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

May 12—Nashville, TN—Brooklyn Bowl*
May 26—Lewiston, NY—Artpark‡ (SOLD OUT)
May 27—Boston, MA—Boston Calling
May 30—Albany, NY—Palace Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 1—Montreal, QC—MTELUS‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 2—Montreal, QC—MTELUS‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 7—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 9—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 10—Philadelphia, PA—Mann Center for the Performing Arts‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 11—Charlottesville, VA—Ting Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 13—Charlotte, NC—Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 14—Raleigh, NC—Red Hat Amphitheater‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 20—Asheville, NC—Rabbit Rabbit‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 22—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica‡ (SOLD OUT)
June 23—Cincinnati, OH—Cincinnati, OH—ICON Music Festival Stage‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 11—Montreux, Switzerland—Montreux Jazz Festival
July 29—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park‡ (SOLD OUT)
July 30—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 3-6—Chicago, IL—Lollapalooza
August 4—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre+
August 5—St. Charles, IA—Hinterland Music Festival
August 8—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 9—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 11—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 12-13—San Francisco, CA—Outside Lands Festival
August 15—Redmond, WA—Marymoor Park‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 16—Vancouver, BC—UBC Thunderbird Arena‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 18—Spokane, WA—Pavilion at Riverfront‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 19—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater‡ (SOLD OUT)
September 7-9—Park City, UT—Park City Song Summit
September 10—Denver, CO—Summit Music Hall^
September 12—Kansas City, MO—The Truman^
September 13—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall^
September 15—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 19—Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel^
September 20—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle^
September 22—Charlotte, NC—The Underground^
September 23—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater^
September 24—Washington, DC—The Howard^
September 26—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall#
September 27—Detroit, MI—El Club#
September 28—Toronto, ON—The Phoenix#
September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound On Sound Music Festival
October 1—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer#
October 2—New York, NY—Irving Plaza#
October 4—Boston, MA—Roadrunner#
October 5—Portland, ME—State Theatre#
*with special guests FANCY and Mon Rovîa
‡supporting Noah Kahan
+co-headline with The Teskey Brothers
^with special guest Becca Mancari
#with special guest Jensen McRae

Today, Reckless Son—the moniker of New York-based musician Matt Butler—shares “St. Christopher’s Inn” from his forthcoming debut album, alongside an accompanying lyric video. Listen/share the song and watch/share the video HERE.

“Every song I’ve ever written has been about trying to get back home, whether that’s a place, a person, God, or just a feeling,” Butler tells MXDWN of the song. “St. Christopher’s Inn is about trying to put one foot in front of the other on the road back home while knowing you may never actually get there.” Read the exclusive premiere HERE.

His much-anticipated self-titled debut album will be released June 2. Previously, he shared “Been Gone So Long” from the forthcoming LP. Listen/share HERE.

On June 1, Reckless Son will perform an album release show at Under St. Marks in New York City. Tickets and more info HERE.

Listen to Butler’s recent performance on Live Wire Radio HERE.

He sat down with NPR Morning Edition for an extended conversation. Listen to the interview HERE and read more HERE.

Butler has performed everywhere from Ohio’s Chillicothe Correctional Institution to Utah’s Gunnison Prison and the New York City Department of Corrections facilities on Riker’s Island. Having performed over 150 concerts in jails and prisons across the country, Butler shares the songs he writes along the way and the stories of the people who inspired them. More than just a show, Reckless Son acts as a calling, service, and pledge to “bring healing through the arts to those behind the walls,” Butler says.

“I've never been the kind of writer who just sits down and writes a love song,” Butler says. “I’ve always been drawn to deeper, darker, more intense subject matter.”

“Reckless Son wasn’t written for the incarcerated. It was written for those who haven’t had the privilege of meeting these people and hearing their stories for themselves,” he explains. “The show is as faithful a rendering of the truth of my experience as I can offer. The people in jail know their own story already. Reckless Son is more about getting that story heard.”

9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile has added select headline dates to her extensive 2023 touring schedule with newly confirmed shows at Brookville, NY’s Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Selbyville, DE’s Freeman Arts Pavilion, Madison, WI’s Breese Stevens Field, Interlochen, MI’s Kresge Auditorium, Cuyahoga Falls, OH’s Blossom Music Center and Huntsville, AL’s Orion Amphitheater.

Tickets for the shows go on-sale this Friday, May 5 at 10:00am local time. Carlile’s fan club, The Bramily, will have special pre-sale access starting today at 10:00am ET/7:00am PT through tomorrow at 10:00am ET/7:00am PT for all shows besides Interlochen, MI. Full details can be found at www.brandicarlile.com/tour. Citi is the official card for the new shows. Citi cardmembers will have access to pre-sale tickets starting tomorrow at 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete pre-sale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

In addition to the new dates, Carlile will hold her inaugural “Mothership Weekend” in Miramar Beach, FL May 12-14—a three-day Mother’s Day celebration featuring performances from Carlile, Hozier, Mavis Staples, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats and more. Additionally, Carlile’s once-in-a-lifetime “Echoes Through the Canyon” weekend will take place at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre in June. The three-night run kicks off Friday, June 9 with Carlile’s annual headline concert with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell, followed by legendary artist Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” Saturday, June 10 with Carlile opening. The final night, June 11, will feature The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker. Furthermore, Carlile will join P!NK on her “Summer Carnival 2023” stadium tour later this year. See below for complete tour itinerary.

The upcoming performances add to yet another landmark year for Carlile, won three more awards at this year’s 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, bringing her total number of GRAMMY wins to nine. After winning Best Americana Album (In These Silent Days), Best Rock Song (“Broken Horses”) and Best Rock Performance (“Broken Horses”), Carlile performed “Broken Horses” during the live awards broadcast, which Billboard called, “an epic rock set that showcased guitar skills, impressive vocal range and rasp, and her captivating presence.” Watch/share HERE.

Inspired by the mining of Carlile’s own history while writing her #1 New York Times Best Selling memoir, Broken Horses (Crown), In These Silent Days was released via Low Country Sound/Elektra to overwhelming acclaim, with NPR Music praising, “absolutely breathtaking, across the whole album Brandi Carlile pulls out all the stops. It’s just extraordinary.” Following the release, Carlile shared a special deluxe version last fall entitled In The Canyon Haze, which features reimagined Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each song from the album, plus a special rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” (stream/purchase here). Deluxe vinyl and a CD bundle featuring the deluxe and an accompanying 80-page paperback archive are also now available. The book features never-before-seen photos and handwritten notes from the studio, photo shoots, television performances, and much more. Purchase here.

In These Silent Days follows Carlile’s 2018 breakthrough GRAMMY Award-winning album, By The Way, I Forgive You, which Rolling Stone declared, “…an Adele-meets Joni Mitchell tour de force.” In the years since—in addition to collaborative projects with Elton John, The Highwomen, Tanya Tucker, Soundgarden, Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton, Barry Gibb, Leslie Jordan, Brandy Clark and more—she has earned nine Grammy Awards for her work as a performer, songwriter and producer, was awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association Honors & Awards including 2022’s Song of the Year (“Right on Time”), 2021’s Artist of the Year, 2020’s Album of the Year (Highwomen), Group of the Year (The Highwomen) and Song of the Year (“Crowded Table”) and 2019’s Artist of the Year.

In addition to their work as a band, Carlile and the Hanseroth twins remain committed to social activism and advocacy. Together they are founders of the Looking Out Foundation, which amplifies the impact of music by empowering those without a voice with varied initiatives including campaigns focused on Children in Conflict/War Child, The IF Project, Fund Racial Justice and more. To date, they have raised over $3 million for grassroots causes.

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

May 12-14—Miramar Beach, FL—Mothership Weekend
June 9—George, WA—Brandi Carlile with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell (SOLD OUT)
June 10— George, WA—Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” with special guest Brandi Carlile
(SOLD OUT)
June 11—George, WA—The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker
June 24-25—Vienna, VA—Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 9—Marshfield, MA—Levitate Music Festival
July 22—Brookville, NY—Tilles Center for the Performing Arts+
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 26—Cincinnati, OH—Great American Ball Park*
August 3—New York, NY—Citi Field*
August 4—Selbyville, DE—Freeman Arts Pavilion+
August 5—Pittsburgh, PA—PNC Park*
August 16—Detroit, MI—Comerica Park*
August 17—Madison, WI—Breese Stevens Field#
August 19—Fargo, ND—Fargodome*
August 21—Omaha, NE—Charles Schwab Field*
August 27—St. Louis, MO—Evolution Festival
August 29—St. Paul, MN—Minnesota State Fair^
August 31—Highland Park, IL—Ravinia Festival#
September 1—Interlochen, MI—Kresge Auditorium
September 8—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 9—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 16—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center‡
September 18—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 22—Nashville, TN—Geodis Park*
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater†
September 25—San Antonio, TX—Alamodome*
September 27—Houston, TX—Minute Maid Park*
September 29—Dallas, TX—Globe Life Fieldv
October 3—San Diego, CA—Snapdragon Stadium*
October 7—Las Vegas, NV—Allegiant Stadium*
October 9—Phoenix, AZ—Chase Field*
*with P!NK
+special solo show
#with special guest Brandy Clark
^with special guest Wynonna Judd
‡with special guest Katie Pruitt
†with special guest Tanya Tucker

Rock legend and Gainesville, Florida Native Tom Petty will soon add Doctor to his running list of accolades. The late musician will be recognized by The University of Florida with an honorary Doctor of Music degree; a distinction he dreamt of receiving throughout his lifetime. Bruce Petty, Tom Petty’s brother, will accept the posthumous doctorate on his behalf at the university’s spring commencement ceremony tomorrow.

“I don’t think anyone in our family, including him, thought that he would be linked with the University of Florida this way,” says Bruce Petty. “It’s such a powerful thing, it was his life-long dream, and I know he would just be over-the-top, crazy happy about it.”

To commemorate the degree, the university and estate have partnered to launch The Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars & Innovation to support the next generation of artists in the School of Music’s Guitar and new Music Business & Entrepreneurship programs. The Petty estate has donated $100,000 in his memory to begin its foundations. To continue Petty’s spirit of mentorship, you can donate to the endowment here.

University of Florida School of Music director Kevin Orr shares:

“We in the UF School of Music and College of the Arts are privileged to honor Tom Petty with an honorary doctorate degree in Music, celebrating not only his extraordinary achievements as an artist, but the ways in which his music has and continues to unite us as a community.”

“Tom Petty’s tireless defense of the rights of performing artists, and his compassionate advocacy for the wellbeing of his neighbors in every community where he lived, are embodied by the students and faculty of the UF School of Music: commitment to one’s artistic passions, even in the face of challenges; the safeguarding of creative work to ensure unique and lasting impact; and indeed, the power of music to advance causes for the greater good in society.”

Additionally, 300 special limited edition commemorative posters of Shepard Fairey’s iconic An American Treasure artwork has been released today exclusively on the Tom Petty store. A portion of proceeds will be donated to the new Tom Petty Endowment for Guitars & Innovation.

The Cade Museum is also partnering with the UF School of Music to celebrate the conferral of Tom Petty’s honorary doctoral degree. On May 4, the Cade will host a sold-out showing of the award-winning documentary, Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free, which features never-before-seen footage, new interviews, and an inside look at Tom Petty’s creative process as he constructs his landmark 1994 album Wildflowers. Film Director Mary Wharton will be in attendance, doing a special Q&A at the event. Prior to the documentary screening, UF School of Music students will treat guests to a performance of Wildflowers tunes adapted for string quartet. Watch/share the critically acclaimed Tom Petty: Somewhere You Feel Free here. The event celebrates the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Wildflowers exhibit that will open at the Cade Museum later this year.

Petty is widely recognized and remembered for his philanthropy and service to the communities he called home in Los Angeles and Gainesville, and his commitment to environmental causes. In partnership with the Tom Petty Estate, the university launched a capsule collection in tandem with the first inaugural Tom Petty Day last year, which celebrated the late singer, his connection to the university and his hometown—watch a recap of the celebration here. The Petty family donated all the estate proceeds from the festivities to local charities—Kids Count and Family Promise—together, with the university, they are donating over $175,000. Kids Count supports education and early childhood interventions with an emphasis on literacy, while Family Promise works to bring families out of homelessness by providing housing and employment resources. In addition to his rock star talent, Tom Petty was consistently one of the staunchest and most outspoken advocates for the rights of working artists. Petty leveraged his platform and celebrity stature to challenge inequitable practices in the music industry and fought to protect the intellectual property rights of musicians. He is the recipient of some of the highest honors in philanthropy, including Midnight Mission’s Golden Heart Award (2011), and MusicCares ‘Person of the Year’ at the 2017 Grammy Awards.

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is unveiling the new video for their critically acclaimed track “Meeting The Master,” directed by the band alongside Gus Black; watch/share HERE. The song hails from the band’s forthcoming third studio album Starcatcher, out July 21 on Lava/Republic Records. Pre-save/pre-order the record HERE.

Of collaborating with the band to direct the video, Black shares, “the final shot of the video is as close to magic as anything I’ve ever been a part of creating. It was an absolute pleasure collaborating with these fine humans.” Josh adds, “beauty cloaked in darkness is still beauty. I love you Gus Black.”

Of the first single off the forthcoming album, Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey.”

In celebration of the new music, the band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Kaleo, Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.
Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as musicians.”

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”

The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. Greta Van Fleet returns to the road this month for the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE
May 5-7—Atlanta, GA—Shaky Knees Festival
May 5-7—Memphis, TN— Beale Street Music Festival
July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena*
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena*
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum*
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena*
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum*
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena*
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center†
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena†
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena†
September 11—Washington DC—Capital One Arena†
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden†
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden†
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center†
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse†
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse†
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle‡
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome‡
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena‡
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National‡
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley‡
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena‡
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena‡
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro‡
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum§
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith§
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena§
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club§
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center§
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno§
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
*with Kaleo
†with Surf Curse
‡with Mt. Joy
§with Black Honey
**as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

One of America’s most beloved independent bands, Turnpike Troubadours will release their highly anticipated new album, A Cat in the Rain, August 25 via Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new song, “Mean Old Sun,” is debuting today alongside an official music video. Watch the video, directed by Sterlin Harjo and filmed at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom, HERE.

In conjunction with the new music, the band recently spoke with Rolling Stone, who declares, “he [lead singer Evan Felker] is more focused and lyrically crisp than at any point in his life. He’s a poet, but he’s direct.” Read the in-depth profile HERE.

Produced by Shooter Jennings and recorded at Muscle Shoals’ Fame Recording Studios and Dave’s Room in Los Angeles, A Cat in the Rain marks a long-awaited return for the band following their self-imposed hiatus in 2019. With these ten new songs, Turnpike Troubadours is back with a refreshed perspective on the authentic songwriting and signature foot-stomping sound that first captivated their deeply devoted fanbase.

Pioneers of the Red Dirt music scene, Turnpike Troubadours has amassed a massive following throughout their career with more than 1.5 billion streams globally and over 1.28 million equivalent units sold to-date. Originally from Tahlequah, OK, Turnpike Troubadours is Evan Felker (vocals, guitar), Kyle Nix (fiddle), Ryan Engleman (electric guitar), RC Edwards (bass), Gabe Pearson (drums) and Hank Early (steel, accordion).

Known for their relentless touring and electric live shows, the band will perform through this fall including newly confirmed headline shows at New York’s Beacon Theater, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (three nights) among several others. The band will also perform at select festivals this summer including Newport, RI’s Newport Folk Festival, Pryor, OK’s Born & Raised Festival, Memphis, TN’s Mempho Music Festival and Charleston’s Riverfront Revival Music Festival. See below for complete tour itinerary. Tickets for the headline dates go on-sale next Friday, May 12 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.turnpiketroubadours.com/tour.

Since their 2005 debut, Turnpike Troubadours has released five studio albums including 2017’s self-released A Long Way From Your Heart, which reached #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #20 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Of the record, American Songwriter declared, “grabs you with its subtle authenticity, nails 11 originals that exude natural charm and intrinsic integrity,” while the Austin American Statesman praised, “a rousing, thought-provoking country short story collection.” Further adding to their renowned career, the band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame this past fall.

A CAT IN THE RAIN TRACKLIST
1. Mean Old Sun
2. Brought Me
3. Lucille
4. Chipping Mill
5. The Rut
6. A Cat in the Rain
7. Black Sky
8. Easy Side Love Song (Bottoms Up)
9. Three More Days
10. Won’t You Give Me One More Chance

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

July 21—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 26—New York, NY—Beacon Theater*
July 27—York, PA—York State Fair
July 29—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
August 10—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium†
August 11—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium‡
August 19—Palmer, AK—Alaska State Fair Inc
August 24—Lincoln, NE—Pinnacle Bank Arena+
August 25—Camdenton, MO—Ozarks Amphitheater§
August 26—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheater#
September 3—Marietta, GA—Georgia Country Music Fest
September 15—St. Louis, MO—Enterprise Center^
September 16—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival
September 23—Washington DC—The Anthem**
September 24—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre**
October 1—Memphis, TN—Mempho Music Festival
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels & Renegades
October 8—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theater††
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater‡‡
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center‡‡
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheater‡‡
December 28—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s§§
December 29—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s‡
December 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s##

*with special guest Hayes Carll
†with special guest Pony Bradshaw
‡with special guest Lance Roark
+with special guests The Avett Brothers and Muscadine Bloodline
§with special guest Muscadine Bloodline
#with special guests The Avett Brothers, Old 97’s and Kaitlin Butts
^with special guests The Avett Brothers and The Wood Brothers
**with special guests Lucero and Reckless Kelly
††with special guest Morgan Wade
‡‡with special guests Blackberry Smoke and Jason Boland & the Stragglers
§§with special guest Ray Wylie Hubbard
##with special guest Miles Miller

“Buy My Round,” the newly written and recorded track from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, premieres today. The song appears on the band’s forthcoming EP, What If I, out on June 2 via Stax. The EP is their first body of work since the acclaimed 2021 album The Future. Listen to/share it HERE.

“‘Buy My Round’ is a song about trying to keep a friendship together with someone that keeps pulling away,” says Night Sweats bandmember Mark Shusterman. “It’s something that had been bouncing around in my head for a while, so I was excited when Nathaniel wanted to help me finish it for this recording. It was great to get to sing together on this one.”

Rateliff furthers, “Mark had been playing this one while we were writing for The Future but we never got a chance to dig into it. This is our first big collaboration on a song together and it turned out great.”

This past weekend, Rateliff performed at Willie Nelson’s star-studded 90th Birthday Celebration at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl. As part of the lauded two-day concert event, Rateliff contributed renditions of “A Song for You,” “City of New Orleans” and “I Can Get Off on You,” which was performed as a duet with Margo Price.

In addition, Rateliff and the band will hit the road this summer and fall for an extensive run of worldwide dates. The U.S. tour includes multiple shows at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Chicago’s The Salt Shed and Minneapolis’ Surly Brewing Festival Field as well as appearances at Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend, Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, Sea Hear Now Festival and more. See below for full tour routing.

The What If I EP features a selection of unreleased songs recorded during The Future sessions as well as the new track “Buy My Round.” All songs on the upcoming project were produced by Bradley Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, The War on Drugs) and R.M.B.—the production trio of Rateliff, Meese and James Barone (Beach House). In addition, the song “Slow Pace of Time” features Preservation Hall Jazz Band leader and clarinetist Charlie Gabriel.

Last month, the group premiered an alternate version of the track “What If I.” Listen to/share the “What If I (Cook Brothers Version)” HERE.

In support of The Future, which was released to widespread acclaim, the group performed multiple times on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “CBS This Morning: Saturday” and “Austin City Limits.” In addition, Rateliff sat with Anthony Mason of  “CBS Sunday Morning” to discuss the band’s rise to stardom.

Last December, Rateliff & The Night Sweats played their biggest show ever at Denver’s Ball Arena. The sold-out performance held special significance as it was their first ever arena show and featured a solo set from longtime friend and supporter Marcus Mumford and Hermanos Gutiérrez as well as a surprise sit-in from Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso.

TRACK LIST
WHAT IF I EP
1. Buy My Round
2. What If I (Cook Brothers Version)
3. That’s Your Opinion
4. Slow Pace of Time (featuring Charlie Gabriel)
5. Suffer Me

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS LIVE
May 12—Miramar Beach, FL—Seascape Resort
June 3—Chattanooga, TN—Riverbend Festival
June 4—Lexington, KY—Railbird Music Festival
June 16—Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom—Black Deer Festival
June 18—Landgraaf, The Netherlands—Pinkpop Festival
June 20—Cologne, Germany—Live Music Hall †
June 21—Berlin, Germany—Huxley’s Neue Welt †
Jun 23—Vienna, Austria—Arena Wien Open Air †
June 25—Munich, Germany—Backstage Werk †
June 26—Zürich, Switzerland—Kaufleuten †
June 28—Paris, France—Cabaret Sauvage †
June 29—Rotselaar, Belgium—Rock Werchter
July 2—Ferrara, Italy—Comfort Festival
July 3—Milan, Italy—Magnolia Open Air
July 6—Madrid, Spain—Mad Cool Festival
July 7—Algés, Portugal—Nos Alive
July 23—Redmond, OR—Fairwell Festival
July 28—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion ‡
July 29—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center For The Arts ‡
July 30—Darien Center, NY—Dairen Lake Amphitheater ‡
August 1—Pittsburgh, PA—Stage AE §
August 3—Grand Rapids, MI—GLC Live at 20 Monroe §
August 4—Rochester Hills, MI—Meadow Brook Amphitheatre §
August 5—Columbus, OH—KEMBA Live!
August 7—Madison, WI—The Sylvee §
August 9-10—Chicago, IL—The Salt Shed §
August 12-13—Minneapolis, MN—Surly Brewing Festival Field §
August 15—Moorhead, MN—Bluestem Amphitheater §
August 18-19—Missoula, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater ||
August 22-23—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre ||
September 15—Charlottesville, VA—Ting Pavilion
September 16—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival
September 19—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
September 20—Newport, KY—MegaCorp Pavilion
September 22—Milwaukee, WI—BMO Pavilion
September 24—Franklin, TN—Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
September 26—Asheville, NC—ExploreAsheville.com Arena #
September 27—Raleigh, NC—Red Hat Amphitheater #
September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound On Sound Music Festival
October 1—Ocean City, MD—Oceans Calling Festival

† with William the Conqueror
‡ with Willie Nelson & Family
§ with Thee Sacred Souls
|| with Waxahatchee
# with Sierra Ferrell

Two-time Grammy-winning entertainment legend and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker’s new song, “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?),” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Reflecting on the song, Tanya shares, “I was in LA, the night before the first session started. Brandi sent me a song, saying ‘If you like it, we’ll start with it. I gave it to Craig [Dillingham, Tanya’s boyfriend] to listen to. He comes back in a minute, and I asked him, ‘Did you like it?’ and he says, ‘Like it? Hell, I wrote it!’ He’d never pitched it to me, but Brandi did. It’s one of those songs that just stays with you.”

“When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” is the second song unveiled from Tanya’s highly-anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, which will be released June 2 on Fantasy Records (pre-order/pre-save). Ahead of the release, album track, “Kindness,” recently debuted, of which Music Row declares, “Pensive and powerful…the living legend exudes enduring charisma in this stunning, stirring performance,” while Consequence praises, “the track really centers Tucker’s classic voice as she recalls her storied life with a sense of hard-fought strength.”

Produced once again by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following the release of Tanya’s landmark 2019 album, While I’m Livin’. Her first new album in 17 years, While I’m Livin’ reintroduced Tanya to a new generation and went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song for its poignant single, “Bring My Flowers Now.”

Sweet Western Sound stands on Tanya’s exquisitely warm and wizened vocals and a spectacular collection of cut-deep songs—an assertive and confident declaration of vitality and purpose from an irrepressible and irreplaceable country music icon. In addition to songs by Tanya, Carlile and Jennings, the album features contributions from Bernie Taupin, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, JT Nero, Billy Don Burns and Craig Dillingham as well as a voicemail-generated rhyme from Tanya’s hero and close friend, the late great Billy Joe Shaver, which opens and closes the album.

In celebration of the new music, Tanya will kick off her “Sweet Western Sound Tour” this summer including a special “Texas Takeover” run with shows at Lubbock’s Buddy Holly Hall, Helotes’ John T. Floore’s Country Store, Houston’s Heights Theater (two nights) and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s. Additional stops along the tour include New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, Knoxville, TN and Fayetteville, AR. See below for tour itinerary. Additional dates to be announced soon.

“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I'm excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” says Tanya. “It's ALWAYS a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn't know if we’d be working together again on a new album after While I’m Livin’!! But we did it! Lots of new things we did this time and I even co-wrote some of the songs, which means a lot to me. Brandi says we're MAGIC together, and I'm starting to believe her!!!!”

Born in Seminole, Texas, Tanya had her first country hit, the classic “Delta Dawn,” at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that auspicious beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, ten of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts. Tanya’s indelible songs include some of country music’s biggest hits such as the aforementioned “Delta Dawn,” “Soon,” “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane,” “It’s a Little Too Late,” “Trouble,” “Texas (When I Die),” “If It Don’t Come Easy” and “Strong Enough To Bend.” Tanya is also the recipient of numerous awards, including two CMAs, two ACMs and three CMT awards. In 2020, Tanya received two GRAMMY® Awards for Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song: “Bring My Flowers Now.” In October 2022 “The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that chronicles the resurgence in Tucker’s career following the success of her aforementioned 2019 album While I’m Livin’, hit theaters globally via Sony Pictures Classics. Lauded by The New York Times, the documentary raves that Tanya “hasn’t lost a step in terms of phrasing. The teardrop in her voice, strategically used in heartache songs, remains credible. [The doc] interweaves the contemporary sessions…better-than-competent piece of fan service.” In December 2022, Tanya made her acting debut in a lead role in Paramount’s “A Nashville Country Christmas,” starring alongside Academy Award® winner Keith Carradine. On the spirits side, the country icon’s signature tequila, Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, is now available in 14 U.S. states and Canada, with additional stores carrying the tequila every day. To order Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, visit CosaSalvajeTequila.com. To keep up with Tanya Tucker, go to TanyaTucker.com!

TRACK LIST
SWEET WESTERN SOUND
1. Tanya (written by Billy Joe Shaver, Tanya Tucker)
2. Kindness (written by Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
3. Breakfast In Birmingham featuring Brandi Carlile (written by Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin)
4. Waltz Across a Moment (written by Shooter Jennings)
5. Ready As I’ll Never Be (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
6. The List (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
7. Letter To Linda (written by Tanya Tucker, Shooter Jennings)
8. City of Gold (written by JT Nero)
9. That Wasn’t Me (written by Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
10. When The Rodeo Is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?) (written by Billy Don Burns, Craig Dillingham)

TANYA TUCKER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
May 12—Biloxi, MS—Golden Nugget Casino
May 13—Lake Charles, LA—Golden Nugget Casino
May 18—Prior Lake, MN—Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
May 20—Saint Michael, ND—Spirit Lake Casino
June 3—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 4—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 11—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre*
June 17—Martinsville, IN—Morgan County Fairgrounds+
June 23—Lubbock, TX—The Buddy Holly Hall
June 24—Helotes, TX—John T. Floore’s Country Store
June 27—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 28—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
July 1—Miami, OK—Buffalo Run Casino
July 22—Fort St. John, BC—Energetic County Fair
July 26—Vancouver, BC—Commodore Ballroom
July 30—White Sulphur Springs, MT—Red Ants Pants Music Festival
September 7—Marietta, OH—The Peoples Bank Theatre (on-sale May 1)
September 9—Orillia, ON—Casino Rama Entertainment Centre (on-sale date TBA)
September 14—New York, NY—SummerStage in Central Park
September 15—Shippensburg, PA—H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center
September 22—Florence, KY—Turfway Park Event Center
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater#
September 28—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
September 29—Atlanta, GA—Atlanta Symphony Hall
October 4—Fayetteville, AR—Walton Arts Center – Baum Walker Hall

*with The Highwomen
+co-headline with Ashley McBryde and special guests Neal McCoy and Easton Corbin
#with Brandi Carlile

Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash and renowned photographer and visual artist Graham Nash is hosting an exhibition of select photographic works at City Winery in New York.

The 24 original images, including photos of Nash’s life in music, his fellow bandmates in CSN and more, are on display and for sale beginning May 11—running through Nash’s upcoming performances at City Winery May 14-17—and can be viewed when the Gallery is open through July 11.

The City Winery Gallery is part of the new City Winery flagship location at Pier 57 in Hudson River Park. The exhibition space is dedicated to artwork created by musicians demonstrating their prolific additional talents. Previous exhibits have included Aimee Mann and Joseph Arthur.

“From a very early age, photography has been an extremely important part of my life and has allowed me to express a different side of my personality than music,” explains Nash. “In fact, I’ve been taking photographs longer than I’ve been making music.”

While continually building his musical legacy, Nash is also a renowned photographer and visual artist whose work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. Most recently Nash released the book A Life In Focus: The Photography Of Graham Nash (via Insight Editions), in which he reflects on more than fifty years of an extraordinary life in an extensive collection of personal photographs and artistic stills.

Additionally, Nash’s upcoming studio album Now, his first of new material in seven years, is due May 19 on BMG. Pre-order/pre-save the record HERE. Now is produced by Nash and longtime touring keyboardist Todd Caldwell.

“I believe that my new album Now is the most personal one I have ever made. At this point in my life, that's something to say,” notes Nash.

Nash is currently on the road in support of Now with a run of performances throughout the U.S. The tour—Sixty Years of Songs and Stories—marks the sixtieth anniversary of Nash’s first single with the Hollies, one of the leaders of the British Invasion of the 1960s. Additionally, in June and July Nash will revisit his west coast tour dates recently postponed due to Covid. See below for a list of upcoming shows, tickets are available at grahamnash.com.

In addition to his two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions (with Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Hollies), Nash is a two-time inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame—as a solo artist and with CSN—and a Grammy Award winner. Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash has accomplished in his multifaceted career stands the litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of the past half century.

Nash’s remarkable body of work began with the Hollies’ opus from 1964 to ’68. His contributions to Crosby, Stills & Nash and Déjà Vu are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with “Marrakesh Express,” “Pre-Road Downs” and “Lady of the Island” from the former and “Teach Your Children” and “Our House” from the latter. Nash’s career as a solo artist took flight in 1971 with two albums further showcasing the depths of his abilities as a singer and songwriter, yielding “Chicago/We Can Change the World,” “Military Madness,” “I Used To Be A King” and “Simple Man.”

His passionate voice has long been heard in support of peace and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In September 2013, Nash released his long-awaited autobiography Wild Tales, which landed him on The New York Times Best Sellers list. In recognition of his contributions as a musician and philanthropist, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

GRAHAM NASH—NOW

1. Right Now
2. A Better Life
3. Golden Idol
4. Stars And Stripes
5. Love Of Mine
6. Theme From Pastorale
7. In A Dream
8. Stand Up
9. Feels Like Home
10. Buddy’s Back
11. Follow Your Heart
12. I Watched It All Come Down
13. When It Comes To You

SIXTY YEARS OF SONGS AND STORIES TOUR

May 10—Bethel Woods Event Gallery—Bethel Woods, NY
May 11—Cabot Theater—Beverly, MA
May 13—The Music Hall—Portsmouth, NH
May 14—City Winery—New York, NY
May 16—City Winery—New York, NY
May 17—City Winery—New York, NY
Additional dates to follow.

WEST COAST TOUR

June 17—Smothers Theatre—Malibu, CA
June 18—Humphrey’s—San Diego, CA
June 20—Fox Theatre—Tucson, AZ
June 21—Celebrity Theatre—Phoenix, AZ
June 24— Chautauqua Auditorium—Boulder, CO
June 25—Washington’s—Fort Collins, CO
June 27—Strings Music Pavilion—Steamboat Springs, CO
June 29—Riverwalk Center—Breckenridge, CO
July 1—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 2—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 3—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 5—Argyros Performing Arts Center—Ketchum, ID
July 7—The Panida—Sandpoint, ID
July 8—Pantages Theater—Tacoma, WA
July 10—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 11—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 13—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 15—The Lobero Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA
July 16—The Lobero Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA

Renowned singer, songwriter, musician, artist and best-selling author Josh Ritter will continue his headline tour this fall with newly confirmed shows at Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom, Houston’s Heights Theater, Austin’s Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles’ The Belasco, San Francisco’s The Fillmore and Seattle’s Moore Theatre among others. Ritter will be joined on the road by his longtime band, The Royal City Band. Tickets for the new dates go on-sale this Friday, May 12 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.joshritter.com/tour.

Additionally, Ritter is currently in the midst of his spring headline tour, which includes shows this month at Chicago’s Thalia Hall (sold out), Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse, Washington, DC’s Lincoln Theatre, Boston’s House of Blues and New York’s Beacon Theatre. See below for complete tour itinerary.

The upcoming performances celebrate Ritter’s new album, Spectral Lines, which was released last month to critical acclaim via Thirty Tigers (stream/purchase here). Produced by his longtime collaborator Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim), Spectral Lines finds Ritter expanding beyond the bounds of his previous work to create a record both atmospheric and profound. Dedicated to the memory of his mother, Ritter searches for commonality across these ten seamless tracks by exploring life’s most universal ideas—love, devotion and what it means to be connected, to both each other and to ourselves.

Critical acclaim for Spectral Lines:
“one of the most perceptive artists making music today…with Spectral Lines, Josh Ritter continues to blur the boundary between melody and mystique”—American Songwriter
“Josh Ritter is like a more open-hearted version of Leonard Cohen. His lyrics draw on the divine but he seems to see a little heaven in all the people around him”—Paste
“Spectral Lines stands as a heady revelation”—PopMatters
“a hopeful tapestry that encourages listeners to sit with each other in introspection, but not to forget to sing along”—No Depression
“His most adventurous album yet”—The Irish Times
“Richly atmospheric, sonically adventurous”—The Sun
“a thought-provoking sonic realm. Full of relaxing space and translucent melodies, Ritter seeks the profound in simple elements”—Nashville Lifestyles
“It stands well apart from any of his previous works...a symphony with subtle treasures, both musically and lyrically, within the movements”—Glide
“a powerful but quiet, highly-atmospheric set of songs; a set focused on life’s most difficult questions”—Americana Highways
“Primarily, this is an album that exalts the power of shared human experiences”—Hot Press
“The album never shies away from pain, from demanding tears to finding love to be an unwelcome sacrifice, but it also never fails to face it”—Spectrum Culture
“The melodic first track is driven by hopeful spoken-word lyrics that ultimately yield to Ritter’s signature vocals”—Cool Hunting

Adding to an already notable year, Bob Dylan performed Ritter’s song, “Only A River,” last month while on tour in Japan. The song was originally recorded by Bob Weir for his acclaimed 2016 solo album, Blue Mountain. Of the cover, Ritter shares, “I am speechless. I wrote the song in the stairwell of my dorm in college, 25 years ago. Music is a blessed traveler.”

One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, Ritter has released ten studio albums to date including 2019’s widely acclaimed, Fever Breaks, of which NPR Music praised, “He remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within a single song.” In addition to his work as a musician, Ritter is also a national best-selling author, having released two novels to date: 2011’s Bright’s Passage and 2021’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, for which the film rights have recently been optioned for development. Released to critical attention, Stephen King wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Bright’s Passage “shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime…This is the work of a gifted novelist.”

In addition to Ritter (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar) and Kassirer (piano, organ, mellotron, synthesizers, drums), Spectral Lines also features Jocie Adams (clarinet, synthesizers, background vocals), Matt Douglas (woodwinds), Zachariah Hickman (upright bass, electric bass), Rich Hinman (electric guitar, pedal steel), Shane Leonard (drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass), Kevin O’Connell (drums, percussion, electric bass, electric guitar) and Dietrich Strause (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).

SPECTRAL LINES TRACK LIST
1. Sawgrass
2. Honey I Do
3. Horse No Rider
4. For Your Soul
5. Black Crown
6. Strong Swimmer
7. Whatever Burns Will Burn
8. Any Way They Come
9. In Fields
10. Someday

JOSH RITTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, May 12 at 10:00am local time
May 9—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater*
May 10—Munhall, PA—Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead*
May 12—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall* (SOLD OUT)
May 13—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
May 14—Atlanta, GA—Variety Playhouse*
May 16—Durham, NC—Carolina Theatre*
May 17—Washington, DC—Lincoln Theatre*
May 18—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre*
May 19—Boston, MA—House of Blues*
May 20—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
June 1—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 2—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 3—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 4—Park City, UT—Egyptian Theatre+
June 6—St. Louis, MO—City Winery+
June 7—St. Louis, MO—City Winery+
July 27—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point^
July 28—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park Concert Series^
August 12—Lyons, CO—Rocky Mountain Folks Festival*
September 29—Dallas, TX—The Longhorn Ballroom*
September 30—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater*
October 1—Austin, TX—The Paramount Theatre*
October 2—Santa Fe, NM—The Lensic*
October 4—Tucson, AZ—The Rialto*
October 5—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up*
October 6—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco*
October 7—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore*
October 10—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall*
October 11—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre*
November 4—Groningen, NL—Take Roots Festival
*Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
+Josh Ritter solo acoustic
^supporting Gregory Alan Isakov

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Lukas Nelson’s new song, “Alcohallelujah,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

“Alcohallelujah” is the second song unveiled from Nelson’s highly anticipated new album, Sticks and Stones, which will be released July 14 via 6ACE Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-save/pre-order here). Ahead of the release, lead single, “More Than Friends,” featuring CMA and ACM Award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson, recently debuted and is currently top 5 at Americana Radio and top 25 at Texas Radio. Of the song, Rolling Stone declares, “It’s a bright, rollicking country-rock anthem,” while The Boot praises, “Backed by richly layered, slow-rolling instrumentation, the instantly infectious and lively collaboration spotlights the strength of both artists’ impeccable vocals.”

The release adds to a celebratory few weeks for Nelson, who recently wrapped up his spring headline tour with numerous sold-out shows and performed at The Hollywood Bowl as part of “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, A Star-Studded Concert Celebrating Willie’s 90th Birthday” last month. Of his performance, The Los Angeles Times praised, “searching, soulful, downright celestial — maybe the best performance of the weekend,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Lukas Nelson stood in the center, guitar in hand, for one of the night’s best and most intimate moments, a stirring solo performance of ‘Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.’”

Nelson and the band will continue to tour through this year in celebration of the new album, including a nine-show run across the UK and Ireland in June, as well as an extensive headline tour this summer into the fall—additional details to be announced soon. The forthcoming run will include select dates with Tedeschi Trucks Band in September. See below for current itinerary.

Sticks and Stones was written solely by Nelson with the hope of bringing people together at the forefront of his mind, bringing upbeat energy and a sense of fun. Across the album’s twelve spirited tracks, Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing and humor. Self-produced by Nelson and his longtime band, POTR, Sticks and Stones captures the band’s musical power and fits perfectly alongside the canon of the electric live performances they’re known for.

Reflecting on the record, Nelson shares, “This album is about celebrating the human connection, joy and excitement. We went from quiet and introspective on A Few Stars Apart to something big and fun to really showcase the band’s talent and performance. You can listen to the album Sticks and Stones from start to finish and get the songs to dance to and then the quiet, poignant songs. To me, this album is the perfect setlist.”

Since his debut over a decade ago, Texas and Hawaii-based Nelson has played countless sold-out shows and festivals and released seven studio albums to date including the latest, 2021’s A Few Stars Apart. Produced by Dave Cobb, the record spent seven weeks at #1 on the Americana Albums chart and received widespread acclaim with Rolling Stone declaring, “His best album yet…Nelson’s most compact, streamlined, and focused album,” while The Tennessean asserted, “a collection of lyrically stirring, musically multifarious and ultimately hopeful roots rock storytelling.”

Additionally, Nelson co-produced the music for 2018’s lauded A Star Is Born film in addition to appearing in the film and went on to win a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and a GRAMMY Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

STICKS AND STONES TRACK LIST

1. Sticks and Stones
2. Alcohallelujah
3. Every Time I Drink
4. More Than Friends feat. Lainey Wilson
5. Ladder of Love
6. Wrong House
7. Icarus
8. If I Didn’t Love You
9. Overpass
10. Lying
11. All Four Winds
12. The View

LUKAS NELSON & POTR CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

June 13—Oxford, UK—O2 Academy Oxford
June 14 —Wolverhampton, UK—Wolverhampton Civic Hall
June 15—London, UK—O2 Form Kentish Town
June 16-18—Royal Turnbridge Wells, UK—Black Deer Festival
June 17—Bristol, UK—SWX
June 19—Manchester City Centre, UK—O2 Academy 2
June 20—Glasgow, UK—City Halls & Old Fruitmarket
June 22—Belfast, UK—Ulster Hal
June 23—Dublin, Ireland—Academy
September 27—Boston, MA—TD Garden*
September 28—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden*
*supporting Tedeschi Trucks Band

15x ACM Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Chris Stapleton won Entertainer of the Year at last night’s 58th Annual ACM Awards. This is Stapleton’s first-time winning ACM Entertainer of the Year, qualifying him for the coveted ACM Triple Crown Award, which celebrates artists who have won ACM New Male/Female Artist of the Year, Male/Female Artist of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.

The accolade adds to yet another landmark year for Stapleton, who is in the midst of his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour. Upcoming stops include Milwaukee’s American Family Field, Mansfield’s Xfinity Center, Charleston’s Credit One Stadium, Gilford’s Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion (three nights), Memphis’ FedEx Forum, Alpharetta’s Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (two nights), Long Island’s UBS Arena, Houston’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Austin’s Moody Center (two nights), Tulsa’s BOK Center and Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion (two nights) among many others. See below for complete itinerary. Special guests featured on the tour include Charley Crockett, Marcus King, Nikki Lane, Margo Price, Allen Stone, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War and Treaty.

In addition to the “All-American Road Show” dates, Stapleton will join George Strait for a series of stadium shows this year with special guests Little Big Town. Moreover, Stapleton also performed the national anthem at Super Bowl LVII this past February, of which the Associated Press praised, “Chris Stapleton didn’t need any high-tech help for a stellar performance during the national anthem. Stapleton stood at midfield with just a guitar and his smooth baritone voice, belting out an emotional rendition.”

Kentucky-born Stapleton is an 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. This past fall, he was named CMA Male Vocalist of the Year for the sixth time—setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, his most recent album, Starting Over, won Best Country Album at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs as well as earning Album of the Year honors at both the 54th Annual CMA Awards and 56th ACM Awards. The record follows Stapleton’s pair of Platinum-certified releases from 2017, From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2, as well as his x5 Platinum breakthrough solo debut album, Traveller.

In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart. Most recently, their “Kentucky Rising” concert last fall raised over $2.8 million to support flood relief in Eastern Kentucky.

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
May 27—Columbus, OH—Buckeye Country Superfest†
June 1—Moline, IL—Vibrant Arena at The MARK‡
June 2—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena‡
June 3—Milwaukee, WI—American Family Field†
June 8—Syracuse, NY—St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater at Lakeview+
June 9—Mansfield, MA—Xfinity Center+
June 15—Spokane, WA—Spokane Arena§
June 16—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater§
June 17—Seattle, WA—Lumen Field†
June 22—Des Moines, IA—Wells Fargo Arena§
June 23—Wichita, KS—INTRUST Bank Arena§
June 24—Denver, CO—Empower Field at Mile High†
July 6—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater§
July 7—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater§
July 8—Cavendish, PEI—Cavendish Beach Music Festival
July 13—Charleston, SC—Credit One Stadium#
July 14—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater#
July 15—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena#
July 19—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center**
July 20—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre**
July 22—Cullman, AL—Rock the South
July 28—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†
July 29—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†
August 5—Tampa, FL—Raymond James Stadium†
August 10—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 11—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 12—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡
August 18—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡
August 19—Montreal, QC—Lasso Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 24—Memphis, TN—FedEx Forum††
August 25—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre††
August 26—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre††
October 5—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena^
October 6—State College, PA—Bryce Jordan Center^
October 7—Long Island, NY—UBS Arena^
October 12—Corpus Christi, TX—American Bank Center Arena*
October 13—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
October 19—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center*
October 20—Austin, TX—Moody Center*
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Center*
October 26—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center*
October 27—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion*
October 28—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion*
†with George Strait and special guests Little Big Town
‡with special guests Marcus King and The War and Treaty
+with special guests Charley Crockett and The War and Treaty
§with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and Allen Stone
#with special guests Margo Price and Allen Stone
**with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War and Treaty
††with special guests Marcus King and Allen Stone
*with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane
^with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane

11x Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Brandy Clark’s new song, “Northwest,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Of the song, Clark shares, “Being born and raised in western Washington, it was all I knew until I moved to Nashville in my early 20s. It was so right in front of me that I didn’t even see or feel just how awesome it all was. The first time I came home for a visit, I realized just how tall the trees were and how majestic the mountains in my childhood backyard would always be. This song is an homage to that beautiful place and time I grew up in.”

“Northwest” is the third song unveiled from Clark’s highly-anticipated new self-titled album, which was produced by 9x Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile and will be released next Friday, May 19 on Warner Records (pre-order/pre-save). Ahead of the release, Clark recently unveiled album tracks “She Smoked In The House” and “Buried,” of which Billboard praises, “Clark continues to convey her inexorable talents as both a song-crafter and vocal interpreter,” while Music Row declares, “a stunning ballad of ache and loss by one of our greatest living country songwriters.”

The release adds to yet another landmark year for Clark, who is nominated for Best Original Score at the 76th Annual Tony Awards for Shucked, the new musical comedy she composed alongside longtime collaborator, Shane McAnally. Shucked is nominated for nine awards overall at the 2023 ceremony including Best New Musical.

Recorded at the famed Shangri-La studio in Malibu, CA, the new album features the most raw and intimate recordings of Clark’s decade-long career, as she showcases her versatility across eleven songs that span the emotional spectrum. In addition to Clark and Carlile, the album also includes special guests Derek Trucks and Lucius as well as Matt Chamberlain on drums, Sebastian Steinberg on bass, Dave Palmer on piano, Jedd Hughes on guitar, Kyleen King on viola, Josh Neumann on cello, Sista Strings (aka Monique and Chauntee Ross) on cello and violin, Steve Fishell on pedal steel and Jay Carlile on background vocals and harmonica.

Reflecting on the project, Clark shares, “This album is a return home to me in many ways. Musically it’s the rawest I’ve been since 12 Stories and maybe even rawer. When Brandi and I sat down and talked about working together, one thing that really intrigued me was her saying ‘I see it as your return to the northwest.’ (Since the two of us are both from Washington state). That comment inspired so much for me. It took me back to where and how I grew up. ‘Northwest’ and ‘She Smoked In The House’ were both a result of that early conversation. Working with another recording artist on this project was such a gift that I didn’t even know I needed and changed the way I want to write songs and make records moving forward. My hope is that anyone who hears this album will feel the heart that I put into every note of it.”

Carlile adds, “Brandy is one of the greatest songwriters I’ve ever known. And I feel like I now know exactly who Brandy Clark is through the portal of this singular brilliantly written album. When I heard the songs for this album, they took me back to the first time I heard Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. I was thinking about Tom Petty, The Pretenders, Kim Richey, Sheryl Crow, Shelby Lynne and the soul of 90s Americana before it had a name. Brandy’s voice is like a friend you’ve had your whole life the second you hear it. I know I’m not alone in feeling this way. This is her moment. This is the one. Sometimes an artist only gets one shot at an album like this in their life. This is the time Brandy has chosen to reveal herself to the world as an artist and a woman and I was blessed beyond measure to be the person she trusted to support and facilitate that swan dive.”

Clark is one of her generation’s most respected songwriters and musicians. In addition to writing songs like “A Beautiful Noise,” the GRAMMY-nominated duet performed by Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys, and Kacey Musgraves’ “Follow Your Arrow,” Clark has released three acclaimed albums of her own including 2020’s Your Life is A Record. The album landed on best-of-the-year lists at Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety and more and led NPR Music to call her, “a storyteller of the highest caliber,” The New Yorker to declare, “No one is writing better country songs than Brandy Clark is” and Slate to proclaim, “one of the greatest living short-story-song writers in country (which really means in any genre).”

BRANDY CLARK
1. Ain’t Enough Rocks (feat. Derek Trucks)
2. Buried
3. Tell Her You Don’t Love Her (feat. Lucius)
4. Dear Insecurity (feat. Brandi Carlile)
5. Come Back To Me
6. Northwest  
7. She Smoked In The House
8. Up Above The Clouds – Cecilia’s Song
9. All Over Again
10. Best Ones
11. Take Mine  

TOUR DATES
June 16-18—Kent, UK—Black Deer Festival
June 24—Katonah, NY—American Roots Music Festival
June 25—Vienna, VA—Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap
August 6—Richmond, VA—The National*
August 8—Wilmington, NC—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater*
August 9—Charleston, SC—Charleston Music Hall*
August 10—Greensboro, NC—Carolina Theatre*
August 11—Charlotte, NC—The Knight Theater*
August 17—Madison, WI August 17—Breese Stevens Field#
August 18—Beverly, MA—The Cabot*
August 19—Portland, ME—State Theatre*
August 20—Nashua, NH—Nashua Center for the Arts*
August 22—Northampton, MA—Academy of Music Theatre*
August 31—Highland Park, IL—Ravinia Festival#
September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
March 1-8, 2024—Miami, FL—Cayamo Cruise
*with Mary Chapin Carpenter
#with Brandi Carlile

Two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills & Nash Graham Nash is debuting the video for his new single “A Better Life.” Using classic animation techniques, hand painting the backgrounds and cell overlays for characters, director and acclaimed animator Jeff Scher aims to evoke a mid-century Technicolor cartoon look and a sense of mid-century optimism. Stream/share the video HERE.

The track hails from Nash’s upcoming first studio album of new material in seven years, Now, due this Friday, May 19 on BMG. Pre-order/pre-save the record HERE. Now is produced by Nash and longtime touring keyboardist Todd Caldwell.

“I believe that my new album Now is the most personal one I have ever made. At this point in my life, that's something to say,” notes Nash.

Nash recently unveiled the album’s first single, “Right Now,” which Consequence hails as “a triumphant song of perseverance,” while Relix raves that “the number finds the legendary artist capturing his feelings and emotions in song, a practice he has exemplified for decades.” Guitar World goes on to note, “‘Right Now’ is tough and weathered, a defiant statement from a veteran now in his ninth decade and still rocking.”

Nash is currently in the midst of a multiple-night run of shows at New York’s City Winery as part of his Sixty Years of Songs and Stories Tour. The tour marks the sixtieth anniversary of Nash’s first single with the Hollies, one of the leaders of the British Invasion of the 1960s. Additionally, in June and July Nash will revisit his west coast tour dates recently postponed due to Covid. See below for a list of upcoming shows, tickets are available at grahamnash.com.

In addition to his two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductions (with Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Hollies), Nash is a two-time inductee to the Songwriters Hall of Fame—as a solo artist and with CSN—and a Grammy Award winner. Towering above virtually everything that Graham Nash has accomplished in his multifaceted career stands the litany of songs that he has written and introduced to the soundtrack of the past half century.

Nash’s remarkable body of work began the Hollies opus from 1964 to ’68. His contributions to Crosby, Stills & Nash and Déjà Vu are lightning rods embedded in our DNA, starting with “Marrakesh Express,” “Pre-Road Downs” and “Lady of the Island” from the former and “Teach Your Children” and “Our House” from the latter. Nash’s career as a solo artist took flight in 1971 with two albums further showcasing the depths of his abilities as a singer and songwriter, yielding “Chicago/We Can Change the World,” “Military Madness,” “I Used To Be A King” and “Simple Man.”

His passionate voice has long been heard in support of peace and social and environmental justice. The No Nukes/Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) concerts he organized with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt in 1979 remain seminal benefit events. In September 2013, Nash released his long-awaited autobiography Wild Tales, which landed him on The New York Times Best Sellers list. In recognition of his contributions as a musician and philanthropist, Nash was appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Queen Elizabeth II. While continually building his musical legacy, Nash is also a renowned photographer and visual artist whose work has been shown in galleries and museums worldwide. Most recently Nash released A Life In Focus: The Photography Of Graham Nash (via Insight Editions), in which he reflects on more than fifty years of an extraordinary life in an extensive collection of personal photographs and artistic stills.

GRAHAM NASH—NOW
1. Right Now
2. A Better Life
3. Golden Idol
4. Stars And Stripes
5. Love Of Mine
6. Theme From Pastorale
7. In A Dream
8. Stand Up
9. Feels Like Home
10. Buddy’s Back
11. Follow Your Heart
12. I Watched It All Come Down
13. When It Comes To You

SIXTY YEARS OF SONGS AND STORIES TOUR
May 16—City Winery—New York, NY
May 17—City Winery—New York, NY

Additional dates to follow.

WEST COAST TOUR
June 17—Smothers Theatre—Malibu, CA
June 18—Humphrey’s—San Diego, CA
June 20—Fox Theatre—Tucson, AZ
June 21—Celebrity Theatre—Phoenix, AZ
June 24— Chautauqua Auditorium—Boulder, CO
June 25—Washington’s—Fort Collins, CO
June 27—Strings Music Pavilion—Steamboat Springs, CO
June 29—Riverwalk Center—Breckenridge, CO
July 1—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 2—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 3—The Egyptian Theatre—Park City, UT
July 5—Argyros Performing Arts Center—Ketchum, ID
July 7—The Panida—Sandpoint, ID
July 8—Pantages Theater—Tacoma, WA
July 10—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 11—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 13—Freight & Salvage—Berkeley, CA
July 15—The Lobero Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA
July 16—The Lobero Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA

John Mellencamp is gearing up to release his much-anticipated album Orpheus Descending. Today, he shares another taste from the LP with new song “The Eyes Of Portland”—listen/share HERE and watch/share the official lyric video HERE.

Orpheus Descending will be released June 16 via Republic Records. Pre-order the album HERE.

“The Eyes Of Portland” follows “Hey God.” Listen/share HERE, watch/share the official lyric video HERE.

Orpheus Descending, produced by Mellencamp and recorded at his own Belmont Mall Studio, marks Mellencamp’s twenty fifth studio album. One of his most personal records to date, standout tracks “Hey God” and “The Eyes of Portland” focus on social issues Mellencamp continues to passionately advocate for.

Mellencamp is currently in the midst of his massive Live and In Person 2023 North American tour, with dates running through June 27. The tour has been receiving rave reviews, with LA Weekly praising “Mellencamp strode out looking for all the world like a Brando or a Paul Newman or a James Dean—a Misfit who managed to find his place in the world through his music,” while the Dallas Observer describes that the show “made it clear Mellencamp is a true music legend, and from the sound of it, one that will continue to be making music for a long time to come.” A complete list of remaining dates is below, tickets are available for purchase HERE.

He’s currently performing songs from the new LP during his live set. The Chicago Tribune says “Awash in death, ‘Hey God’ functioned as a plea for deliverance from senseless gun violence. Preceded by a story about his encounter with a 20-something homeless woman, the solo acoustic ‘The Eyes of Portland’ took aim at the empty “thoughts and prayers” condolences offered as a solution to major tragedies and dilemmas.”

His critically acclaimed studio LP, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, was released early last year to praise from The New York Times, NPR Music, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more.

Mellencamp also recently released a deluxe edition reissue of his beloved seminal album, Scarecrow, which features a massive collection of bonus tracks, rarities and more never previously shared before. Listen HERE.

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Mellencamp has continued to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. Last year, he released a self-curated book of his work, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages, which is out now on Rizzoli New York.

TRACK LIST
ORPHEUS DESCENDING
1. Hey God
2. The Eyes Of Portland
3. Land Of The So Called Free
4. The Kindness Of Lovers
5. Amen
6. Orpheus Descending
7. Understated Reverence
8. One More Trick
9. Lightning And Luck
10. Perfect World
11. Backbone

TOUR DATES
May 16—Embassy Theatre—Ft. Wayne, IN
May 17—Palace Theatre—Columbus, OH
May 19—Peace Center—Greenville, SC
May 20—DPAC—Durham, NC
May 22—Benedum Center—Pittsburgh, PA
May 23—Benedum Center—Pittsburgh, PA
May 25—Playhouse Square—Cleveland, OH
May 26—Playhouse Square—Cleveland, OH
June 2—The Lyric—Baltimore, MD
June 3—Kimmel Cultural Center—Philadelphia, PA
June 5—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 6—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 7—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 9—Beacon Theatre—New York, NY
June 10—Boch Center-Wang Theatre—Boston, MA
June 11—Providence Performing Arts Center—Providence, RI
June 13—Palace Theatre—Albany, NY
June 14—Landmark Theatre—Syracuse, NY
June 16—Shea’s Performing Arts Center—Buffalo, NY
June 17—Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI
June 19—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON
June 21—Devos Performance Hall—Grand Rapids, MI
June 23—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 24—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 26—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI
June 27—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will release his anticipated new album, Appaloosa Bones, August 18 via Dualtone Records and Isakov’s own label, Suitcase Town Music (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new song, “The Fall,” is debuting today. Watch/share the official music video—directed by Jasmine McGlade (Director, Fencer and Executive Producer, LA LA Land) and animated by Ruth Lingford (Head of Animation, Harvard University)—HERE.

Of the video, McGlade shares, “Gregory’s music is so poignant, and ‘The Fall’ in particular has such a powerful, spiritual quality to it. I knew I wanted to make a video immersed in nature that fit with Greg’s aesthetic and the emotional realm of the song, while also creating characters and vintage, old-timey elements that connect with the lyrics. The piece, perhaps like the song, should ultimately say something about the human condition, and what it means to be alive—in a way that is a bit surrealist.”

Produced by Isakov and Andrew Berlin (Descendents, Rise Against) and recorded at Isakov’s studio outside of Boulder, Appaloosa Bones is his first new album in five years and is filled with his signature “emotionally evocative songwriting style” (NPR Music). With these eleven tracks, Isakov creates an atmospheric collection, infusing lush harmonies with layered instrumental textures of guitars, banjos and piano, many of which Isakov played himself.

Reflecting on the album, Isakov shares, “I set out to make a folky, small lo-fi rock ‘n’ roll record. And then the songs kind of told me, ‘No, this is what it’s going to be.’ And so I said, ‘OK,’ and after a while, I was just holding onto the reins, waiting to see where it was going and how the material worked. What I found was a collection of songs that brought me back to when I was starting out playing with the band—traveling a lot in the van, playing throughout the Southwest and West. These wide open landscapes had this quietness and expansive deepness that grounded me and evoked a lot of the curiosities I was drawn to when I started writing songs.”

In celebration of the new music, Isakov will tour through this fall, including shows at San Francisco’s The Masonic, Los Angeles’ Theatre at Ace Hotel (two nights, both sold out), Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (sold out), Chicago’s Chicago Theatre, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Atlanta’s Tabernacle (two nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall, Boston’s Roadrunner (two nights) and New York’s Beacon Theatre among many others. Special guests for the fall dates include Shovels & Rope, Damien Jurado, Lucius, The Milk Carton Kids, and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers (playing Piano Piano). See below for complete itinerary.

Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams and released five full-length albums to date, including 2018’s Evening Machines, which was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. Of the record, NPR Music praised, “rich in narrative detail and beautifully contemplative,” while Billboard asserted, “characteristically ruminative…blending a gentle spaciousness with dusky atmospheres and carefully nuanced textures” and Rolling Stone declared, “beautiful collisions of acoustic instruments, Isakov’s soothing vocals and otherworldly noise.” Additionally, Isakov’s music has been featured in hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Big Sky, A Million Little Things, The Haunting of Hill House, Virgin River, The Blacklist, This is Us and many more.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running his farm in Boulder County, which provides produce to the farm’s CSA members, local restaurants, and Community Food Share (a Boulder County food bank).

APPALOOSA BONES TRACK LIST
1. The Fall
2. Before the Sun
3. Appaloosa Bones
4. Silver Bell
5. Watchman
6. Miles to Go
7. Terlingua
8. Mistakes
9. One Day
10. Sweet Heat Lightning
11. Feed Your Horses

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 15 /// Santa Fe, NM /// The Bridge* (SOLD OUT)
June 16 /// Santa Fe, NM /// The Bridge* (SOLD OUT)
June 18 /// Telluride, CO /// Telluride Bluegrass Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 27 /// Portland, ME /// Thompson’s Point+
July 28 /// Burlington, VT /// Waterfront Park Concert Series+
July 30 /// Newport, RI /// Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 11 /// Omaha, NE /// Outlandia Music Festival
August 14 /// Saskatoon, SK /// Coors Event Centre
August 15 /// Calgary, AB /// MacEwan Hall
August 17 /// Vancouver, BC /// The Orpheum†
August 18 /// Seattle, WA /// Paramount Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
August 20 /// Troutdale, OR /// Edgefield†
August 22 /// Jacksonville, OR /// Britt Pavilion†
August 23 /// San Francisco, CA /// The Masonic†
August 25 /// Los Angeles, CA /// The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 26 /// Los Angeles, CA /// The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 27 /// Phoenix, AZ /// The Van Buren† (SOLD OUT)
August 29 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// Delta Hall at The Eccles†
August 30 /// Salt Lake City, UT /// Delta Hall at The Eccles†
September 2 /// Denver, CO /// Mission Ballroom† (SOLD OUT)
September 3 /// Dillon, CO /// Dillon Amphitheater† (SOLD OUT)
September 4 /// Morrison, CO /// Red Rocks Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
September 29 /// Kansas City, MO /// The Midland^
September 30 /// St. Paul, MN /// Palace Theatre^
October 1 /// Chicago, IL /// The Chicago Theatre
October 3 /// Durham, NC /// Durham Performing Arts Center^
October 5 /// Nashville, TN /// Ryman Auditorium^
October 6 /// Nashville, TN /// Ryman Auditorium#
October 7 /// Atlanta, GA /// Tabernacle#
October 8 /// Atlanta, GA /// Tabernacle#
October 10 /// Asheville, NC /// Rabbit Rabbit#
October 11 /// Charleston, SC /// Firefly Distillery#
October 13 /// Washington, DC /// The Anthem
October 14 /// Philadelphia, PA /// Franklin Music Hall#
October 16 /// Toronto, ON /// Massey Hall**
October 17 /// Montreal, QC /// MTELUS**
October 18 /// Kingston, NY /// Ulster Performing Arts Center**
October 21 /// Boston, MA /// Roadrunner**
October 22 /// Boston, MA /// Roadrunner**
October 23 /// New York, NY /// Beacon Theatre**

*with special guest Joe Purdy
+with special guest Josh Ritter
†with special guest Shovels & Ropes
‡with special guest Jeremiah Fraites
of The Lumineers (playing Piano Piano)
^with special guest Damien Jurado
#with special guest Lucius
**with special guest The Milk Carton Kids

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is debuting their new track “Sacred The Thread;” listen HERE and watch/share the visualizer HERE.

“I always like to think that some people’s first impression of Greta Van Fleet in concert is, ‘Wow, these guys really like dressing to the left and blowing shit up,’” notes frontperson Josh Kiszka, adding, “this song is particularly important to me because it’s about my jumpsuits.”

“Sacred The Thread” is the latest track to be unveiled from the band’s highly anticipated forthcoming third studio album Starcatcher, due July 21 on Lava/Republic Records. The album’s first single “Meeting The Master” is out now to extensive critical acclaim; Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey;” pre-save/pre-order the record HERE.

Earlier this week, the band shared a live performance video of “Meeting The Master;” watch/share HERE.

Additionally, the band is launching new vinyl variants that will be available upon the album’s release. There will be a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

In celebration of the new music, the band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Kaleo, Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.

Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as musicians.”

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”

The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. Greta Van Fleet returns to the road this month for the Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET—STARCATCHER
1. Fate Of The Faithful
2. Waited All Your Life
3. The Falling Sky
4. Sacred The Thread
5. Runway Blues
6. The Indigo Streak
7. Frozen Light
8. The Archer
9. Meeting The Master
10. Farewell For Now

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE
July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena*
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena*
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum*
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena*
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum*
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena*
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center†
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena†
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena†
September 11—Washington DC—Capital One Arena†
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden†
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden†
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center†
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse†
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse†
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle‡
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome‡
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena‡
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National‡
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley‡
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena‡
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena‡
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro‡
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum§
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith§
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena§
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club§
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center§
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno§
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
*with Kaleo
†with Surf Curse
‡with Mt. Joy
§with Black Honey
**as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

Grammy nominated duo The Milk Carton Kids’ new record I Only See The Moon is out now to critical acclaim on Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Order/stream the album HERE.

In celebration of the new release, the band is set to tour the U.S. this fall with stops including New York’s Beacon Theatre, Chicago’s Thalia Hall, Washington, D.C.’s Union Stage and more. Tickets are available for pre-sale via the band and Spotify on May 23 and promoter pre-sales kick off May 24, with tickets on sale to the general public beginning May 25 at 10 a.m. local time HERE.

The fall tour also includes a performance at the first ever Los Angeles Folk Festival, which the band is producing in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) at The Ford October 7-8. The Milk Carton Kids will headline the festival alongside critically acclaimed artists Waxahatchee, Sierra Ferrell, Valerie June, Davíd Garza & Freaklórico, Haley Heynderickx, Tré Burt, Willie Watson and a number of very special guests. Tickets are available HERE.

With the festival, the band aims to bring a proper folk festival to their hometown and draw a line connecting the folk community from the collaborative Laurel Canyon scene of the 1960’s to the community of musicians and comedians working today at venues like L.A.’s Largo.

“Both of us have now lived enough life to understand that maybe one of the purposes we were put on Earth for is to sing together, to write songs together, to make music together,” notes guitarist/vocalist Kenneth Pattengale. “It has truly provided a direction for our lives.” Guitarist/vocalist Joey Ryan adds, “It’s like a successful marriage in that there’s always been enough there between us collaboratively in the way that we work together, sing together, play together. It’s a very special thing. And I don’t think we ever took that for granted.”

Founded in 2011, The Milk Carton Kids swiftly emerged as a major force in the American folk tradition, blending ethereal harmonies and intricate musicianship with a uniquely powerful brand of contemporary songcraft. 2013’s ANTI- debut The Ash & Clay proved their national breakthrough, earning The Milk Carton Kids their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album. A second Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance followed in 2015 for the track “The City of Our Lady” from band’s acclaimed third studio album, Monterey, and 2018’s All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

The band’s most recent album, 2019’s The Only Ones (out now via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers), was the subject of extensive praise, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that “Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan get back to the beautiful basics with The Only Ones,” while NPR’s “World Café” noted that “even though Joey and Kenneth are not related, their voices together create a sibling-like harmony...the duo has a strong sense of respect and reverence for the musical traditions that they've grown from.”

TRACK LIST
I ONLY SEE THE MOON
1. All Of The Time In The World To Kill
2. Star Shine
3. When You’re Gone
4. Wheels And Levers
5. I Only See The Moon
6. Running On Sweet Smile
7. One True Love
8. Body & Soul
9. North Country Ride
10. Will You Remember Me
 
I ONLY SEE THE MOON TOUR
June 2—Kerrville, TX—Kerrville Folk Festival
July 25-28—Big Indian, NY—Sad Songs Summer Camp
August 20—Manchester Center, VT—Green Mountain Bluegrass & Roots
September 9—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle
September 10—Washington, DC—Union Stage
September 12—Philadelphia, PA—World Café Live
September 13—Pittsburgh, PA—Thunderbird Café and Music Hall
September 14—Detroit, MI—El Club
September 15—Cleveland Heights, OH—Grog Shop
September 17—Columbus, OH—A&R Music Bar
September 18—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
September 19—Lexington, KY—The Burl
October 8—Los Angeles, CA—Los Angeles Folk Festival
October 10—San Francisco, CA—The Independent
October 12—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theater
October 13—Seattle, WA—St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
October 14—Vancouver, BC—Vogue Theatre
October 16—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall*
October 17—Montreal, QC—MTELUS*
October 18—Kingston, NY—Broadway Theatre at UPAC*
October 21—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 22—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 23—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
November 4—Moab, UT—Moab Folk Festival
November 5—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf
November 8—Austin, TX—Antone’s
November 9—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory
November 10—Houston, TX—Last Concert Café
January 29—Asheville, NC—Orange Peel
January 30—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre
February 1—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
*with Gregory Alan Isakov

Today, Grammy-Award winning rock band Greta Van Fleet share a live performance video of their latest song "Sacred The Thread" - Watch/share HERE.

The song is from their much anticipated new album Starcatcher on July 21 via Lava/Republic Records. Of the new track, American Songwriter calls "Sacred The Thread" a "stunner."

"Sacred The Thread" follows the release of "Meeting The Master" - watch/share the live performance video HERE.
 
Of the first single off the forthcoming album, Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey.”

Starcatcher follows the band's acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate. The album was released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success: debuting at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200.

From The Fires was released in 2017 and earned the band Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Brandi Carlile’s rendition of “Home”—made famous by Diana Ross in 1978’s The Wiz—is out today and is featured in this week’s penultimate episode of Ted Lasso season three, now streaming on Apple TV+.  Produced by Carlile at ShangriLa Studios, the recording features Matt Chamberlain (drums), Sebastian Steinberg (bass), Dave Palmer (piano/organ) and Chauntee and Monique Ross (strings). Listen HERE.

The new song is the latest studio work from Carlile, whose recent producer projects include Brandy Clark’s acclaimed new self-titled album, which was just released on Friday as well as upcoming projects with Tanya Tucker and Joni Mitchell.

Next month, Carlile’s once-in-a-lifetime “Echoes Through the Canyon” weekend will take place at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre in June. The three-night run kicks off Friday, June 9 with Carlile’s annual headline concert with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell, followed by legendary artist Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” Saturday, June 10 with Carlile opening. The final night, June 11, will feature The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker. Furthermore, Carlile will perform select headline shows through the year and will join P!NK on her “Summer Carnival 2023” stadium tour. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Carlile is a 9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music's most respected voices. Adding to her celebrated career, Carlile’s acclaimed album, In These Silent Days, earned her three awards at this year’s GRAMMYs—Best Americana Album, Best Rock Song (“Broken Horses”) and Best Rock Performance (“Broken Horses”). Following the release of In These Silent Days, Carlile released her self-produced In The Canyon Haze this past fall, a deluxe edition of the album featuring Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each track, plus a rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”

Widely beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with Joni Mitchell, Elton John, The Highwomen, Tanya Tucker, Soundgarden, Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton, Brandy Clark and more, has been awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.

On top of being a musician and author of the #1 New York Times Best Selling memoir, Broken Horses (Crown), Carlile remains committed to social activism and advocacy. Together with the Hanseroth twins, Carlile founded the Looking Out Foundation, which amplifies the impact of music by empowering those without a voice with varied initiatives including campaigns focused on Children in Conflict/War Child, The IF Project, Fund Racial Justice and more. To date, they have raised over $4 million for grassroots causes.

Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife, Catherine, and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 9—George, WA—Brandi Carlile with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell (SOLD OUT)
June 10— George, WA—Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam” with special guest Brandi Carlile
(SOLD OUT)
June 11—George, WA—The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker
June 24-25—Vienna, VA—Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 9—Marshfield, MA—Levitate Music Festival
July 22—Brookville, NY—Tilles Center for the Performing Arts+
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 26—Cincinnati, OH—Great American Ball Park*
August 3—New York, NY—Citi Field*
August 4—Selbyville, DE—Freeman Arts Pavilion+
August 5—Pittsburgh, PA—PNC Park*
August 16—Detroit, MI—Comerica Park*
August 17—Madison, WI—Breese Stevens Field#
August 19—Fargo, ND—Fargodome*
August 21—Omaha, NE—Charles Schwab Field*
August 27—St. Louis, MO—Evolution Festival
August 29—St. Paul, MN—Minnesota State Fair^
August 31—Highland Park, IL—Ravinia Festival#
September 1—Interlochen, MI—Kresge Auditorium
September 8—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 9—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 16—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center‡
September 18—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 22—Nashville, TN—Geodis Park*
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater†
September 25—San Antonio, TX—Alamodome*
September 27—Houston, TX—Minute Maid Park*
September 29—Dallas, TX—Globe Life Field*
October 3—San Diego, CA—Snapdragon Stadium*
October 7—Las Vegas, NV—Allegiant Stadium*
October 9—Phoenix, AZ—Chase Field*
*with P!NK
+special solo show
#with special guest Brandy Clark
^with special guest Wynonna Judd
‡with special guest Katie Pruitt
†with special guest Tanya Tucker

2x Grammy-winning entertainment legend and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker’s new song, “Breakfast In Birmingham” featuring 9x Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile and written by Carlile and Bernie Taupin, is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

“Breakfast In Birmingham” is the third song unveiled from Tanya’s highly anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, which will be released this Friday, June 2 on Fantasy Records (pre-order/pre-save). Ahead of the release, Tanya has unveiled two additional album tracks, “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” and “Kindness,” of which Music Row declares, “Pensive and powerful…the living legend exudes enduring charisma in this stunning, stirring performance,” while Consequence praises, “the track really centers Tucker’s classic voice as she recalls her storied life with a sense of hard-fought strength.”

Produced once again by Carlile and Shooter Jennings, Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following the release of Tanya’s landmark 2019 album, While I’m Livin’. Her first new album in 17 years, While I’m Livin’reintroduced Tanya to a new generation and went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song for its poignant single, “Bring My Flowers Now.”

Sweet Western Sound stands on Tanya’s exquisitely warm and wizened vocals and a spectacular collection of cut-deep songs—an assertive and confident declaration of vitality and purpose from an irrepressible and irreplaceable country music icon. In addition to songs by Tanya, Carlile and Jennings, the album features contributions from Bernie Taupin, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, JT Nero, Billy Don Burns and Craig Dillingham as well as a voicemail-generated rhyme from Tanya’s hero and close friend, the late great Billy Joe Shaver, which opens and closes the album.

In celebration of the new music, Tanya will embark on her “Sweet Western Sound Tour” this summer including a special “Texas Takeover” run with shows at Lubbock’s Buddy Holly Hall, Helotes’ John T. Floore’s Country Store, Houston’s Heights Theater (two nights) and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s. Additional stops along the tour include New York, NY, Atlanta, GA, Knoxville, TN and Fayetteville, AR. See below for tour itinerary. Additional dates to be announced soon.

“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I'm excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” says Tanya. “It’s ALWAYS a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn't know if we’d be working together again on a new album after While I’m Livin’!! But we did it! Lots of new things we did this time and I even co-wrote some of the songs, which means a lot to me. Brandi says we're MAGIC together, and I'm starting to believe her!!!!”

TANYA TUCKER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 3—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 4—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 11—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre*
June 17—Martinsville, IN—Morgan County Fairgrounds+
June 23—Lubbock, TX—The Buddy Holly Hall
June 24—Helotes, TX—John T. Floore’s Country Store
June 27—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 28—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
July 1—Miami, OK—Buffalo Run Casino
July 22—Fort St. John, BC—Energetic County Fair
July 26—Vancouver, BC—Commodore Ballroom
July 30—White Sulphur Springs, MT—Red Ants Pants Music Festival
September 7—Marietta, OH—The Peoples Bank Theatre
September 9—Orillia, ON—Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
September 14—New York, NY—SummerStage in Central Park
September 15—Shippensburg, PA—H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center
September 22—Florence, KY—Turfway Park Event Center
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater#
September 28—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
September 29—Atlanta, GA—Atlanta Symphony Hall
October 4—Fayetteville, AR—Walton Arts Center – Baum Walker Hall
October 6-8—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 13-15—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Music Festival

*with The Highwomen
+co-headline with Ashley McBryde and special guests Neal McCoy and Easton Corbin
#with Brandi Carlile

“Next Rodeo,” the latest song from GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. The track is the second unveiled from Tuttle’s new album, City of Gold, which will be released July 21 via Nonesuch Records (pre-order/pre-save here).

Tuttle says of the song, “This ain’t my first rodeo - I’ve spent most of my adult life playing shows all around the world and my new single ‘Next Rodeo’ reflects the miles I’ve put in with my band. We played 100+ shows over the past year, which led to recording our upcoming record, City of Gold. ‘Next Rodeo’ feels like a fitting metaphor for my second Golden Highway record. Going back to my bluegrass roots has felt both nostalgic and brand new and this song encapsulates my feelings as I look back on a great year and look ahead to another one full of new places, people and songs.”

In celebration of the new music, “Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway: Live in Nashville”—a special concert event filmed earlier this year—will air on PBS starting this Saturday, June 3 (check local listings here). The band will also tour through this summer including dates supporting Dierks Bentley, Greensky Bluegrass, Charley Crockett and Marcus King, as well as festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Railbird Music Festival, Under the Big Sky Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.

The new album follows Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards and also led to a Best New Artist nomination. Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas andrecorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, during which they have grown together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks—mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)—capture the electric energy of band’s live shows by highlighting each members’ musical strengths.

Ahead of the release, previous City of Gold track, “El Dorado,” debuted earlier this spring. Billboard called it “a vibrant blend of bluegrass with flashes of Old West, anchored by Tuttle’s earthy-yet-angelic vocal and the entire group’s ace musicianship,” while American Songwriter said, “Tuttle, one of the world’s best guitar players, soars on this country song.”

Reflecting on the project, Tuttle shares, “When I was a kid, we took a field trip to Coloma, CA to learn about the gold rush. I’ll never forget the dusty hills and the grizzled old miner who showed us the nugget around his neck. Just like gold fever, music has always captivated me, captured my heart, and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths. On my new album I dug deep as a songwriter (with Ketch Secor) and co-producer (with Jerry Douglas) and surfaced with a record that celebrates the music of my heart, my life, the land where I grew up, and the stories I heard along the way. I made this record with my band Golden Highway after playing over 100 shows across the country last year. On the road and in the studio, we are inspired by artists such as John Hartford, Gillian Welch and Peter Rowan to name a few, whose records are like family albums to us. Just like them, on this album we chart some new territory along some old familiar ground. The songs span from breakdowns to ballads, fairytales and fiddle tunes, from Yosemite up to the Gold Country and out beyond the mountains. That visit to Coloma, site of California’s first gold strike is where I first heard about El Dorado, the city of gold. Playing music can take you to a place that is just as precious. I hope you like this record!”

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, acoustic guitar), Douglas (dobro) and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle, harmony vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass, harmony vocals) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo, harmony vocals)—City of Gold also features special guest Dave Matthews on “Yosemite.”

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage.  

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 1—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage*
June 2—Clarkson, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre*
June 3—Cleveland, OH—Blossom Music Center*
June 4—Lexington, KY—Railbird Music Festival
June 15—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 16—Grass Valley, CA—Father’s Day Festival
June 22—Owensboro, KY—ROMP 2023
June 23—Somerset, WI—Somerset Amphitheater
June 24—East Troy, WI—Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 25—Maryland Heights, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 6—Sheboygan, WI—John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Levitt AMP Music Series
July 7—Harbor Springs, MI—Blissfest Festival Farm
July 14—Columbia Falls, MT—UTBS Official After Party
July 15—Whitefish, MT—Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival
July 18—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater‡
July 19—Boise, ID—Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
July 21—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
July 22—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 30—Lyons, CO—RockyGrass Festival
August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 9—Bonner, MT—KettleHouse Amphitheater+
August 12—Edmonton, AB—Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
August 25—New Braunfels, TX—Whitewater Amphitheatre‡
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
December 1—Lake Wales, FL—Orange Blossom Revue

*supporting Dierks Bentley
‡supporting Charley Crockett
+supporting Greensky Bluegrass
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King

What If I, the new five track EP from Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, is out now on Stax. The EP marks the band’s first body of work since their acclaimed 2021 album The Future. Listen to the new EP HERE.

The EP features a selection of unreleased songs recorded during The Future sessions as well as the new track “Buy My Round.” All songs on the new record are produced by Bradley Cook (Bon Iver, Kevin Morby, The War on Drugs) and R.M.B., the production trio of Rateliff, Patrick Meese and James Barone (Beach House). In addition, the song “Slow Pace of Time” features Preservation Hall Jazz Band leader and clarinetist Charlie Gabriel.

Last night, Rateliff and the band performed the National Anthem at Denver’s Ball Arena to kick off the NBA Finals series between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat.

Watch/share the performance HERE.

Additionally, the group continue to take their lauded live show on the road this summer and fall for an extensive run of worldwide dates. The U.S. tour includes multiple shows at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Chicago’s The Salt Shed and Minneapolis’ Surly Brewing Festival Field as well as appearances at the Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson & Family, Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, Sea.Hear.Now Festival and more. See below for full tour routing.

The current run of shows follows a recent performance at Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl as well as an appearance at Brandi Carlile’s Mothership Weekend at Seascape Resort in Florida.

In support of The Future, which was released to widespread acclaim, the group performed multiple times on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “CBS This Morning: Saturday” and “Austin City Limits.” In addition, Rateliff sat with Anthony Mason of  “CBS Sunday Morning” to discuss the band’s rise to stardom.

Last December, Rateliff & The Night Sweats played their biggest show ever at Denver’s Ball Arena. The sold-out performance held special significance as it was their first ever arena show and featured a solo set from longtime friend and supporter Marcus Mumford and Hermanos Gutiérrez as well as a surprise sit-in from Amelia Meath of Sylvan Esso.

TRACK LIST
WHAT IF I EP
1. Buy My Round
2. What If I (Cook Brothers Version)
3. That’s Your Opinion
4. Slow Pace of Time (featuring Charlie Gabriel)
5. Suffer Me

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS LIVE

June 3—Chattanooga, TN—Riverbend Festival
June 4—Lexington, KY—Railbird Music Festival
June 16—Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom—Black Deer Festival
July 23—Redmond, OR—Fairwell Festival
July 28—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion *
July 29—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center For The Arts *
July 30—Darien Center, NY—Dairen Lake Amphitheater *
August 1—Pittsburgh, PA—Stage AE †
August 3—Grand Rapids, MI—GLC Live at 20 Monroe †
August 4—Rochester Hills, MI—Meadow Brook Amphitheatre †
August 5—Columbus, OH—KEMBA Live!
August 7—Madison, WI—The Sylvee †
August 9-10—Chicago, IL—The Salt Shed †
August 12-13—Minneapolis, MN—Surly Brewing Festival Field †
August 15—Moorhead, MN—Bluestem Amphitheater †
August 18-19—Missoula, MT—Kettlehouse Amphitheater ‡
August 22-23—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre ‡
September 15—Charlottesville, VA—Ting Pavilion
September 16—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea.Hear.Now Festival
September 19—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
September 20—Newport, KY—MegaCorp Pavilion
September 22—Milwaukee, WI—BMO Pavilion
September 24—Franklin, TN—Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
September 26—Asheville, NC—ExploreAsheville.com Arena §
September 27—Raleigh, NC—Red Hat Amphitheater §
September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound On Sound Music Festival
October 1—Ocean City, MD—Oceans Calling Festival

* with Willie Nelson & Family
† with Thee Sacred Souls
‡ with Waxahatchee
§ with Sierra Ferrell

2x Grammy-winning entertainment legend and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker’s highly anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, is out today via Fantasy Records. Stream/purchase HERE.

Produced once again by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following Tanya’s landmark 2019 album, While I’m Livin’, which reintroduced her to a new generation and went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song (“Bring My Flowers Now”).

In celebration of the new music, Tanya will perform at the Grand Ole Opry tonight followed by two shows at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium this weekend (Saturday sold-out). She will also embark on her “Sweet Western Sound Tour” later this month with stops at Lubbock’s Buddy Holly Hall, Helotes’ John T. Floore’s Country Store, Houston’s Heights Theater (two nights), Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s, New York’s SummerStage in Central Park, Knoxville’s Tennessee Theatre and Atlanta’s Atlanta Symphony Hall among others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Sweet Western Sound stands on Tanya’s exquisitely warm and wizened vocals and a spectacular collection of cut-deep songs—an assertive and confident declaration of vitality and purpose from an irrepressible and irreplaceable country music icon. In addition to songs by Tanya, Carlile and Jennings, the album features contributions from Bernie Taupin, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, JT Nero, Billy Don Burns and Craig Dillingham as well as a voicemail-generated rhyme from Tanya’s hero and close friend, the late great Billy Joe Shaver, which opens and closes the album.

“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” says Tanya. “It’s ALWAYS a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn't know if we’d be working together again on a new album after While I’m Livin’!! But we did it! Lots of new things we did this time and I even co-wrote some of the songs, which means a lot to me. Brandi says we're MAGIC together, and I'm starting to believe her!!!!”

Born in Seminole, Texas, Tanya had her first country hit, the classic “Delta Dawn,” at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that auspicious beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, ten of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboardcountry charts. Tanya’s indelible songs include some of country music’s biggest hits such as the aforementioned “Delta Dawn,” “Soon,” “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane,” “It’s a Little Too Late,” “Trouble,” “Texas (When I Die),” “If It Don’t Come Easy” and “Strong Enough To Bend.” Tanya is also the recipient of numerous awards, including two CMAs, two ACMs and three CMT awards. In 2020, Tanya received two GRAMMY® Awards for Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song: “Bring My Flowers Now.” In October 2022 “The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile,” a documentary that chronicles the resurgence in Tucker’s career following the success of her aforementioned 2019 album While I’m Livin’, hit theaters globally via Sony Pictures Classics. Lauded by The New York Times, the documentary raves that Tanya “hasn’t lost a step in terms of phrasing. The teardrop in her voice, strategically used in heartache songs, remains credible. [The doc] interweaves the contemporary sessions…better-than-competent piece of fan service.” In December 2022, Tanya made her acting debut in a lead role in Paramount’s “A Nashville Country Christmas,” starring alongside Academy Award® winner Keith Carradine. On the spirits side, the country icon’s signature tequila, Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, is now available in 14 U.S. states and Canada, with additional stores carrying the tequila every day. To order Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, visit CosaSalvajeTequila.com. To keep up with Tanya Tucker, go to TanyaTucker.com!

TRACK LIST
SWEET WESTERN SOUND
1. Tanya (written by Billy Joe Shaver, Tanya Tucker)
2. Kindness (written by Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
3. Breakfast In Birmingham featuring Brandi Carlile (written by Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin)
4. Waltz Across a Moment (written by Shooter Jennings)
5. Ready As I’ll Never Be (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
6. The List (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
7. Letter To Linda (written by Tanya Tucker, Shooter Jennings)
8. City of Gold (written by JT Nero)
9. That Wasn’t Me (written by Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
10. When The Rodeo Is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?) (written by Billy Don Burns, Craig Dillingham)

TANYA TUCKER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 2—Nashville, TN—The Grand Ole Opry
June 3—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium (SOLD OUT)
June 4—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 11—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre*
June 17—Martinsville, IN—Morgan County Fairgrounds+
June 23—Lubbock, TX—The Buddy Holly Hall
June 24—Helotes, TX—John T. Floore’s Country Store
June 27—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 28—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater
June 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
July 1—Miami, OK—Buffalo Run Casino
July 22—Fort St. John, BC—Energetic County Fair
July 26—Vancouver, BC—Commodore Ballroom
July 28—Calgary, AB—Calgary Folk Music Festival
July 30—White Sulphur Springs, MT—Red Ants Pants Music Festival
September 7—Marietta, OH—The Peoples Bank Theatre
September 9—Orillia, ON—Casino Rama Entertainment Centre
September 14—New York, NY—SummerStage in Central Park
September 15—Shippensburg, PA—H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center
September 22—Florence, KY—Turfway Park Event Center
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater#
September 28—Knoxville, TN—Tennessee Theatre
September 29—Atlanta, GA—Atlanta Symphony Hall
October 4—Fayetteville, AR—Walton Arts Center – Baum Walker Hall
October 6-8—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 13-15—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Music Festival

*with The Highwomen
+co-headline with Ashley McBryde and special guests Neal McCoy and Easton Corbin
#with Brandi Carlile

Today, Reckless Son—the moniker of New York-based musician Matt Butler—releases his much-anticipated self-titled debut album. Listen/share HERE and watch the lyric video for new album track “Just One” HERE.

“Every time I walk into a jail or a prison, I feel afraid. I feel silly for even presuming I have the power to make a difference. But what helps me walk through the fear is the thought that if just one person gets something out of the gig, if just one person connects, feels seen, feels heard, feels a little less alone, then it’s worth it,” Butler explains of “Just One.”

Leading up to the release, Butler shared the album tracks “St. Christopher’s Inn” and “Been Gone So Long.”

The next day, Butler will be performing the entirety of his solo show Reckless Son for the incarcerated men of the Chesterfield County Jail in Virginia, followed by a workshop and talkback that will be live streamed on Facebook and other social media platforms. Watch a video the inmates have shared via TikTok in anticipation of the forthcoming visit.

Butler recently sat down with NPR’s “Morning Edition” for an extended conversation. Listen to the interview HERE and read more HERE. Listen to Butler’s recent performance on nationally syndicated “Live Wire Radio” HERE.

Butler has performed everywhere from Ohio’s Chillicothe Correctional Institution to Utah’s Gunnison Prison and the New York City Department of Corrections facilities on Riker’s Island. Having performed over 150 concerts in jails and prisons across the country, Butler shares the songs he writes along the way and the stories of the people who inspired them. More than just a show, Reckless Son acts as a calling, service, and pledge to “bring healing through the arts to those behind the walls,” Butler says.

“I've never been the kind of writer who just sits down and writes a love song,” Butler says. “I’ve always been drawn to deeper, darker, more intense subject matter.”
“Reckless Son wasn’t written for the incarcerated. It was written for those who haven’t had the privilege of meeting these people and hearing their stories for themselves,” he explains. “The show is as faithful a rendering of the truth of my experience as I can offer. The people in jail know their own story already. Reckless Son is more about getting that story heard.”

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is debuting their new track “Farewell For Now;” listen HERE and watch/share the visualizer HERE.

“On ‘Farewell For Now’ we express the sentiment of our longing to stay on stage and savor the magic created by the audience-music phenomena,” notes bassist Sam Kiszka. “But we must pack up and go to the next place to do it all over again; as always, we’ll be back soon.”

“Farewell For Now” is the latest track to be unveiled from the band’s highly anticipated forthcoming third studio album Starcatcher, due July 21 on Lava/Republic Records. The new track follows the release of “Meeting The Master” and “Sacred The Thread;” American Songwriter calls the latter track a “stunner.” Of “Meeting The Master,” Consequence raves that the song “[digs] deeper into their mythical lore by revisiting concepts from their previous work,” while Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey;” pre-save/pre-order the record HERE.

Most recently, the band shared a live performance video of "Sacred The Thread;" watch/share HERE.

Additionally, the band is launching another vinyl variant—an exclusive black glitter vinyl—that is available for pre-order HERE. The band is also offering a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

In celebration of the new music, the band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Kaleo, Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.

Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as musicians.”

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”
The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. Last month, Greta Van Fleet played at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

5x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Mary Chapin Carpenter will embark on an extensive tour this fall with her longtime friend, Shawn Colvin. These special shows will feature the acclaimed songwriters performing material from their vast catalogues as well as some of their favorite songs, appearing on stage together as an intimate acoustic duo, swapping songs and sharing stories.

The newly confirmed tour includes stops at Fort Lauderdale’s Amaturo Theater, Birmingham’s Lyric Theatre, Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, Ann Arbor’s Michigan Theater, Evanston’s Cahn Auditorium, Minneapolis’ Pantages Theater and Ithaca’s State Theatre among many others. See below for complete itinerary.

Tickets for the shows will be available for pre-sale starting tomorrow, June 13 at 10:00am local time via Seated, with general on-sale following this Friday, June 16 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.marychapincarpenter.com/tourOver the course of her renowned career, Carpenter has sold over 16 million records. With hits like “Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” she has won five GRAMMY Awards (with 18 nominations), two CMA awards, two ACM awards, and is one of only fifteen female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Additionally, Carpenter’s most recent release, One Night Lonely (Live), was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards. A rare solo performance, the album was recorded at Carpenter’s favorite venue, Virginia’s legendary Wolf Trap (where she will return on August 26 with special guest Dawes), and features songs from across her acclaimed career including several from her latest studio album, The Dirt And The Stars. A DVD of the live concert, which premiered on PBS, is also available here.

Shawn Colvin won her first GRAMMY Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album with her debut album, Steady On, in 1989. She has been a mainstay of the contemporary folk music scene ever since, releasing twelve superlative albums and establishing herself as an enduring talent. Her songs are slow-release works of craft and catharsis that become treasured, lifetime companions for their listeners. Colvin triumphed at the 1998 GRAMMY Awards, winning both Record and Song of the Year for “Sunny Came Home.” Her inspiring and candid memoir, Diamond In The Rough, was published in 2012. Shawn was recently recognized for her career accomplishments when she was honored with the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Trailblazer Award by the Americana Music Association. Presenting her with this prestigious award was Bonnie Raitt. Said Raitt, “She’s simply one of the best singers I’ve ever heard— and a truly gifted and deep songwriter and guitarist… She was groundbreaking when she emerged and continues to inspire me and the legions of fans and other singer/songwriters coming up in her wake."

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, June 16 at 10:00am local time
June 13—Scottsdale, AZ—Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts*
June 15—Boulder, CO—Chautauqua Auditorium*
June 16—Breckenridge, CO—Riverwalk Center*
June 17—Telluride, CO—Telluride Bluegrass Festival
August 3—Brownfield, ME—Stone Mountain Arts Center
August 4—Brownfield, ME—Stone Mountain Arts Center
August 5—Katonah, NY—Caramoor Center
August 6—Richmond, VA—The National†
August 8—Wilmington, NC—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater†
August 9—Charleston, SC—Charleston Music Hall†
August 10—Greensboro, NC—Carolina Theatre†
August 11—Charlotte, NC—Knight Theater†
August 12—Lexington, KY—Lexington Opera House
August 18—Beverly, MA—Cabot Theatre†
August 19—Portland, ME—State Theatre†
August 20—Nashua, NH—Nashua Center†
August 22—Northampton, MA—Academy of Music†
August 25—Vineyard Haven, MA—Beach Road Weekend
August 26—Vienna, VA—Wolf Trap‡
September 28—Immokalee, FL—Seminole Casino+
September 29—Fort Lauderdale, FL—Amaturo Theater+
September 30—Clearwater, FL—Capitol Theatre+
October 3—Birmingham, AL—Lyric Theatre+
October 4—Chattanooga, TN—Walker Theatre+
October 6—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre+
October 8—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium+
October 10—Ann Arbor, MI—Michigan Theater+
October 11—Evanston, IL—Cahn Auditorium+
October 12—Eau Claire, WI—Pablo Center at the Confluence+
October 13—Minneapolis, MN—Pantages Theatre+
October 14—Urbana, IL—Krannert Center for the Performing Arts+
October 18—Newark, OH—Midland Theatre+
October 20—Buffalo, NY—University of Buffalo+
October 21—Ithaca, NY—State Theater+
October 22—Potsdam, NY—Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall+
October 24—York, PA—Appel Center for the Performing Arts+

*with special guest Emily Barker
†with special guest Brandy Clark
‡with special guest Dawes
+with Shawn Colvin

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, and musician Gregory Alan Isakov’s new song, “Before the Sun,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Of the song, Isakov shares, “I think I wrote parts of ‘Before the Sun’ when I was twenty-two, just as something for me. I’ve always played the banjo, but I’m not a trained banjo player or anything, and it’s something I felt a little bit shy about for a long time. But the song reminds me of working outside and being outside, and I would play it on breaks from working.”

“Before the Sun” is the second song unveiled from Isakov’s anticipated new album, Appaloosa Bones, which will be released August 18 via Dualtone Records and Isakov’s own label, Suitcase Town Music (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new song, “The Fall,” recently debuted, of which Atwood Magazine praises, “An intimate, breathtakingly beautiful folk song…there’s passion and pain in Isakov’s voice as he evokes the intensity of a single moment,” while Glide declares, “terrific…features a whispering guitar melody that accents Isakov’s elastic vocal delivery perfectly.” Watch the official music video HERE.

Produced by Isakov and Andrew Berlin (Descendents, Rise Against) and recorded at Isakov’s studio outside of Boulder, Appaloosa Bones is his first new album in five years and is filled with his signature “emotionally evocative songwriting style” (NPR Music). With these eleven tracks, Isakov creates an atmospheric collection, infusing lush harmonies with layered instrumental textures of guitars, banjos, and piano, many of which Isakov played himself.

In celebration of the new music, Isakov will tour through this fall including newly confirmed shows at Seattle’s The Showbox and Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, after Isakov’s first dates in Seattle (Paramount Theatre, Aug 18) and New York (Beacon Theatre, Oct 23) quickly sold out. Additional stops on the tour include San Francisco’s The Masonic, Los Angeles’ Theatre at Ace Hotel (two nights, both sold out), Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (sold out), Chicago’s Chicago Theatre, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Atlanta’s Tabernacle (two nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall and Boston’s Roadrunner (two nights) among many others. Special guests for the tour include Shovels & Rope, Damien Jurado, Lucius, The Milk Carton Kids, and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers (playing Piano Piano). See below for the complete itinerary.

Reflecting on the album, Isakov shares, “I set out to make a folky, small lo-fi rock ‘n’ roll record. And then the songs kind of told me, ‘No, this is what it’s going to be.’ And so I said, ‘OK,’ and after a while, I was just holding onto the reins, waiting to see where it was going and how the material worked. What I found was a collection of songs that brought me back to when I was starting out playing with the band—traveling a lot in the van, playing throughout the Southwest and West. These wide open landscapes had this quietness and expansive deepness that grounded me and evoked a lot of the curiosities I was drawn to when I started writing songs.”

Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams and released five full-length albums to date, including 2018’s Evening Machines, which was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. Of the record, NPR Music praised, “rich in narrative detail and beautifully contemplative,” while Billboard asserted, “characteristically ruminative…blending a gentle spaciousness with dusky atmospheres and carefully nuanced textures” and Rolling Stone declared, “beautiful collisions of acoustic instruments, Isakov’s soothing vocals and otherworldly noise.” Additionally, Isakov’s music has been featured in hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Big Sky, A Million Little Things, The Haunting of Hill House, Virgin River, The Blacklist, This is Us and many more.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to the farm’s CSA members, local restaurants, and Community Food Share (a Boulder County food bank).

APPALOOSA BONES TRACK LIST
1. The Fall
2. Before the Sun
3. Appaloosa Bones
4. Silver Bell
5. Watchman
6. Miles to Go
7. Terlingua
8. Mistakes
9. One Day
10. Sweet Heat Lightning
11. Feed Your Horses

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 15—Santa Fe, NM—The Bridge* (SOLD OUT)
June 16—Santa Fe, NM—The Bridge* (SOLD OUT)
June 18—Telluride, CO—Telluride Bluegrass Festival (SOLD OUT)
July 27—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point+
July 28—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park Concert Series+
July 30—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)
August 2—Boulder, CO—Triple A SummitFest
August 10-13—Edmonton, Canada—Edmonton Folk Festival
August 11—Omaha, NE—Outlandia Music Festival
August 14—Saskatoon, SK—Coors Event Centre
August 15—Calgary, AB—MacEwan Hall
August 17—Vancouver, BC—The Orpheum†
August 18—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
August 19—Seattle, WA—The Showbox†
August 20—Troutdale, OR—Edgefield†
August 22—Jacksonville, OR—Britt Pavilion†
August 23—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic†
August 25—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 26—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 27—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren† (SOLD OUT)
August 29—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Hall at The Eccles† (SOLD OUT)
August 30—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Hall at The Eccles†
September 2—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom† (SOLD OUT)
September 3—Dillon, CO—Dillon Amphitheater† (SOLD OUT)
September 4—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
September 29—Kansas City, MO—The Midland^
September 30—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre^ (SOLD OUT)
October 1—Chicago, IL—The Chicago Theatre
October 3—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center^
October 5—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium^
October 6—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium#
October 7—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle#
October 8—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle#
October 10—Asheville, NC—Rabbit Rabbit#
October 11—Charleston, SC—Firefly Distillery#
October 13—Washington, DC—The Anthem
October 14—Philadelphia, PA—Franklin Music Hall#
October 16—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall**
October 17—Montreal, QC—MTELUS**
October 18—Kingston, NY—Ulster Performing Arts Center**
October 20—Brooklyn, NY—Kings Theatre
October 21—Boston, MA—Roadrunner**
October 22—Boston, MA—Roadrunner**
October 23—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre** (SOLD OUT)
November 21—Glasgow, UK—SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
November 22—Dublin, Ireland—National Stadium
November 23—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall
November 25—London, UK—Roundhouse
November 27—Winterhur, Switzerland—Salzhaus
November 29—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
November 30—Eindhoven, Netherlands—Muziekgebouw
December 1—Groningen, Netherlands—De Oosterport
December 2—Antwerp, Belgium—De Roma
December 4—Cologne, Germany—Kantine
December 5—Hamburg, Germany—Uebel & Gefaehrilch
December 7—Copenhagen, Denmark—Pumpehuset
December 8—Oslo, Norway—Vulkan Arena
December 10—Stockholm, Sweden—Cirkus
*with special guest Joe Purdy
+with special guest Josh Ritter
†with special guest Shovels & Ropes
‡with special guest Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers (playing Piano Piano)
^with special guest Damien Jurado
#with special guest Lucius
**with special guest The Milk Carton Kids

The official music video for GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle’s new song, “Next Rodeo,” is debuting today. Directed by Edgar Evans, the video features Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, as well as special guest actors Seth Clarke and Morgan Watkins. Watch/share HERE.

Reflecting on the video, Tuttle shares, “My song ‘Next Rodeo’ is all about traveling from show to show and chasing down a dream, so I wanted to showcase my band members and give the audience a glimpse of the personalities that make up Golden Highway. I love how this video captures the sense of friendship and camaraderie that is woven into our new album, City of Gold. We had so much fun filming this video and hope you enjoy coming along for the wild ride!”

“Next Rodeo” is the second track unveiled from Tuttle’s anticipated new album, City of Gold, which will be released July 21 via Nonesuch Records (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new song, “El Dorado,” recently debuted, which Billboard calls “a vibrant blend of bluegrass with flashes of Old West, anchored by Tuttle’s earthy-yet-angelic vocal and the entire group’s ace musicianship.” Additionally, American Songwriter praises, “Tuttle, one of the world’s best guitar players, soars on this country song.”

The new album follows Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards and also led to a Best New Artist nomination. Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, during which they have grown together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks—mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)—capture the electric energy of band’s live shows by highlighting each members’ musical strengths.

In celebration of the new music, the band will tour through this summer including dates supporting Dave Matthews, Tommy Emmanuel, Greensky Bluegrass, Charley Crockett and Marcus King, as well as festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Under the Big Sky Festival, Edmonton Folk Festival and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Reflecting on the project, Tuttle shares, “When I was a kid, we took a field trip to Coloma, CA to learn about the gold rush. I’ll never forget the dusty hills and the grizzled old miner who showed us the nugget around his neck. Just like gold fever, music has always captivated me, captured my heart, and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths. On my new album I dug deep as a songwriter (with Ketch Secor) and co-producer (with Jerry Douglas) and surfaced with a record that celebrates the music of my heart, my life, the land where I grew up, and the stories I heard along the way. I made this record with my band Golden Highway after playing over 100 shows across the country last year. On the road and in the studio, we are inspired by artists such as John Hartford, Gillian Welch and Peter Rowan to name a few, whose records are like family albums to us. Just like them, on this album we chart some new territory along some old familiar ground. The songs span from breakdowns to ballads, fairytales and fiddle tunes, from Yosemite up to the Gold Country and out beyond the mountains. That visit to Coloma, site of California’s first gold strike is where I first heard about El Dorado, the city of gold. Playing music can take you to a place that is just as precious. I hope you like this record!”

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, acoustic guitar), Douglas (dobro) and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle, harmony vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass, harmony vocals) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo, harmony vocals)—City of Gold also features special guest Dave Matthews on “Yosemite.”

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage.

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
June 15—Manchester, TN—Bonnaroo
June 16—Grass Valley, CA—Father’s Day Festival
June 22—Owensboro, KY—ROMP 2023
June 23—Somerset, WI—Somerset Amphitheater
June 24—East Troy, WI—Alpine Valley Music Theatre
June 25—Maryland Heights, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
July 6—Sheboygan, WI—John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Levitt AMP Music Series
July 7—Harbor Springs, MI—Blissfest Festival Farm
July 14—Columbia Falls, MT—UTBS Official After Party
July 15—Whitefish, MT—Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival
July 16—Ketchum, ID—Whiskeys’
July 18—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater‡
July 19—Boise, ID—Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
July 21—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
July 22—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 30—Lyons, CO—RockyGrass Festival
August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 9—Bonner, MT—KettleHouse Amphitheater+
August 12—Edmonton, AB—Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August 18—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
August 25—New Braunfels, TX—Whitewater Amphitheatre‡
August 26—Lawrence, KS—Kaw River Roots 2023
September 1—Quincy, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre*
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
September 26—Blacksburg, VA—Lyric Theatre
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
December 1—Lake Wales, FL—Orange Blossom Revue
January 10—Exeter, UK—Corn Exchange#
January 11—Bath, UK—Forum#
January 12, 2024—London, UK—Cadogan Hall#
January 13, 2024—Bexhill On Sea, UK—De La Warr Pavilion#
January 14, 2024—Southend On Sea, UK—Palace Theatre#
January 16, 2024—Bury St. Edmunds, UK—Apex#
January 17, 2024—Lytham St. Annes, UK—Lowther Pavilion Theatre#
January 18, 2024—Sunderland, UK—Fire Station#
January 1, 20249—Glasgow, UK—Celtic Connections#
January 21, 2024—Buxton, UK—Buxton Opera House#
January 23, 2024—Kings Lynn, UK—Corn Exchange Theatre and Cinema#
January 24, 2024—Shrewsbury, UK—Theatre Severn#
January 25, 2024—St. Albans, UK—Alban Arena#
January 26, 2024—Wirral, UK—Floral Pavilion Theatre#
January 27, 2024—Harrogate, UK—Royal Hall#
‡supporting Charley Crockett
+supporting Greensky Bluegrass
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King
*supporting Dave Matthews
#supporting Tommy Emmanuel

9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Brandi Carlile will perform a special show at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl alongside surprise guests on Saturday, October 14.

Tickets for the show go on-sale next Friday, June 23 at 10:00am PT. Carlile’s official fan club, The Bramily, will once again have special early access to tickets, with presale registration open now. Full details can be found at www.brandicarlile.com/tour. Citi is the official card for the Hollywood Bowl show. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning this Tuesday, June 20 at 12:00pm PT through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

The newly confirmed show adds to yet another triumphant year for Carlile, who held her once-in-a-lifetime “Echoes Through The Canyon” event this past weekend, which included Carlile’s annual headline concert with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell, The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker and Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam,” where Mitchell was joined on stage by Carlile, Mumford, Russell, Celisse, Annie Lennox, Lucius, Sarah McLachlan, Blake Mills and Wendy & Lisa. Of the “Joni Jam,” The New York Times declared, “To call the show miraculous does not feel like hyperbole…It was inspiring to behold,” while Pitchfork called it a “breathtaking three-hour spectacle.”

Carlile recently released a new rendition of “Home”—made famous by Diana Ross in 1978’s The Wiz—which was featured in penultimate episode of Ted Lasso season three. The new song is the latest studio work from Carlile, who has also produced acclaimed projects such as Brandy Clark’s new self-titled album and Tanya Tucker’s Sweet Western Sound, as well as Joni Mitchell’s forthcoming new album, Joni Mitchell At Newport (out July 28).

Carlile is a 9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, producer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music’s most respected voices. Adding to her celebrated career, Carlile’s acclaimed album, In These Silent Days, earned her three awards at this year’s GRAMMYs—Best Americana Album, Best Rock Song (“Broken Horses”) and Best Rock Performance (“Broken Horses”). Following the release of In These Silent Days, Carlile released her self-produced In The Canyon Haze this past fall, a deluxe edition of the album featuring Laurel Canyon-inspired versions of each track, plus a rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.”

Widely beloved by her peers, Carlile has collaborated with Joni Mitchell, Elton John, The Highwomen, Tanya Tucker, Soundgarden, Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton, Brandy Clark and more, has been awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award” and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association.

On top of being a musician and author of the #1 New York Times Best Selling memoir, Broken Horses (Crown), Carlile remains committed to social activism and advocacy. Together with the Hanseroth twins, Carlile founded the Looking Out Foundation, which amplifies the impact of music by empowering those without a voice with varied initiatives including campaigns focused on Children in Conflict/War Child, The IF Project, Fund Racial Justice and more. To date, they have raised over $4 million for grassroots causes.

Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife, Catherine, and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.

BRANDI CARLILE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale on Friday, June 23 at 10:00am PT
June 24-25—Vienna, VA—Out & About Festival at Wolf Trap
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 9—Marshfield, MA—Levitate Music Festival
July 21—Brookville, NY—Tilles Center for the Performing Arts+
July 22—Brookville, NY—Tilles Center for the Performing Arts+
July 24—Toronto, ON—Rogers Centre*
July 26—Cincinnati, OH—Great American Ball Park*
August 3—New York, NY—Citi Field*
August 4—Selbyville, DE—Freeman Arts Pavilion+
August 5—Pittsburgh, PA—PNC Park*
August 16—Detroit, MI—Comerica Park*
August 17—Madison, WI—Breese Stevens Field#
August 19—Fargo, ND—Fargodome*
August 21—Omaha, NE—Charles Schwab Field*
August 27—St. Louis, MO—Evolution Festival
August 29—St. Paul, MN—Minnesota State Fair^
August 31—Highland Park, IL—Ravinia Festival#
September 1—Interlochen, MI—Kresge Auditorium
September 8—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 9—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre
September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 16—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center‡
September 18—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Citizens Bank Park*
September 22—Nashville, TN—Geodis Park*
September 23—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater†
September 25—San Antonio, TX—Alamodome*
September 27—Houston, TX—Minute Maid Park*
September 29—Dallas, TX—Globe Life Field*
October 3—San Diego, CA—Snapdragon Stadium*
October 7—Las Vegas, NV—Allegiant Stadium*
October 9—Phoenix, AZ—Chase Field*
October 14—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl**
*with P!NK
+special solo show
#with special guest Brandy Clark
^with special guest Wynonna Judd
‡with special guest Katie Pruitt
†with special guest Tanya Tucker
**Brandi Carlile & Friends

The much anticipated twenty-fifth studio album from John Mellencamp—Orpheus Descending—is out today on Republic Records. Listen/share HERE.

Orpheus Descending was produced by Mellencamp and recorded at his own Belmont Mall Studio. One of his most personal records to date, standout tracks “Hey God” and “The Eyes of Portland” focus on social issues Mellencamp continues to passionately advocate for.

Read recent conversations with New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

Mellencamp is about to wrap up his extensive 77-date “Live and In Person 2023” North American tour, with a few remaining dates through June 27. The tour has been getting rave reviews, with LA Weekly praising, “Mellencamp strode out looking for all the world like a Brando or a Paul Newman or a James Dean—a Misfit who managed to find his place in the world through his music,” while the Dallas Observer describes that the show “made it clear Mellencamp is a true music legend, and from the sound of it, one that will continue to be making music for a long time to come.”

A complete list of remaining dates is below, tickets are available for purchase HERE.

TOUR DATES
June 16—Shea’s Performing Arts Center—Buffalo, NY
June 17—Masonic Temple Theatre—Detroit, MI
June 19—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON
June 21—Devos Performance Hall—Grand Rapids, MI
June 23—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 24—Morris Performing Arts Center—South Bend, IN
June 26—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI
June 27—The Riverside Theater—Milwaukee, WI

He has been performing songs from the new LP during his live set. The Chicago Tribune says “Awash in death, ‘Hey God’ functioned as a plea for deliverance from senseless gun violence. Preceded by a story about his encounter with a 20-something homeless woman, the solo acoustic ‘The Eyes of Portland’ took aim at the empty ‘thoughts and prayers’ condolences offered as a solution to major tragedies and dilemmas.”

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

He recently released a deluxe edition reissue of his beloved seminal album, Scarecrow, which features a massive collection of bonus tracks, rarities and more never previously shared before. Listen HERE. His critically acclaimed studio LP, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, was released early last year to praise from The New York Times, NPR Music, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more.

Mellencamp has continued to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. Last year, he released a self-curated book of his work, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages, which is out now on Rizzoli New York.

“A Night of Georgia Music,” recorded for public television at Macon, Georgia’s historic Grand Opera House in front of a sold-out live audience, is the recipient of an Emmy Award in the Arts/Entertainment–Long Form content category during the 49th annual Southeast Regional Emmy Awards ceremony held in Atlanta on June 17.

The performance dynamically showcases some of the Peach State’s most iconic songs, headlined by three of Georgia’s most well-known musicians. The program features R.E.M. founding member and Macon native Mike Mills; students from Mercer University’s Robert McDuffie Center for Strings and its founder, internationally renowned violin soloist and Macon native Robert McDuffie; and former Allman Brothers Band member and current Rolling Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell. Larry D. Brumley, Mercer’s senior vice president for marketing communications and chief of staff, is executive producer.

In addition to the category in which it won, the show was nominated in two other categories: Musical Composition/Arrangement, with arranger David Mallamud, Mills and Leavell named as composers; and Lighting, with Peter Schroth named as lighting director. Georgia Public Broadcasting is named on all three nominations as the presenting station.

“A Night of Georgia Music,” accompanied by a rock band and orchestra conducted by Ward Stare, includes songs composed or performed by Georgia’s favorite contemporary artists, including Otis Redding, Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers Band, R.E.M., Outkast, The B-52s and James Brown. The concert, filmed in March 2022, also incorporates elements from the Mills-composed “Concerto for Violin, Rock Band and String Orchestra.”

The concert was filmed and edited by multiple Emmy Award-winner 7 Cinematics, which has previously produced live concerts for PBS and other national networks including The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks and the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Great Pyramids. In addition to taping at The Grand, one segment for the show was shot in Macon’s historic Capricorn Sound Studios, restored by Mercer in 2019.

“A Night of Georgia Music” premiered on Georgia Public Broadcasting on July 4, 2022, and is being distributed to public television stations nationally by American Public Television. It already has been aired, or scheduled to air, in almost 50% of the country’s public television markets. It also is now available to stream online in both an hour-long version and the full performance.

Major funding for “A Night of Georgia Music” was provided by The Peyton Anderson Foundation and the W. Mansfield Jennings Jr. Charitable Trust. Additional funding was provided by the Knight Foundation Fund at the Community Foundation of Central Georgia.

One of America’s most beloved independent bands, Turnpike Troubadours’ new song, “Chipping Mill,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Of the track, songwriter and bass player RC Edwards shares, “It’s about how on an atomic level we are all part of a constant in regards to the mass and energy of our existence. But in a metaphysical sense we can create and leave behind more energy and love then we started with or in some cases less. But hopefully the former of course. Oh yeah and deer hunting too.”

The song is the second unveiled from Turnpike Troubadours’ highly anticipated new album, A Cat in the Rain, which will be released August 25 via Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, lead single, “Mean Old Sun,” recently debuted and is currently #1 at both Americana and Texas Radio. Released to critical acclaim, Billboard calls the song a “fleet-fingered foot-stomper that again conveys the group’s superior, tightly-knit musicianship and ever maturing, evocative lyricism,” while Brooklyn Vegan declares, “a triumphant chorus...it really sounds like a big comeback.” Watch the official music video, directed by Sterlin Harjo and filmed at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom, HERE.

Produced by Shooter Jennings and recorded at Muscle Shoals’ Fame Recording Studios and Dave’s Room in Los Angeles, A Cat in the Rain marks a long-awaited return for the band following their self-imposed hiatus in 2019. With these ten new songs, Turnpike Troubadours is back with a refreshed perspective on the authentic songwriting and signature foot-stomping sound that first captivated their deeply devoted fanbase.

In conjunction with the new music, the band recently spoke with Rolling Stone, who declares, “he [lead singer Evan Felker] is more focused and lyrically crisp than at any point in his life. He’s a poet, but he’s direct.” Read the in-depth profile HERE.

Pioneers of the Red Dirt music scene, Turnpike Troubadours has amassed a massive following throughout their career with more than 1.5 billion streams globally and over 1.28 million equivalent units sold to-date. Originally from Tahlequah, OK, Turnpike Troubadours is Evan Felker (vocals, guitar), Kyle Nix (fiddle), Ryan Engleman (electric guitar), RC Edwards (bass), Gabe Pearson (drums) and Hank Early (steel, accordion).

Known for their relentless touring and electric live shows, the band will perform through this fall including headline shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre (two nights), Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (three nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (three nights) among several others. The band will also join Luke Combs for select stadium dates this summer as part of his sold-out World Tour. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.turnpiketroubadours.com/tour.

Since their 2005 debut, Turnpike Troubadours has released five studio albums including 2017’s self-released A Long Way From Your Heart, which reached #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #20 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Of the record, American Songwriter declared, “grabs you with its subtle authenticity, nails 11 originals that exude natural charm and intrinsic integrity,” while the Austin American Statesman praised, “a rousing, thought-provoking country short story collection.” Further adding to their renowned career, the band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame this past fall.

A CAT IN THE RAIN TRACKLIST
1. Mean Old Sun
2. Brought Me
3. Lucille
4. Chipping Mill
5. The Rut
6. A Cat in the Rain
7. Black Sky
8. Easy Side Love Song (Bottoms Up)
9. Three More Days
10. Won’t You Give Me One More Chance

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

July 14—Charlotte, NC—Bank of America Stadium^^
July 21—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 25—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
July 26—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre*
July 27—York, PA—York State Fair
July 28—Philadelphia, PA—Lincoln Financial Field^^
July 29—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival
August 10—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium†
August 11—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium‡
August 12—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium~
August 19—Palmer, AK—Alaska State Fair Inc
August 24—Lincoln, NE—Pinnacle Bank Arena+
August 25—Camdenton, MO—Ozarks Amphitheater§
August 26—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheater#
September 2—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater§
September 3—Marietta, GA—Georgia Country Music Fest
September 15—St. Louis, MO—Enterprise Center^
September 16—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival
September 23—Washington DC—The Anthem**
September 24—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre**
October 1—Memphis, TN—Mempho Music Festival
October 6-8—Monterey, CA—Rebels & Renegades
October 7-8—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theater††
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater‡‡
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center‡‡
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheater‡‡
December 28—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s§§
December 29—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s‡
December 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s##

*with special guest Hayes Carll
†with special guest Pony Bradshaw
‡with special guest Lance Roark
~with special guest Kaitlin Butts
+with special guests The Avett Brothers and Muscadine Bloodline
§with special guest Muscadine Bloodline
#with special guests The Avett Brothers, Old 97’s and Kaitlin Butts
^with special guests The Avett Brothers and The Wood Brothers
**with special guests Lucero and Reckless Kelly
††with special guest Morgan Wade
‡‡with special guests Blackberry Smoke and Jason Boland & the Stragglers
§§with special guest Ray Wylie Hubbard
##with special guest Miles Miller
^^as part of Luke Combs World Tour

Josh Ritter and Aoife O’Donovan have joined forces for a new duet version of Ritter’s song, “Strong Swimmer.” Listen/share HERE. Recorded remotely between their home studios, the duet is the product of a longtime dream for the friends and neighbors, who have wanted to find an opportunity to work together for many years.

Of the collaboration, Ritter shares, “When people talk about truly incredible musical thinkers, I always put Aoife right up there. She really gets songs in whole new ways, and she’s generous enough to share that kind of insight with the rest of us,” while O’Donovan adds, “It was a joy to collaborate with Josh on a new version of this gorgeous song. He is truly one of the absolute finest songwriters of our generation, and ‘Strong Swimmer’ really spoke to me on a deeply human level.”

The original version of “Strong Swimmer” is from Ritter’s acclaimed new album, Spectral Lines, which was released earlier this spring via Thirty Tigers (stream/purchase here). Produced by Ritter’s longtime collaborator Sam Kassirer(Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim), the album finds Ritter expanding beyond the bounds of his previous work to create a record both atmospheric and profound. Dedicated to the memory of his mother, Ritter searches for commonality across these ten seamless tracks by exploring life’s most universal ideas—love, devotion, and what it means to be connected, to both each other and to ourselves.

In celebration of the new music, Ritter and his band, the Royal City Band, will embark on an extensive headline tour this fall including shows at Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom, Houston’s Heights Theater, Austin’s Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles’ Belasco Theater, San Francisco’s The Fillmore, Portland’s Revolution Hall and Seattle’s Moore Theatre among others. He will also join Gregory Alan Isakov for select dates this summer. See below for complete itinerary. Full details can be found at www.joshritter.com.
Adding to an already notable year, Bob Dylan also performed Ritter’s song, “Only A River,” earlier this spring while on tour in Japan. The song was originally recorded by Bob Weir for his acclaimed 2016 solo album, Blue Mountain. Of the cover, Ritter shares, “I am speechless. I wrote the song in the stairwell of my dorm in college, 25 years ago. Music is a blessed traveler.”

One of today’s most thoughtful and prolific voices, Ritter has released ten studio albums to date including 2019’s widely acclaimed, Fever Breaks, of which NPR Music praised, “He remains a hydrant of ideas while embodying an endless capacity for empathy and indignation, often within a single song.” In addition to his work as a musician, Ritter is also a national best-selling author, having released two novels to date: 2011’s Bright’s Passage and 2021’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All, for which the film rights have recently been optioned for development. Released to critical attention, Stephen King wrote in The New York Times Book Review that Bright’s Passage “shines with a compressed lyricism that recalls Ray Bradbury in his prime…This is the work of a gifted novelist.”

In addition to Ritter (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar) and Kassirer (piano, organ, mellotron, synthesizers, drums), Spectral Lines also features Jocie Adams (clarinet, synthesizers, background vocals), Matt Douglas (woodwinds), Zachariah Hickman (upright bass, electric bass), Rich Hinman (electric guitar, pedal steel), Shane Leonard (drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass), Kevin O’Connell (drums, percussion, electric bass, electric guitar) and Dietrich Strause (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).

SPECTRAL LINES TRACK LIST
1. Sawgrass
2. Honey I Do
3. Horse No Rider
4. For Your Soul
5. Black Crown
6. Strong Swimmer
7. Whatever Burns Will Burn
8. Any Way They Come
9. In Fields
10. Someday

JOSH RITTER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

July 27—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point^
July 28—Burlington, VT—Waterfront Park^
July 29—Montgomery, NY—City Winery Hudson Amphitheatre*
August 12—Lyons, CO—Rocky Mountain Folks Festival*
August 26—Portsmouth, NH—3S Art Space+
August 27—Saratoga Springs, NY—Café Lena+
August 28—Saratoga Springs, NY—Café Lena+
September 14—Ridgefield, CT—Ridgefield Playhouse+
September 15—Hammondsport, NY—Bluff Vineyard Series+
September 16—Fort Hill, PA—Deer Valley Folk Fest+
September 17—Patchogue, NY—Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts+
September 23—Providence, RI—Columbus Theater*
September 24—Camden, NJ—XPoNential Festival*
September 29—Dallas, TX—Longhorn Ballroom*
September 30—Houston, TX—The Heights Theater*
October 1—Austin, TX—The Paramount Theatre*
October 2—Santa Fe, NM—Lensic Performing Arts Center*
October 4—Tucson, AZ—The Rialto Theatre*
October 5—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up Tavern*
October 6—Los Angeles, CA—Belasco Theater*
October 7—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore*
October 10—Portland, OR—Revolution Hall*
October 11—Seattle, WA—The Moore Theatre*
October 18—Kilkenny, Ireland—Set Theatre# (SOLD OUT)
October 19—Galway, Ireland—Leisureland#
October 20—Belfast, UK—Mandela Hall# (SOLD OUT)
October 22—Limerick, Ireland—Dolan’s# (SOLD OUT)
October 23—Cork, Ireland—Cork Opera House#
October 24—Dublin, Ireland—National Concert Hall#
October 25—Dublin, Ireland—National Concert Hall#
October 27—London, UK—Hackney Church#
October 28—Manchester, UK—RNCM Concert Hall#
October 29—Glasgow, UK—St. Luke’s#
October 31—Rotterdam, Netherlands—Lantarenvenster#
November 1—Haarlem, Netherlands—Patronaat#
November 2—Utrecht, Netherlands—Pandora#
November 4—Groningen, Netherlands—Take Root Festival#

^supporting Gregory Alan Isakov, with the Royal City Band
*Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band
+Josh Ritter solo acoustic
#Hello Starling 20th Anniversary Tour with the Royal City Band

Shakey Graves is set to head out on an extensive North American tour this fall kicking off September 21 in Phoenix with further stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston and more.

Tickets go on sale Friday, June 30th, with an Artist Presale beginning Tuesday, June 27th. Fans can visit ShakeyGraves.com for a full list of dates, information, and to sign-up for the artist pre-sale.

In celebration, Shakey Graves is releasing a two song EP which includes “Ready or Not,” a duet with rising star Sierra Ferrell, and an intimate demo of the song. The original is already a bona-fide streaming hit, with over 15M global streams.

Listen, watch the music video, and share HERE.

“This song was written in the mountains with my bandmate Cameron Neal, it was a quiet ballad about a lifetime and we loved it,” Shakey Graves’ Alejandro Rose-Garcia says. “Upon playing it more and more, it kept transforming and we recorded it in as many different ways as we could. In the back of my mind, I was always curious what it would sound like in the style of a fully produced 70’s pop duet, and upon talking to Cameron we both agreed that our recent tour mate Sierra Ferrell would knock it out of the park. As luck would have it, Sierra appeared in Texas for a brief weekend and we recorded her part in a couple hours. Suddenly, there it was, just as I had hoped and better than I had imagined. Ready or not has quickly become my all-consuming way of life.”

In addition to the newly announced tour dates, Shakey Graves will play a host of shows throughout the summer including Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic in Austin, TX, as well as package dates with Trampled by Turtles and Lucius, and shows with support from Abraham Alexander. Support for the fall tour will include Rayland Baxter, Flipturn and Sadurn. with more to be announced soon. More info/tickets HERE.

Shakey Graves is the moniker of Austin, Texas native Alejandro Rose-Garcia. Formed in 2011 as a one-man band, he self-released his beloved debut album Roll the Bones and followed with an EP in 2012, The Donor Blues. He signed with Dualtone Records in 2014 and released his breakout album And the War Came with the label that year. In 2015, Shakey Graves won the highly coveted “Best Emerging Artist” award at the Americana Music Awards.

His third studio album came in 2018 with the release of Can’t Wake Up, which received a host of critical praise from NPR Music—“he pulls it off in large part due to his storytelling prowess; these songs would be welcoming, even enthralling, in any style,” Billboard—“a lyrical powder keg”—and more. The album marked a stylistic turn for Shakey Graves, drawing on influences ranging from ranging from The Beatles and The Kinks to Elliott Smith, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill and 90’s indie-rock.

In 2020, Shakey Graves released an EP entitled Look Alive and in 2021 re-released his much-lauded debut album in celebration of its tenth anniversary with Roll the Bones X, which featured a number of previously unreleased tracks. He has amassed over 595k in album sales and over 525 million streams in the US alone, and has two certified gold singles with “Dearly Departed” and “Tomorrow.”

TOUR DATES

July 4—Q2 Stadium, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic—Austin, TX
July 9—Levitate Music and Arts Festival—Marshfield, MA
July 11—The Chicken Box—Nantucket, MA
July 12—The Chicken Box—Nantucket, MA
July 28—Bauhaus Brew Labs—Minneapolis, MN*
July 29—Bell’s Eccentric Cafe-Beer Garden—Kalamazoo, MI* (SOLD OUT)
July 30—Old Forester’s Paristown Hall—Louisville, KY*
August 2—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater—Wilmington, NC †
August 3—Firefly Distillery—North Charleston, SC ‡
August 4—Rabbit Rabbit—Asheville, NC ‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 5—Maymont Park—Richmond, VA ‡
August 6—The Ritz—Raleigh, NC †
August 8—The Atlantis—Washington, DC †
August 9—Lincoln Hill Farms—Canadaigua, NY †
August 11—The Pines Theater at Look Park—Northampton, MA*
August 12—The Green at Shelburne Museum—Shelburne, VT*
August 13—Guster’s On The Ocean—Portland, ME
August 15—Pier 17—New York, NY*
August 16—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
August 17—Freeman Arts Pavilion—Selbyville, DE*
August 18—Stone Pony Summer Stage—Asbury Park, NJ
September 21—The Van Buren—Phoenix, AZ
September 22—BeachLife Ranch—Redondo Beach, CA
September 26—The Sound At Del Mar—Del Mar, CA
September 27—Orpheum Theater—Flagstaff, AZ §
September 30—Ace of Spades—Sacramento, CA §
October 1—Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas—Las Vegas, NV §
October 5—Vina Robles Amphitheatre—Paso Robles, CA §
October 6—Cascade Theatre—Redding, CA §
October 7—Crystal Ballroom—Portland, OR §
October 8—Rebels and Renegades—Monterey, CA
October 10—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA §
October 11—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Vancouver, BC §
October 12—Knitting Factory Concert House—Spokane, WA §
October 13—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 14—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 15—Union Event Center—Salt Lake City, UT §
October 26—Longhorn Ballroom—Dallas, TX §
October 27—The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall—Houston, TX §
November 1—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN**
November 2—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA**
November 3—Avondale Brewing Company—Birmingham, AL††
November 4—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA††
November 5—Neighborhood Theatre—Charlotte, NC††
November 6—The Signal—Chattanooga, TN††
November 8—Roxian Theatre—Pittsburgh, PA††
November 9—Toad’s Place—New Haven, CT††
November 11—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON††
November 12—Union Transfer—Philadelphia, PA
November 13—9:30 Club—Washington, DC††
November 14—Roadrunner—Boston, MA**
November 16—Agora Theatre—Cleveland, OH**
November 17—The Salt Shed—Chicago, IL**
November 18—The Sylvee—Madison, WI**
November 19—Egyptian Room-Old National Centre—Indianapolis, IN**

*with Lucius
† with Abraham Alexander
‡ with Trampled by Turtles
§ with Flipturn
** with Rayland Baxter
††Sadurn

Brandi Carlile’s Girls Just Wanna Weekend will return next year on January 18-21, 2024. The fifth-anniversary event includes a new host resort, Barceló, which will accommodate all attendees on one property. The closed campus “Brandi Land” at Barceló will provide additional opportunity for immersion as well as a bespoke custom concert venue, direct beach access, additional activations on-site and premium guest services.

Travel Packages for Girls Just Wanna Weekend 5 will be available via a special Blind Faith Pre-Sale this Thursday, July 29. The Blind Faith Pre-Sale is exclusive to event alumni (12:00 PM EDT) and Bramily members (2:00 PM EDT). The general public will have access to this Pre-Sale starting at 4:00 PM EDT via girlsjustwannaweekend.com (availability permitting).

All event packages include luxury resort accommodations, concert access, round-trip airport transportation, bottomless top-shelf drinks, all-inclusive culinary offerings, daily pool parties featuring acts hand-picked by Brandi, artist-curated activities, off-site adventures and more. The artist line-up as well as the full itinerary of performance times, activities and local excursions will be announced soon.

For more information about Girls Just Wanna Weekend 5 including how to book all-inclusive packages and payment plan details, please visit: girlsjustwannaweekend.com.

About Brandi Carlile:

Brandi Carlile is a 9x GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, #1 New York Times Bestselling author and activist, who is known as one of music’s most respected voices. Over the course of her acclaimed career, Carlile has released seven full-length albums including her most recent, 2021’s 3x GRAMMY Award-winning In These Silent Days. Additionally, Carlile continues her work as a renowned producer with several studio projects released this year including her show-stopping rendition of “Home,” which was featured on the final season of Ted Lasso, Brandy Clark’s new self-titled album and Tanya Tucker’s Sweet Western Sound, as well as Joni Mitchell’s forthcoming new album, Joni Mitchell At Newport (out July 28).

Known for her powerful live performances, Carlile recently held her once-in-a-lifetime “Echoes Through The Canyon” event at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre, which included her annual headline concert with special guests Marcus Mumford and Allison Russell, The Highwomen with special guest Tanya Tucker and Joni Mitchell’s “Joni Jam.” She will also perform select headline shows this year as well as several dates with P!NK as part of her stadium tour later this summer. Widely beloved by her peers, Carlile has also collaborated with Elton John, The Highwomen, Soundgarden, Alicia Keys, Dolly Parton and more, has been awarded Billboard’s Women In Music “Trailblazer Award,” CMT’s Next Women of Country “Impact Award,” NMPA’s 2023 Songwriter Icon Award and received multiple recognitions from the Americana Music Association. On top of being a musician and writer, Carlile is also a founder of the Looking Out Foundation, which has raised over $4 million for grassroots causes to date. Carlile lives in rural Washington state with her wife, Catherine, and two daughters, Evangeline and Elijah.

About Barceló:

The Barceló will leave you awestruck. Located along one of the most spectacular beaches in the Mexican Caribbean, you can enjoy this breathtaking destination directly from the resort which is lined with white sandy beaches, a turquoise sea, and beautiful views of the idyllic surroundings. Experience endless fun and night-time entertainment with our water sport activities, scuba diving lessons, a shopping center, bowling alley, 24-hour sports bar, 3 theaters, and a nightclub.

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is sharing their new track “The Falling Sky;” listen HERE and watch/share the visualizer HERE. Additionally, the band is sharing the live performance video for the track filmed at their Sacramento show on the Dreams in Gold Tour in March; 2023; watch/share the performance HERE.

The track is debuting on Apple Music 1’s “The Zane Lowe Show,” which can be heard HERE.

“An unwavering warrior carrying on the endless, eternal, and impossible battle for salvation; these were the elements of symbolism associated with this particular track,” explains guitarist Jake Kiszka. “In essence our fate is sealed, alike the stars that fall from the almighty heavens to the earth. This philosophy is carried through in the story of a bluesman, at the crossroads of the universe.”

“The Falling Sky” is the latest track to be unveiled from the band’s highly anticipated forthcoming third studio album Starcatcher, due July 21 on Lava/Republic Records. The new track follows the release of “Meeting The Master,” “Sacred The Thread” and “Farewell For Now;” Consequence hails “‘Farewell for Now’ shows Greta Van Fleet’s softer side in a very retro-sounding ballad.” Of “Meeting The Master,” Uproxx notes that “‘Meeting the Master’ [is] an existential new single on which lead vocalist Josh Kiszka embarks on a spiritual journey;” pre-save/pre-order Starcatcher HERE.

Additionally, the band is launching a new puzzle box, available for pre-order HERE. In celebration of the new album, there will be several vinyl variants including an exclusive black glitter vinyl, available for pre-order HERE. The band is also offering a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

Next month the band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Kaleo, Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and Black Honey.

Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

“We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake says. “If anything, the record is our perspective, and sums up where we are as a group and individually as musicians.”

Throughout the ten-song collection, the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”
The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Most recently, the band performed at the inaugural Lollapalooza Mumbai and completed an extensive U.S. arena tour in March. Last month, Greta Van Fleet played at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta and the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET—STARCATCHER

1. Fate Of The Faithful
2. Waited All Your Life
3. The Falling Sky
4. Sacred The Thread
5. Runway Blues
6. The Indigo Streak
7. Frozen Light
8. The Archer
9. Meeting The Master
10. Farewell For Now

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE

July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena*
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena*
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena*
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum*
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena*
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum*
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena*
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center†
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena†
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena†
September 11—Washington DC—Capital One Arena†
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden†
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden†
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center†
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse†
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse†
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle‡
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome‡
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena‡
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National‡
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley‡
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena‡
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena‡
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro‡
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum§
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith§
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena§
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club§
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center§
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno§
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
*with Kaleo
†with Surf Curse
‡with Mt. Joy
§with Black Honey
**as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

The official music video for 2x Grammy-winning entertainment legend and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee Tanya Tucker’s new song, “When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?),” premiered yesterday via CMT, making its broadcast premiere on CMT, CMT Music, CMT Equal Play on PlutoTV and Paramount Times Square Billboards.

Watch/share the video HERE.

Dedicated to the late Larry Mahan, a professional rodeo cowboy who won six all-around world championships and two bull riding world championships, the video celebrates the lives and careers of rodeo legends and features several prominent figures from that community including champion saddle rider, Bobby “Hooter” Brown—a member of both the Rodeo Hall of Fame and Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame. The video also features Craig Dillingham, who wrote the song alongside Billy Don Burns.
Filmed at Y.O. Ranch in Mountain Home, TX, the video was directed by Joanne Gardner, who came out of retirement specifically for the project after filming several of Tanya’s past videos, including “Two Sparrows in a Hurricane,” which won Top Country Video of the Year at the 1993 ACM Awards, making Gardner the first female director to win the award.

Reflecting on the song, Tanya shares, “I was in LA, the night before the first session started. Brandi sent me a song, saying ‘If you like it, we’ll start with it. I gave it to Craig [Dillingham, Tanya’s boyfriend] to listen to. He comes back in a minute, and I asked him, ‘Did you like it?’ and he says, ‘Like it? Hell, I wrote it!’ He’d never pitched it to me, but Brandi did. It’s one of those songs that just stays with you.”

“When the Rodeo is Over (Where Does the Cowboy Go?)” is from Tanya’s acclaimed new album, Sweet Western Sound, which debuted at #3 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart and #4 on the Current Country Albums chart earlier this month, garnering over a million streams across platforms to date.

Produced once again by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings and released via Fantasy Records (stream/purchase here), Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following Tanya’s landmark 2019 album, While I’m Livin’, which reintroduced her to a new generation and went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song (“Bring My Flowers Now”).

The official music video for GRAMMY Award-winning artist Lukas Nelson’s new song, “Alcohallelujah,” is debuting today.

Watch/share HERE.

“Alcohallelujah” is from Nelson’s highly anticipated new album, Sticks and Stones, which will be released July 14 via 6ACE Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-save/pre-order here). Ahead of the release, Nelson has shared two additional songs: “Sticks and Stones” and “More Than Friends,” featuring CMA and ACM Award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson. Of the collaboration, which recently reached #1 at Americana Radio and is currently top 5 at Texas Radio, Rolling Stonedeclares, “It’s a bright, rollicking country-rock anthem,” while The Boot praises, “Backed by richly layered, slow-rolling instrumentation, the instantly infectious and lively collaboration spotlights the strength of both artists’ impeccable vocals.”

Sticks and Stones was written solely by Nelson with the hope of bringing people together at the forefront of his mind, bringing upbeat energy and a sense of fun. Across the album’s twelve spirited tracks, Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing and humor. Self-produced by Nelson and his longtime band, POTR, Sticks and Stones captures the band’s musical power and fits perfectly alongside the canon of the electric live performances they’re known for.

In celebration of the new music, Nelson and the band will continue to tour this year including a special record release party at Nashville’s Nashville Palace on July 13 as well as upcoming headline shows at Boise’s Knitting Factory Concert House, Missoula’s The Wilma, Bozeman’s The Elm and Denver’s Ogden Theatre among many others. Additional fall headline dates to be announced soon. The upcoming dates follow the band’s extensive spring headline tour, which included numerous sold-out shows. See below for current itinerary.

Of the record, Nelson reflects, “This album is about celebrating the human connection, joy and excitement. We went from quiet and introspective on A Few Stars Apart to something big and fun to really showcase the band’s talent and performance. You can listen to the album Sticks and Stones from start to finish and get the songs to dance to and then the quiet, poignant songs. To me, this album is the perfect setlist.”

The release adds to a celebratory year for Nelson, who recently performed at The Hollywood Bowl as part of “Long Story Short: Willie Nelson 90, A Star-Studded Concert Celebrating Willie’s 90th Birthday” last month. Of his performance, The Los Angeles Times praised, “searching, soulful, downright celestial — maybe the best performance of the weekend,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Lukas Nelson stood in the center, guitar in hand, for one of the night’s best and most intimate moments, a stirring solo performance of ‘Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.’”

Since his debut over a decade ago, Texas and Hawaii-based Nelson has played countless sold-out shows and festivals and released seven studio albums to date including the latest, 2021’s A Few Stars Apart. Produced by Dave Cobb, the record spent seven weeks at #1 on the Americana Albums chart and received widespread acclaim with Rolling Stone declaring, “His best album yet…Nelson’s most compact, streamlined, and focused album,” while The Tennessean asserted, “a collection of lyrically stirring, musically multifarious and ultimately hopeful roots rock storytelling.”

Additionally, Nelson co-produced the music for 2018’s lauded A Star Is Born film in addition to appearing in the film and went on to win a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and a GRAMMY Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.  

STICKS AND STONES TRACK LIST
1. Sticks and Stones
2. Alcohallelujah
3. Every Time I Drink
4. More Than Friends feat. Lainey Wilson
5. Ladder of Love
6. Wrong House
7. Icarus
8. If I Didn’t Love You
9. Overpass
10. Lying
11. All Four Winds
12. The View

LUKAS NELSON & POTR CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
July 13—Nashville, TN—The Nashville Palace (Record Release Show)
July 21—Bozeman, MT—The Elm
July 22—Big Sky, MT—Big Sky Town Center
July 24—Missoula, MT—The Wilma
July 25—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory Concert House
July 26—Bend, OR—Midtown Ballroom/Domino Room/Annex
July 28—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory Concert House
July 30—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater
August 1—Cheyenne, WY—The Lincoln Cheyenne
August 2—Boulder, CO—JBE Triple A Summitfest 2023
August 4—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre
August 5—Fort Collins, CO—Aggie Theatre

“San Joaquin,” the latest song from GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter, and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, is debuting today. Listen to the song HERE and watch a live performance video, filmed at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, HERE.

Tuttle says of the song, “I’ve always loved singing songs about trains and this one takes place in my home state of California. Ketch and I had the idea for writing ‘San Joaquin’ while looking at a map of different train lines that run through the state. Ketch loves writing geographical songs and I have many fond memories of road trips taken through the Central Valley when I was a kid, so we dreamed up this story of a wild ride down the San Joaquin railway.”

The track is the third unveiled from Tuttle’s new album, City of Gold, which will be released July 21 via Nonesuch Records (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new songs “Next Rodeo” and “El Dorado,” recently debuted, of which Billboard calls “a vibrant blend of bluegrass with flashes of Old West, anchored by Tuttle’s earthy-yet-angelic vocal and the entire group’s ace musicianship.” Additionally, American Songwriter praises, “Tuttle, one of the world’s best guitar players, soars on this country song.”
The new album follows Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards and also led to a Best New Artist nomination. Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, during which they have grown together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks—mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)—capture the electric energy of band’s live shows by highlighting each members’ musical strengths.

In celebration of the new music, the band will tour through this summer including dates supporting Dave Matthews, Tommy Emmanuel, Greensky Bluegrass, Charley Crockett and Marcus King, as well as festival appearances at Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival, Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Rebels and Renegades Music Festival and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Reflecting on the project, Tuttle shares, “When I was a kid, we took a field trip to Coloma, CA to learn about the gold rush. I’ll never forget the dusty hills and the grizzled old miner who showed us the nugget around his neck. Just like gold fever, music has always captivated me, captured my heart, and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths. On my new album, I dug deep as a songwriter (with Ketch Secor) and co-producer (with Jerry Douglas) and surfaced with a record that celebrates the music of my heart, my life, the land where I grew up, and the stories I heard along the way. I made this record with my band Golden Highway after playing over 100 shows across the country last year. On the road and in the studio, we are inspired by artists such as John Hartford, Gillian Welch and Peter Rowan to name a few, whose records are like family albums to us. Just like them, on this album, we chart some new territory along some old familiar ground. The songs span from breakdowns to ballads, fairytales and fiddle tunes, from Yosemite up to the Gold Country and out beyond the mountains. That visit to Coloma, site of California’s first gold strike is where I first heard about El Dorado, the city of gold. Playing music can take you to a place that is just as precious. I hope you like this record!”

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, acoustic guitar), Douglas (dobro) and Golden Highway—Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle, harmony vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass, harmony vocals) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo, harmony vocals)—City of Gold also features special guest Dave Matthews on “Yosemite.”

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage.

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

July 6—Sheboygan, WI—John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Levitt AMP Music Series
July 7—Harbor Springs, MI—Blissfest Festival Farm
July 14—Columbia Falls, MT—UTBS Official After Party
July 15—Whitefish, MT—Under the Big Sky Music & Arts Festival
July 16—Ketchum, ID—Whiskeys’
July 18—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater‡
July 19—Boise, ID—Outlaw Field at the Idaho Botanical Garden
July 21—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
July 22—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 30—Lyons, CO—RockyGrass Festival
August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 8—Bozeman, MT—Rialto Bozeman
August 9—Bonner, MT—KettleHouse Amphitheater+
August 12—Edmonton, AB—Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August 18—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
August 24—Bloomington, IN—Switchyard Park Thursday Night Summer Music Series
August 25—New Braunfels, TX—Whitewater Amphitheatre‡
August 26—Lawrence, KS—Kaw River Roots 2023
September 1—Quincy, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre#
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
September 26—Blacksburg, VA—Lyric Theatre
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
December 1—Lake Wales, FL—Orange Blossom Revue

*supporting Dierks Bentley
‡supporting Charley Crockett
+supporting Greensky Bluegrass
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King
#supporting Dave Matthews Band

Chris Stapleton’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner (Live from Super Bowl LVII)” is out today via EQ (purchase/stream HERE).

Recorded earlier this year at Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium in Arizona, the performance was called “rousing” (Billboard), “inspired” (Variety) “emotional” (Associated Press) and “soaring” (The Wall Street Journal).

About Chris Stapleton:

Kentucky-born artist Chris Stapleton is an 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner and one of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians. In the past year, he’s been named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards—resulting in the prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards—his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. The accolades follow Stapleton’s most recent album, 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which also won three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. The album follows Stapleton’s pair of Platinum-certified releases from 2017, From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2, as well as his x5 Platinum breakthrough solo debut album, Traveller. Known for his electric live performances, Stapleton is currently in the midst of his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour and will also join George Strait for select stadium shows this summer. In addition to his work as a musician, Stapleton and his wife, Morgane, are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart.

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
July 6—Bethel, NY—Bethel Woods Center for the Arts§
July 7—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater§
July 8—Cavendish, PEI—Cavendish Beach Music Festival
July 13—Charleston, SC—Credit One Stadium# (SOLD OUT)
July 14—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater#
July 15—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena#
July 19—Omaha, NE—CHI Health Center**
July 20—St. Louis, MO—Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre**
July 22—Cullman, AL—Rock the South
July 28—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†
July 29—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium†
August 5—Tampa, FL—Raymond James Stadium†
August 10—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 11—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 12—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion**
August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 18—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage‡
August 19—Montreal, QC—Lasso Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 24—Memphis, TX—FedEx Forum††
August 25—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre†† (SOLD OUT)
August 26—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre†† (SOLD OUT)
October 5—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena^
October 6—State College, PA—Bryce Jordan Center^
October 7—Long Island, NY—UBS Arena^
October 12—Corpus Christi, TX—American Bank Center Arena*
October 13—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
October 19—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center*
October 20—Austin, TX—Moody Center*
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Center*
October 26—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center*
October 27—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion*
October 28—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion*

†with George Strait and special guests Little Big Town
‡with special guests Marcus King and The War and Treaty
§with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and Allen Stone
#with special guests Margo Price and Allen Stone
**with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War and Treaty
††with special guests Marcus King and Allen Stone
*with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane
^with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Lukas Nelson’s anticipated new album, Sticks and Stones, is out today via 6ACE Records/Thirty Tigers. Stream/purchase HERE.

Self-produced by Nelson and his longtime band, POTR, the record consists of twelve spirited tracks including current single, “Sticks and Stones.” This follows Nelson’s previous single, “More Than Friends,” featuring CMA and ACM Award-winning artist, Lainey Wilson, which reached #1 at Americana Radio and is currently top 5 at Texas Radio.

Sticks and Stones was written solely by Nelson with the hope of bringing people together at the forefront of his mind, bringing upbeat energy and a sense of fun. Across the album, Nelson explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing and humor, while also capturing the musical power and electricity of the band’s live performances.

In celebration of the new music, Nelson and the band will continue to tour this year, including headline shows this summer at Missoula’s The Wilma, Bozeman’s The Elm, Spokane’s Knitting Factory Concert House, Denver’s Ogden Theatre, Kansas City’s Knuckleheads and St. Louis’ Delmar Theatre among others. Additional fall headline dates to be announced soon. Nelson and the band will also join Tedeschi Trucks Band for shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden and Boston’s TD Garden in September. See below for current itinerary.

Of the record, Nelson reflects, “This album is about celebrating the human connection, joy and excitement. We went from quiet and introspective on A Few Stars Apart to something big and fun to really showcase the band’s talent and performance. You can listen to the album Sticks and Stones from start to finish and get the songs to dance to and then the quiet, poignant songs. To me, this album is the perfect setlist.”

Since his debut over a decade ago, Texas and Hawaii-based Nelson has played countless sold-out shows and festivals and released seven studio albums to date including the latest, 2021’s A Few Stars Apart. Produced by Dave Cobb, the record spent seven weeks at #1 on the Americana Albums chart and received widespread acclaim with Rolling Stone declaring, “His best album yet…Nelson’s most compact, streamlined, and focused album,” while The Tennessean asserted, “a collection of lyrically stirring, musically multifarious and ultimately hopeful roots rock storytelling.”

Additionally, Nelson co-produced the music for 2018’s lauded A Star Is Born film in addition to appearing in the film and went on to win a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and a GRAMMY Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

STICKS AND STONES TRACK LIST
1. Sticks and Stones
2. Alcohallelujah
3. Every Time I Drink
4. More Than Friends feat. Lainey Wilson
5. Ladder of Love
6. Wrong House
7. Icarus
8. If I Didn’t Love You
9. Overpass
10. Lying
11. All Four Winds
12. The View

LUKAS NELSON & POTR CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

July 21—Bozeman, MT—The Elm
July 22—Big Sky, MT—Big Sky Town Center
July 24—Missoula, MT—The Wilma
July 25—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory Concert House
July 26—Bend, OR—Midtown Ballroom/Domino Room/Annex
July 28—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory Concert House
July 30—Sandy, UT—Sandy Amphitheater
August 1—Cheyenne, WY—The Lincoln Cheyenne
August 4—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre
August 5—Fort Collins, CO—Aggie Theatre
September 15—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival 2023
September 16—Kansas City, MO—Knuckleheads
September 18—Columbia, MO—The Blue Note
September 20—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall
September 21—Bloomington, IL—The Castle Theatre
September 24—North Adams, MA—FreshGrass
September 27—Boston, MA—TD Garden*
September 29—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden*
*supporting Tedeschi Trucks Band

In November 2022, Grammy-winning artist and virtuosic guitar player Peter Frampton performed at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London to a rapturous sold-out crowd. The special evening was filmed, capturing stunning performances of Frampton’s finest songs, and will be released as a live album on September 1 via UMe—pre-order/pre-save Peter Frampton At Royal Albert Hall here.

The record features 9 live performances with Frampton’s long-standing band of Rob Arthur, Adam Lester, Dan Wojciechowski and Steve Mackey, and includes tracks “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do?” and more. The legendary performance is currently streaming on PBS as part of their Pledge Drive.

Additionally, Frampton is back on the road—the Never Say Never Tour kicked off last month, with stops nationwide through August. See below for full tour routing.
Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. In 2007, Frampton won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints and in 2014 was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. He received the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award from NAMM’s TEC Awards in 2019 and his album All Blues was #1 for fifteen weeks on Billboard’s Blues Chart. In 2020 Frampton was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, his autobiography Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list, and his 2021 album Frampton Forgets The Words was released to widespread critical acclaim. After 47 years, Frampton Comes Alive! remains one of the top-selling live records of all time selling over 17 million worldwide.

Most recently, Frampton announced that on July 28 Intervention Records will release Frampton@50, a numbered limited-edition vinyl box set featuring Frampton’s essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind of Change, Frampton’s Camel and Frampton.

Frampton is also set to receive The Myositis Association’s Heroes in the Fight 2023 Patient Ambassador Award on September 9 during their annual ceremony in conjunction with TMA’s Annual Patient Conference in San Diego, CA between September 7-10.

Additionally, Frampton will feature in the new intimate, one-hour public television series With, which highlights vulnerable conversations between music icons, fellow creators, musicians and friends for a candid glimpse inside the creation of their most beloved hits. Frampton’s conversation with songwriter Trey Bruce at Analog Hutton Hotel will air on July 15 (check local listings); full episodes are also available to stream weekly on WithTheShow.com.

TRACKLIST
1. Something's Happening
2. Lying
3. Lines On My Face
4. Show Me The Way
5. Georgia On My Mind
6. All I Wanna Be (Is By Your Side)
7. (I'll Give You) Money
8. Baby, I Love Your Way
9. Do You Feel Like We Do?

PETER FRAMPTON LIVE
July 15—Wind Creek Event Center—Bethlehem, PA
July 16—Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena—Atlantic City, NJ
July 18—MGM Music Hall at Fenway—Boston, MA
July 20—The Theater at MGM National Harbor—Oxon Hill, MD
July 22—Foxwoods Resort Casino, Premier Theater—Mashantucket, CT
July 23—The Capitol Theatre—Port Chester, NY
July 25—The Capitol Theatre—Port Chester, NY
July 26—The Paramount—Huntington, NY
July 28—Turning Stone Resort Casino, Event Center—Verona, NY
July 29—Fallsview Casino Resort—Niagara Falls, ON
August 10—Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn—Troutdale, OR
August 12—Thunder Valley Casino—Lincoln, CA
August 13—Yaamava’ Theater—Highland, CA
August 15—The Masonic—San Francisco, CA
August 16—Arlington Theatre—Santa Barbara, CA
August 18—The Pearl—Las Vegas, NV
August 19—Sandy Amphitheater—Sandy, UT

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros—led by Weir alongside Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti—confirm they’ll be performing select September shows in Charlottesville, South Burlington, Columbus, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Complete list of dates below.

Artist pre-sale begins at 10am local time followed by the local pre-sales at 12pm local time on Thursday, July 20. All tickets will go on sale starting Friday, July 21 at 10am local time. VIP packages will be available for the headline dates as well. Sign-up for early access to tickets HERE. Full tour routing below.

The band will once again be joined by The Wolfpack, a string and brass quintet which features Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown, along with Barry Sless on pedal steel performing the expansive catalogue of Grateful Dead, Bobby's solo albums and more.

They will be joining Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival 2023 for seven shows this September including Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs and more. They’ll also make their debut performance at the legendary Farm Aid in Noblesville, IN at Ruoff Music Center on September 23.

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros have released two live albums, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado followed by Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros: Live in Colorado Vol. 2, to critical praise. Both volumes feature songs recorded live at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in June 2021.

The second volume received praise from Pitchfork who raved, “he stages some of the most beloved material in the Grateful Dead’s catalog with the passion and reverence of a couple spending their 50th anniversary looking back on their wedding day,” while American Songwriter said, “Weir and the Wolfs manage to stay true to the template while also taking the music beyond any original incarnation by reinventing them in ways that find imagination and intrigue well stirred in a contemporary context.”

Weir also released Ace: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, which features a performance from one of the band’s shows at Radio City Music Hall in celebration of his beloved debut solo album, Ace. The band played the entire album live and welcomed a number of special guests, including Tyler Childers and Brittney Spencer.
The band debuted orchestral performances alongside the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, as well as three nights with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Each night the ensemble performed a completely unique set featuring hits from the expansive Grateful Dead catalogue, Bobby’s solo albums and more. Stanford professor and composer Dr. Giancarlo Aquilanti provided original orchestration.

Bobby Weir, a founding member of the legendary Grateful Dead who received a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007, is one of rock’s finest and most distinctive rhythm guitarists. The Grateful Dead is still one of the highest-grossing concert attractions in the U.S. and their final tally of 2,318 total concerts remains a world record.  Weir has been honored with the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Les Paul Spirit Award, as well as a Goodwill Ambassadorship for the United Nations Development Program. His first solo album in more than ten years, Blue Mountain (2016), was critically praised upon release.  Weir has been member of Dead & Company since its formation in 2015. Dead & Company has completed 10 tours and has performed to more than 4 million fans across 235 shows since the band’s debut.  Weir is also a member of Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros, who were formed in 2018.  The band set out performing the expansive catalogue of Grateful Dead, Bobby's solo albums and more and has toured extensively throughout the U.S.

Don Was is a GRAMMY-winning producer and founder of the ’80s funk-rock band Was (Not Was), known for hits such as “Walk The Dinosaur” and “Spy In The House Of Love.” As an in-demand, highly acclaimed producer, Was has been honored with four GRAMMY Awards for his production work in each of the past three decades, including Best Album honors for work with the Rolling Stones and Bonnie Raitt. Production credits include the Rolling Stones, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Gregg Allman, John Mayer and Neil Young. Albums produced by Was have achieved dozens of multi-Platinum, Platinum and Gold certifications and have sold more than 90 million copies worldwide. As one of music’s top bass players, Was has collaborated with countless musicians throughout his storied career, spanning a multitude of genres.
Jay Lane is a longtime Weir collaborator and drummer who played with Weir’s RatDog for more than 16 years. He was also one of Primus’ first drummers and has recently performed with Phil Lesh and Friends as well as Dead & Company.

Acclaimed keyboardist Jeff Chimenti has a long history of working with former members of the Grateful Dead having performed with Bob Weir & RatDog, The Dead and Furthur. He has been a member of Dead & Company since the band’s formation in 2015. In 2020, Jeff Chimenti joined the Wolf Bros.

TOUR DATES

September 8—Park City Song Summit Festival—Park City, UT
September 10—FirstBank Amphitheater—Franklin, TN*
September 12—CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park—Simpsonville, SC*
September 13—Ting Pavilion—Charlottesville, VA
September 15—Saratoga Performing Arts Center—Saratoga Springs, NY*
September 16—Xfinity Center—Mansfield, MA*
September 17—Forest Hills—Queens, NY*
September 19—The Green At Shelburne Museum—South Burlington, VT
September 20—Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater—Bridgeport, CT*
September 22—Pine Knob Music Theatre—Clarkston, MI*
September 23—Farm Aid—Noblesville, IN
September 26—Mershon Auditorium—Columbus, OH
September 27—The Met Philadelphia—Philadelphia, PA
September 28—Pier Six Pavilion—Baltimore, MD
*Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival 2023

Today, Shakey Graves shares that his forthcoming new album, Movie Of The Week, will be released September 15 on Dualtone Records. A track from the album, “Evergreen,” is out today with an accompanying music video—listen/share HERE and watch/share the video HERE. Pre-order the album HERE.

“In late 2018, some friends of mine were making a movie, and they asked if I would do the soundtrack for it,” Alejandro Rose-Garcia, a.k.a. Shakey Graves, says. “I started recording music along to footage, but when I started to turn a lot of it in, I realized that the director and I did not see the movie in the same way. A lot of the music was turned away. But I made all this really cool stuff and felt really invigorated.”

When Rose-Garcia went into the studio with his band, he realized he didn’t have songs, but rather soundtrack ideas. “I sent them all a link to some of the soundtrack stuff. We came up with this way to record where we went through them like themes. I came up with the plot of an imaginary movie. And we started to treat it like a soundtrack to a movie.”

“Movie Of The Week is definitely more on the lush side,” he continues. “I'm really excited about making this more like a project than an album.”
The album also features the recently released “Ready or Not,” a duet with rising star Sierra Ferrell. The song is already a streaming hit and continues to climb with over 15M spins globally.

Shakey Graves will hit the road on an extensive North American tour this fall, kicking off September 21 in Phoenix with further stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston and more. Support for the fall tour will include Rayland Baxter, flipturn and Sadurn. More info/tickets HERE and a complete list of dates below.

Shakey Graves has undergone a myriad of personal and sonic evolutions since its inception in 2011. Beginning as a solo music project, to now being accompanied by a full band, Rose-Garcia depicted the journey in ways such as changing his album covers from black and white to color, mirroring the musical growth. With beginnings in the folk-rock space—even winning “Best Emerging Artist” at the Americana Music Awards—he went on to move away from much of the stripped-down, folk sound and began drawing on influences such as The Beatles, The Kinks, Elliot Smith, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill and other 90’s indie rock bands.

Through the years, Rose-Garcia has always found innovative ways to engage his fan base—from burning CDs and putting them in personalized bags, to building intricate scavenger hunts sending fans around the city following trails of clues to find exclusive tapes, to sharing Bandcamp-only releases in the age of the DSPs—he is intentional in everything he does and aims to create a unique experience and adventure for each fan.

With Movie of the Week, Rose-Garcia will continue to expand upon the idea of his fans controlling the destiny of the music in an even bigger way—stay tuned for more info to come.

Rose-Garcia grew up surrounded by the arts, his mother a playwright and his father a set designer. He had acting roles in Friday Night Lights as well as Spy Kids, and found himself going out to Los Angeles regularly to audition for parts.

Turning to music, he self-released his beloved debut album Roll the Bones and followed with an EP in 2012, The Donor Blues. That same year, the mayor of his hometown of Austin, Texas, declared February 9 to be “Shakey Graves Day”—a day he uses to offer his albums and hundreds of unheard songs for free. He signed with Dualtone Records in 2014 and released his breakout full length And the War Came with the label that year.

His third studio album came in 2018 with the release of Can’t Wake Up, which received a host of critical praise from NPR Music—“he pulls it off in large part due to his storytelling prowess; these songs would be welcoming, even enthralling, in any style,” Billboard—“a lyrical powder keg”—and more, marking a stylistic turn.

In 2020, Shakey Graves released an EP entitled Look Alive and in 2021 re-released his much-lauded debut album in celebration of its tenth anniversary with Roll the Bones X, which featured a number of previously unreleased tracks. He has amassed over 595,000 album sales and over 525 million streams in the US alone, and has two RIAA-Certified Gold singles with “Dearly Departed” and “Tomorrow,” and also earned the title of #1 artist on Bandcamp.

MOVIE OF THE WEEK—TRACKLISTING
1. Channel One (Intro)
2. Limbo
3. Evergreen
4. Ready or Not (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
5. Channel Five (Interlude)
6. Lowlife
7. Big In The World
8. Play It Where It Lies
9. Playing Along
10. Century City
11. Was Here
12. Heartstarter (Interlude)
13. Heartstopper

TOUR DATES

July 28—Bauhaus Brew Labs—Minneapolis, MN* (SOLD OUT)
July 29—Bell’s Eccentric Cafe-Beer Garden—Kalamazoo, MI* (SOLD OUT)
July 30—Old Forester’s Paristown Hall—Louisville, KY*
August 2—Greenfield Lake Amphitheater—Wilmington, NC †
August 3—Firefly Distillery—North Charleston, SC ‡
August 4—Rabbit Rabbit—Asheville, NC ‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 5—Maymont Park—Richmond, VA ‡
August 6—The Ritz—Raleigh, NC †
August 8—The Atlantis—Washington, DC † (SOLD OUT)
August 9—Lincoln Hill Farms—Canadaigua, NY †
August 11—The Pines Theater at Look Park—Northampton, MA*
August 12—The Green at Shelburne Museum—Shelburne, VT* (SOLD OUT)
August 13—Guster’s On The Ocean—Portland, ME
August 15—Pier 17—New York, NY*
August 16—XL Live—Harrisburg, PA
August 17—Freeman Arts Pavilion—Selbyville, DE*
August 18—Stone Pony Summer Stage—Asbury Park, NJ
September 21—The Van Buren—Phoenix, AZ
September 22—BeachLife Ranch—Redondo Beach, CA
September 23—KBCO On Tap Breckenridge Brewery—Littleton, CO**
September 26—The Sound At Del Mar—Del Mar, CA
September 27—Orpheum Theater—Flagstaff, AZ §
September 30—Ace of Spades—Sacramento, CA §
October 1—Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas—Las Vegas, NV §
October 5—Vina Robles Amphitheatre—Paso Robles, CA §
October 6—Cascade Theatre—Redding, CA §
October 7—Crystal Ballroom—Portland, OR §
October 8—Rebels and Renegades—Monterey, CA
October 10—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA §
October 11—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Vancouver, BC §
October 12—Knitting Factory Concert House—Spokane, WA §
October 13—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 14—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 15—Union Event Center—Salt Lake City, UT §
October 26—Longhorn Ballroom—Dallas, TX §
October 27—The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall—Houston, TX §
October 28—Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park—Austin, TX§
November 1—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN**
November 2—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA**
November 3—Avondale Brewing Company—Birmingham, AL††
November 4—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA††
November 5—Neighborhood Theatre—Charlotte, NC††
November 6—The Signal—Chattanooga, TN††
November 8—Roxian Theatre—Pittsburgh, PA††
November 9—Toad’s Place—New Haven, CT††
November 11—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON††
November 12—Union Transfer—Philadelphia, PA
November 13—9:30 Club—Washington, DC††
November 14—Roadrunner—Boston, MA**
November 16—Agora Theatre—Cleveland, OH**
November 17—The Salt Shed—Chicago, IL**
November 18—The Sylvee—Madison, WI**
November 19—Egyptian Room-Old National Centre—Indianapolis, IN**
*with Lucius
† with Abraham Alexander
‡ with Trampled by Turtles
§ with flipturn
** with Rayland Baxter
††Sadurn

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet’s much anticipated third studio album Starcatcher is out now on Lava/Republic Records. Stream/purchase the record HERE.

The album features the new single “The Indigo Streak;” watch the live video performance filmed at the Sacramento show on the Dreams in Gold Tour in March, 2023 HERE.

Of the new album, lead singer Josh Kiszka states, “Starcatcher is a dangerous and delightful expedition into a both violent and gentle dreamlike landscape. A purgatory of duality where brutality and beauty clash like a thunderstorm of stillness. Neither fact nor fiction inhabit the far reaches of this surrealist world. A storybook for the fighters and lovers alike Starcatcher captures a certain wonder on the fringe of mayhem.”

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

They have released a number of tracks from the album leading into release, including “Meeting The Master,” “Sacred The Thread,” “Farewell For Now,” and “The Falling Sky.”

In celebration of the new album, the band is launching a new puzzle box, available HERE. Additionally, several vinyl variants are available including an exclusive black glitter vinyl, available for purchase HERE. The band is also offering a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

The band is set to kick off their Starcatcher World Tour on July 24 in Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and The Forum in Los Angeles as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Silversun Pickups, Teddy Swims, Surf Curse and Mt. Joy.
Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

The band took multiple concepts from the critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”
The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET—STARCATCHER

1. Fate Of The Faithful
2. Waited All Your Life
3. The Falling Sky
4. Sacred The Thread
5. Runway Blues
6. The Indigo Streak
7. Frozen Light
8. The Archer
9. Meeting The Master
10. Farewell For Now

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE

July 24—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena*
July 27—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena*
July 28—Houston, TX—Toyota Center*
July 31—Denver, CO—Ball Arena†
August 2—Salt Lake City, UT—Vivint Arena†
August 4—Seattle, WA—Climate Pledge Arena†
August 5—Portland, OR—Veterans Memorial Coliseum†
August 8—Oakland, CA—Oakland Arena†
August 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Kia Forum†
August 12—Las Vegas, NV—T-Mobile Arena†
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center‡
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena‡
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena‡
September 11—Washington, D.C.—Capital One Arena‡
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden‡
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden‡
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center‡
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse‡
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse‡
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle§
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome§
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena§
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National§
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley§
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena§
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena§
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro§
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum§
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith§
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena§
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club§
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center§
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno§
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol**
*with Silversun Pickups
†with Teddy Swims
‡with Surf Curse
§with Mt. Joy and Hannah Wicklund
**as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

City of Gold, the new album from GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, is out today via Nonesuch Records. Stream/purchase HERE. In conjunction with the release, a new video for album track “Yosemite,” featuring Dave Matthews, also debuts today. Watch/share HERE.

The release adds to yet another triumphant year for Tuttle, who is nominated for seven awards at the 2023 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Female Vocalist of the Year, Guitar Player of the Year, Album of the Year (Crooked Tree), Song of the Year (“Crooked Tree”), Instrumental Group of the Year and Collaborative Recording of the Year (“From My Mountain (Calling You)” with Peter Rowan Linsday Lou). Golden Highway bandmember Bronwyn Keith-Hynes is also nominated for Fiddle Player of the Year.

In celebration of the new album, Tuttle and the band will embark on their “Road To El Dorado” headline tour this fall including newly confirmed shows at Knoxville’s Bijou Theatre, Portland’s Aladdin Theatre, Seattle’s Crocodile, Boise’s Knitting Factory, Salt Lake City’s Commonwealth Room and Denver’s Cervantes Other Side, among others. Tickets for the new dates are on-sale today at 10:00am local time. The band will also perform select dates this year supporting Dave Matthews, Greensky Bluegrass and Marcus King. See below for the current tour itinerary, with additional headline dates to be announced soon. Full details can be found at www.mollytuttlemusic.com/tour.

City of Gold follows Tuttle’s acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards. Once again produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, as they have grown together as musicians and performers. Written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show), these 13 tracks capture the electric energy of the band’s live shows by highlighting each members’ musical strengths.

Reflecting on the project, Tuttle shares, “When I was a kid, we took a field trip to Coloma, CA to learn about the gold rush. I’ll never forget the dusty hills and the grizzled old miner who showed us the nugget around his neck. Just like gold fever, music has always captivated me, captured my heart, and driven me to great lengths to explore its depths. On my new album I dug deep as a songwriter (with Ketch Secor) and co-producer (with Jerry Douglas) and surfaced with a record that celebrates the music of my heart, my life, the land where I grew up, and the stories I heard along the way. I made this record with my band Golden Highway after playing over 100 shows across the country last year. On the road and in the studio, we are inspired by artists such as John Hartford, Gillian Welch and Peter Rowan to name a few, whose records are like family albums to us. Just like them, on this album we chart some new territory along some old familiar ground. The songs span from breakdowns to ballads, fairytales and fiddle tunes, from Yosemite up to the Gold Country and out beyond the mountains. That visit to Coloma, site of California’s first gold strike is where I first heard about El Dorado, the city of gold. Playing music can take you to a place that is just as precious. I hope you like this record!”

In addition to Tuttle (vocals, acoustic guitar), Golden Highway is Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle, harmony vocals), Dominick Leslie (mandolin), Shelby Means (bass, harmony vocals) and Kyle Tuttle (banjo, harmony vocals).

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage. 

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale today, July 21 at 10:00am local time
July 21—Redding, CA—Cascade Theatre
July 22—Redmond, OR—FairWell Festival
July 30—Lyons, CO—RockyGrass Festival
August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 8—Bozeman, MT—Rialto Bozeman
August 9—Bonner, MT—KettleHouse Amphitheater+
August 12—Edmonton, AB—Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August 18—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
August 24—Bloomington, IN—Switchyard Park Thursday Night Summer Music Series
August 25—New Braunfels, TX—Whitewater Amphitheatre‡
August 26—Lawrence, KS—Kaw River Roots 2023
September 1—Quincy, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre#
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
September 24—Los Angeles, CA—Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival
September 26—Blacksburg, VA—Lyric Theatre
September 30—Raleigh, NC—IBMA’s World of Bluegrass
October 1—Knoxville, TN—Bijou Theatre
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
October 7—Arcata, CA—Van Duzer Theatre
October 8—Bend, OR—Domino Room
October 10—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theatre
October 11—Ashland, OR—SOU Recital Hall
October 13—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory
October 14—Bellingham, WA—Wild Buffalo House
October 15—Seattle, WA—The Crocodile
October 17—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory
October 19—Salt Lake City, UT—Commonwealth Room
October 20—Fort Collins, CO—Aggie Theatre
October 21—Denver, CO—Cervantes Other Side
December 1—Lake Wales, FL—Orange Blossom Revue
January 10—Exeter, UK—Corn Exchange*
January 11—Bath, UK—Forum*
January 12—London, UK—Cadogan Hall*
January 13—Bexhill On Sea, UK—Palace Theatre*
January 14—Southend-on-sea, UK—Palace Theatre*
January 16—Bury St. Edmunds, UK—Apex*
January 17—Lytham St. Annes, UK—Lowther Pavilion Theatre*
January 18—Sunderland, UK—Fire Station*
January 19—Glasgow, UK—Celtic Connections*
January 21—Buxton, UK—Buxton Opera House*
January 23—Kings Lynn, UK—Corn Exchange Theatre and Cinema*
January 24—Shrewsbury, UK—Theatre Severn*
January 25—St. Albans, UK—Alban Arena*
January 26—Wirral, UK—Floral Pavilion Theatre*
January 27—Harrogate, UK—Royal Hall*
+supporting Greensky Bluegrass
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King
#supporting Dave Matthews Band
*supporting Tommy Emmanuel (Molly Tuttle solo)

Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, Higher, will be released November 10 on Mercury Nashville (pre-order/pre-save). In advance of the release, the album’s first single, “White Horse,” written by Stapleton and Dan Wilson, is out today—listen HERE.

Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Stapleton, Higher was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A. Across its 14 songs, Stapleton showcases his supernatural voice and musical versatility with songs that span genres and defy easy categorization. Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).

Known for his electric live performances, the 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner is currently in the midst of his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour and will join George Strait for select stadium shows this summer including two shows next Friday and Saturday at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium.

One of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians, in the past year Stapleton was named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards—resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards—his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, in February, he performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana and many more.

The new album follows 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which went on to win three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Called a “a sure-footed masterpiece” by the Associated Press, the album landed on “Best of 2020” lists at NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean and The New York Times, who declared, “Chris Stapleton’s roar isn’t designed to scare you off. It’s regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacy…on this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.” Prior to Starting Over, Stapleton released a pair of Platinum-certified releases in 2017—From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2—as well as his x5 Platinum breakthrough solo debut album in 2015, Traveller.

In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart.

HIGHER TRACK LIST
1. What Am I Gonna Do
2. South Dakota
3. Trust
4. It Takes A Woman
5. The Fire
6. Think I’m In Love With You
7. Loving You On My Mind
8. White Horse
9. Higher
10. The Bottom
11. The Day I Die
12. Crosswind
13. Weight Of Your World
14. Mountains Of My Mind

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
July 22—Cullman, AL—Rock the South
July 28—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium*
July 29—Nashville, TN—Nissan Stadium*
August 5—Tampa, FL—Raymond James Stadium*
August 10—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 11—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 12—Gilford, NH—Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 17—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage† (SOLD OUT)
August 18—Toronto, ON—Budweiser Stage† (SOLD OUT)
August 19—Montreal, QC—Lasso Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 24—Memphis, TX—FedEx Forum#
August 25—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
August 26—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
October 5—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
October 6—State College, PA—Bryce Jordan Center^ (SOLD OUT)
October 7—Long Island, NY—UBS Arena^ (SOLD OUT)
October 12—Corpus Christi, TX—American Bank Center Arena§
October 13—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion§ (SOLD OUT)
October 19—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center§ (SOLD OUT)
October 20—Austin, TX—Moody Center§ (SOLD OUT)
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Center§ (SOLD OUT)
October 26—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center§ (SOLD OUT)
October 27—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion§ (SOLD OUT)
October 28—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion§ (SOLD OUT)
*with George Strait and special guests Little Big Town
‡with special guests Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives and The War and Treaty
†with special guests Marcus King and The War and Treaty
#with special guests Marcus King and Allen Stone
^with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane
§with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane

The official music video for acclaimed musician Miles Miller’s new song, “Highway Shoes,” is debuting today. Directed by Zach Riddle, the lighthearted video stars Miller alongside Monica Valli, Cole Beddingfield and Ben Brown. Watch/share HERE.

“Highway Shoes” is from Miller’s acclaimed debut album, Solid Gold, which was produced by Sturgill Simpson and debuted at #2 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Albums chart earlier this month (stream/purchase HERE).

After joining Tyler Childers on the road earlier this summer, Miller will continue to tour through the fall in support of the new music, including dates with Blackberry Smoke and Turnpike Troubadours. Upcoming stops include Omaha’s Steelhouse, Bozeman’s The Elm, Missoula’s Wilma Theatre, San Diego’s Humphreys Concerts By The Bay, Salt Lake City’s The Complex, Boulder’s Boulder Theater and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s among others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Reflecting on the album, Miller shares, “Solid Gold is a love story, but about love being around and love leaving. It’s an entire story essentially about wanting to get back to the love you have, realizing you shouldn’t give it away, to love leaving, hitting the road because of it leaving, feeling love on the road, love from home, to realizing you need to keep walking and wish them well. It’s an album about the cycle of a love story that crumbles.

Raised in central Kentucky, Miller has spent the better part of the past decade on the road as a drummer for artists including Sturgill Simpson and Town Mountain. In 2009, he was discovered by acclaimed producer Dave Cobb after playing drum covers on YouTube at the age of 16. While drumming and vocals are what he has been most noted for, playing guitar is his first love. Spending time off of the road allowed him to hone in on his songwriting and it became clear that the time had come to step away from the drum kit and focus on his own artistic vision.

SOLID GOLD TRACK LIST
1. Solid Gold
2. Don’t Give Away Love
3. Passed Midnight
4. A Feeling Called Lonesome
5. In A Daze
6. My Sanity
7. Highway Shoes
8. Where Daniel Stood
9. Even If
10. Seeing Clear
11. Always November
12. I Wish

MILES MILLER CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 7—Omaha, NE—Steelhouse Omaha*
September 8—Deadwood, SD—Deadwood Mountain Grand Hotel & Casino*
September 9—Bozeman, MT—The Elm*
September 10—Great Falls, MT—The Newberry*
September 13—Missoula, MT—Wilma Theatre*
September 14—Spokane, WA—Martin Woodson Theater at the Fox*
September 15—Tacoma, WA—Emerald Queen Casino*
September 19—Napa, CA—Uptown Theatre Napa*
September 21—San Diego, CA—Humphreys Concerts By The Bay*
September 22—Redondo Beach, CA—BeachLife Ranch
September 22—Bakersfield, CA—The Historic Fox Theater*
September 25—Salt Lake City, UT—The Complex*
September 26—Grand Junction, CO—Avalon Theatre*
September 27—Boulder, CO—Boulder Theater*
September 29—Denver, CO—Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom & Other Side
September 30—Beaver Creek, CO—Vilar Performing Arts Center
October 7—Lancaster, KY—Roadworn Revival
December 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s+
*supporting Blackberry Smoke
+supporting Turnpike Troubadours

Rustin’ In The Rain, the new album from renowned singer, songwriter, and musician Tyler Childers, will be released September 8 on Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records (pre-order/pre-save).

Of the album, Childers shares, “This is a collection of songs I playfully pieced together as if I was pitching a group of songs to Elvis. Some covers, one co-write, and some I even wrote in my best (terrible) Elvis impersonation, as I worked around the farm and kicked around the house. I hope you enjoy listening to this album as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

In advance of the release, the first single, “In Your Love,” is out today—watch the song’s official music video HERE. Written and creative directed by Silas House (with a story idea by House and Jason Kyle Howard), the video was directed by Bryan Schlam and stars Colton Haynes and James Scully and depicts a timeless love story of two men set in rural Appalachia in the 1950s.

House is a New York Times bestselling author, current Poet Laureate of Kentucky and recipient of the 2022 Duggins Prize—the largest award for an LGBTQ writer in the nation. Of the video, he shares, “As a gay teenager who loved country music, I could have never imagined seeing myself in a video. That visibility matters. There have always been LGBTQ people in rural places and finally we’re seeing that portrayed in a country music video. Tyler and I both felt the attention to detail about rural life was very important, so we made sure that the house and the people looked realistic for the time period instead of the stereotypes of country people that have become so ingrained in the public consciousness. We used our own family pictures as references. We wanted to tell as complex a story as we could in four minutes, not only about a gay couple, but also about rural people. We wanted to show their joy and their sorrow—all the things that make up a complex life. Too often simplistic notions are pushed about both rural and LGBTQ people, so we did everything we could to make this story as rich and layered as possible.”

Childers and his longtime band, The Food Stamps—James Barker (pedal steel), Craig Burletic (bass), CJ Cain (guitar), Rodney Elkins (drums), Chase Lewis (keyboards) and Jesse Wells (guitar, fiddle)—are currently in the midst of a 30-date sold-out nationwide tour. Upcoming stops include two nights at Radio City Music Hall, Boston’s Leader Bank Pavilion, DC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, two nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre as well as two newly announced New Year’s Eve shows at Lexington’s Rupp Arena.

Tickets for the Rupp Arena shows will be available through a registration process hosted by Ticketmaster. Registration for pre-sale tickets is open now through Sunday, July 30 at 11:59pm ET (details here). Following registration, randomly selected fans will receive an access code for the pre-sale, starting Wednesday, August 2 at 10:00am ET. General on-sale will follow Thursday, August 3 at 10:00am ET. Full details can be found here.

The new album follows last year’s triple album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, which featured eight songs presented in three distinct sonic perspectives—Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise. Released to widespread acclaim, Esquire praised, “Who’s doing it better than Childers in roots music these days? No one,” while the Associated Press declared, “fearless exuberance…one of country music’s most compelling and unpredictable artists” and NPR Music asserted, “eight songs so good he had to record them thrice.” Before Hounds, Childers released 2020’s Grammy-nominated surprise album, Long Violent History, which NPR Music called an “explicit and remarkable stand in solidarity.” His two previous releases, 2019’s #1 Country Squire as well 2017’s RIAA Platinum debut, Purgatory, were released to overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. In the years since his debut, Childers has earned two Grammy nominations and has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale August 3 at 10:00am local time

August 2—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall* (SOLD OUT)
August 3—New York, NY—Radio City Music Hall* (SOLD OUT)
August 5—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion (SOLD OUT)
August 6—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point† (SOLD OUT)
August 10—Philadelphia, PA—The Met† (SOLD OUT)
August 11—Columbia, MD—Merriweather Post Pavilion‡ (SOLD OUT)
August 13—Raleigh, NC—The Red Hat Amphitheater+ (SOLD OUT)
August 15—Charlotte, NC—Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
August 16—Charlotte, NC—Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre# (SOLD OUT)
August 18—Wilmington, NC—Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park+ (SOLD OUT)
August 19—Charleston, SC—Credit One Stadium+ (SOLD OUT)
August 20—Bethel, NY—Catbird Music Festival
September 21-23—Lewisburg, WV—Healing Appalachia
September 27—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 28—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre^ (SOLD OUT)
September 30—Greenwood Village, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre§ (SOLD OUT)
December 30—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena**
December 31—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena**
*with special guest Elle King
†with special guest Margo Price
‡with special guests Drive-By Truckers and Abby Hamilton
#with special guest S.G. Goodman
+with special guests S.G. Goodman and Abby Hamilton
^with special guests S.G. Goodman and Wayne Graham
§with special guests Wynonna Judd and The Travelin’ McCourys
**with special guest Shovels & Rope

GRAMMY Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Molly Tuttle and her band, Golden Highway, will embark on their east coast “Next Rodeo” tour in November, with stops at New York City’s Brooklyn Made, Burlington’s Higher Ground Ballroom, Albany’s The Egg, Ardmore’s Ardmore Music Hall and Washington DC’s 9:30 Club, among others.

Tickets for the “Next Rodeo” dates will be available for pre-sale starting tomorrow, August 2 at 10:00am local time with general on-sale following Friday, August 4 at 10:00am local time. Ticket details can be found at www.mollytuttlemusic.com/tour.

The newly confirmed shows follow the band’s west coast “Road to El Dorado” run, which includes stops at Portland’s Aladdin Theatre, Seattle’s Crocodile, Boise’s Knitting Factory, Salt Lake City’s Commonwealth Room and Denver’s Cervantes Other Side, among others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

The upcoming performances celebrate Tuttle’s new album, City of Gold, which was released last month on Nonesuch Records (stream/purchase here) to critical praise. Once again produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle’s constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years and follows her 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards.

Raised in Northern California, Tuttle moved to Nashville in 2015. In the years since, she’s been nominated for Best New Artist at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards, won Album of the Year at the 2023 International Folk Music Awards, Female Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2018 Americana Music Awards and Guitar Player of the Year at the IBMAs in both 2017 and 2018, the first woman to receive the honor. Tuttle has performed around the world, including shows with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hiss Golden Messenger, Jason Isbell, Old Crow Medicine Show and Dwight Yoakam as well as at several major festivals including Newport Folk Festival and Pilgrimage.

CITY OF GOLD TRACKLIST
1. El Dorado
2. Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3. San Joaquin
4. Yosemite (feat. Dave Matthews)
5. Next Rodeo
6. When My Race Is Run
7. Alice in the Bluegrass
8. Stranger Things
9.  Down Home Dispensary
10. More Like a River
11. Goodbye Mary
12. Evergreen, OK
13. The First Time I Fell in Love

MOLLY TUTTLE & GOLDEN HIGHWAY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 3—Corning, CA—Rolling Hills Casino
August 4—Stateline, NV—Harveys Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena
August 8—Bozeman, MT—Rialto Bozeman
August 9—Bonner, MT—KettleHouse Amphitheater+
August 12—Edmonton, AB—Edmonton Folk Music Festival
August 18—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall
August 19—Wellston, MI—Hoxeyville Music Festival
August 21—Richmond, VA—Virginia Credit Union Live^
August 22—Cincinnati, OH—Andrew J Brady Music Center^
August 24—Bloomington, IN—Switchyard Park Thursday Night Summer Music Series
August 25—New Braunfels, TX—Whitewater Amphitheatre‡
August 26—Lawrence, KS—Kaw River Roots 2023
September 1—Quincy, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre#
September 8—Nashville, TN—Under the Stars Concert Series at Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
September 15—Flagstaff, AZ—Pickin’ in the Pines Bluegrass & Acoustic Music Festival
September 21—Nashville, TN—Tommy’s Emmanuel Guitar Camp USA
September 24—Los Angeles, CA—Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival
September 26—Blacksburg, VA—Lyric Theatre
September 30—Raleigh, NC—IBMA’s World of Bluegrass
October 1—Knoxville, TN—Bijou Theatre
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
October 7—Arcata, CA—Van Duzer Theatre
October 8—Bend, OR—Domino Room~
October 10—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theatre~
October 11—Ashland, OR—SOU Recital Hall~
October 13—Spokane, WA—Knitting Factory~
October 14—Bellingham, WA—Wild Buffalo House~
October 15—Seattle, WA—The Crocodile~
October 17—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory~
October 19—Salt Lake City, UT—Commonwealth Room~
October 20—Fort Collins, CO—Aggie Theatre~
October 21—Denver, CO—Cervantes Other Side~
November 10—Brooklyn, NY—Brooklyn Made
November 11—Mansfield, CT—Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
November 12—Albany, NY—The Egg
November 14—South Burlington, VT—Higher Ground Ballroom
November 16—Portland, ME—Aura
November 18—Port Washington, NY—Landmark on Main Street
November 19—Ardmore, PA—Ardmore Music Hall
November 21—Washington, DC—9:30 Club
December 1—Lake Wales, FL—Orange Blossom Revue
January 10—Exeter, UK—Corn Exchange*
January 11—Bath, UK—Forum*
January 12—London, UK—Cadogan Hall*
January 13—Bexhill On Sea, UK—Palace Theatre*
January 14—Southend-on-sea, UK—Palace Theatre*
January 16—Bury St. Edmunds, UK—Apex*
January 17—Lytham St. Annes, UK—Lowther Pavilion Theatre*
January 18—Sunderland, UK—Fire Station*
January 19—Glasgow, UK—Celtic Connections*
January 21—Buxton, UK—Buxton Opera House*
January 23—Kings Lynn, UK—Corn Exchange Theatre and Cinema*
January 24—Shrewsbury, UK—Theatre Severn*
January 25—St. Albans, UK—Alban Arena*
January 26—Wirral, UK—Floral Pavilion Theatre*
January 27—Harrogate, UK—Royal Hall*

+supporting Greensky Bluegrass
^supporting Charley Crockett and Marcus King
#supporting Dave Matthews Band
~with special guest Christina Vane
*supporting Tommy Emmanuel (Molly Tuttle solo)

One of America’s most beloved independent bands, Turnpike Troubadours’ new song, “Brought Me,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Of the song, lead singer and songwriter Evan Felker shares, “It’s about our fans, honestly. Or the idea of a crowd and being able to play for a crowd or having the attention of an audience. It’s sort of a thank you to people who stuck with us through this. The fact we get to come back and play for these amazing crowds that are thousands and thousands of people singing along? It’s an expression of gratitude.”

“Brought Me” is the latest song unveiled from the band’s highly anticipated new album, A Cat in the Rain, which will be released August 25 via Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, the band has unveiled two additional album tracks: “Chipping Mill” and lead single, “Mean Old Sun,” which recently reached #1 at both Americana and Texas Radio. Billboard praises “Mean Old Sun” calling it a “fleet-fingered foot-stomper that again conveys the group’s superior, tightly-knit musicianship and ever maturing, evocative lyricism,” while Brooklyn Vegandeclares, “a triumphant chorus...it really sounds like a big comeback.”

Produced by Shooter Jennings and recorded at Muscle Shoals’ Fame Recording Studios and Dave’s Room in Los Angeles, A Cat in the Rain marks a long-awaited return for the band following their self-imposed hiatus in 2019. With these ten new songs, Turnpike Troubadours is back with a refreshed perspective on the authentic songwriting and signature foot-stomping sound that first captivated their deeply devoted fanbase.

In celebration of the new music, the band will continue to tour through this fall including headline shows at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium (three nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (three nights) among several others. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.turnpiketroubadours.com/tour.

The upcoming dates follow the band’s triumphant return to the stage last week, when they performed two sold-out shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre, of which Brooklyn Vegan praised, “the crowd was clearly glad to have them back and were singing every word…the band was in great spirits and tremendous form.” Additionally, they also performed at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field last Friday with Luke Combs and made their Newport Folk Festival debut on Saturday, where they were joined on stage by surprise guest Tyler Childers. In addition to their own set, Felker also joined Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit to perform their song, “King of Oklahoma,” which Rolling Stone called “the collab you need to see.”

Pioneers of the Red Dirt music scene, Turnpike Troubadours has amassed a massive following throughout their career with more than 1.5 billion streams globally and over 1.28 million equivalent units sold to-date. Originally from Tahlequah, OK, Turnpike Troubadours is Felker (vocals, guitar), Kyle Nix (fiddle), Ryan Engleman (electric guitar), RC Edwards (bass), Gabe Pearson (drums) and Hank Early (steel, accordion).

Since their 2005 debut, Turnpike Troubadours has released five studio albums including 2017’s self-released A Long Way From Your Heart, which reached #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #20 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Of the record, American Songwriter declared, “grabs you with its subtle authenticity, nails 11 originals that exude natural charm and intrinsic integrity,” while the Austin American Statesman praised, “a rousing, thought-provoking country short story collection.” Further adding to their renowned career, the band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame this past fall.

A CAT IN THE RAIN TRACKLIST

1. Mean Old Sun
2. Brought Me
3. Lucille
4. Chipping Mill
5. The Rut
6. A Cat in the Rain
7. Black Sky
8. Easy Side Love Song (Bottoms Up)
9. Three More Days
10. Won’t You Give Me One More Chance

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 10—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium†
August 11—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium‡
August 12—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium~
August 19—Palmer, AK—Alaska State Fair Inc
August 24—Lincoln, NE—Pinnacle Bank Arena+
August 25—Camdenton, MO—Ozarks Amphitheater§
August 26—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheater#
September 2—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater§
September 3—Marietta, GA—Georgia Country Music Fest
September 15—St. Louis, MO—Enterprise Center^
September 16—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival
September 23—Washington DC—The Anthem**
September 24—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre**
October 1—Memphis, TN—Mempho Music Festival
October 6-8—Monterey, CA—Rebels & Renegades
October 7-8—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theater††
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater‡‡
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center‡‡
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheater‡‡
December 28—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s§§
December 29—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s‡
December 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s##

†with special guest Pony Bradshaw
‡with special guest Lance Roark
~with special guest Kaitlin Butts
+with special guests The Avett Brothers and Muscadine Bloodline
§with special guest Muscadine Bloodline
#with special guests The Avett Brothers, Old 97’s and Kaitlin Butts
^with special guests The Avett Brothers and The Wood Brothers
**with special guests Lucero and Reckless Kelly
††with special guest Morgan Wade
‡‡with special guests Blackberry Smoke and Jason Boland & the Stragglers
§§with special guest Ray Wylie Hubbard
##with special guest Miles Miller

Nathaniel Rateliff is relaunching his highly acclaimed 2020 “And It’s Still Alright” solo tour. Listen/share the critically celebrated And It’s Still Alright album HERE, and find tickets HERE. Kevin Morby will be opening the shows across the majority of the tour.

The tour’s reboot comes after the 2020 sold-out nine-month run was canceled just nine days after Rateliff kicked off the tour in Minneapolis, MN, supporting the singer-songwriter’s much lauded solo album And It’s Still Alright which had just been released. Everything changed when the pandemic hit. Watch/share the video shot at Town Hall in New York City on March 12 after the crew loaded in all the gear for the show and then the tour was canceled HERE.

The “And It’s Still Alright” tour will feature various aspects of Rateliff’s stellar musicianship, vacillating between warm, stripped-back moments with just voice and acoustic guitar to a full 10-piece folk band accompaniment including a string quartet, and all manner of configurations in between. The run of dates starts November 1 at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre, making notable stops at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, Austin’s Bass Concert Hall, and Los Angeles’ The Orpheum Theatre.

In 2018 Rateliff recorded the acclaimed album And It’s Still Alright. On the album he’s a wounded prophet, a weary seeker with a poetic genius and flickering faith who has seen and felt far too much pain and loss in his life. “I think it was Ursula Le Guin in The Earthsea Trilogy who says, ‘Never trust someone without a limp.’ Character isn’t defined by our strengths but by what we overcome,” says Rateliff. He was determined to make some sense of his early travails on And It’s Still Alright, hoping against hope that it’s all part of a bigger plan. The listener can feel him faltering but never losing his hope across these 10 songs, always believing that there is a way out of the murky dark, a yearning for transcendence and rebirth that gives this record a spiritual incandescence.

Growing up in Herman, Missouri, Nathaniel Rateliff started his music career playing in his family’s band at church and music became an obsession for him and his friends. In seventh grade Rateliff's father was killed in a car crash, which forced him to drop out of school to help provide for his family. One of Rateliff's full-time jobs was working as a janitor at what would have been his high school. At 19, Rateliff moved to Denver where he worked night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic nights. After playing rock music in various incarnations, Rateliff began gravitating towards a folksier sound. In 2010 he released In Memory of Loss a solo album on Rounder Records. In 2013 Rateliff released Falling Faster Than You Can Run on modyvi records flooded by the Closer ep.

TRACK LIST AND IT’S STILL ALRIGHT
1. What a Drag
2. And It’s Still Alright
3. All or Nothing
4. Expecting to Lose
5. Tonight #2
6. Mavis
7. You Need Me
8. Time Stands
9. Kissing Our Friends
10. Rush On

NATHANIEL RATELIFF

November 1—Boston, MA—Orpheum Theatre ‡
November 2—Brooklyn, NY—Kings Theatre ‡
November 3—Washington D.C—The Anthem ‡
November 5—Louisville, KY—The Louisville Palace ‡
November 8—Fort Worth, TX—Will Rogers Auditorium ‡
November 9—Austin, TX—Bass Concert Hall ‡
November 12—San Diego, CA—Balboa Theatre‡
November 14—The Orpheum Theatre—Los Angeles, CA ‡
November 15—Orpheum Theatre—San Francisco, CA
November 17—Keller Auditorium—Portland, Oregon ‡
November 20—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA ‡
‡ with Kevin Morby

The official music video for Flatland Cavalry’s new song, “Last American Summer,” is debuting today. Directed and produced Adam Paul Stone, the video is a nostalgic look at summers passed. Watch/share HERE.

Written by lead singer Cleto Cordero and Will Hoge and produced by Dwight A. Baker (Josh Abbott Band, Pat Green), “Last American Summer” was released this past June. Of the song, Whiskey Riff praises, “another sonically spectacular track with heartfelt lyricism that is sure to resonate with fans everywhere…may just be one of the soundtracks to your summer this year,” while Country Chord declares, “hands down one of my favorite Country acts in the genre.”

“Last American Summer” is the band’s first new music since their acclaimed EP, Songs To Keep You Warm, which was released this past fall (stream/purchase here). Produced by Bruce Robison, the EP consists of six tracks including “Mountain Song,” which was featured in Paramount Network’s hit show, “Yellowstone.” Of the release, Brooklyn Veganpraised, “the kind of raw, no-nonsense country that should appeal to people whose taste in country veers towards Willie Nelson, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt. There’s nothing too fancy or too pop about it, but it’s not retro either. It’s just great songwriting,” while Americana Highways proclaimed, “Cordero’s lyrics waste no time cutting right to the heart…the musicianship from Flatland Cavalry band members elevates each tune.”

Known for their electric live shows, the band will continue to tour through this fall including upcoming dates with Willie Nelson, Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis and Parker McCollum. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Based in both Texas and Nashville, Flatland Cavalry is Cordero (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jason Albers (drums), Jonathan Saenz (bass), Reid Dillon (electric guitar, harmonica, second fiddle), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos(piano, keys, mandolin, banjo, electric guitar).

Since their 2015 debut, Flatland Cavalry has released two EPs and three full-length studio albums, including their latest, 2021’s Welcome to Countryland. Of the record, The Wall Street Journal praised, “a clear musical point of view, original melodies, mature confidence in portraying romantic matters, and increasingly fresh, distinctive lyrics…a straightforward, upbeat electrified country-rock band,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Flatland Cavalry are promising to make days a little brighter wherever they go.” With the release, the band earned two #1 singles at Texas Country Radio (“Gettin’ By” and “A Cowboy Knows How”) and has garnered over 290 million streams across platforms to date.

FLATLAND CAVALRY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 11—Cuyahoga Falls, OH—Blossom Music Center*
August 12—Burgettstown, PA—The Pavilion at Star Lake*
August 18—Helix, OR—Wheatstock Music Festival
August 19—Boise, ID—Knitting Factory Boise
August 26—Alexandria, LA—Bulls, Bands & Barrels
September 7—Columbus, OH—Kemba LIVE!§
September 8—Sandwich, IL—Sandwich Fair§
September 9—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center§
September 13—Pryor, OK—Born and Raised Festival
September 16—Waco, TX—The Backyard Bar Stage and Grill
September 23—Amarillo, TX—Starlight Ranch Event Center
September 26—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre#
September 29—Corpus Christi, TX—Brewster Street Ice House
September 30—Pasadena, TX—Pasadena Livestock Show
October 5—Bakersfield, CA—The Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater
October 6—Seaside, CA—Monterey County Fair and Event Center
October 7—Stateline, NV—Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
October 8—Paradise, CA—Paradise Performing Arts Center
October 11—Flagstaff, AZ—Orpheum Theater
October 12—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
October 13—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre‡
October 14—Los Angeles, CA—YouTube Theater‡
October 20—Fort Smith, AR—Temple Live
October 21—College Station, TX—Live at the Station Festival
November 10—Norman, OK—Riverwind Casino
April 1-5, 2024—Miami, FL—The Last Resort Cruise
*Outlaw Music Festival with Willie Nelson and Friends
‡supporting Parker McCollum
§supporting Jordan Davis
#supporting Lainey Wilson

Blue Note Jazz Club confirms a select run of shows with New York-based musician Nick Hakim. Kicking off on November 14, the mini-residency marks Hakim’s debut performance at the historic venue. Blue Note continues to carry the torch for culturally relevant musicians into the 21st century by regularly showcasing up-and-coming jazz, soul, R&B and funk artists at the iconic club. Tickets and further information can be found HERE.

Most recently, Blue Note wrapped their overwhelmingly successful 12th Annual Blue Note Jazz Festival, featuring a host of artists performing at venues across the city. The diverse and legendary lineup included performances by Grace Jones, Pat Metheny, NxWorries (Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge), Robert Glasper, BJ The Chicago Kid and Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, as well as a stop on legendary blues guitarist and singer Buddy Guy’s Damn Right Farewell Tour.

Additional forthcoming Blue Note Jazz Club shows include Denzel Curry, Tank and The Bangas, Cimafunk & La Tribu, The Soul Rebels, David Sanborn and more.

Further Blue Note shows to be announced soon.

ABOUT BLUE NOTE

A cultural institution since 1981, the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City has become one of the premiere venues in the world. While jazz is at its core, the Blue Note continues to broaden its offerings with a mission to spotlight contemporary artists across all musical styles, backgrounds and cultures. The club and its sister institutions worldwide continue to draw massive household names with frequent surprise appearances from superstars like Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock and more.

Blue Note owns and operates New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club, Sony Hall and Arthur’s Tavern; D.C.’s The Howard Theatre; and Blue Note Jazz Clubs Worldwide, which includes venues in Milan, Italy; Honolulu, HI; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan; Napa, CA; and Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.

ABOUT NICK HAKIM

In 2017, Hakim’s debut album the lauded Green Twins announced the singer-songwriter as an idiosyncratic talent, making music that resists genre classification. You could work a song of his into an HBO original series, as Insecure did; you could smoke to it and wonder about your ego; you could slow dance with the person you love-it’s not versatility, so much as a lack of boundaries and a strong sense of intuition. It drew on the music Hakim listened to growing up in Washington, D.C. with his older brother and parents who emigrated to the United States from Peru: American soul music and political folk from South America.

Last year, Hakim released his third studio album Cometa to widespread critical praise; NPR proclaimed, “Cometa leans all the way into his progression, using the warped dimensions of his songcraft to enter a space where a moment lasts a lifetime,” while The FADER calls it “intensely urgent.”

For more information, please contact Carla Sacks, Samantha Tillman, Kate Rakvic or Louis D’Adamio at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

NICK HAKIM LIVE AT BLUE NOTE
November 14 /// New York, NY /// Blue Note Jazz Club
8 P.M. & 10:30 P.M.
November 15 /// New York, NY /// Blue Note Jazz Club
8 P.M. & 10:30 P.M.
November 28 /// New York, NY /// Blue Note Jazz Club
8 P.M. & 10:30 P.M.
November 29 /// New York, NY /// Blue Note Jazz Club
8 P.M. & 10:30 P.M.

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov’s anticipated new album, Appaloosa Bones, is out today via Dualtone Records and Isakov’s own label, Suitcase Town Music. Stream/purchase HERE.  In conjunction with the release, a new visualizer for album track, “Watchman,” is debuting today—watch/share
HERE.

Produced by Isakov and Andrew Berlin (Descendents, Rise Against) and recorded at Isakov’s farm outside of Boulder, Appaloosa Bones is his first new album in nearly five years and is filled with his signature “emotionally evocative songwriting style” (NPR Music). With these eleven tracks, Isakov creates an atmospheric collection, infusing lush harmonies with layered instrumental textures of guitars, banjos and piano, many of which he played himself.

Also known for his captivating live shows, Isakov will tour through the fall including shows at New York’s Beacon Theatre (sold out), Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, Seattle’s Paramount Theatre (sold out), San Francisco’s The Masonic (sold out), Los Angeles’ Theatre at Ace Hotel (two nights, both sold out), Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre (sold out), Chicago’s Chicago Theatre, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights, one sold out), Atlanta’s Tabernacle (two nights), Washington DC’s The Anthem, Philadelphia’s Franklin Music Hall and Boston’s Roadrunner (two nights) among many others. Special guests for the tour include Shovels & Rope, Damien Jurado, Lucius, The Milk Carton Kids, and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers. See below for complete itinerary.

Reflecting on the album, Isakov shares, “I set out to make a folky, small lo-fi rock ‘n’ roll record. And then the songs kind of told me, ‘No, this is what it’s going to be.’ And so I said, ‘OK,’ and after a while, I was just holding onto the reins, waiting to see where it was going and how the material worked. What I found was a collection of songs that brought me back to when I was starting out playing with the band—traveling a lot in the van, playing throughout the Southwest and West. These wide open landscapes had this quietness and expansive deepness that grounded me and evoked a lot of the curiosities I was drawn to when I started writing songs.”

Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date and recently reached over 5.1 million monthly Spotify listeners. He has released five full-length albums to date, including 2018’s Evening Machines, which was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. Of the record, NPR Music praised, “rich in narrative detail and beautifully contemplative,” while Billboard asserted, “characteristically ruminative…blending a gentle spaciousness with dusky atmospheres and carefully nuanced textures” and Rolling Stone declared, “beautiful collisions of acoustic instruments, Isakov’s soothing vocals and otherworldly noise.” Additionally, Isakov’s music has been featured in hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Big Sky, A Million Little Things, The Haunting of Hill House, Virgin River, The Blacklist, This is Us and many more.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to the farm’s CSA members, local restaurants, and Community Food Share (a Boulder County food bank).

APPALOOSA BONES TRACK LIST
1. The Fall
2. Before the Sun
3. Appaloosa Bones
4. Silver Bell
5. Watchman
6. Miles to Go
7. Terlingua
8. Mistakes
9. One Day
10. Sweet Heat Lightning
11. Feed Your Horses

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 18—Seattle, WA—Paramount Theatre† (SOLD OUT)
August 19—Seattle, WA—The Showbox† (SOLD OUT)
August 20—Troutdale, OR—Edgefield† (SOLD OUT)
August 22—Jacksonville, OR—Britt Pavilion†
August 23—San Francisco, CA—The Masonic† (SOLD OUT)
August 25—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 26—Los Angeles, CA—The Theatre at Ace Hotel† (SOLD OUT)
August 27—Phoenix, AZ—The Van Buren† (SOLD OUT)
August 29—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Hall at The Eccles† (SOLD OUT)
August 30—Salt Lake City, UT—Delta Hall at The Eccles† (SOLD OUT)
September 2—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom† (SOLD OUT)
September 3—Dillon, CO—Dillon Amphitheater† (SOLD OUT)
September 4—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre‡ (SOLD OUT)
September 28—Lincoln, NE—Bourbon Theatre
September 29—Kansas City, MO—The Midland^
September 30—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre^ (SOLD OUT)
October 1—Chicago, IL—The Chicago Theatre^
October 3—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center^
October 5—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium^
October 6—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium# (SOLD OUT)
October 7—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle#
October 8—Atlanta, GA—Tabernacle#
October 10—Asheville, NC—Rabbit Rabbit#
October 11—Charleston, SC—Firefly Distillery#
October 13—Washington, DC—The Anthem#
October 14—Philadelphia, PA—Franklin Music Hall#
October 16—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall** (SOLD OUT)
October 17—Montreal, QC—MTELUS*
October 18—Kingston, NY—Ulster Performing Arts Center*
October 20—Brooklyn, NY—Kings Theatre*
October 21—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 22—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 23—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre* (SOLD OUT)
November 21—Glasgow, UK—SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
November 22—Dublin, Ireland—National Stadium
November 23—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall
November 25—London, UK—Roundhouse
November 27—Winterhur, Switzerland—Salzhaus
November 29—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso
November 30—Eindhoven, Netherlands—Muziekgebouw
December 1—Groningen, Netherlands—De Oosterport
December 2—Antwerp, Belgium—De Roma
December 4—Cologne, Germany—Kantine
December 5—Hamburg, Germany—Uebel & Gefaehrilch
December 6—Berlin, Germany—Metropol
December 7—Copenhagen, Denmark—Pumpehuset
December 8—Oslo, Norway—Vulkan Arena
December 10—Stockholm, Sweden—Cirkus
†with special guest Shovels & Ropes
‡with special guest Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers (playing Piano Piano)
^with special guest Damien Jurado
#with special guest Lucius
*with special guest The Milk Carton Kids

Today, Montana-based Americana up-and-comer Madeline Hawthorne is thrilled to share her new single “Neon Wasteland.” “The songs on my new record are about made-up characters,” says Madeline “I developed each story from my own experiences as well as from the different people I’ve met on the road. Take from this song whatever you want. It doesn’t necessarily have a message, but I expect that we can all relate to the character in Neon Wasteland. She gives up what many of us call a “normal life” so that she can pursue her dream. We meet her in a difficult moment on her journey. To be honest I don’t know how her story ends. “Neon Wasteland” is just a window into her life on a rough day…she’s got bills to pay and no money, she works all the time, her car is broken down, and all she wants to do is go to the river and forget her troubles for a few hours. It can be rough out there sometimes.”

Madeline will be playing a number of shows this fall, including Fall Fest (Sandpoint, ID), Park City Song Summit (Park City, UT), Yellowstone Harvest Festival (Livingston, MT), AMERICANAFEST (Nashville, TN) as well as a handful of shows supporting John Cragie in Colorado.

“Neon Wasteland” is the first song to be released from Madeline’s forthcoming full-length due out in 2024. All tour information and up-to-date news can be found at madelinehawthorne.com.

ON TOUR

Aug 19 @ Old Saloon | Emigrant, MT w/ Kimberly Dunn

Sept 1 @ Fall Fest @ Schweitzer | Sandpoint, ID

Sept 7 @ Bohemian Nights | Fort Collins, CO

Sept 8 - 9 @ Park City Song Summit | Park City, UT

Sept 10 @ Yellowstone Harvest Festival | Livingston, MT

Sept 21 @ AMERICANAFEST | Nashville, TN

Oct 12 @ Vilar Performing Arts Center | Beaver Creek, CO

Dec 7 @ Washington’s | Fort Collins, CO w/ John Cragie

Dec 8 @ Lulu’s Downstairs | Manitou Springs, CO w/ John Cragie

Dec 9 @ Ogden Theatre | Denver, CO

About Madeline Hawthorne

Sporting a wide-brimmed black hat atop long curly blonde locks, guitar in hand, fire in her voice, and stories in her heart, Madeline Hawthorne asserts herself as a 21st-century troubadour. An intriguing journey gives her songs a novelist’s level of depth and detail, while her unbridled attitude and wide-eyed adventurousness turn every show into a celebration. After building buzz independently, packing shows, and honing her craft, the Montana-based singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist welcomes everyone into her world on a series of 2023 singles and much more to come.

"I hope that people feel something when they listen to my songs,” she notes. “Maybe the energy of the tune brings a smile to their face, maybe they connect with one of the characters in my stories. Either way, I want people to have a good time at our live shows and I hope they can take away something from the music."

Growing up in New England, Madeline’s parents placed a strong value on music and it played a major role in their family life. Her Dad studied to be a conductor at Berklee College of Music, and her mother trained as a professional soprano soloist at New England Conservatory of Music. While pregnant with Madeline, mom took the stage with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Handel and Haydyn Society, among others. Meanwhile, they introduced their daughter to world music, folk, and jazz.

After spending her younger years singing in choir, she picked up her first guitar at age 16 and never put it down. She started writing her own songs and embraced an eclectic palette. She found inspiration from folk singers like Crosby Stills Nash & Young, James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. She pulled inspiration from pop radio, underground hip hop and country classics like Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson’s ‘Poncho and Lefty’ album. “My daily playlist had seemingly little rhyme or reason. I was drawn to vocal melodies, powerful lyrics and groovy back beats. If a song made my feet tap or pulled at my heart strings then I’d listen to it over and over and over again.”

Two years later, she chased love to Bozeman, MT, settling in the Big Sky State with her eventual husband. In college, she gigged around town and cut her teeth providing back up vocals on stage and in the studio, and eventually started a band called the Hawthorne Roots. Over the years in the band, cross-country tours followed. At the onset of the Global Pandemic, the group went on an indefinite hiatus, and she launched her solo career.

Writing at a feverish pace, she decamped to Pittsburgh, PA and recorded her debut album ‘Boots’ with producers Brad Parsons and Tyler Thompson. Her signature style started to crystallize with the LP’s artful fusion of roots, country, rock, and soul as evidenced by the fan favorite title track “Boots.” In the record’s wake, she opened up for the likes of Jason Isbell, Lukas Nelson, Kip Moore, Josh Turner, and Nathaniel Rateliff, to name a few.

2023 saw her embark on another chapter. She stole away to Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, WA to record with producer Ryan Hadlock [Zach Bryan, The Lumineers]. She came out on the other side with a vibrant and vital vision brought to life on the single “Neon Wasteland.” On the track, she reflects on small town malaise in quotable lyrics buoyed by a smooth slide guitar riff, bluesy twang, and hummable hook. Madeline croons, “Everything is bringing her down, living on the sidelines stuck in this town, she needs a break, could use a hand, she’s all alone in this neon wasteland.”

“I had a couple of nights in Nashville where I felt so small, like a total fish out of water,” she admits. “You go to a city for the first time, and the neon lights have this magical and powerful energy about them. If things aren’t turning out the way you want them to, those neon lights can look a whole lot different to you, depending on where you’re at emotionally. Neon Wasteland tells a story of a young woman who has left her home to pursue her dream. She is barely making ends meet and we experience her struggle and frustration with the situation she finds herself in.

Making her debut at Americana Fest 2023 in Nashville, TN September 21st and plotting more shows and songs for the future, Madeline is inviting everyone to accompany her on this journey.

“I’m out here, and I’m working,” she smiles. “I’ve got a long way to go, but I’m excited to be out on the road, meet new people, share my music with the world, and tell more stories.”

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros—led by Weir alongside Don Was, Jay Lane and Jeff Chimenti—featuring The Wolfpack will perform with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra at Frost Amphitheatre in Stanford, CA on October 29.

For early access to tickets, fans can register HERE. Artist presale starts on Thursday, August 24th @ 10 A.M. PT and general on-sale begins this Friday, August 25 at 10 A.M. PT local time. More info and tickets HERE.

Super VIP and VIP tickets that include premium reserved tickets, early venue entrance, access to a private pre-show cocktail hour and/or soundcheck, exclusive merchandise and more will be available at https://bobweir.100xhospitality.com

The show—conducted by the Gretchen B. Kimball Director of Orchestral Studies and Associate Professor of Music at Stanford, Paul Phillips—marks the West Coast premiere of Weir’s symphony project and will be performed in two 75-minute sets.

These orchestral performances originally debuted with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, and the band went on to play three nights with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Each night the ensemble performed a completely unique set featuring hits from the expansive Grateful Dead catalogue, Bobby’s solo albums and more. Stanford Professor and Composer Dr. Giancarlo Aquilanti provided original orchestration.

Furthermore, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros are hitting the road this September with tour stops in Charlottesville, South Burlington, Columbus, Philadelphia and Baltimore, and will join Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival 2023 for seven shows this September including Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs and more. They’ll also make their debut performance at the legendary Farm Aid in Noblesville, IN on September 23. Complete list of dates below.

The band will once again be joined by The Wolfpack, the string and brass quintet of Alex Kelly, Brian Switzer, Adam Theis, Mads Tolling and Sheldon Brown, along with Barry Sless on pedal steel performing selections from the expansive catalogue of Grateful Dead, Bobby’s solo albums and more.

TOUR DATES
September 8—Park City Song Summit Festival—Park City, UT
September 10—FirstBank Amphitheater—Franklin, TN*
September 12—CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park—Simpsonville, SC*
September 13—Ting Pavilion—Charlottesville, VA
September 15—Saratoga Performing Arts Center—Saratoga Springs, NY*
September 16—Xfinity Center—Mansfield, MA*
September 17—Forest Hills—Queens, NY*
September 19—The Green At Shelburne Museum—South Burlington, VT
September 20—Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater—Bridgeport, CT*
September 22—Pine Knob Music Theatre—Clarkston, MI*
September 23—Farm Aid—Noblesville, IN
September 26—Mershon Auditorium—Columbus, OH
September 27—The Met Philadelphia—Philadelphia, PA
September 28—Pier Six Pavilion—Baltimore, MD
*Willie Nelson’s Outlaw Music Festival 2023

GRAMMY Award-winning artist Lukas Nelson and his longtime band, POTR, will embark on an extensive headline tour this fall including newly confirmed shows at Austin’s ACL Live at the Moody Theatre, Fort Worth’s Tannahill’s Tavern, San Antonio’s The Espee, Fort Lauderdale’s Parker Theatre, Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, Washington DC’s 9:30 Club and Philadelphia’s Brooklyn Bowl among many others. See below for tour itinerary. Additional headline dates to be announced soon.

Tickets for the new shows go on-sale this Friday, August 25 at 10:00am local time. Details can be found at www.lukasnelson.com/tour.

Additionally, the official music video for “All For Winds,” a song from Nelson’s acclaimed new album, Sticks and Stones, is debuting today. Lovingly created by his brother, Micah Nelson, the video is filled with illustrations that pay tribute to the beauty and nature of Maui, where Nelson spends much of his time. Watch/share HERE.

Self-produced by Nelson and POTR, Sticks and Stones was released last month on 6ACE Records/Thirty Tigers and is currently top 5 on the Americana Albums charts (stream/purchase here). With the record, Nelson continues to garner success at radio as his single, “Sticks and Stones,” is currently #1 on the Alt-Country chart and top 10 on the Americana Singles chart. This follows Nelson’s previous single, “More Than Friends” featuring Lainey Wilson, which reached #1 on the Americana Singles chart earlier this summer.

Written solely by Nelson, Sticks and Stones is filled with upbeat energy and a sense of fun, as he explores the universal human experiences of love, celebration, longing and humor, while also capturing the musical power and electricity of the band’s live performances.

Of the record, Nelson reflects, “This album is about celebrating the human connection, joy and excitement. We went from quiet and introspective on A Few Stars Apart to something big and fun to really showcase the band’s talent and performance. You can listen to the album Sticks and Stones from start to finish and get the songs to dance to and then the quiet, poignant songs. To me, this album is the perfect setlist.”

Since his debut over a decade ago, Texas and Hawaii-based Nelson has played countless sold-out shows and festivals and released seven studio albums to date including the latest, 2021’s A Few Stars Apart. Produced by Dave Cobb, the record spent seven weeks at #1 on the Americana Albums chart and received widespread acclaim with Rolling Stone declaring, “His best album yet…Nelson’s most compact, streamlined, and focused album,” while The Tennessean asserted, “a collection of lyrically stirring, musically multifarious and ultimately hopeful roots rock storytelling.”

Additionally, Nelson co-produced the music for 2018’s lauded A Star Is Born film in addition to appearing in the film and went on to win a BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and a GRAMMY Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media.

STICKS AND STONES TRACK LIST

1. Sticks and Stones
2. Alcohallelujah
3. Every Time I Drink
4. More Than Friends feat. Lainey Wilson
5. Ladder of Love
6. Wrong House
7. Icarus
8. If I Didn’t Love You
9. Overpass
10. Lying
11. All Four Winds
12. The View

LUKAS NELSON & POTR CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, August 25 at 10am local time

September 15—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival
September 16—Kansas City, MO—Knuckleheads
September 17—Kansas City, MO—Knuckleheads
September 18—Columbia, MO—The Blue Note
September 20—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall
September 21—Bloomington, IL—The Castle Theatre
September 24—North Adams, MA—FreshGrass
September 27—Boston, MA—TD Garden*
September 29—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden*
October 6-8—Gretna, LA—Gretna Heritage Festival
October 13—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theatre
October 14—Midland, TX—The Tailgate
October 15—San Antonio, TX—The Espee
October 18—Abilene, TX—The Paramount Theatre
October 19—Fort Worth, TX—Tannahill’s Tavern
October 20—Katy, TX—Mo’s Place
October 24—Little Rock, AR—The Hall
October 25—Memphis, TN—Minglewood Hall
October 26—Oxford, MS—The Lyric
October 28—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre
October 29—Ponte Vedra, FL—Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
October 30—St. Petersburg, FL—Jannus Landing
November 1—Fort Lauderdale, FL—Parker Theatre
November 2—Fort Myers, FL—The Ranch
November 4—Sanford, FL—Tuffy’s
November 7—Birmingham, AL—Iron City
November 8—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
November 9—Asheville, NC—Orange Peel
November 11—Raleigh, NC—The Ritz
November 12—Washington, DC—9:30 Club
November 14—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theatre
November 15—Asbury Park, NJ—Stone Pony
November 16—Philadelphia, PA—Brooklyn Bowl
*supporting Tedeschi Trucks Band

A new live version of Tyler Childers’ breakthrough current single, “In Your Love,” recorded during his sold-out show at Radio City Music Hall earlier this month, is debuting today. Watch the performance HERE and listen the live audio HERE.

“In Your Love” is the lead single from Childers’ anticipated new album, Rustin’ In The Rain, which will be released September 8 on Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records (pre-order/pre-save). In addition to “In Your Love,” the record features new renditions of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night” and S.G. Goodman’s “Space and Time” as well as special guest vocals from Goodman, Margo Price and Erin Rae (“Luke 2:8-10”) and Ronnie McCoury, Jason Carter and Alan Bartram of the Travelin’ McCourys (“Percheron Mules”). See below for complete track list.

Since debuting as YouTube’s #1 trending music video last month, “In Your Love” has garnered over 5.5 million video views and 30 million on-demand streams along with widespread critical attention from outlets such as NPR Music, Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Consequence, The Advocate, OUT, LGBTQ Nation, People, American Songwriter and Rolling Stone, who praises, “the music video of compassion and caring we need right now.” Additionally, USA Today calls the video “a much-needed portrait of inclusivity,” while Paste declares, “Childers is the most essential mainstream country musician working right now.” Watch/share the official music video—written/creative directed by Silas House, and starring Colton Haynes and James Scully—HERE and “The Making of ‘In Your Love’,” a special behind-the-scenes look at the video HERE.

Of the new album, Childers shares, “This is a collection of songs I playfully pieced together as if I was pitching a group of songs to Elvis. Some covers, one co-write, and some I even wrote in my best (terrible) Elvis impersonation, as I worked around the farm and kicked around the house. I hope you enjoy listening to this album as much as I enjoyed creating it. Thank you. Thank you very much.”

Childers and his longtime band, The Food Stamps—James Barker (pedal steel), Craig Burletic (bass), CJ Cain (guitar), Rodney Elkins (drums), Chase Lewis (keyboards) and Jesse Wells (guitar, fiddle)—are currently in the midst of a 30-date sold-out nationwide tour. Upcoming stops include two nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre as well as two New Year’s Eve shows at Lexington’s Rupp Arena. See below for complete itinerary.

Rustin’ In The Rain follows last year’s triple album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, which featured eight songs presented in three distinct sonic perspectives—Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise. Released to widespread acclaim, Esquire praised, “Who’s doing it better than Childers in roots music these days? No one,” while the Associated Pressdeclared, “fearless exuberance…one of country music’s most compelling and unpredictable artists” and NPR Musicasserted, “eight songs so good he had to record them thrice.” Before Hounds, Childers released 2020’s Grammy-nominated surprise album, Long Violent History, which NPR Music called an “explicit and remarkable stand in solidarity.” His two previous releases, 2019’s #1 Country Squire as well 2017’s RIAA Platinum debut, Purgatory, were released to overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. In the years since his debut, Childers has earned two Grammy nominations and has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

RUSTIN’ IN THE RAIN TRACK LIST
1. Rustin’ In the Rain
2. Phone Calls and E-mails
3. Luke 2:8-10
4. Help Me Make It Through the Night
5. Percheron Mules
6. In Your Love
7. Space and Time

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

September 5—Nashville, TN—Grand Ole Opry
September 21-23—Lewisburg, WV—Healing Appalachia
September 27—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 28—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre^ (SOLD OUT)
September 30—Greenwood Village, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre§ (SOLD OUT)
December 30—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
December 31—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
+with special guests S.G. Goodman and Abby Hamilton
^with special guests S.G. Goodman and Wayne Graham
§with special guests Wynonna Judd and The Travelin’ McCourys
*with special guest Shovels & Rope

A Cat in the Rain, the first album in six years from one of America’s most beloved bands, Turnpike Troubadours, is out today on Bossier City Records/Thirty Tigers. Stream/purchase HERE.

Produced by Shooter Jennings and recorded at Muscle Shoals’ Fame Recording Studios and Dave’s Room in Los Angeles, A Cat in the Rain marks a long-awaited return for the band following their self-imposed hiatus in 2019. With these ten new songs, Turnpike Troubadours is back with a refreshed perspective on the authentic songwriting and signature foot-stomping sound that first captivated their deeply devoted fanbase.

Pioneers of the Red Dirt music scene, Turnpike Troubadours has amassed a massive following throughout their career with more than 1.5 billion streams globally and over 1.28 million equivalent units sold to-date. Originally from Tahlequah, OK, Turnpike Troubadours is Evan Felker (vocals, guitar), Kyle Nix (fiddle), Ryan Engleman (electric guitar), RC Edwards (bass), Gabe Pearson (drums) and Hank Early (steel, accordion).

In celebration of the new music, the band will continue to tour through this fall including headline shows Washington DC’s The Anthem, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater and Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (three nights) among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.turnpiketroubadours.com/tour.

Since their 2005 debut, Turnpike Troubadours has released five studio albums including 2017’s self-released A Long Way From Your Heart, which reached #3 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and #20 on the all-genre Billboard 200. Of the record, American Songwriter declared, “grabs you with its subtle authenticity, nails 11 originals that exude natural charm and intrinsic integrity,” while the Austin American Statesman praised, “a rousing, thought-provoking country short story collection.” Further adding to their renowned career, the band was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame this past fall.

A CAT IN THE RAIN TRACKLIST
1. Mean Old Sun
2. Brought Me
3. Lucille
4. Chipping Mill
5. The Rut
6. A Cat in the Rain
7. Black Sky
8. Easy Side Love Song (Bottoms Up)
9. Three More Days
10. Won’t You Give Me One More Chance

TURNPIKE TROUBADOURS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 25—Camdenton, MO—Ozarks Amphitheater*
August 26—Bonner Springs, KS—Azura Amphitheater‡
September 2—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater*
September 3—Marietta, GA—Georgia Country Music Fest
September 15—St. Louis, MO—Enterprise Center†
September 16—Pryor, OK—Born & Raised Festival
September 23—Washington DC—The Anthem+
September 24—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre+
October 1—Memphis, TN—Mempho Music Festival
October 6-8—Monterey, CA—Rebels & Renegades
October 7-8—North Charleston, SC—Riverfront Revival Music Festival
October 20—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theater#
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater^
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center^
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheater^
November 16—Knoxville, TN—Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum
December 14—Sioux Falls, SD—Denny Sanford Premier Center††
December 15—Milwaukee, WI—Fiserv Forum††
December 16—Peoria, IL—Peoria Civic Center††
December 28—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s~
December 29—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s**
December 30—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s‡‡
*with special guest Muscadine Bloodline
‡with special guests The Avett Brothers, Old 97’s and Kaitlin Butts
†with special guests The Avett Brothers and The Wood Brothers
+with special guests Lucero and Reckless Kelly
#with special guest Morgan Wade
^with special guests Blackberry Smoke and Jason Boland & the Stragglers
~with special guest Ray Wylie Hubbard
**with special guest Lance Roark
‡‡with special guest Miles Miller
††with special guests Ian Munsick and The Wild Feathers

Acclaimed American rock band Blackberry Smoke will release their anticipated new album, Be Right Here, February 16 via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, lead single, “Dig A Hole,” is debuting today. Listen to/share the song HERE and watch the official music video HERE.

Of the song, written by lead singer Charlie Starr and keyboardist Brandon Still, Starr shares, “We each have a finite amount of time on this earth, so you probably want to make the most of it. Eventually for all of us, they are going to dig a hole, so make it count.”

Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Be Right Here is a timely reminder to be present and live authentically. Across these ten tracks—a collection of their signature rock and roll anthems, Americana-leaning ballads and country rock jams—the band celebrates the simple joys of life, the fleeting moments and the little bits of luck found along the way.

Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A and Cobb’s Georgia Mae in Savannah, the album features the band—Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals) and Brandon Still (keyboards)—alongside Preston Holcomb (drums) and Benji Shanks (guitar) as well as special guest vocals from The Black Bettys.

Of the recording process, Starr shares, “We always track live together, but this time we had all our amps and drums and everything in the same room. It’s just as natural and as real as possible. The last album was very raw too, but with this one I remember different times I would say, ‘I think we should redo that,’ and Dave was like, ‘No, leave it that way. That way it’s magical.’”

Known for their electric live shows, the band will continue to tour through the end of this year including upcoming shows at Bozeman’s The ELM, Spokane’s Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox, San Diego’s Humphreys Concerts by the Bay, Salt Lake City’s The Complex, Boulder’s Boulder Theater, Orlando’s Orlando Amphitheatre, St. Petersburg’s Jannus Live and Atlanta’s Coca-Cola Roxy among many others. See below for complete itinerary. Full details can be found at www.blackberrysmoke.com/tour.

Throughout their prolific career, Blackberry Smoke has released seven studio albums including 2021’s You Hear Georgia, which celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band. Released to critical acclaim, Rolling Stone declared, “Blackberry Smoke are a Georgia band through and through…You Hear Georgia sounds downright huge,” while American Songwriter praised, “Blackberry Smoke is still on fire…a testament to that tenacity and an unapologetic ode to an insurgent attitude and tradition. That’s evident in practically every note and nuance” and Vintage Guitar proclaimed, “For 20 years, Georgia’s Blackberry Smoke has carried on Southern rock’s rich tradition. You Hear Georgia…is soaked in these roots.” In addition to their studio albums, they have released several other projects such as their EPs Stoned, The Southern Ground Sessions and Live From Capricorn Studios as well as Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, a live album and concert film, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Album Sales chart.

Since forming in 2001, Blackberry Smoke has continued to tour relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. In addition to their work as musicians, the band is deeply committed to charitable work and formed the Lana Turner Foundation, a non-profit supporting several national foundations committed to curing children’s cancer. With these efforts, the band has raised over $1,000,000 to date benefitting children’s cancer research.

BE RIGHT HERE TRACK LIST

1. Dig A Hole
2. Hammer And The Nail
3. Like It Was Yesterday
4. Be So Lucky
5. Azalea
6. Don’t Mind If I Do
7. Whatcha Know Good
8. Other Side of the Light
9. Little Bit Crazy
10. Barefoot Angel

BLACKBERRY SMOKE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 25—Leicestershire, England—The Long Road Music Festival
September 7—Omaha, NE—Steelhouse Omaha*
September 8—Deadwood, SD—Deadwood Mountain Grand*
September 9—Bozeman, MT—The ELM*
September 10—Great Falls, MT—The Newberry*
September 13—Missoula, MT—The Wilma*
September 14—Spokane, WA—Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox*
September 15—Tacoma, WA—Emerald Queen Casino*
September 17—Stateline, NV—South Shore Room at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
September 19—Napa, CA—Uptown Theatre*
September 21—San Diego, CA—Humphreys Concerts by the Bay*
September 22—Bakersfield, CA—The Historic Fox Theater*
September 23—Redondo Beach, CA—BeachLife Ranch
September 25—Salt Lake City, UT—The Complex*
September 26—Grand Junction, CO—The Avalon Theatre*
September 27—Boulder, CO—Boulder Theater*
September 29—Davenport, IA—Capitol Theatre+
September 30—Cincinnati, OH—Riverfront Live+
October 7—Petros, TN—Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary‡
October 12—Effingham, IL—Rusty Reel Lake Jam
October 14—Conroe, TX—Cajun Catfish Festival
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater#
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center#
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheatre
November 9—Pompano Beach, FL—Pompano Beach Amphitheater
November 10—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre
November 11—St. Petersburg, FL—Jannus Live
November 15—Shipshewana, IN—Blue Gate Theatre
November 16—Waukegan, IL—Genesee Theatre
November 17—Elizabeth, IN—Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana
November 24—Atlanta, GA—Coca-Cola Roxy
February 4-10—Miami, FL—Outlaw Country Cruise
*with special guest Miles Miller
+with special guest Red Shahan
‡with special guest Ben Chapman
#with Turnpike Troubadours

The Blue Note Jazz Club is set to host the fifth annual “Robtober,” an iconic residency with Grammy-award-winning pianist, producer and songwriter Robert Glasper.

Kicking off October 4—with two performances per night at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.—and running until November 5, Season 5 of the residency will see Glasper performing eight distinct episodes, each alongside a different array of special guests including Yebba, Norah Jones, Kamasi Washington, Terrace Martin, Amber Navran of Moonchild, D Smoke, yasiin bey featuring Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge and DJ Jahi Sundance.

Tickets for all nights of the residency are available HERE. See below for a complete list of dates.

Of Glasper’s longstanding relationship with the Blue Note, Blue Note Entertainment Group president Steven Bensusan notes, “We've seen Robert grow from performing on our stage as a sideman to becoming a band leader, musical director, producer, curator, and Grammy award winner in the Jazz, Urban Contemporary & R&B categories.

His musical diversity and range is extraordinary. This month-long residency allows us to support his creativity, allow him to revisit old projects as well as to experiment with new collaborations.”

The concept behind and success of “Robtober” ultimately inspired and created the Blue Note Jazz Festival in Napa, CA. This year’s second annual festival brought together massive households names including Mary J. Blige, Nas, Chance the Rapper, Dave Chappelle, Talib Kweli & Madlib and a host of others, while the inaugural festival saw Snoop Dogg, Chaka Kahn, yasiin bey & Talib Kweli (Black Star) and more.

Glasper adds, “the Festival in Napa is a perfect example of how much the residency has grown, and what the residency has built. This has been an amazing run! Can’t wait to see what year 5 has in store!!!”

The Blue Note Jazz Club has a host of exciting upcoming shows, including The Soul Rebels being joined by a host of special guests including Rakim & Big Daddy Kane, Ja Rule, G-Eazy and more, plus performances by Nick Hakim, Denzel Curry, Phony Ppl, Tank and The Bangas, Cimafunk, Corinne Bailey Rae and more.

ABOUT BLUE NOTE

A cultural institution since 1981, the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City has become one of the premiere venues in the world. While jazz is at its core, the Blue Note continues to broaden its offerings with a mission to spotlight contemporary artists across all musical styles, backgrounds and cultures. The club and its sister institutions worldwide continue to draw massive household names with frequent surprise appearances from superstars like Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Dave Chapelle, Chris Rock and more.

Blue Note owns and operates New York’s Blue Note Jazz Club, Sony Hall and Arthur’s Tavern; D.C.’s The Howard Theatre; and Blue Note Jazz Clubs Worldwide, which includes venues in Milan, Italy; Honolulu, HI; Beijing and Shanghai, China; Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan; Napa, CA; and Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.

ABOUT ROBERT GLASPER

Robert Glasper is the leader of a new sonic paradigm with a career that bridges musical and artistic genres. To date, he boasts five Grammy wins and 11 nominations across 11 categories, an Emmy Award for his song for Ava Duvernay’s critically hailed documentary 13th with Common and Karriem Riggins, and a Peabody Award for his Composition of “Mr. Soul!” His work and accolades bridge all aspects of the music business, from live touring to film scoring, composing and producing. The ongoing Black Radio series has since become Glasper’s calling card, upholding a place at the heart of a trailblazing community: from long-time sonic brothers Mos Def and Bilal, to legends including Ledisi, Lupe Fiasco, Jill Scott, and Erykah Badu. Glasper is an artist at the heart of a moment—and a movement—to champion Black music, Black people, and the possibility of a better future.

BLUE NOTE x ROBERT GLASPER “ROBTOBER” SEASON 5

EPISODE ONE: THE ORGINIAL TRIO: TRIBUTE TO PIANO GIANTS

October 4—The Original Trio: Tribute to Piano Giants—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 5—The Original Trio: Tribute to Piano Giants—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE TWO: YEBBA

October 6—Robert Glasper x Yebba—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 7—Robert Glasper x Yebba—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 8—Robert Glasper x Yebba—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE THREE: NORAH JONES

October 11—Robert Glasper x Norah Jones—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 12—Robert Glasper x Norah Jones—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 13—Robert Glasper x Norah Jones—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 14—Robert Glasper x Norah Jones—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 15—Robert Glasper x Norah Jones—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE FOUR: AMBER NAVRAN (MOONCHILD)

October 18—Robert Glasper x Amber Navran (of Moonchild)—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 19—Robert Glasper x Amber Navran (of Moonchild)—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE FIVE: DINNER PARTY FEAT.

TERRACE MARTIN & KAMASI WASHINGTON

October 20—Dinner Party feat. Terrace Martin and Kamasi Washington
—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 21—Dinner Party feat. Terrace Martin and Kamasi Washington
—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 22—Dinner Party feat. Terrace Martin and Kamasi Washington
—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE SIX: TRIBUTE TO ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS

October 25—Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 26—Tribute to Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYCEPISODE SEVEN: D SMOKE
October 27—Robert Glasper x D Smoke—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 28—Robert Glasper x D Smoke—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
October 29—Robert Glasper x D Smoke—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

EPISODE EIGHT: YASIIN BEY

November 1—Robert Glasper x yasiin bey feat. Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge
and DJ Jahi Sundance—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
November 2—Robert Glasper x yasiin bey feat. Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge
and DJ Jahi Sundance—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
November 3—Robert Glasper x yasiin bey feat. Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge
and DJ Jahi Sundance—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
November 4—Robert Glasper x yasiin bey feat. Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge
and DJ Jahi Sundance—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC
November 5—Robert Glasper x yasiin bey feat. Chris Dave, Derrick Hodge
and DJ Jahi Sundance—Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC

Acclaimed American roots band Flatland Cavalry’s new song, “Oughta See You (The Way I Do),” written by lead singer Cleto Cordero and Will Hoge, is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Reflecting on the song, Cordero shares:

“A couple weeks before pre-production on our fourth LP, I got a hunch to write before going into the studio; seeking a last minute ‘Hail Mary.’ Of all the songs in contention to be recorded I realized we were still missing a fun love song. I’ve written some really great songs with Will Hoge and I knew if I hit him up, we’d come up with something. Only thing is…I didn’t have any hooks to bring in until the morning of the write.

As I’m brushing my teeth my wife asked me what I was gonna write about that day and I told her I wasn’t sure. At the time, she’d been struggling with what she saw in the mirror and wasn’t practicing what she preaches about self-love. And I was heartbroken and frustrated watching her torture her herself about it all.

That morning, she said, ‘Yesterday you said something that stuck with me, ‘I wish you could see yourself the way that I do. Write that,’ to which I retorted with my toothbrush microphone ‘you oughta see you, the way I do.’ I took the idea to Will and we ran with it.

Once the band added their magic the song came to life and is a lively reminder that our best, liveliest, loveliest versions of ourselves are awaiting discovery and recognition from…ourselves! Until that breakthrough happens: YOU Oughta see you, the way I do!”

Produced by Dwight A. Baker (Josh Abbott Band, Pat Green), “Oughta See You (The Way I Do)” is the band’s most recent single following “Last American Summer,” which debuted this past June. Of the song, Whiskey Riff praises, “another sonically spectacular track with heartfelt lyricism that is sure to resonate with fans everywhere…may just be one of the soundtracks to your summer this year,” while Country Chord declares, “hands down one of my favorite Country acts in the genre.”

The new music follows the band’s acclaimed 2022 EP, Songs To Keep You Warm, (stream/purchase here). Produced by Bruce Robison and recorded at The Bunker in Lockhart, TX, the EP consists of six tracks including “Mountain Song,” which was featured in Paramount Network’s hit show, “Yellowstone.” Released to critical praise, Brooklyn Veganproclaimed, “the kind of raw, no-nonsense country that should appeal to people whose taste in country veers towards Willie Nelson, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt. There’s nothing too fancy or too pop about it, but it’s not retro either. It’s just great songwriting,” while Americana Highways declared, “Cordero’s lyrics waste no time cutting right to the heart… the musicianship from Flatland Cavalry band members elevates each tune.”

Known for their electric live shows, the band will continue to tour through this fall including upcoming dates with Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis and Parker McCollum. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Based in both Texas and Nashville, Flatland Cavalry is Cordero (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jason Albers (drums), Jonathan Saenz (bass), Reid Dillon (electric guitar, harmonica, second fiddle), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos(piano, keys, mandolin, banjo, electric guitar).

Since their 2015 debut, Flatland Cavalry has released two EPs and three full-length studio albums, including their latest, 2021’s Welcome to Countryland. Of the record, The Wall Street Journal praised, “a clear musical point of view, original melodies, mature confidence in portraying romantic matters, and increasingly fresh, distinctive lyrics…a straightforward, upbeat electrified country-rock band,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Flatland Cavalry are promising to make days a little brighter wherever they go.” With the release, the band earned two #1 singles at Texas Country Radio (“Gettin’ By” and “A Cowboy Knows How”) and has garnered over 290 million streams across platforms to date.

FLATLAND CAVALRY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

August 26—Alexandria, LA—Bulls, Bands & Barrels
September 7—Columbus, OH—Kemba LIVE!§
September 8—Sandwich, IL—Sandwich Fair§
September 9—Green Bay, WI—Resch Center§
September 15—Pryor, OK—Born and Raised Festival
September 16—Waco, TX—The Backyard Bar Stage and Grill
September 22—Dallas, TX—The Factory In Deep Ellum
September 23—Amarillo, TX—Starlight Ranch Event Center
September 26—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre#
September 29—Corpus Christi, TX—Brewster Street Ice House
September 30—Pasadena, TX—Pasadena Livestock Show
October 5—Bakersfield, CA—The Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
October 7—Stateline, NV—Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
October 8—Paradise, CA—Paradise Performing Arts Center
October 11—Flagstaff, AZ—Orpheum Theater
October 12—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
October 13—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre‡
October 14—Los Angeles, CA—YouTube Theater‡
October 19—Austin, TX—Moody Theater
October 20—Fort Smith, AR—Temple Live
October 21—College Station, TX—Live at the Station Festival
November 10—Norman, OK—Riverwind Casino
April 1-5, 2024—Miami, FL—The Last Resort Cruise
‡supporting Parker McCollum
§supporting Jordan Davis
#supporting Lainey Wilson

Following his nationwide run of summer tour dates, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton will continue the Never Say Never Tour with a string of November shows. The tour kicks off in Louisville, Kentucky at The Louisville Palace and includes stops at Austin, Texas’s Moody Theater, Birmingham, Alabama’s BJCC Concert Hall, Nashville, Tennessee’s Ryman Auditorium and more.

“I wanted to thank all who came to the Never Say Never tour this summer. I can’t thank you enough for your love and encouragement at every show!” says Frampton. “*Breaking news* I am going to be continuing the tour in November. I’m just a glutton for enjoyment and hope you can come see us.”

Tickets will be available at 10 A.M. local time on Friday, September 1 at frampton.com. See below for full tour routing.

The upcoming performances add to yet another landmark year for Frampton, whose spring tour announcement was unexpected by fans. The legendary musician announced a farewell tour four years ago after a diagnosis of the degenerative disease inclusion-body myositis, but with the aptly named Never Say Never Tour, Frampton is back, appearing on stages across America.

“At the end of every Finale Tour show I did say, ‘Never Say Never’ and I am always full of hope for the impossible. I’m very pleased to let you know that I am feeling strong and my fingers are still roaming the fretboard. Every note I play now has more meaning and soul. I love playing live and this fighter wants to stay in the ring for as long as he can. Much love, Peter.”

Citi is the official card of the Peter Frampton: Never Say Never Tour. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in select markets beginning August 30 at 10 A.M. local time until August 31 at 10 P.M. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

Additionally, Frampton’s historic performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall will be released as a live album on September 1 via UMe—pre-order/pre-save here. The record features nine live performances with Frampton’s long-standing band of Rob Arthur, Adam Lester, Dan Wojciechowski and Steve Mackey, and includes tracks “Show Me the Way,” “Baby, I Love Your Way,” “Do You Feel Like We Do?” and more. The legendary performance is currently streaming on PBS as part of their Pledge Drive.

Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. In 2007, Frampton won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints and in 2014 was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. He received the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award from NAMM’s TEC Awards in 2019 and his album All Blues was #1 for fifteen weeks on Billboard’s Blues Chart. In 2020 Frampton was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, his autobiography Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list, and his 2021 album Frampton Forgets The Words was released to widespread critical acclaim.

Most recently, Frampton announced that on July 28 Intervention Records will release Frampton@50, a numbered limited-edition vinyl box set featuring Frampton’s essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind of Change, Frampton’s Camel and Frampton.

Frampton is also set to receive The Myositis Association’s Heroes in the Fight 2023 Patient Ambassador Award on September 9th during their annual ceremony in conjunction with TMA’s Annual Patient Conference in San Diego, CA between September 7-10.

Later this year, Frampton will appear on Dolly Parton’s forthcoming album, Rockstar (out November 17), as the only artist featured on two tracks.

After 47 years, Frampton Comes Alive! remains one of the top-selling live records of all time selling over 17 million worldwide.

PETER FRAMPTON LIVE

November 9—Louisville, KY—The Louisville Palace
November 11—Biloxi, MS—Hard Rock
November 13—Austin, TX—ACL Live, Moody Theater
November 15—Sugar Land, TX—Smart Financial Centre
November 17—Thackerville, OK—Lucas Oil Live
November 18—Tulsa, OK—River Spirit Casino
November 20—Birmingham, AL—BJCC Concert Hall
November 22—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium

Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet is unveiling the new video for their much-lauded track “The Falling Sky,” directed by the band alongside Gus Black; watch/share HERE. The song hails from the band’s critically acclaimed new album Starcatcher on Lava/Republic Records and is currently charting in the Top 25 at Active Rock Radio.

Of collaborating with the band to direct the video, Black shares, “I’d say we pushed even harder on this one to create something visceral and visually stunning. I felt a deeper connection to the band during the process of creating the video and I value that aspect of our collaboration as much as the work itself.”

Jake adds of the video, “A peer into the wilds of a starlit oblivion, this visual representation of The Falling Sky demonstrates the darkness and barbarity in a world filled with such duality. in essence, a reminder of the complexity of the human soul and all it is capable of enduring; a letter of love written to the rising sun.”

Starcatcher debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 chart and reached #1 on the Top Rock Albums, Top Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock & Alternative Albums, plus it charted internationally in Germany (#2), Switzerland (#2), Belgium (#4), Austria (#6), the Netherlands (#7), the UK (#8), Italy (#18) and Canada (#19). Starcatcher is the band’s second top 10 album, following 2021’s The Battle at Garden’s Gate.

The band is currently on their extensive, much-lauded Starcatcher World Tour in support of the new record. The tour, produced by Live Nation, includes upcoming stops at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York and TD Garden in Boston as well as London’s OVO Arena Wembley and more; see below for a complete list of dates. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased HERE. The Starcatcher World Tour includes support from special guests Surf Curse, Mt. Joy and others. Of the live show the Dallas Observer raves, “they put on a fantastic, high-energy, old-fashioned rock and roll show. It's nice to see a new generation being able to experience that for themselves.” Nashville.com adds, “the big stage with duel catwalks, complemented by stunning pyrotechnics, created an electrifying atmosphere and some very happy fans,” while Las Vegas Magazine notes “these are performers worth seeing” and Westword raves “the quartet has grown into a fierce force to be reckoned with.”

Greta Van Fleet will also be touring throughout Europe, starting in Hamburg, Germany on November 6 with further international stops in Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and more.

Of the new album, lead singer Josh Kiszka states, “Starcatcher is a dangerous and delightful expedition into a both violent and gentle dreamlike landscape. A purgatory of duality where brutality and beauty clash like a thunderstorm of stillness. Neither fact nor fiction inhabit the far reaches of this surrealist world. A storybook for the fighters and lovers alike Starcatcher captures a certain wonder on the fringe of mayhem.”

Starcatcher is written and recorded by the band—lead singer Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka, bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka and drummer Danny Wagner—alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile). Recorded at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, the band utilized the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances.

Throughout the ten-song collection the band explores the duality of fantasy versus reality and the contrast between light and darkness. “We had this idea that we wanted to tell these stories to build a universe,” says Wagner. “We wanted to introduce characters and motifs and these ideas that would come about here and there throughout our careers through this world.”

In celebration of the new album, the band has launched a new puzzle box, available HERE. Additionally, several vinyl variants are available including an exclusive black glitter vinyl, available for purchase HERE. The band is also offering a red glitter vinyl, exclusive to Target, as well as an opaque vinyl available at select record stores across the country.

The band took multiple concepts from critically acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate and brought them into Starcatcher, although Sam’s take on the new record’s big ideas hint instead at new beginnings. “When I imagine the world of Starcatcher, I think of the cosmos,” he says. “It makes me ask a lot of questions, like ‘Where did we come from?’ or ‘What are we doing here?’ But it’s also questions like, ‘What is this consciousness that we have, and where did it come from?’”

The band is best known for their renowned live performances, selling over one million tickets worldwide. They sold out their entire 2022 arena tour, holding a special energy between them and their devoted fans. With Starcatcher the band aims to capture that energy in the recording studio.

Starcatcher follows their acclaimed sophomore album The Battle at Garden’s Gate, released in 2021 to extensive chart and critical success. The album debuted at #1 Billboard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Hard Rock Album, #1 Billboard Vinyl Album, #2 Billboard Top Album Sales and in the Top 10 on the Billboard 200. Their From The Fires EP, released in 2017, won Best Rock Album at the 61st Grammy Awards.

Forming in Frankenmuth, Michigan in 2012, Greta Van Fleet consists of three brothers—vocalist Josh Kiszka, guitarist Jake Kiszka and bassist/keyboardist Sam Kiszka—as well as drummer Danny Wagner. Together they have performed across multiple continents, sold over 3.5 million records worldwide and performed on late night television shows such as “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

GRETA VAN FLEET—STARCATCHER
1. Fate Of The Faithful
2. Waited All Your Life
3. The Falling Sky
4. Sacred The Thread
5. Runway Blues
6. The Indigo Streak
7. Frozen Light
8. The Archer
9. Meeting The Master
10. Farewell For Now

GRETA VAN FLEET LIVE
September 3—St. Paul, MN—Xcel Energy Center*
September 6—Chicago, IL—Allstate Arena*
September 8—Detroit, MI—Little Caesars Arena*
September 11—Washington, D.C.—Capital One Arena*
September 12—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden*
September 15—Boston, MA—TD Garden*
September 16-17—Asbury Park, NJ—Sea Hear Now Festival 2023
September 19—Philadelphia, PA—Wells Fargo Center*
September 22—Indianapolis, IN—Gainbridge Fieldhouse*
September 23—Cleveland, OH—Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse*
November 6—Hamburg, Germany—Sporthalle†
November 8—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Ziggo Dome†
November 9—Paris, France—Accor Arena†
November 12—Brussels, Belgium—Forest National†
November 14—London, UK—OVO Arena Wembley†
November 16—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena†
November 19—Manchester, UK—AO Arena†
November 20—Glasgow, UK—OVO Hydro†
November 26—Copenhagen, Denmark—Forum‡
November 28—Munich, Germany—Zenith‡
November 30—Bologna, Italy—Unipol Arena‡
December 3—Barcelona, Spain—Sant Jordi Club‡
December 4—Madrid, Spain—WiZink Center‡
December 6—Lisbon, Portugal—Campo Pequeno‡
September 20, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol§
September 27, 2024—Mexico City, Mexico —Foro Sol§
 
*with Surf Curse
†with Mt. Joy and Hannah Wicklund
‡with Black Honey and Hannah Wicklund
§as part of Metallica: M72 World Tour

A new performance video for acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician Joy Oladokun’s song, “Changes,” is debuting today. Watch/share the video HERE.

“Changes” is from Oladokun’s new album, Proof of Life, which was released earlier this spring to overwhelming acclaim via Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records (stream/purchase here). In celebration of the new music, Oladokun performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” earlier this summer and spoke with The New York Times, who proclaims, “the singer-songwriter with Springsteen aspirations wants to make music for everyone. Her new album, Proof of Life, pushes her one step closer,” and continues, “her songs are conversational and confessional, and her hooky but profound melodies turn her lyrics into mantras.”

One of music’s most unique and vulnerable voices, Oladokun will kick off her extensive “Living Proof” headline tour this weekend, which includes shows at New York’s Irving Plaza, Denver’s Summit Music Hall, St. Louis’ Delmar Hall, Asheville’s The Orange Peel, Charlotte’s The Underground, Washington DC’s The Howard, Philadelphia’s Union Transfer and Boston’s Roadrunner among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.joyoladokun.com/tour.

With production by Oladokun, Mike Elizondo, Ian Fitchuk, Dan Wilson and Alysa Vanderhym, Proof of Life captures the human experience with a profound simplicity. Across these thirteen tracks—including collaborations with Chris Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Manchester Orchestra, Mt. Joy and Maxo Kream—Oladokun celebrates the little details and simple pleasures of being alive, while also giving voice to some of life’s most complex experiences in a way only she can.

Further adding to her breakout career, Oladokun’s song, “i see america,” was recently selected as a finalist for the Recording Academy’s new Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change, an accolade honoring music that addresses current social issues while inspiring positive global impact.

Proof of Life adds to a series of breakout years for Oladokun, a proud queer Black person and daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Her breakthrough major label debut, in defense of my own happiness, landed on numerous “Best of 2021” lists including at Billboard, Variety, American Songwriter, The Tennessean, Nashville Scene, The Bitter Southerner and NPR Music, who praised, “She has a remarkable ability to distill how forces at work in the world…she can make even social and political protest feel like an intimate, warmly human act.”

Moreover, Oladokun recently performed at the White House as part of the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony and has also performed on “CBS Saturday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “TODAY,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Oladokun’s music has also been included in Loudmouth, the recent Al Sharpton documentary, CBS’ “CSI: Vegas,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’s “Station 19,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and HBO’s “And Just Like That” among many others.

Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell, Lucie Silvas and Noah Kahan and has joined Morris, Isbell, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road. She’s also performed at several major festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Hangout, Ohana Festival and Newport Folk Festival.

PROOF OF LIFE TRACK LIST
1. Keeping The Light On
2. Changes
3. Taking Things for Granted
4. Somebody Like Me
5. Friends feat. Mt. Joy
6. You At The Table feat. Manchester Orchestra
7. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton
8. Trying
9. Pride
10. Revolution feat. Maxo Kream
11. The Hard Way
12. We’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah Kahan
13. Somehow

JOY OLADOKUN CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

September 8—Park City, UT—Park City Song Summit
September 9—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre* (SOLD OUT)
September 10—Denver, CO—Summit Music Hall+
September 12—Kansas City, MO—The Truman+
September 13—St. Louis, MO—Delmar Hall+
September 14—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall+
September 15—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival
September 17—Atlanta, GA—Music Midtown
September 19—Asheville, NC—The Orange Peel+
September 20—Carrboro, NC—Cat’s Cradle+
September 22—Charlotte, NC—The Underground+
September 23—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater+
September 24—Washington, DC—The Howard+
September 26—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall#
September 27—Detroit, MI—El Club#
September 28—Toronto, ON—The Phoenix#
September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound on Sound Music Festival
October 1—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer#
October 2—New York, NY—Irving Plaza# (SOLD OUT)
October 4—Boston, MA—Roadrunner#
October 5—Portland, ME—State Theatre#
November 4—Dallas, TX—The Kessler Theater^
November 5—Austin, TX—Scoot Inn^
November 7—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf^
November 9—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up^
November 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco^
November 11—Healdsburg, CA—Little Saint^
November 14—Portland, OR—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom~
November 15—Seattle, WA—The Showbox~
November 16—Eugene, OR—WOW Hall~
November 18—Felton, CA—Felton Music Hall~
November 19—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore~
*supporting Brandi Carlile
+with special guest Becca Mancari
#with special guest Jensen McRae
^with special guest NNAMDÏ
~with special guest Izzy Heltai

Rustin’ In The Rain, the highly anticipated new album from renowned singer, songwriter and musician Tyler Childers, is out today via Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records. Stream/purchase HERE.

Already receiving critical attention, Childers recently spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “His songs with roots in bluegrass, Southern rock and Appalachian tradition have pushed the boundaries of country music and even his own fan base, while cementing him as one of the most successful touring and streaming artists in his field—without the aid of radio,” and continues, “when he sings live, his eyes burn with the ferocity of a preacher, and fans hang on to every word.”

Additionally, ahead of the release, Childers debuted breakthrough lead single, “In Your Love,” alongside an official music video, which debuted as YouTube’s #1 trending music video. Since then, the song has garnered over 6.1 million video views and 30 million on-demand streams along with acclaim from outlets such as NPR Music, Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Consequence, The Advocate, OUT, LGBTQ Nation and Rolling Stone, who praises, “the music video of compassion and caring we need right now.” Additionally, USA Today calls the video “a much-needed portrait of inclusivity,” while Paste declares, “Childers is the most essential mainstream country musician working right now.” Watch/share the official music video—written/creative directed by Silas House, and starring Colton Haynes and James Scully—HERE and “The Making of ‘In Your Love’,” a special behind-the-scenes look at the video HERE.

In addition to “In Your Love,” the album also features new renditions of Kris Kristofferson’s “Help Me Make It Through the Night” and S.G. Goodman’s “Space and Time” as well as special guest vocals from Goodman, Margo Price and Erin Rae (“Luke 2:8-10”) and Ronnie McCoury, Jason Carter and Alan Bartram of the Travelin’ McCourys (“Percheron Mules”).

The new music adds to yet another landmark year for Childers, who was recently presented with Pandora Radio’s Billions Award and will embark on his global “Mule Pull ’24 Tour” next year. Newly confirmed stops include New York’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Inglewood’s Kia Forum, Austin’s Moody Center, Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena and London’s Eventim Apollo as well as shows in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway and more. Special guests on the tour include Medium Build, Hayes Carll, Sylvan Esso, 49 Winchester, John R. Miller and Allison Russell. See below for complete itinerary.

Tickets for the U.S. dates will be available for pre-sale starting Wednesday, September 13 at 10:00AM local time through 10:00PM local time, with general on-sale following Friday, September 15 at 9:00AM local time. General on-sale for the Knoxville show will begin September 15 at 12:00PM local time. Registration for pre-sale access is open now viaTicketmaster, full details can be found at www.tylerchildersmusic.com/tour.

Recorded at Dragline Studios, the album was produced by Childers and The Food Stamps—James Barker (pedal steel), Craig Burletic (bass), CJ Cain (guitar), Rodney Elkins (drums), Chase Lewis (keyboards) and Jesse Wells (guitar, fiddle).

The new album follows last year’s triple album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, which featured eight songs presented in three distinct sonic perspectives—Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise. Released to widespread acclaim, Esquire praised, “Who’s doing it better than Childers in roots music these days? No one,” while the Associated Press declared, “fearless exuberance…one of country music’s most compelling and unpredictable artists” and NPR Music asserted, “eight songs so good he had to record them thrice.” Before Hounds, Childers released 2020’s Grammy-nominated surprise album, Long Violent History, which NPR Music called an “explicit and remarkable stand in solidarity.” His two previous releases, 2019’s #1 Country Squire as well 2017’s RIAA Platinum debut, Purgatory, were released to overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. In the years since his debut, Childers has earned two Grammy nominations and has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

RUSTIN’ IN THE RAIN TRACK LIST
1. Rustin’ In the Rain
2. Phone Calls and E-mails
3. Luke 2:8-10
4. Help Me Make It Through the Night
5. Percheron Mules
6. In Your Love
7. Space and Time

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

September 10—Philadelphia, PA—TD Pavilion at the Mann (SOLD OUT)
September 21-23—Lewisburg, WV—Healing Appalachia
September 27—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre+ (SOLD OUT)
September 28—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre^ (SOLD OUT)
September 30—Greenwood Village, CO—Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre§ (SOLD OUT)
December 30—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
December 31—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 15, 2024—Dublin, Ireland—3Olympia~
February 17, 2024—Glasgow, U.K.—Barrowland Ballroom~
February 19, 2024—Manchester, U.K.—Albert Hall~
February 22, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo~
February 26, 2024—Hamburg, Germany—Docks~
February 27, 2024—Copenhagen, Denmark—VEGA~
March 2, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso~
March 3, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso~
March 5, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Münchenbryggeriet~
March 6, 2024—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene~
April 5, 2024—San Diego, CA—Viejas Arena‡
April 6, 2024—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum‡
April 9, 2024—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center†
April 10, 2024—Austin, TX—Moody Center†
April 13, 2024—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena†
April 15, 2024—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at The BJCC#
April 16, 2024—Knoxville, TN—Thompson Boling Arena# (on-sale 9/15 at 12:00pm local time)
April 18, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena#
April 19, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena#
May 27, 2024—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena++
May 29, 2024—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden**

+with special guests S.G. Goodman and Abby Hamilton
^with special guests S.G. Goodman and Wayne Graham
§with special guests Wynonna Judd and The Travelin’ McCourys
*with special guest Shovels & Rope
~with special guest John R. Miller
‡with special guest Medium Build
†with special guest Hayes Carll
#with special guest 49 Winchester
++with special guest Allison Russell
**with special guest Sylvan Esso

Chris Stapleton’s new song, “Think I’m In Love With You,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. Written by Stapleton, the song is the second unveiled from his highly anticipated new album, Higher, which will be released November 10 on Mercury Nashville (pre-order/pre-save).

The new music adds to yet another landmark year for the 15x CMA Award-winner, who is nominated for three more awards at this year’s 57th Annual CMA Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year (“We Don’t Fight Anymore” with Carly Pearce). The awards ceremony will be broadcast live from Nashville on ABC Wednesday, November 8 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT.

Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton, Higher was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A and showcases his supernatural voice and musical versatility across 14 songs that defy genre. Already receiving critical attention, Stapleton recently unveiled lead single, “White Horse,” of which Billboard praises “a hell-raising anthem, meant to be blared with windows down and enjoyed with ears ringing. ‘White Horse’ finds Stapleton pairing an outlaw swagger with some heaven-scraping vocals, going for the gusto throughout the chorus to try and match the guitar snarl.” Additionally, Consequence declares, “‘White Horse’ certainly suggests that Stapleton is leaning into his strengths as a cross-genre act” and Brooklyn Vegan proclaims, “one of the most jaw-dropping singles yet from an artist who rarely if ever misses.”

Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the new album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).

Known for his electric live performances, the 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner will continue to tour through this fall with his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour. See below for complete itinerary.

One of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians, in the past year Stapleton was named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards—resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards—his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, in February, he performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana and many more.

The new album follows 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which went on to win three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Called a “a sure-footed masterpiece” by the Associated Press, the album landed on “Best of 2020” lists at NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean and The New York Times, who declared, “Chris Stapleton’s roar isn’t designed to scare you off. It’s regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacy…on this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.” Prior to Starting Over, Stapleton released a pair of Platinum-certified releases in 2017—From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2—as well as his x5 Platinum breakthrough solo debut album in 2015, Traveller.

In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart.

HIGHER TRACK LIST
1. What Am I Gonna Do
2. South Dakota
3. Trust
4. It Takes A Woman
5. The Fire
6. Think I’m In Love With You
7. Loving You On My Mind
8. White Horse
9. Higher
10. The Bottom
11. The Day I Die
12. Crosswind
13. Weight Of Your World
14. Mountains Of My Mind

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 5—Charlottesville, VA—John Paul Jones Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 6—State College, PA—Bryce Jordan Center* (SOLD OUT)
October 7—Long Island, NY—UBS Arena* (SOLD OUT)
October 12—Corpus Christi, TX—American Bank Center Arena+
October 13—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion+ (SOLD OUT)
October 14—Lafayette, LA—Cajundome+
October 19—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 20—Austin, TX—Moody Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 26—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 27—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion+ (SOLD OUT)
October 28—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion+ (SOLD OUT)
*with special guests Margo Price and Nikki Lane
+with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane

Announced today, a Caribbean concert vacation dubbed “Dead Ahead Festival”. This all-inclusive vacation experience will be hosted at Moon Palace Resort in Riviera Cancún, Mexico January 12-15, 2024. The event will celebrate the Grateful Dead songbook featuring two nights of curated collaborations themed “Dead Ahead” with Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, Jeff Chimenti, Oteil Burbridge, Don Was & Jay Lane featuring Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rick Mitarotonda, Margo Price and very special guest Sturgill Simpson.

Guests will enjoy two nights of performances from the Dead Ahead collaboration, and two more nights of music with one headlining performance from Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack as well as a night of celebrations of Jerry Garcia Band with sets by Oteil & Friends and Lettuce. Additional support artists include Orebolo, LP Giobbi, Sierra Hull, Brittney Spencer, Jaime Wyatt and a late night rhythmic experience with Mickey Hart’s Noche de Ondas.

A full itinerary inclusive of pool parties, beach stage performances and late night shows will be revealed in the coming weeks. Hosted at the spectacular AAA Four Diamond Awarded, Moon Palace Cancún - the event will include four unforgettable nights of intimate concerts on a private stretch of white sand beach just feet from the Caribbean Sea.

Moon Palace Cancún will provide guests with a wide range of luxury accommodations just steps from Dead Ahead’s state-of-the-art concert venue. This oceanfront sanctuary offers magnificent rooms, gourmet all-inclusive food and drink, 24-hour room service as well as plenty of activities on both land and sea, including the luxurious AWE-Spa and a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course.

In addition to daytime pool parties, curated activities throughout the resort, and nightly concerts on the beach, guests will be encouraged to enrich their weekend with exploration of the Yucatan Peninsula’s natural beauty and rich Mayan culture through various off-site adventures including diving in underground cenotes, visiting the lost capital of Chichen Itza, sailing on luxury catamarans to Isla Mujeres, and more.

All-inclusive packages for Dead Ahead Festival 2024 will go on sale to the public on Friday, September 15th at 1 PM EDT on www.deadaheadfestival.com. Previous Playa Luna guests will be invited to return to the beach via a special Pre-Sale, which begins Thursday, September 14th at 1 PM EDT.

For more information about Dead Ahead Festival 2024, including how to book all-inclusive packages and payment plan details, please visit: www.deadaheadfestival.com

The much-anticipated new album from Shakey Graves, Movie of the Week, is out now on Dualtone Records—listen/share HERE. In celebration, the video for new album track “Century City” debuts today—watch/share the video HERE.

Through the years, Alejandro Rose-Garcia (a.k.a. Shakey Graves) has always found innovative ways to engage his fan base. He continues to create unique experiences for fans with the release of Movie of the Week—this time unveiling an AI-generated website feature. Building the site was an intricate and complicated project that happily consumed his life for a few years, and the end result allows fans to create their own one-of-a-kind versions of the album, drawing from hundreds of alternate takes recorded over three separate week-long sessions. Visit the site and create your own album HERE.

“Every day, we would listen to some of the general themes/demos I had put together, talk about movies and come up with places to put a fictional character using themes and songs,” Rose-Garcia details. “This approach allowed us to avoid getting bogged down in repeating the same song for a whole day. Instead, we grew as a band, always adapting and seeking the best version of a song on any given day. The experience was exhilarating, and the result: hundreds of unique recordings captured with insane quality that took over two years to pore through and edit.”

He continues, “My ambition was to craft a perpetually evolving album. My vision was to invite listeners to curate their unique Movie of the Week, with the songs serving as its ever-changing soundtrack. Even if users encounter the same songs over time, the sequence and associated imagery would likely differ, making each experience distinct.”

“I eagerly await the diverse creations it will spawn, and I hope to feature or officially release some of these user-generated albums in the future.”

Leading up to the album’s release, he has shared “Big In The World,” “Playing Along,” “Evergreen” and “Ready or Not” (a duet with rising star Sierra Ferrell.)

Shakey Graves is gearing up to head out on an extensive North American tour this fall, kicking off September 21 in Phoenix with further stops in Nashville, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston and more. Support for the fall tour will include Rayland Baxter, flipturn and Sadurn. More info/tickets HERE and a complete list of dates below.

Shakey Graves has undergone a myriad of personal and sonic evolutions since its inception in 2011. Beginning as a solo music project, to now being accompanied by a full band, Rose-Garcia depicted the journey in ways such as changing his album covers from black and white to color, mirroring the musical growth. With beginnings in the folk-rock space—even winning “Best Emerging Artist” at the Americana Music Awards—he went on to move away from much of the stripped-down, folk sound and began drawing on influences such as The Beatles, The Kinks, Elliot Smith, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill and other 90’s indie rock bands.

In the past, Rose-Garcia has burned CDs and put them in personalized bags, built intricate scavenger hunts sending fans around the city following trails of clues to find exclusive tapes, shared Bandcamp-only releases in the age of the DSPs and more to create different adventures for each fan.

Rose-Garcia grew up surrounded by the arts, his mother a playwright and his father a set designer. He had acting roles in Friday Night Lights as well as Spy Kids, and found himself going out to Los Angeles regularly to audition for parts.

Turning to music, he self-released his beloved debut album Roll the Bones and followed with an EP in 2012, The Donor Blues. That same year, the mayor of his hometown of Austin, Texas, declared February 9 “Shakey Graves Day”—a day he uses to offer his albums and hundreds of unheard songs for free. He signed with Dualtone Records in 2014 and released his breakout full length And the War Came with the label that year.

His third studio album came in 2018 with the release of Can’t Wake Up, which received a host of critical praise from NPR Music—“he pulls it off in large part due to his storytelling prowess; these songs would be welcoming, even enthralling, in any style,” Billboard—“a lyrical powder keg”—and more, marking a stylistic turn.

In 2020, Shakey Graves released an EP entitled Look Alive and in 2021 re-released his much-lauded debut album in celebration of its tenth anniversary with Roll the Bones X, which featured a number of previously unreleased tracks. He has amassed over 595,000 album sales and over 525 million streams in the US alone, and has two RIAA-Certified Gold singles with “Dearly Departed” and “Tomorrow,” and also earned the title of #1 artist on Bandcamp.

MOVIE OF THE WEEK—TRACKLISTING
1. Channel One (Intro)
2. Limbo
3. Evergreen
4. Ready or Not (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
5. Channel Five (Interlude)
6. Lowlife
7. Big In The World
8. Play It Where It Lies
9. Playing Along
10. Century City
11. Was Here
12. Heartstarter (Interlude)
13. Heartstopper

TOUR DATES
September 21—The Van Buren—Phoenix, AZ
September 22—BeachLife Ranch—Redondo Beach, CA
September 23—KBCO On Tap Breckenridge Brewery—Littleton, CO**
September 26—The Sound At Del Mar—Del Mar, CA
September 27—Orpheum Theater—Flagstaff, AZ §
September 30—Ace of Spades—Sacramento, CA §
October 1—Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas—Las Vegas, NV §
October 5—Vina Robles Amphitheatre—Paso Robles, CA §
October 6—Cascade Theatre—Redding, CA §
October 7—Crystal Ballroom—Portland, OR §
October 8—Rebels and Renegades—Monterey, CA
October 10—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA §
October 11—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Vancouver, BC §
October 12—Knitting Factory Concert House—Spokane, WA §
October 13—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 14—Knitting Factory Concert House—Boise, ID §
October 15—Union Event Center—Salt Lake City, UT §
October 26—Longhorn Ballroom—Dallas, TX §
October 27—The Lawn at White Oak Music Hall—Houston, TX §
October 28—Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park—Austin, TX§
November 1—Ryman Auditorium—Nashville, TN**
November 2—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA**
November 3—Avondale Brewing Company—Birmingham, AL††
November 4—Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA††
November 5—Neighborhood Theatre—Charlotte, NC††
November 6—The Signal—Chattanooga, TN††
November 8—Roxian Theatre—Pittsburgh, PA††
November 9—Toad’s Place—New Haven, CT††
November 11—Massey Hall—Toronto, ON††
November 12—Union Transfer—Philadelphia, PA
November 13—9:30 Club—Washington, DC††
November 14—Roadrunner—Boston, MA**
November 16—Agora Theatre—Cleveland, OH**
November 17—The Salt Shed—Chicago, IL**
November 18—The Sylvee—Madison, WI**
November 19—Egyptian Room-Old National Centre—Indianapolis, IN**

*with Lucius
† with Abraham Alexander
‡ with Trampled by Turtles
§ with flipturn
** with Rayland Baxter
††Sadurn

Craft Recordings is celebrating the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s bestselling 11th studio album Up with a series of expanded and remastered reissues, all of which are available for pre-order now and set for release on November 10. Created in partnership with the band, the Deluxe 2-CD/1 Blu-Ray edition offers a wealth of material for fans, including the band’s previously unreleased set from their guest appearance on the hit TV series “Party of Five.” Captured in 1999, the performance includes an 11-song setlist—including enduring hits like “Man on the Moon,” “Losing My Religion,” and “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)”—plus a spoken-word introduction. The accompanying Blu-ray features HD music videos from the 1998 album (“Daysleeper,” “Lotus” and “At My Most Beautiful”), a six-song performance from the era (titled Uptake) recorded in a London studio, the album’s original EPK, plus stunning hi-resolution and 5.1 surround sound audio. Housed in a 32-page hardcover book, the collection also includes new liner notes from journalist and Talkhouse Executive Editor Josh Modell (A.V. Club, SPIN, Rolling Stone, Vulture) featuring new interviews with the band members.

The expanded reissue, which features the album plus the “Party of Five” performance in its entirety, is also available in 2-CD, digital and hi-res configurations, while the 14-track, 2-LP album will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl. A limited-edition pressing on Green Marble vinyl is also available exclusively at R.E.M.’s official store along with special Up merchandise. All reissue formats feature newly remastered audio by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.

Available to stream now is the remastered version of “Daysleeper,” as well as the band’s never-before-released performance of the song from the “Party of Five” taping. R.E.M.’s appearance on the teen drama (which launched the careers of Matthew Fox and Neve Campbell, among others) remains a fond memory. “The intersection of visual and musical art is always interesting, so it was cool to be a part of TV,” recalls bassist Mike Mills. Stream/share the “Party of Five” recording of “Daysleeper” HERE.

Stream/share the remastered album version of “Daysleeper” and pre-order Up on 2-CD/1-Blu-ray, 2-CD, or 2-LP, and pre-save the deluxe digital album HERE.

The intimate concert, recorded at Los Angeles’ Palace Theatre, was populated by R.E.M. fan club members and served as an opportunity for the band to rehearse their latest material—plus beloved hits—ahead of touring. “There are dozens of great R.E.M. live sets out there, but nothing quite like this up-close oddity,” writes Josh Modell. “Loose and happy, the band runs through a good chunk of Up in front of a small crowd…Stipe is chatty, telling stories about accidentally ripping off Billy Corgan (and telling Corgan about it), playing with the Human League on a funny stage at that very venue, and more.”

About R.E.M.:
Having established a powerful legacy as one of the most enduring and essential rock bands in popular music history, R.E.M. pioneered the alt-rock movement of the ’90s, influencing the likes of Radiohead, Nirvana, Pavement and Pearl Jam. Formed in 1980, the group enjoyed an extraordinary three-decade-long run of creative vitality and multi-platinum sales before amicably disbanding in 2011. Despite great success, the band members never lost track of their core values—remaining outspoken in their views about political, social, and environmental issues, and never wavering when it came to artistic integrity. Throughout the course of their career together R.E.M. released a total of 15 studio albums, won three GRAMMY® Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

About Craft Recordings:
Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most essential collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its storied repertoire includes landmark releases from icons such as Joan Baez, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, R.E.M., Joan Sebastian and Traveling Wilburys. Plus, the catalog recordings of celebrated contemporary acts including A Day to Remember, Evanescence, Alison Krauss, Nine Inch Nails, Taking Back Sunday and Violent Femmes, to name just a few.

UP 25TH ANNIVERSARY TRACKLISTS:
Deluxe Edition (2-CD/1-Blu-Ray):

Disc 1 – Up (remastered audio)
1. Airportman
2. Lotus
3. Suspicion
4. Hope
5. At My Most Beautiful
6. The Apologist
7. Sad Professor
8. You’re In The Air
9. Walk Unafraid
10. Why Not Smile
11. Daysleeper
12. Diminished
13. Parakeet
14. Falls To Climb

Disc 2 – Party of Five Recording
1. Introduction
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. Lotus
4. Daysleeper
5. Country Feedback
6. Walk Unafraid
7. Losing My Religion
8. Parakeet
9. The Apologist
10. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
11. I’m Not Over You
12. Man On The Moon

Disc 3 – Blu-ray
1. Up – 5.1 Surround Sound
2. Up – Hi-Resolution Audio
3. This Way Up (press kit)
4. Uptake (six-song performance)
5. Daysleeper (music video)
6. Lotus (music video)
7. At My Most Beautiful (music video)

Expanded Edition (2-CD/Digital):

Disc 1 – Up (remastered audio)
1. Airportman
2. Lotus
3. Suspicion
4. Hope
5. At My Most Beautiful
6. The Apologist
7. Sad Professor
8. You’re In The Air
9. Walk Unafraid
10. Why Not Smile
11. Daysleeper
12. Diminished
13. Parakeet
14. Falls To Climb

Disc 2 – Party of Five Recording
1. Introduction
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. Lotus
4. Daysleeper
5. Country Feedback
6. Walk Unafraid
7. Losing My Religion
8. Parakeet
9. The Apologist
10. It’s The End Of The World (And I Feel Fine)
11. I’m Not Over You
12. Man On The Moon

Up (2-LP Remastered Vinyl):

Side A
1. Airportman
2. Lotus
3. Suspicion

Side B
1. Hope
2. At My Most Beautiful
3. The Apologist
4. Sad Professor

Side C
1. You’re In The Air
2. Walk Unafraid
3. Why Not Smile
4. Daysleeper

Side D
1. Diminished
2. Parakeet
3. Falls To Climb

Grammy nominated duo The Milk Carton Kids were among the multitude of co-hosts, presenters and performers at last night’s Americana Music Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville.

In addition to their co-hosting duties, the duo joined Noah Kahan for a cover of Paul Simon’s beloved “American Tune” in front of the packed theater.

The Milk Carton Kids’ new record I Only See The Moon is out now to critical acclaim on Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Order/stream the album HERE

In celebration of the new release, the band is touring the U.S. throughout the fall and into 2024. Tickets are available HERE.

The tour includes a performance at the first ever Los Angeles Folk Festival, which the band is producing in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) at The Ford October 7-8. The Milk Carton Kids will headline the festival alongside critically acclaimed artists Waxahatchee, Sierra Ferrell, Valerie June, Davíd Garza & Freaklórico, Haley Heynderickx, Tré Burt, Willie Watson and a number of very special guests. Tickets are available HERE.

With the festival, the band aims to bring a proper folk festival to their hometown and draw a line connecting the folk community from the collaborative Laurel Canyon scene of the 1960’s to the community of musicians and comedians working today at venues like L.A.’s Largo.

“Both of us have now lived enough life to understand that maybe one of the purposes we were put on Earth for is to sing together, to write songs together, to make music together,” notes guitarist/vocalist Kenneth Pattengale. “It has truly provided a direction for our lives.” Ryan adds, “It’s like a successful marriage in that there’s always been enough there between us collaboratively in the way that we work together, sing together, play together. It’s a very special thing. And I don’t think we ever took that for granted.”

Founded in 2011, The Milk Carton Kids swiftly emerged as a major force in the American folk tradition, blending ethereal harmonies and intricate musicianship with a uniquely powerful brand of contemporary songcraft. 2013’s ANTI- debut The Ash & Clay proved their national breakthrough, earning The Milk Carton Kids their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album. A second Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance followed in 2015 for the track “The City of Our Lady” from band’s acclaimed third studio album, Monterey, and 2018’s All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.

The band’s most recent album, 2019’s The Only Ones (out now via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers), was the subject of extensive praise, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that “Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan get back to the beautiful basics with The Only Ones,” while NPR’s “World Café” noted that “even though Joey and Kenneth are not related, their voices together create a sibling-like harmony...the duo has a strong sense of respect and reverence for the musical traditions that they've grown from.”

TRACK LIST
I ONLY SEE THE MOON
1. All Of The Time In The World To Kill
2. Star Shine
3. When You’re Gone
4. Wheels And Levers
5. I Only See The Moon
6. Running On Sweet Smile
7. One True Love
8. Body & Soul
9. North Country Ride
10. Will You Remember Me

I ONLY SEE THE MOON TOUR
October 8—Los Angeles, CA—Los Angeles Folk Festival
October 10—San Francisco, CA—The Independent*
October 12—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theater*
October 13—Seattle, WA—St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral*
October 14—Vancouver, BC—Vogue Theatre*
October 16—Toronto, ON—Massey Hall†
October 17—Montreal, QC—MTELUS†
October 18—Kingston, NY—Broadway Theatre at UPAC†
October 21—Boston, MA—Roadrunner†
October 22—Boston, MA—Roadrunner†
October 23—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre†
November 4—Moab, UT—Moab Folk Festival
November 5—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf‡
November 8—Austin, TX—Antone’s‡
November 9—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory‡
November 10—Houston, TX—Last Concert Café‡
January 29—Asheville, NC—Orange Peel§
January 30—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre§
February 1—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium§**
*with Annahstasia
†supporting Gregory Alan Isakov
‡with Andrew Combs
§with Alix Page
**with Julian Lage

Acclaimed American roots band Flatland Cavalry will continue to tour through this winter including newly confirmed headline shows at Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (two nights), Athens’ Georgia Theatre (two nights), Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and New York’s Irving Plaza. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Tickets for the new dates will go on-sale this Friday, September 29 at 10:00am local time, full details can be found at www.flatlandcavalry.com/tour.

The upcoming performances add to yet another notable year for the band, who recently released two new songs: “Last American Summer” and “Oughta See You (The Way I Do),” which Brooklyn Vegan calls a “propulsive new single,” while Whiskey Riff praises, “heartfelt lyricism, catchy melodies, and sonically impressive instrumentation” and Hollerdeclares, “one of the brightest Texas country-folk bands…they worked their usual musical magic.”

The new music follows the band’s acclaimed 2022 EP, Songs To Keep You Warm, (stream/purchase here). Produced by Bruce Robison and recorded at The Bunker in Lockhart, TX, the EP consists of six tracks including “Mountain Song,” which was featured in Paramount Network’s hit show, “Yellowstone.” Released to critical praise, Brooklyn Vegan proclaimed, “the kind of raw, no-nonsense country that should appeal to people whose taste in country veers towards Willie Nelson, John Prine, and Townes Van Zandt. There’s nothing too fancy or too pop about it, but it’s not retro either. It’s just great songwriting,” while Americana Highways declared, “Cordero’s lyrics waste no time cutting right to the heart… the musicianship from Flatland Cavalry band members elevates each tune.”

Based in both Texas and Nashville, Flatland Cavalry is Cordero (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jason Albers (drums), Jonathan Saenz (bass), Reid Dillon (electric guitar, harmonica, second fiddle), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos(piano, keys, mandolin, banjo, electric guitar).

Since their 2015 debut, Flatland Cavalry has released two EPs and three full-length studio albums, including their latest, 2021’s Welcome to Countryland. Of the record, The Wall Street Journal praised, “a clear musical point of view, original melodies, mature confidence in portraying romantic matters, and increasingly fresh, distinctive lyrics…a straightforward, upbeat electrified country-rock band,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Flatland Cavalry are promising to make days a little brighter wherever they go.” With the release, the band earned two #1 singles at Texas Country Radio (“Gettin’ By” and “A Cowboy Knows How”) and has garnered over 290 million streams across platforms to date.

FLATLAND CAVALRY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, September 29 at 10:00am local time

September 26—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre#
September 29—Corpus Christi, TX—Brewster Street Ice House
September 30—Pasadena, TX—Pasadena Livestock Show
October 5—Bakersfield, CA—The Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater
October 6—Monterey, CA—Rebels and Renegades Music Festival
October 7—Stateline, NV—Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
October 8—Paradise, CA—Paradise Performing Arts Center
October 11—Flagstaff, AZ—Orpheum Theater
October 12—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre
October 13—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre*
October 14—Los Angeles, CA—YouTube Theater*
October 19—Austin, TX—Moody Theater
October 20—Fort Smith, AR—Temple Live
October 21—College Station, TX—Live at the Station Festival
October 28—Gonzales, LA—Lamar Dixon Expo Center
November 10—Norman, OK—Riverwind Casino
November 11—Mission, TX—Las Palmas Race Park
December 15—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
December 16—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
February 7, 2024—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
February 8, 2024—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
February 10, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
February 15, 2024—New York, NY—Irving Plaza
April 1-5, 2024—Miami, FL—The Last Resort Cruise
*supporting Parker McCollum
#supporting Lainey Wilson

A new version of Joy Oladokun’s “thrilling” (Rolling Stone) duet with Chris Stapleton, “Sweet Symphony (Living Proof Version),” is out today in celebration of the song’s one-year anniversary. Listen/share HERE.

Reflecting on the song, Oladokun shares, “A year ago I released one of the most significant songs I have ever been a part of. I teamed up with Chris Stapleton to put out ‘Sweet Symphony’ as a way to celebrate love that outlasts the many tests life throws at us. Since then, people have danced to it at weddings and sung it to their children. They’ve played it for family members and friends as a way to put words to their love. I’m so proud of this song and honored that it’s become a part of people’s lives. To celebrate, we cooked up a new version that has the same heart as the original with a new spin.”

The song is from Proof of Life (Deluxe), a new extended version of Oladokun’s acclaimed album, which will be released October 13 on Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records. Alongside the album’s thirteen original tracks, the deluxe edition will feature “Black Car,” “Wild Enough,” “Purple Haze” and “Spotlight” as well as new versions of album tracks “Sweet Symphony,” “Somehow” and “Keeping the Light On.”

In celebration of the music, Oladokun is in the midst of her extensive “Living Proof” headline tour, which includes upcoming stops at New York’s Irving Plaza (sold out), Philadelphia’s Union Transfer, Boston’s Roadrunner, Dallas’ Kessler Theater, Austin’s Scoot Inn, Los Angeles’ The Belasco, Seattle’s The Showbox and San Francisco’s The Fillmore among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Receiving widespread notice, Oladokun’s episode of CMT’s “Campfire Sessions” debuted earlier this week, where she performed four songs from the album (watch HERE). Oladokun also performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” earlier this year and spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “her songs are conversational and confessional, and her hooky but profound melodies turn her lyrics into mantras.”

With production by Oladokun, Mike Elizondo, Ian Fitchuk, Dan Wilson and Alysa Vanderhym, Proof of Life captures the human experience with a profound simplicity and features collaborations with Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Manchester Orchestra, Mt. Joy and Maxo Kream.

Proof of Life adds to a series of breakout years for Oladokun, a proud queer Black person and daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Her breakthrough major label debut, in defense of my own happiness, landed on numerous “Best of 2021” lists including at Billboard, Variety, American Songwriter, The Tennessean, Nashville Scene, The Bitter Southerner and NPR Music, who praised, “She has a remarkable ability to distill how forces at work in the world…she can make even social and political protest feel like an intimate, warmly human act.”

Moreover, Oladokun performed at the White House as part of the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony and has also performed on “CBS Saturday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “TODAY,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Oladokun’s music has also been included in Loudmouth, the recent Al Sharpton documentary, CBS’ “CSI: Vegas,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’s “Station 19,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and HBO’s “And Just Like That,” while her song, “i see america,” was also recently selected as a finalist for the Recording Academy’s new Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change.

Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell, Lucie Silvas and Noah Kahan and has joined Morris, Isbell, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road.

PROOF OF LIFE (DELUXE) TRACK LIST
Disc 1
1. Keeping The Light On
2. Changes
3. Taking Things for Granted
4. Somebody Like Me
5. Friends feat. Mt. Joy
6. You At The Table feat. Manchester Orchestra
7. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton
8. Trying
9. Pride
10. Revolution feat. Maxo Kream
11. The Hard Way
12. We’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah Kahan
13. Somehow
Disc 2
1. Purple Haze
2. Black Car
3. Somehow Intro (Living Proof Version)
4. Somehow (Living Proof Version)
5. Wild Enough
6. Spotlight
7. Keeping the Light On (Living Proof Version)
8. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton (Living Proof Version)

JOY OLADOKUN CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

September 30—Bridgeport, CT—Sound on Sound Music Festival
October 1—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer*
October 2—New York, NY—Irving Plaza* (SOLD OUT)
October 4—Boston, MA—Roadrunner*
October 5—Portland, ME—State Theatre*
November 4—Dallas, TX—The Kessler Theater^
November 5—Austin, TX—Scoot Inn^
November 7—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf^
November 9—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up^
November 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco^
November 11—Healdsburg, CA—Little Saint^
November 14—Portland, OR—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom+
November 15—Seattle, WA—The Showbox+
November 16—Eugene, OR—WOW Hall+
November 18—Felton, CA—Felton Music Hall+
November 19—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore+
*with special guest Jensen McRae
^with special guest NNAMDÏ
+with special guest Izzy Heltai

Last night, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Louis Cato took the stage on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the title track from his new album, Reflections. The performance marks the first musical guest following the show’s pause amidst the writer’s strike. Watch/share the performance HERE.

“Wow…what a week…,” says Cato. “I’ve been so grateful go get back to work on this incredible show with Stephen, the Late Show Band, and the entire LSSC family… and on top of that, getting the opportunity to kick off our return to air as the feature music artist performing the title track from my new album??? I am full… full of love and gratitude. Feeling so very sure that I’m exactly where I’m meant to be.”

Reflections is out now to critical acclaim—listen HERE.

Cato will be performing select dates this November in Washington, D.C., Skokie, IL and New York City. Complete list of dates below.

Reflections is a fun and uplifting record that showcases the diverse skillset of a musician who’s best known for being the bandleader for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Performed in its entirety by Cato, the project is merely a snippet of his enviable talents as an ultimate renaissance musician. Cato shares with the world an undeniably kind and empathetic essence, which is artfully conveyed through his newest body of work.

Cato is a Grammy-nominated musician whose collaborators have included John Legend, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest, Jack White, Bobby McFerrin, Snarky Puppy and, of course, Jon Batiste, his predecessor on “The Late Show.” His love of music started at age two when the purchase of his first drum set evolved into an appreciation of the southern gospel from his native North Carolina and continued into his education at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

After playing in the house band for “The Late Show” since the show’s 2015 inception, Cato was named bandleader for the newly renamed “The Late Show Band.” Watch the on-air announcement HERE.

For further information on Reflections, see Cato’s artist notes HERE.

REFLECTIONS
TRACKLIST
1. Reflections
2. Miss You
3. Someday
4. Good Enough
5. Unsightly Room
6. Human
7. Another Day (featuring Elizabeth Ziman)
8. Cutie Baby

LOUIS CATO LIVE
November 3—Songbyrd—Washington, DC
November 4—North Shore Center for the Performing Arts—Skokie, IL
November 28—New York, NY—The 65th Street Session: Cory Wong, Louis Cato, Meshell Ndegeocello and Chris Thile

Tyler Childers will continue his global “Mule Pull ’24 Tour” through next summer with newly confirmed shows at Chicago’s United Center, Boulder’s Folsom Field, Washington State’s Gorge Amphitheatre, Alpharetta’s Ameris Bank Amphitheatre (two nights), Tampa’s MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre, Vancouver’s Rogers Arena and Calgary’s Scotiabank Saddledome among many others. See below for complete itinerary. Special guests on the tour include Adeem The Artist, Willi Carlisle, S.G. Goodman, Shakey Graves, Laid Back Country Picker and Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats.

Tickets for the shows will be available for pre-sale starting next Wednesday, October 11 at 10:00am local time through 10:00pm local time, with general on-sale following Friday, October 13 at 10:00am local time. Registration for pre-sale access is open now via Ticketmaster, full details can be found at registration.ticketmaster.com/tylerchilders.

To help fans get tickets at the original prices and limit professional reseller activity, the tour will use Ticketmaster’s Face Value Exchange for resale. If needed, fans will be able to use the Exchange to resell tickets to other fans at the original price paid. Tickets for all shows will be mobile only and restricted from transfer.

The new dates follow the first leg of Childers’ “Mule Pull ’24 Tour,” which sold-out instantly when tickets went on-sale last month. The extensive tour kicks off in February and includes stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden (two nights), Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Inglewood’s Kia Forum, Austin’s Moody Center, Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena and London’s Eventim Apollo (two nights) as well as shows in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway and more.

The upcoming performances celebrate Childers’ acclaimed new album, Rustin’ In The Rain (Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records), which recently debuted at #10 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart with 38,500 equivalent units sold—a career-high sales week for Childers. Stream/purchase here.

In celebration of the new record, Childers recently spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “His songs with roots in bluegrass, Southern rock and Appalachian tradition have pushed the boundaries of country music and even his own fan base, while cementing him as one of the most successful touring and streaming artists in his field—without the aid of radio,” and continues, “when he sings live, his eyes burn with the ferocity of a preacher, and fans hang on to every word.”

Ahead of the release, Childers unveiled breakthrough lead single, “In Your Love,” alongside an official music video, which debuted as YouTube’s #1 trending music video. Since then, it has garnered over 6.6 million video views and 30 million on-demand streams along with acclaim from outlets such as NPR Music, Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Consequence, The Advocate, OUT and Rolling Stone, who praises, “the music video of compassion and caring we need right now,” while USA Today calls the video “a much-needed portrait of inclusivity.” Watch/share the official music video—written/creative directed by Silas House, and starring Colton Haynes and James Scully—HERE and “The Making of ‘In Your Love’,” a special behind-the-scenes look at the video HERE.

Recorded at Dragline Studios, the album was produced by Childers and his longtime band, The Food Stamps—James Barker (pedal steel), Craig Burletic (bass), CJ Cain (guitar), Rodney Elkins (drums), Chase Lewis (keyboards) and Jesse Wells (guitar, fiddle).

The new album follows last year’s triple album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, which featured eight songs presented in three distinct sonic perspectives—Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise. Released to widespread acclaim, Esquire praised, “Who’s doing it better than Childers in roots music these days? No one,” while the Associated Press declared, “fearless exuberance…one of country music’s most compelling and unpredictable artists” and NPR Music asserted, “eight songs so good he had to record them thrice.” Before Hounds, Childers released 2020’s Grammy-nominated surprise album, Long Violent History, which NPR Music called an “explicit and remarkable stand in solidarity.” His two previous releases, 2019’s #1 Country Squire as well 2017’s RIAA Platinum debut, Purgatory, were released to overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. In the years since his debut, Childers has earned two Grammy nominations and has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

 RUSTIN’ IN THE RAIN TRACK LIST

1. Rustin’ In the Rain

2. Phone Calls and E-mails

3. Luke 2:8-10

4. Help Me Make It Through the Night

5. Percheron Mules

6. In Your Love

7. Space and Time

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

BOLD on-sale next Friday, October 13 at 10:00am local time

December 30—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)

December 31—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)

February 15, 2024—Dublin, Ireland—3Olympia‡ (SOLD OUT)

February 17, 2024—Glasgow, U.K.—Barrowland Ballroom‡ (SOLD OUT)

February 19, 2024—Manchester, U.K.—Albert Hall‡ (SOLD OUT)

February 21, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo‡

February 22, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo‡ (SOLD OUT)

February 26, 2024—Hamburg, Germany—Docks‡

February 27, 2024—Copenhagen, Denmark—VEGA‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 2, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 3, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 5, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Münchenbryggeriet‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 6, 2024—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene‡ (SOLD OUT)

March 16, 2024—Thackerville, OK—WinStar World Casino & Resort

April 5, 2024—San Diego, CA—Viejas Arena+ (SOLD OUT)

April 6, 2024—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum+ (SOLD OUT)

April 9, 2024—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center† (SOLD OUT)

April 10, 2024—Austin, TX—Moody Center† (SOLD OUT)

April 13, 2024—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena† (SOLD OUT)

April 15, 2024—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at The BJCC# (SOLD OUT)

April 16, 2024—Knoxville, TN—Thompson Boling Arena# (SOLD OUT)

April 18, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena# (SOLD OUT)

April 19, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena# (SOLD OUT)

May 27, 2024—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena~ (SOLD OUT)

May 29, 2024—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden^ (SOLD OUT)

May 30, 2024—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden^ (SOLD OUT)

June 2, 2024—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater‡‡

June 5, 2024—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre‡‡

June 7, 2024—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡‡

June 8, 2024—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡‡

June 11, 2024—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre++

June 13, 2024—Chicago, IL—United Center++

June 27, 2024—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center††

June 28, 2024—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater††

June 30, 2024—Burgettstown, PA—The Pavilion at Star Lake††

July 3, 2024—Saratoga Springs, NY—Saratoga Performing Arts Center++

July 5, 2024—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater++

July 6, 2024—Cavendish, Prince Edward Island—Cavendish Beach Music Festival

July 9, 2024—Toronto, Ontario—Budweiser Stage++

July 11, 2024—London, Ontario—Rock the Park Festival

August 6, 2024—Calgary, Alberta—Scotiabank Saddledome

August 8, 2024—Vancouver, British Columbia—Rogers Arena

August 10, 2024—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater

August 11, 2024—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater

August 14, 2024—Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheatre##

Saturday August 17, 2024—Boulder, CO—Folsom Field**

August 20, 2024—West Valley City, UT—USANA Amphitheatre##

August 21, 2024—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater##

August 23, 2024—George, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre^^

August 24, 2024—Missoula, MT—Washington-Grizzly Stadium^^

*with special guest Shovels & Rope

‡with special guest John R. Miller

+with special guest Medium Build

†with special guest Hayes Carll

#with special guest 49 Winchester
~with special guest Allison Russell

^with special guest Sylvan Esso
‡‡with special guests TBC and Willi Carlisle
++with special guests S.G. Goodman and TBC
††with special guests S.G. Goodman and Adeem The Artist
##with special guests Shakey Graves and TBC
**with special guests Shakey Graves and Laid Back Country Picker
^^with special guests Nathaniel Rateliff and TBC

Acclaimed American rock band Blackberry Smoke’s new song, “Little Bit Crazy,” written by lead singer Charlie Starr and longtime collaborator Travis Meadows, is debuting today. Watch/share the official music video HERE.

Reflecting on the track, Starr shares, “It’s a rock and roll song about this fella and the girl who might be his undoing.”

“Little Bit Crazy” is the second song unveiled from the band’s anticipated new album, Be Right Here, which will be released February 16 via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, lead single, “Dig A Hole,” recently debuted, of which American Songwriter praises, “elevates their trademark blend of blues, Southern rock, and Americana that has helped them sustain a fruitful, more than two-decade-long career,” while Whiskey Riff declares, “their distinctively southern rock sound and top tier songwriting always comes through” and Entertainment Focus calls it “an enticing glimpse into the musical journey that awaits listeners.”

In celebration of the new music, the band will continue to perform through next year with their international “Be Right Here” headline tour. Newly confirmed stops include Charlotte’s Ovens Auditorium, Columbus’ Newport Music Hall, Indianapolis’ Murat Theatre at Old National Centre, Denver’s Ogden Theatre, Kansas City’s Uptown Theatre and Little Rock’s The Hall as well as shows across the U.K., Germany, Denmark, France, Sweden, Italy and more. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Tickets for the new dates will be available for pre-sale starting Tuesday, October 10 at 10:00am local time with general on-sale following next Friday, October 13 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.blackberrysmoke.com/tour.

Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Be Right Here is a timely reminder to be present and live authentically. Across these ten tracks—a collection of their signature rock and roll anthems, Americana-leaning ballads and country rock jams—the band celebrates the simple joys of life, the fleeting moments and the little bits of luck found along the way.

Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A and Cobb’s Georgia Mae in Savannah, the album features the band—Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals) and Brandon Still (keyboards)—alongside Preston Holcomb (drums) and Benji Shanks (guitar) as well as special guest vocals from The Black Bettys.

Of the recording process, Starr shares, “We always track live together, but this time we had all our amps and drums and everything in the same room. It’s just as natural and as real as possible. The last album was very raw too, but with this one I remember different times I would say, ‘I think we should redo that,’ and Dave was like, ‘No, leave it that way. That way it’s magical.’”

Throughout their prolific career, Blackberry Smoke has released seven studio albums including 2021’s You Hear Georgia, which celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band. Released to critical acclaim, Rolling Stone declared, “Blackberry Smoke are a Georgia band through and through…You Hear Georgia sounds downright huge,” while American Songwriter praised, “Blackberry Smoke is still on fire…a testament to that tenacity and an unapologetic ode to an insurgent attitude and tradition. That’s evident in practically every note and nuance” and Vintage Guitar proclaimed, “For 20 years, Georgia’s Blackberry Smoke has carried on Southern rock’s rich tradition. You Hear Georgia…is soaked in these roots.” In addition to their studio albums, they have released several other projects such as their EPs Stoned, The Southern Ground Sessions and Live From Capricorn Studios as well as Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, a live album and concert film, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Album Sales chart.

Since forming in 2001, Blackberry Smoke has continued to tour relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. In addition to their work as musicians, the band is deeply committed to charitable work and formed the Lana Turner Foundation, a non-profit supporting several national foundations committed to curing children’s cancer. With these efforts, the band has raised over $1,000,000 to date benefitting children’s cancer research.

BE RIGHT HERE TRACK LIST
1. Dig A Hole
2. Hammer And The Nail
3. Like It Was Yesterday
4. Be So Lucky
5. Azalea
6. Don’t Mind If I Do
7. Whatcha Know Good
8. Other Side of the Light
9. Little Bit Crazy
10. Barefoot Angel

BLACKBERRY SMOKE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale next Friday, October 13 at 10:00am local time
October 7—Petros, TN—Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary*
October 12—Effingham, IL—Rusty Reel Lake Jam
October 14—Conroe, TX—Cajun Catfish Festival
November 2—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater#
November 3—Tallahassee, FL—Donald L. Tucker Civic Center#
November 4—Orlando, FL—Orlando Amphitheatre#
November 9—Pompano Beach, FL—Pompano Beach Amphitheater+
November 10—St. Augustine, FL—St. Augustine Amphitheatre+
November 11—St. Petersburg, FL—Jannus Live+
November 15—Shipshewana, IN—Blue Gate Theatre
November 16—Waukegan, IL—Genesee Theatre
November 17—Elizabeth, IN—Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana
November 24—Atlanta, GA—Coca-Cola Roxy^
December 29—Roanoke, VA—The Berglund Center
December 30—Hiawassee, GA—Anderson Music Hall
December 31—Spartanburg, SC—Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
February 4-10, 2024—Miami, FL—Outlaw Country Cruise
February 15, 2024—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
February 16—Cherokee, NC—Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort – Event Center
February 17, 2024—North Myrtle Beach, SC—House of Blues
February 18, 2024—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
February 20, 2024—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater
February 22, 2024— Indianapolis, IN—Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
February 23, 2024—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall
February 29, 2024—Little Rock, AR—The Hall
March 1, 2024—Fort Smith, AR—TempleLive
March 2, 2024—Springfield, MO—Gillioz Theatre
March 7, 2024—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre
March 8, 2024—Beaver Creek, CO—Vilar Performing Arts Center
March 9, 2024—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theatre
September 9, 2024—Glasgow, U.K.—O2 Academy
September 10, 2024—Edinburgh, U.K.—O2 Academy
September 12, 2024—Manchester, U.K.—O2 Apollo
September 13, 2024—Birmingham, U.K.—O2 Academy
September 14, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo
September 16, 2024—Brussels, Belgium—Ancienne Belgique
September 17, 2024—Tilburg, Netherlands—O13
September 18, 2024—Hannover, Germany—Capitol
September 20, 2024—Copenhagen, Denmark—VEGA
September 21, 2024—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene
September 22, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Annexet
September 24, 2024—Berlin, Germany—Columbiahalle
September 25, 2024—Vienna, Austria—Gasometer
September 26, 2024—Munich, Germany—Tonhalle
September 28, 2024—Paris, France—L’Olympia
September 29, 2024—Cologne, Germany—E-Werk
September 30, 2024—Zurich, Switzerland—Kauflauten
October 2, 2024—Milan, Italy—Alcatraz

*with special guest Ben Chapman
#with Turnpike Troubadours
+with special guest FEEL
^with special guest Larkin Poe

Extra Mojo Version— a digital version of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ critically acclaimed 2010 blues album, Mojo, featuring two unreleased tracks will be released on Warner Records on October 20—Petty’s birthday. To celebrate, “Help Me”—the first unreleased track, a Sonny Boy Williamson II cover—is out today with an accompanying video unveiling newly discovered footage of Petty and the band performing the song at The Clubhouse; listen here and share/watch here. Pre-save the digital album here and pre-order the vinyl here.

Widely known as the band’s most blues-influenced record, the album features a hard-hitting collection of guitar-driven rock songs beloved by fans everywhere, and with the strong blues influences on Mojo, “Help Me” fits perfectly on the expanded version of the album. Petty often played blues-heavy rotations on the Tom Petty Radio show “Buried Treasure,” including Sonny Boy Williamson II discography, and Petty & The Heartbreakers performed a cover of the track during the recording sessions for the record.

In addition to “Help Me,” Extra Mojo Version will include a second unreleased track, “Mystery of Love.” The rare outtakes will be exclusively featured on the forthcoming digital and streaming version and will also be available in Dolby Atmos.

Other highlights include the hit “I Should Have Known It,” a driving rock track written by Petty with lead guitarist Mike Campbell that became a live treasure, fan favorites “Good Enough,” the blues-y first album single, “First Flash of Freedom” and “Something Good Coming.”

Recorded live in the band’s legendary rehearsal space, “The Clubhouse” in Los Angeles, Mojo was released in June 2010 and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Petty said, “With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. Mojo is where the band lives when it’s playing for itself.” Watch the short film, directed by Sam Jones, about the making of the album here.

The special vinyl reissue of Mojo will also come on October 20 and is available for pre-order now. Highly requested by fans, the reissue will be available in a limited-edition translucent ruby red double vinyl LP pressing, as well as in immersive Dolby Atmos and Spatial formats; pre-order the vinyl here and pre-save the digital album here.

MOJO—VINYL TRACKLISTING
1. Jefferson Jericho Blues
2. First Flash Of Freedom
3. Running Man’s Bible
4. The Trip To Pirate’s Cove
5. Candy
6. No Reason To Cry
7. I Should Have Known It
8. U.S. 41
9. Takin’ My Time
10. Let Yourself Go
11. Don’t Pull Me Over
12. Lover's Touch
13. High In The Morning
14. Something Good Coming
15. Good Enough

EXTRA MOJO VERSION—DIGITAL/STREAMING TRACKLISTING
1. Jefferson Jericho Blues
2. First Flash of Freedom
3. Running Man’s Bible
4. The Trip to Pirate’s Cove
5. Candy
6. No Reason to Cry
7. I Should Have Known It
8. U.S. 41
9. Takin’ My Time
10. Let Yourself Go
11. Don’t Pull Me Over
12. Lover’s Touch
13. High in the Morning
14. Something Good Coming
15. Good Enough
16. Help Me
17. Mystery of Love

Chris Stapleton’s new song, “It Takes A Woman,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE. Written by Stapleton, Ronnie Bowman and Jerry Salley, the song is the latest unveiled from Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, Higher, which will be released November 10 on Mercury Nashville (pre-order/pre-save).

Produced by Dave Cobb, Morgane Stapleton and Chris Stapleton, Higher was recorded at Nashville’s RCA Studio A and showcases his supernatural voice and musical versatility across 14 songs that defy genre. Already receiving critical attention, Stapleton has unveiled two additional album tracks: “Think I’m In Love With You” and “White Horse,” of which Billboard praises “a hell-raising anthem, meant to be blared with windows down and enjoyed with ears ringing. ‘White Horse’ finds Stapleton pairing an outlaw swagger with some heaven-scraping vocals, going for the gusto throughout the chorus to try and match the guitar snarl.” Additionally, Consequence declares, “‘White Horse’ certainly suggests that Stapleton is leaning into his strengths as a cross-genre act” and Brooklyn Vegan proclaims, “one of the most jaw-dropping singles yet from an artist who rarely if ever misses.”

The new music adds to yet another landmark year for the 15x CMA Award-winner, who is nominated for three more awards at this year’s 57th Annual CMA Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Musical Event of the Year (“We Don’t Fight Anymore” with Carly Pearce). The awards ceremony will be broadcast live from Nashville on ABC Wednesday, November 8 at 8:00pm ET/7:00pm CT.

Alongside Stapleton (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide electric guitar), the new album features Cobb (acoustic guitar, eclectic guitar), J.T. Cure (bass), Paul Franklin (pedal steel), Derek Mixon (drums), Morgane (background vocals, synthesizer, tambourine) and Lee Pardini (organ, piano).

Known for his electric live performances, the 8x Grammy, 15x CMA and 15x ACM Award-winner will continue to tour through next year with his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour as well as several stadium shows with George Strait. See below for complete itinerary.

One of the country’s most respected and beloved musicians, in the past year Stapleton was named Entertainer of the Year at the 58th ACM Awards—resulting in a prestigious ACM Triple Crown Award—and Male Vocalist of the Year at the 2022 CMA Awards—his sixth time earning the award, setting the record for most wins ever in the category. Additionally, in February, he performed the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII and has collaborated in recent years with Adele, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Justin Timberlake, P!nk, Sheryl Crow, Santana and many more.

The new album follows 2020’s acclaimed Starting Over, which went on to win three awards at the 67th Annual GRAMMYs: Best Country Album, Best Country Solo Performance (“You Should Probably Leave”) and Best Country Song (“Cold”) in addition to earning Album of the Year honors at both the CMA and ACM Awards. Called a “a sure-footed masterpiece” by the Associated Press, the album landed on “Best of 2020” lists at NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean and The New York Times, who declared, “Chris Stapleton’s roar isn’t designed to scare you off. It’s regal, an announcement of an alpha figure asserting his primacy…on this, his fourth album, the thrill is back.” Prior to Starting Over, Stapleton released a pair of Platinum-certified releases in 2017—From A Room: Volume 1 and From A Room: Volume 2—as well as his x5 Platinum breakthrough solo debut album in 2015, Traveller.

In addition to their work as musicians, the Stapletons are founders of the Outlaw State of Kind charitable fund, which supports a variety of causes that are close to their heart.

HIGHER TRACK LIST
1. What Am I Gonna Do
2. South Dakota
3. Trust
4. It Takes A Woman
5. The Fire
6. Think I’m In Love With You
7. Loving You On My Mind
8. White Horse
9. Higher
10. The Bottom
11. The Day I Die
12. Crosswind
13. Weight Of Your World
14. Mountains Of My Mind

CHRIS STAPLETON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 19—San Antonio, TX—AT&T Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 20—Austin, TX—Moody Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 21—Austin, TX—Moody Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 26—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center+ (SOLD OUT)
October 27—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion+ (SOLD OUT)
October 28—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion+ (SOLD OUT)
November 11—Tampa, FL—Walmart Presents: Heroes & Headliners – MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
November 16—Lafayette, LA—Cajundome*
November 17—Houston, TX—Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion*
November 18—Corpus Christi, TX—American Bank Center Arena*
May 4, 2024—Indianapolis, IN—Lucas Oil Stadium#
May 11, 2024—Jacksonville, FL—Everbank Stadium#
May 25, 2024—Ames, IA—Jack Trice Stadium#
June 1, 2024—Charlotte, NC—Bank of America Stadium#
June 8, 2024—East Rutherford, NJ—MetLife Stadium#
June 29, 2024—Salt Lake City, UT—Rice-Eccles Stadium#
July 13, 2024—Detroit, MI—Ford Field#
July 20, 2024—Chicago, IL—Soldier Field#
October 16, 2024—Manchester, England—AO Arena~ (SOLD OUT)
October 17, 2024—Glasgow, Scotland—OVO Hydro Arena~ (SOLD OUT)
October 20, 2024—Dublin, Ireland—3Arena~ (SOLD OUT)
October 22, 2024—Birmingham, England—Utilita Arena~ (SOLD OUT)
October 23, 2024—London, England—The O2~ (SOLD OUT)
December 7, 2024—Las Vegas, NV—Allegiant Stadium#

+with special guests Charley Crockett and Nikki Lane
*with special guest Nikki Lane
#with George Strait and special guest Little Big Town
~with special guest Marty Stuart

The new deluxe version of Joy Oladokun’s acclaimed album, Proof of Life, is out today via Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records. Stream/purchase HERE.
Alongside the album’s thirteen original tracks, the extended edition also features new songs “Black Car” and “Wild Enough,” as well as alternative versions of album tracks “Sweet Symphony” featuring Chris Stapleton, “Somehow” and “Keeping the Light On” among others. See below for complete track list.

With production by Oladokun, Mike Elizondo, Ian Fitchuk, Dan Wilson and Alysa Vanderhym, Proof of Life captures the human experience with a profound simplicity and features collaborations with Stapleton, Noah Kahan, Manchester Orchestra, Mt. Joy and Maxo Kream. Oladokun has continued to receive widespread notice since the release, speaking with The New York Times and performing on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and CMT’s “Campfire Sessions” series. The record was also recently selected as the Nashville Scene’s “Album of the Year,” calling it “cohesive and beautiful.”

In celebration of the music, Oladokun is in the midst of her extensive “Living Proof” headline tour, which includes upcoming stops at Dallas’ Kessler Theater, Austin’s Scoot Inn, Los Angeles’ The Belasco, Seattle’s The Showbox and San Francisco’s The Fillmore among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Proof of Life adds to a series of breakout years for Oladokun, a proud queer Black person and daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Her breakthrough major label debut, in defense of my own happiness, landed on numerous “Best of 2021” lists including at Billboard, Variety, American Songwriter, The Tennessean, Nashville Scene, The Bitter Southerner and NPR Music, who praised, “She has a remarkable ability to distill how forces at work in the world…she can make even social and political protest feel like an intimate, warmly human act.”

Moreover, Oladokun performed at the White House as part of the Respect for Marriage Act signing ceremony and has also performed on “CBS Saturday Morning,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “TODAY,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s “Tiny Desk (Home) Concert” series. Oladokun’s music has also been included in Loudmouth, the recent Al Sharpton documentary, CBS’ “CSI: Vegas,” NBC’s “This Is Us,” ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC’s “Station 19,” NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and HBO’s “And Just Like That,” while her song, “i see america,” was also recently selected as a finalist for the Recording Academy’s new Special Merit Award, Best Song for Social Change.

Widely respected by her peers, Oladokun has collaborated with artists such as Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Jason Isbell, Lucie Silvas and Noah Kahan and has joined Morris, Isbell, My Morning Jacket, Pink Sweat$, Leon Bridges and Manchester Orchestra on the road.

PROOF OF LIFE (DELUXE) TRACK LIST

Disc 1
1. Keeping The Light On
2. Changes
3. Taking Things for Granted
4. Somebody Like Me
5. Friends feat. Mt. Joy
6. You At The Table feat. Manchester Orchestra
7. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton
8. Trying
9. Pride
10. Revolution feat. Maxo Kream
11. The Hard Way
12. We’re All Gonna Die feat. Noah Kahan
13. Somehow

Disc 2
1. Purple Haze
2. Black Car
3. Somehow Intro (Living Proof Version)
4. Somehow (Living Proof Version)
5. Wild Enough
6. Spotlight
7. Keeping the Light On (Living Proof Version)
8. Sweet Symphony feat. Chris Stapleton (Living Proof Version)

JOY OLADOKUN CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
November 4—Dallas, TX—The Kessler Theater^
November 5—Austin, TX—Scoot Inn^
November 7—Santa Fe, NM—Meow Wolf^
November 9—Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up^
November 10—Los Angeles, CA—The Belasco^
November 11—Healdsburg, CA—Little Saint^
November 14—Portland, OR—McMenamins Crystal Ballroom+
November 15—Seattle, WA—The Showbox+
November 16—Eugene, OR—WOW Hall+
November 18—Felton, CA—Felton Music Hall+
November 19—San Francisco, CA—The Fillmore+
January 20, 2024—Miami Beach, FL—Miami Beach Bandshell
^with special guest NNAMDÏ
+with special guest Izzy Heltai

Grammy-winning artist Madison Cunningham debuts her new song, “Subtitles,”—listen/share the track here and watch an accompanying visualizer here.

Of the song, Cunningham details, “‘Subtitles’ is set at the end of the world where there’s this impending disaster that is quickly approaching, and everyone has been warned, yet the people below still bobble around going on and on bickering about human things, misunderstanding each other. It’s poking at the scale of how significant and insignificant everything is. And despite the real elemental forces at work that are beyond our control, we can still be our own means of destruction in our own little worlds.”

“Subtitles” follows the release of the digital deluxe edition of Cunningham’s Grammy-award winning album, Revealer — listen HERE.

The deluxe edition features “Hospital (One Man Down),” her recent collaboration with singer-songwriter and producer Remi Wolf, as well as previously unreleased songs “Death By Suspicion” and “Inventing The Wheel;” Consequence lauds the latter track, noting, “it’s a swirling world of sound that’s held together by Cunningham’s soft lead vocals, which gracefully dance above the acoustic instrumentation.”

Currently, Cunningham is serving as direct support for the entirety of Hozier’s U.S. tour, which kicked off last month with upcoming stops at Morrison’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and more. In addition, Cunningham is set to support John Mayer on his spring 2024 E.U./U.K. solo run. Complete list of dates below.

Revealer was released last year to widespread critical acclaim and took home the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 65th Annual ceremony. Watch Cunningham perform “Life According to Raechel” from the album during the premiere ceremony HERE.

Revealer marks Cunningham’s first Grammy win and fourth nomination overall, having also been nominated for Best American Roots Performance for “Life According To Raechel,” as well as Best Folk Album for Wednesday (Extended Edition) in 2021 and Best Americana Album for Who Are You Now in 2020.

Critical acclaim for Revealer below and read more in interactive one sheet HERE:

“The clear leader of her band of crack, Southern California musicians…she was also our audacious guide, steering us toward exploration with the shrewd parts she played on three different guitars over the course of four songs.”—NPR Music “Tiny Desk”

“[‘Our Rebellion’ is] a perpetual-motion weave of deftly picked guitar lines in a brisk 7/4 meter, stacking up and realigning, jabbing and easing off, sometimes running backward, as the crafty wrangling goes on.”—The New York Times

“She may draw you in with her guitar riffs—intricate, experimental and rhythmically dense. Perhaps it’s her voice, rich in country-rock earthiness yet expressive on a technical level. Maybe it’s the vividly painted character portraits that anchor her lyrics. What your entry point is, the California native expertly balances weirdness and warmth on her second LP, Revealer.”—Relix

“She is such a subtly kickass guitarist, and this record contains one of the most beautiful, tear-jerking ballads I've heard in a really, really long time called ‘Life According To Raechel’” —NPR

“Revealer contains some of the most fearless guitar playing and tones you’ll hear today.” —Guitar World

“Not only is she a master of arranging inimitable indie rock gems, she’s an incredible guitar player, period.”—Consequence

“Her songs feel like perfectly and eccentrically built cupboards, housing everything just so inside different nooks, making well-organized space for the shape of every word and synth swell. From the melodies and arrangements to the lyrics, it is clear that this LP is in the most vulnerable space, one of self-consciousness coupled with a lot of emotion in every possible direction.”— Paste Magazine

MADISON CUNNINGHAM LIVE
October 13—Durant, OK—Choctaw Grand Theater*
October 14—Austin, TX—Scoot Inn
October 15—Austin, TX—Austin City Limits Festival
October 17—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
October 18—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
October 20—West Valley City, UT—Maverik Center*
October 22—Vancouver, BC—Rogers Arena*
October 23—Seattle, WA—Neptune Arena
October 24—Seattle, WA—WaMu Theater*
October 25—Portland, OR—Moda Center*
October 27—San Francisco, CA—Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*
October 28—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl*
October 29—San Diego, CA—Petco Park*
November 1—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre*
November 2—Los Angeles, CA—Teragram Ballroom
November 3—Las Vegas, NV—The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan*
November 4—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl*
March 13—Stockholm, Sweden†
March 15—Oslo, NO—Spektrum†
March 16—Copenhagen, DK—Royal Arena†
March 18—London, UK—The O2†
March 19—London, UK—The O2†
March 21—Amsterdam, ND—Ziggo Dome†
March 22—Amsterdam, ND—Ziggo Dome†
March 24—Paris, FR—Accorhotels Arena†
March 27—Glasglow, UK—OVO Hydro†
March 29—Dublin, IE—3Arena†
April 16—Vienna, VA—The Barns at Wolf Trap
*supporting Hozier
†supporting John Mayer

Emerging singer, songwriter and musician Abby Hamilton’s anticipated debut album, #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo), is out today via Blue Gown Records—a new imprint run by WhizzBangBAM’s Ian Thornton (Tyler Childers) in partnership with Virgin Music. Stream/purchase HERE.

Already receiving critical acclaim, American Songwriter praises, “infectious…introducing the acclaimed songsmith’s captivating blend of folk and indie rock,” while Holler declares, “one of the genre’s stars of tomorrow…stellar vocals and intricate lyricism” and 303 Magazine proclaims, “impressive…absolutely worth keeping an eye on.”
In conjunction with the release, the official music video for album track, “Lucky,” is also debuting today—watch/share HERE. Of the song, Hamilton shares, “An earnest story of a girl trying to find her way in this world. The youngest daughter to a loving father and absent mother, she finds her way through life playing airport bars and dive bars. Her eldest brother returns from Afghanistan and she thinks of how many ways there are for people to find freedom and a life worth living. No matter how hard life is, we really are all so similar. She resolves to say, ‘Aren't we all just trying to get lucky?’”

Produced by Justin Craig and Duane Lundy, #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo) is filled with Hamilton’s sharp lyrical perspective and entrancing vocals, further establishing her as one of music’s most intriguing new voices. Across these ten vulnerable tracks, Hamilton recounts personal experiences with a universal relatability, all over a captivating blend of folk and indie rock.

In celebration of the new music, Hamilton will continue to tour through the fall including upcoming headline shows at St. Louis’ Off Broadway, Omaha’s Slowdown, Bozeman’s Live from the Divide (two nights) and Denver’s Globe Hall as well as several dates supporting Deer Tick. See below for complete itinerary.

In addition to signing with Blue Gown Records, Hamilton has also signed a publishing deal with Limited Edition Musicin partnership with Warner Chappell Music. Of the deal, Greg Sowders and Marc Wilson, Co-Presidents of Limited Edition Music Publishing, share, “Limited Edition Music Publishing proudly welcomes Abby Hamilton to our family of extraordinary artists. With her unique sound and unparalleled artistry, Abby’s music transcends boundaries and resonates with the deepest corners of the soul.
Reflecting on the album, Hamilton shares, “This is an album about the worlds we create to cope with the world we are in. The places we go to for comfort within ourselves when we are grieving, strategizing, fantasizing, creating, and so on. These songs are fake worlds rooted in my own experiences processed through my own lens of anxiety and hope. I hope this brings comfort to those who are in the process (whatever that may be). You are not alone. I was not alone in creating it either. With the help of Duane Lundy, Justin Craig, Zac Hamilton, Zach Martin, Carson Childers, and many more, I was aided in creating a sonic landscape that supported the fantasy vision. The goal was to integrate the sounds of country, rock, and anthemic choruses to create my own footprint. Tucked away in the studio for 5 months in Kentucky, we found a sound I am so proud of. #1 Zookeeper will always be the perfect timestamp to me of the process it takes to truly know and love yourself.”

Born and raised in Nicholasville, KY, Hamilton has garnered a reputation as an engaging live performer and musician. In the past few years, she has opened for artists such as Tyler Childers, Shakey Graves, Wynonna Judd, Blackberry Smoke, Kelsey Waldon and The Mountain Goats and also performed at many major festivals including Bonnaroo, AmericanaFest, Railbird, Luck Reunion and more. Ahead of her full-length debut, Hamilton released her EP, Afraid of the Dark (Live Sessions), in 2022 of which Brooklyn Vegan praised, “showcases Abby’s grizzled-yet-soaring voice.”

#1 ZOOKEEPER (OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO) TRACK LIST
1. Lucky
2. Good Thing
 3. Baby Let’s Ride
4. Mayday
5. #1 Zookeeper (of the San Diego Zoo)
6. Soccer Field
7. Satisfied
8. Whatever Helps You Sleep
9. Fine
10. Displacer

ABBY HAMILTON CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
October 22—Columbia, MO—Rose Music Hall
October 23—St. Louis, MO—Off Broadway
October 24—Omaha, NE—Slowdown
October 27—Bozeman, MT—Live From The Divide
October 28—Bozeman, MT—Live From The Divide
October 31—Seattle, WA—The Crocodile+
November 1—Portland, OR—Aladdin Theater+
November 4—Denver, CO—Bluebird Theater+
November 5—Denver, CO—Globe Hall
November 8—Minneapolis, MN—Fine Line+
November 9—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall+
November 10—Ferndale, MI—The Loving Touch+
November 11—Toronto, ON—The Opera House+
November 12—Homer, NY—Center for the Arts of Homer+
November 14—Washington, DC—9:30 Club+
November 15—New York, NY—Warsaw+
November 17—Philadelphia, PA—Union Transfer+
November 18—Boston, MA—House of Blues+
November 20—Pittsburgh, PA—Club Cafe
+with Deer Tick

“Outlaws and Mustangs,” the new single from multi-platinum, award-winning independent artist Cody Jinks, is out today via his own label, Late August Records. Listen/share HERE. 

Of the single, written by Jinks and Tennessee Jet, Jinks shares, “This is a song about finding yourself. Seeking the light and what’s out there.” “Outlaws and Mustangs” is Jinks’ first release following his 2021 album, Mercy, and adds to yet another notable year for the trailblazing artist, who will be unveiling more new music soon.

Known for his electric live performances, Jinks will continue to tour through 2024 including 14 newly confirmed headlines shows with stops at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater and San Diego’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park among many others. Jinks will also join Luke Combs for select dates next year as part of his “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” stadium tour. See below for complete tour itinerary. Tickets for the new dates will go on-sale next Friday, October 27 at 12:00pm local time, full details can be found at www.codyjinks.com.

Based in Texas, Jinks is one of music’s most prolific and beloved independent musicians. Throughout his ground-breaking career, he has sold over 2 million tickets, released ten studio albums, sold more than 2 million equivalent units and garnered more than 3.5 billion streams across platforms with over 1 billion streams on Spotify and 1.7 billion streams on Pandora, earning him a Pandora Radio Billions Award.

Additionally, Jinks was named Music Row’s 2023 Independent Artist of the Year—his second time receiving the award—and earned new RIAA certifications for his songs “Loud and Heavy” (2x Platinum), “Hippies & Cowboys” (Platinum), “Must Be The Whiskey” (Platinum), “Mamma Song” (Gold), “I’m Not The Devil” (Gold) and “Cast No Stones” (Gold) as well as for his acclaimed album, Adobe Sessions (Gold).

Continually committed to supporting and protecting independently minded artists, Jinks recently launched an unprecedented partnership between Late August Records and The Orchard with their first signing, Erin Viancourt, who released her debut album, Won’t Die This Way, this summer to critical acclaim.

CODY JINKS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES

October 21—Fort Worth, TX— Gordy’s HWY30 Music Fest – Texas Motor Speedway
November 3—Ottumwa, IA—Bridge View Center
November 4—Bloomington, IL—Grossinger Motors Arena*
November 17—Newkirk, OK—First Council Casino*
November 18—Newkirk, OK—First Council Casino*
December 8—Las Vegas, NV—Dolby Live at Park MGM
December 9—Las Vegas, NV—Dolby Live at Park MGM
April 11, 2024—Cedar Rapids, IA—Alliant Energy Powerhouse+
April 12, 2024—Milwaukee, WI—American Family Field#
April 13, 2024—Kalamazoo, MI—Wings Event Center+
April 27, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheater^
May 2, 2024—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater^
May 3, 2024—Jacksonville, FL—Everbank Stadium#
May 4, 2024—Wilmington, NC—Oak Bank Pavilion^
May 10, 2024—San Antonio, TX—Alamodome#
May 17, 2024—Santa Clara, CA—Levi’s Stadium#
May 18, 2024—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl^
May 19, 2024—Bakersfield, CA—Mechanics Arena^
May 31, 2024—Phoenix, AZ—State Farm Stadium#
June 1, 2024—San Diego, CA—Rady Shell at Jacobs Park+
June 2, 2024—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theater+
June 7, 2024—Salt Lake City, UT—Rice Eccles Stadium#
June 8, 2024—Grand Junction, CO—Los Colonias Amphitheater~
June 9, 2024—Colorado Springs, CO—Broadmoor World Arena~
June 19-22, 2024—Filer, ID—Gordy’s HWY30 Music Fest—Twin Falls County Fairgrounds
July 18, 2024—Buffalo, NY—CMAC Amphitheater+
July 19, 2024—East Rutherford, NJ—Metlife Stadium#
August 1, 2024—St. Louis, MO—St. Louis Music Park^
August 2, 2024—Cincinnati, OH—Paycor Stadium#
August 3, 2024—Kansas City, MO—Starlight Theatre^
August 9, 2024—Houston. TX—NRG Stadium#
*with special guest Erin Viancourt
+with special guest Blackberry Smoke
#supporting Luke Combs
^with special guests The Steel Woods
~with special guest Ward Davis

To coincide with what would have been the legendary rock star’s 73rd birthday, Amazon Music is proud to make the critically acclaimed documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers available on Prime Video.

Fans can now watch the film in the comfort of their own homes on Prime Video HERE, and Amazon Music customers can see bonus, never-before-seen interview footage exclusively via Amazon Music HERE. The 89-minute documentary directed by Mary Wharton offers a look into the creative mastery and personal life of the universally beloved rock star, capturing the period of 1993-1995 when Petty worked with legendary producer Rick Rubin for the first time. It features rarely seen footage drawn from an archive of 16mm film, alongside interviews with album co-producer and Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell, Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench and many more. The picture also digs deeper into the complete Wildflowers sessions—2020’s critically acclaimed, certified Gold Wildflowers & All The Rest, distributed via Warner Records, which revealed the long anticipated second half of Tom’s autobiographical masterpiece

Amazon Music is also excited to debut “What’s The Matter With Louise,” a brand-new, never-before-heard Amazon Music Original song from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. Drawn from the same famed recording sessions that resulted in Petty’s landmark Wildflowers album, the previously unreleased song provides a freewheeling look at one of Petty’s most revered recording sessions. Available exclusively on Amazon Music, the song can be heard HERE. In addition, Amazon Music customers will have access to nearly 15 minutes of unreleased Wildflowers-era footage and additional interview footage, as well as a the never-before-heard track “What’s The Matter With Louise” from the Wildflowers sessions.

The documentary is available alongside a collection of offerings from The Petty Estate to commemorate the late icon’s birthday. A special vinyl reissue of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ acclaimed 2010 album Mojo is also out today. Highly requested by fans, the reissue is available in a limited-edition translucent ruby red double vinyl LP pressing, as well as in immersive Dolby Atmos and Spatial formats; order HERE. The vinyl arrives alongside Extra Mojo Version, a digital version of the critically acclaimed 2010 blues album featuring two previously unreleased tracks; listen to the digital record HERE.

Additionally, Petty’s birthday marks the 10th anniversary of the Tom Petty Nation fan club. Fans are invited to attend their annual birthday gathering in Gainesville, FL where SiriusXM’s “Tom Petty Radio” will broadcast onsite at Tom Petty Weekend at Heartwood Soundstage. Fans will also have access to new exclusive items and designs from the newly launched Amazon Official Tom Petty Store HERE.

Further festivities include the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s “Wildflowers” exhibit which opened at The Cade Museum in June and runs through the end of the year.

Known for creating the innovative and much-lauded Music Vacation boutique festival experience, Topeka partners with Tedeschi Trucks Band for another exciting weekend on the shores of Miramar Beach, Florida. “Sun, Sand and Soul Beach Weekend” will take place May 2-4, 2024. More info HERE.

Led by Grammy-award winners Tedeschi Trucks Band—who will headline two of the three nights—the weekend will also see performances by JJ Grey & Mofro, The Teskey Brothers, Blackberry Smoke, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Maggie Rose, Duane Betts and Karina Rykman.

Pre-sale registration begins today at 2pm EST, with general on-sale starting November 3rd at 2pm EST. More info and passes HERE.

“Sun, Sand and Soul Beach Weekend” joins the ever-growing lineup of unique, intimate music vacation experiences created by Topeka. Earlier this year, the company announced the beloved Moon Crush will return for its fourth year with a “Pink Moon” installment April 18-21, 2024, and boasts a stellar lineup of Noah Kahan, Lake Street Dive, Marcus King, The Revivalists, Charley Crockett, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Head and the Heart, Dawes, Larkin Poe and more. Passes are on sale now HERE.

The following weekend will see Lauren Daigle’s “Kaleidoscope Beach Weekend,” April 25-27, 2024. The three evenings of music with performances by Daigle all three nights, including a special Worship night,  plus headliners Jon Batiste, Natalie Hemby, Kari Jobe, Ellie Holcomb and more. Passes are on sale now HERE.

Topeka unveiled their one-of-a-kind Music Vacation in 2021 with the first installment of Moon Crush—the first multi-day destination event in the country following COVID. They immediately gained nationwide recognition for their innovative take on the classic music festival. The inaugural event saw a host of praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Uproxx, People, American Songwriter and more.

Guests can enjoy close proximity to the beautiful beaches and vacation activities during the day, followed by evenings of music from some of the biggest household names performing on one huge outdoor stage. Family-friendly accommodations are available to ensure everyone feels at home at this Music Vacation built for everyone.

By reserving a personal Cove for friends and family, guests can enjoy the shows in their own private space complete with on demand food and drink hand delivered by one of the incredible Topeka team members (within five minutes!) The creation of Coves means not wasting precious time in long concession lines, giving attendees more time to create memories “Crushin” on their loved ones and favorite artists.

About Tedeschi Trucks Band:
Led by the husband/wife duo of guitarist Derek Trucks and singer/guitarist Susan Tedeschi - hailed as “two of the best roots rock musicians of their generation” (NPR), the 12-piece group is known globally for their unmistakable sound and world-class musicianship that seamlessly blends distinctive genres of American music.
Since forming in 2010, TTB’s caravan has traveled countless miles to bring their music to audiences around the world. With a large catalog that spans rock, blues, jazz and even country, no setlist is ever the same, leaving their ever-growing fan base of all-ages returning again and again for electrifying performances. In the fall of 2023, Tedeschi Trucks Band played a pair of career-defining arena shows at TD Garden in Boston and Madison Square Garden in New York City. Dubbed “The Garden Parties” the pair of gigs saw praise from Relix who raved of the group's “seasoned grace and artistry.”  From sold-out multi-night residencies across America to tours through Europe and Japan, to their flagship annual summer amphitheater tours, the band's shows are an eagerly anticipated highlight of the live music calendar and “nothing short of exhilarating” (Salon).

About Topeka:
Welcome to Topeka, where we redefine the music vacation experience. Nestled close to the picturesque Seascape Beach, our innovative venue offers a unique "No Line" concert experience, where guests can immerse in live music from the comfort of their personal Cove. With offerings ranging from local culinary delights, beverage and merchandise delivered within minutes to the inclusionary approach with no VIP areas, every detail caters to genuine music enjoyment and authentic human connections. Inspired by a scene from "Almost Famous", Topeka is a community that prioritizes real connections, moments under the moon, and the power of live music. Whether you're a family, a couple, a group of friends, or coming solo, the Topeka team looks after you and ensures an unparalleled blend of music, beach, and connection. Topeka was created by Andy Levine, Founder of Sixthman.

Fresh off the heels of his sold-out “Live and In Person 2023” North American tour, John Mellencamp confirms its continuation with “Live and In Person 2024.” Mellencamp will perform for one night only in 27 new cities.

Presented by longtime promoter AEG Presents, the tour will begin in Rochester, NY on March 8 and conclude in Savannah, GA on April 23. Mellencamp will also perform in Newark, NJ, Hartford, CT, Birmingham, AL, Green Bay, WI, Washington, D.C. and more. Complete list of dates below.

Citi card members will have access to purchase presale tickets for all US dates beginning Tuesday, October 31 at 10am local time until Thursday, November 2 at 10pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com. (confirming)

Register now at mellencamp.com for the Mellencamp mailing list presale beginning November 1 at 10AM local time.

A limited number of exclusive VIP packages will also be available starting Tuesday, October 31 at 10am local time. These exclusive offers an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, autographed memorabilia, special merchandise and more. Tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Friday, November 3 at 10AM local time.

The new dates celebrate Mellencamp’s most recent album, Orpheus Descending, released to widespread critical acclaim this June on Republic Records.

He will continue to perform songs from the new LP, Orpheus Descending, during his live set. The Chicago Tribune says “Awash in death, ‘Hey God’ functioned as a plea for deliverance from senseless gun violence. Preceded by a story about his encounter with a 20-something homeless woman, the solo acoustic ‘The Eyes of Portland’ took aim at the empty “thoughts and prayers” condolences offered as a solution to major tragedies and dilemmas.”

Orpheus Descending, produced by Mellencamp and recorded at his own Belmont Mall Studio, marks Mellencamp’s twenty-fifth studio album. One of his most personal records to date, standout tracks “Hey God” and “The Eyes of Portland” focus on social issues Mellencamp continues to passionately advocate for.

Mellencamp is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a recipient of the John Steinbeck Award, ASCAP Foundation’s Champion Award, The Woody Guthrie Award and Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award and more recently, the Founders Award, the top honor assigned by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Last year, he released a deluxe edition reissue of his beloved seminal album, Scarecrow, which features a massive collection of bonus tracks, rarities and more never previously shared before. Listen HERE. His critically acclaimed studio LP, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack, was released early last year to praise from The New York Times, NPR Music, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more.

Mellencamp has continued to focus on another facet of his artistic expression: painting. Last year, he released a self-curated book of his work, John Mellencamp: Paintings and Assemblages, which is out now on Rizzoli New York.

JOHN MELLENCAMP LIVE AND IN PERSON 2024 TOUR
March 8—Rochester, NY—West Herr Auditorium Theatre
March 10—Newark, NJ—New Jersey Performing Arts Center
March 11—Worcester, MA—The Hanover Theatre
March 13—Hartford, CT—The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts
March 14—Schenectady, NY—Proctors
March 16—Erie, PA—Warner Theatre
March 17—Toledo, OH—Stranahan Theater
March 19—East Lansing, MI—Wharton Center
March 20—Richmond, KY—EKU Center for the Arts
March 22—Muncie, IN—Emens Auditorium
March 23—Springfield, IL—UIS Performing Arts Center
March 25—Green Bay, WI—The Weidner
March 26—Madison, WI—Overture Center for the Arts
March 27—Rockford, IL—Coronado Performing Arts Center
April 4—Duluth, MN—DECC Symphony Hall
April 5—Des Moines, IA—Des Moines Civic Center
April 7—Omaha, NE—Orpheum Theater
April 9—Springfield, MO—Juanita K. Hammons Hall for Performing Arts
April 10—Little Rock, AR—Robinson Center
April 12—Birmingham, AL—BJCC Concert Hall
April 14—Greensboro, NC—Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
April 15—Chattanooga, TN—Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
April 17—Fayetteville, NC—Crown Theatre
April 18—Washington, D.C.—DAR Constitution Hall
April 20—Columbia, SC—Township Auditorium
April 21—Norfolk, VA—Chrysler Hall
April 23—Savannah, GA—Johnny Mercer Theatre

Currently in its 39th year of operation, beloved non-profit the ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) is in great need of support as it faces an uncertain future. ARC is a trusted, one-of-a-kind institution, the largest popular music collection in the world.

Through a generous donation of facilities by André Balazs the collection has been safe and in storage for nearly three years. Collecting and cataloging has continued, but strict zoning laws prevent ARC’s expansion and public access. Without a new home, more than three million recordings, as well as millions of historic materials spanning all cultures and races, could disappear forever.

ARC has already received a generous anonymous donation of one million dollars that will help move their extensive collection out of their current Hudson Valley space, but more is urgently needed. Go to our story to learn more about ARC, or visit our website arcmusic.org.

The non-profit is seeking crucial funding to continue their preservation of music history. Collections that are currently at risk include Keith Richards’ Blues Collection, one of the most extensive collection of blues and R&B recordings in the world, funded by ARC board member Richards for more than 16 years, as well as their Zero Freitas Brazilian Music Collection which has made ARC home to the largest collection of Brazilian music outside of Brazil.

The Jeep Holland Collection is housed at ARC, which contains more than 125,000 classic rock and pop recordings and over 2500 signed albums from the likes of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley and Sex Pistols, while the Jonathan Demme Haitian Music Collection contains ARC board member Jonathan Demme’s personal collection of Haitian albums. ARC is also home to massive collections of mint or sealed recordings from the estates of Richard W. Zirinsky Jr., Mark Steven Jacobson, Malcom Forbes and many others. ARC maintains leading collections of Broadway, African, Punk, Jazz, C&W, Folk, Hip-Hop and Experimental recordings. Artists and music critics like John Rockwell, Jerry Bock, David Byrne and Jon Pareles have trusted ARC to preserve their recordings, books and papers.

Currently searching for a new, permanent home, ARC is opening a new chapter as an institution. The initial donations provide the first step in constructing a new facility that will allow students, educators, historians, musicians, authors, journalists as well as fans and general public access to the world’s rich musical heritage.

Donations for a new building are not only essential in supporting the archives and collections themselves, but will help the expansion of educational programming, community gatherings, listening events and more towards ARC’s ultimate goal of transitioning from an archive to a thriving, living public institution with the creation of The Center for Popular Music in New York.

ARC’s current board of advisors includes Jellybean Benitez, Youssou N’Dour, Q-Tip, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, Fred Schneider, Martin Scorsese, Paul Simon and Mike Stoller, with an emeritus board of Carl Bernstein, David Bowie, Jonathan Demme, Michael Feinstein, Ellie Greenwich, John Hammond, Jerry Leiber, Earl McGrath, Lou Reed and Jerry Wexler.

Founded by current director B. George and the late David Wheeler in 1985, the ARChive of Contemporary Music is a not-for-profit archive, music library and research center originally located in New York City. The recording industry had long neglected the preservation of its own heritage, with many historic recording and artifacts misplaced and destroyed throughout the years; ARC was established with a mission to change this trajectory and continues to grow daily as hundreds of record companies, publishers, distributors, collectors, artists and music fans continue to donate new materials to their collection.

Marking the 16th anniversary of its original release, Nathaniel Rateliff is set for the official re-release of his 2007 album Desire and Dissolving Men.

Despite limited distribution in its day, the record gained a cult following and can now be found on all DSPs. The first ever pressing on vinyl is also available at Rateliff’s online store HERE and on his current sold out “And It’s Still Alright Tour,” a nine-month reboot of the 2020 run with his folk band which was cut short due to COVID.

The album was recorded largely on an eight-track in Rateliff’s living room while the prolific multi-instrumentalist was grappling with longing, languor and lamentation. Featuring his most personal and somber songwriting to date, Desire and Dissolving Men “is the first album I’ve ever made on which all of the songs I recorded are exactly what I wanted them to be,” notes Rateliff. “I like that there are little things in every song. Maybe it was the middle of the night and there are crickets in the background, or it was early morning and there are birds in the song.”

Growing up in Herman, Missouri, Nathaniel Rateliff started his music career playing in his family’s band at church and music became an obsession for him and his friends. In seventh grade Rateliff's father was killed in a car crash, which forced him to drop out of school to help provide for his family. One of Rateliff's full-time jobs was working as a janitor at what would have been his high school. At 19, Rateliff moved to Denver where he worked night shifts at a bottle factory and a trucking company while testing out songs at open-mic nights. After playing rock music in various incarnations, Rateliff began gravitating towards a folkier sound, first captured on 2007’s Desire and Dissolving Men. In 2010 he released In Memory of Loss, a solo album on Rounder Records. In 2013 Rateliff released Falling Faster Than You Can Run on modyvi records, followed by the Closer ep, and 2020’s gorgeous And it’s Still Allright on Stax Records. Since 2015, Rateliff has also led the high-octane, horn-flanked band the Night Sweats, releasing their third album The Future in 2021. See the insightful CBS Sunday segment on Rateliff HERE.

GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter and musician Gregory Alan Isakov will continue to tour through next year including headline shows at Tulsa’s Cain’s Ballroom, Dallas’ The Factory in Deep Ellum, Austin’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater, Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre, Oakland’s Fox Theater and Albuquerque’s Kiva Auditorium among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Tickets will go on-sale this Friday, November 10 at 10:00am local time. Full details can be found at www.gregoryalanisakov.com/tour. $1 per ticket will be donated to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization, who are dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.

In addition to the newly confirmed dates, Isakov will also perform back-to-back nights at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre next year on Sunday, September 1 and Monday, September 2, the first of which sold-out shortly after tickets went on-sale.

The upcoming performances celebrate Isakov’s acclaimed new album, Appaloosa Bones, which was released earlier this year via Dualtone Records and Isakov’s own label, Suitcase Town Music (stream/purchase here). Isakov’s studio session recorded with KEXP Public Radio is live today, in which he performs four songs from the album: “The Fall,” “Before the Sun,” “Miles to Go” and “Watchman.”

Critical acclaim for Appaloosa Bones:
“His new songs are relentlessly majestic, a kind of musical morphine, invariably soothing… Simple. Straightforward. Utterly evocative.”—Associated Press
“he’s continuing to make expertly-tooled music…it’s reliably beautiful and starkly self-possessed throughout”—Paste
“The album is a lush, full and comforting collection of thoughtful songs, superimposed with harmonies that feel like a hug or a warm cup of tea.”—The Tennessean
“few artists can do it quite as well as him…intelligent, eloquent songwriting”—PopMatters
 “this is Isakov’s genius. He turns a short poem into a magnificent piece of music that can captivate for hours.”—No Depression
“It’s an album of inner strength and perseverance, passion and resolve, emerging from some of humanity’s darkest days and glowing with an inspiring, comforting light.”
—Atwood Magazine
“Prime Isakov: his velvet baritone glides over elegant and shimmering Wild West mirages”
—UNCUT
“Introspective lyrics and cumulus melodies…Isakov’s most panoramic album”—Mojo
“stretches out his signature sound even further than he intended, with melodies made to get yourself lost on mountain back roads”—Americana Highways
 “Isakov’s powerful lyrics sung in his wistful voice are enough to lead you home.”
—303 Magazine
“The eleven songs here are well-articulated, gorgeously atmospheric, and brought to life through the somber tones of Isakov’s striking voice.”—Sputnik Music
“fulfilling our indie-folk dreams left and right…consistent and unwavering.”
—The Honey Pop

Produced by Isakov and Andrew Berlin (Descendents, Rise Against) and recorded at Isakov’s farm outside of Boulder, Appaloosa Bones is his first new album in nearly five years and is filled with his signature “emotionally evocative songwriting style” (NPR Music). With these eleven tracks, Isakov creates an atmospheric collection, infusing lush harmonies with layered instrumental textures of guitars, banjos and piano, many of which he played himself.

Reflecting on the album, Isakov shares, “I set out to make a folky, small lo-fi rock ‘n’ roll record. And then the songs kind of told me, ‘No, this is what it’s going to be.’ And so I said, ‘OK,’ and after a while, I was just holding onto the reins, waiting to see where it was going and how the material worked. What I found was a collection of songs that brought me back to when I was starting out playing with the band—traveling a lot in the van, playing throughout the Southwest and West. These wide open landscapes had this quietness and expansive deepness that grounded me and evoked a lot of the curiosities I was drawn to when I started writing songs.”

Beloved by his devoted community of fans and critics alike, Isakov has garnered over 1 billion streams to date and recently reached over 6.1 million monthly Spotify listeners. He has released five full-length studio albums, including 2018’s Evening Machines, which was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. Of the record, NPR Music praised, “rich in narrative detail and beautifully contemplative,” while Billboard asserted, “characteristically ruminative…blending a gentle spaciousness with dusky atmospheres and carefully nuanced textures” and Rolling Stone declared, “beautiful collisions of acoustic instruments, Isakov’s soothing vocals and otherworldly noise.” Additionally, Isakov’s music has been featured in hit shows such as Grey’s Anatomy, Big Sky, A Million Little Things, The Haunting of Hill House, Virgin River, The Blacklist, This is Us and many more.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and raised in Philadelphia, Isakov now calls Colorado home. When he isn’t on the road, he spends much of his time writing and recording songs in his barn studio, as well as running Starling Farm (his farm in Boulder County), which provides produce to the farm’s CSA members, local restaurants, and Community Food Share (a Boulder County food bank).

APPALOOSA BONES TRACK LIST
1. The Fall
2. Before the Sun
3. Appaloosa Bones
4. Silver Bell
5. Watchman
6. Miles to Go
7. Terlingua
8. Mistakes
9. One Day
10. Sweet Heat Lightning
11. Feed Your Horses

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, November 10 at 10:00am local time
November 21—Glasgow, UK—SWG3 Galvanizers Yard
November 22—Dublin, Ireland—National Stadium+
November 23—Manchester, UK—Albert Hall+
November 25—London, UK—Roundhouse+ (SOLD OUT)
November 27—Winterthur, Switzerland—Salzhaus
November 29—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso (SOLD OUT)
November 30—Eindhoven, Netherlands—Muziekgebouw
December 1—Groningen, Netherlands—De Oosterport
December 2—Antwerp, Belgium—De Roma
December 4—Cologne, Germany—Kantine
December 5—Hamburg, Germany—Uebel & Gefaehrilch
December 6—Berlin, Germany—Metropol
December 7—Copenhagen, Denmark—Pumpehuset (SOLD OUT)
December 8—Oslo, Norway—Vulkan Arena
December 10—Stockholm, Sweden—Cirkus
January 23, 2024—Wellington, New Zealand—San Fran
January 25, 2024—Auckland, New Zealand—Tuning Fork (SOLD OUT)
January 27, 2024—Brisbane, Australia—Tivoli
January 28, 2024—Melbourne, Australia—Forum
January 29, 2024—Adelaide, Australia—The Gov
January 31, 2024—Fremantle, Australia—Freo Social Club
February 1, 2024—Sydney, Australia—Factory Theatre
February 2, 2024—Sydney, Australia—Metro Theatre (SOLD OUT)
February 28, 2024—Wichita, KS—The Cotillion*
February 29, 2024—Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom*
March 1, 2024—Dallas, TX—The Factory in Deep Ellum*
March 2, 2024—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theater*
March 5, 2024—Tucson, AZ—Rialto Theatre*
March 7, 2024—Del Mar, CA—The Sound#
March 8, 2024—Santa Barbara, CA—The Arlington Theatre#
March 9, 2024—Oakland, CA—Fox Theater#
March 12, 2024—Flagstaff, AZ—The Orpheum Theater^
March 13, 2024—Albuquerque, NM—Kiva Auditorium^
April 9-13, 2024—Riviera Maya, Mexico—Avett Brothers at the Beach
September 1, 2024—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)
September 2, 2024—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre

+with special guest Jeremiah Fraites (of The Lumineers)
*with special guest Leif Vollebekk
#with special guest Damien Jurado
^with special guest Bonnie Paine (of Elephant Revival)

In a captivating blend of rustic charm and vibrant melodies, Shakey Graves, the stage name for the multi-faceted musician Alejandro Rose-Garcia, has released a new live video for "Ready or Not" featuring the omnipotent Sierra Ferrell. The video, emanating from the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater, showcases a track from his lauded album "Movie of the Week." The song, "Ready or Not," emerges in a new avatar, echoing through the natural acoustics of Red Rocks and stirring the soul of folk-rock enthusiasts.

"Movie of the Week" has been hailed far and wide, carrying with it the unique backstory of music originally conceived for a film that never saw the light. Rose-Garcia reimagined these tunes into what critics are celebrating as his most sonically ambitious project to date. The full album can be experienced here.

In a groundbreaking move, Rose-Garcia has also introduced an AI-powered feature on his website, allowing fans to engage with the album in an unprecedented manner. This innovative tool enables listeners to create personalized versions of the album from a plethora of alternative takes. Fans are invited to explore this feature and craft their individual "Movie of the Week" here.

Rose-Garcia shares his vision: “My ambition was to craft a perpetually evolving album. I wanted to hand over the reins to the listeners, allowing them to piece together their unique 'Movie of the Week' with the album's songs providing an ever-changing score. The resulting experience is designed to be distinct with each visit."

Shakey Graves is in full swing with a US tour, captivating audiences with his live performances. The complete list of tour dates is available here, with highlights including stops at Phoenix, Nashville, Atlanta, and Chicago.

Shakey Graves Live Tour Dates:

• November 6 – The Signal – Chattanooga, TN††
• November 8 – Roxian Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA††
• November 9 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT††
• November 11 – Massey Hall – Toronto, ON††
• November 12 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
• November 13 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC††
• November 14 – Roadrunner – Boston, MA**
• November 16 – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH**
• November 17 – The Salt Shed – Chicago, IL**
• November 18 – The Sylvee – Madison, WI**
• November 19 – Egyptian Room-Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN**

*with Lucius † with Abraham Alexander ‡ with Trampled by Turtles § with flipturn ** with Rayland Baxter ††Sadurn

Craft Recordings is celebrating the 25th anniversary of R.E.M.’s bestselling 11th studio album Up with a series of expanded and remastered reissues, all of which are available to purchase/stream now. Created in partnership with the band, the Deluxe 2-CD/1 Blu-Ray edition offers a wealth of material for fans, including the band’s previously unreleased set from their guest appearance on the hit TV series “Party of Five.” Captured in 1999, the performance includes an 11-song setlist—including enduring hits like “Man on the Moon,” “Losing My Religion,” and “It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)”—plus a spoken-word introduction. The accompanying Blu-ray features HD music videos from the 1998 album (“Daysleeper,” “Lotus” and “At My Most Beautiful”), a six-song performance from the era (titled Uptake) recorded in a London studio, the album’s original EPK film This Way Up by filmmakers Emer Patten and Nick Wickham, plus stunning hi-resolution and 5.1 surround sound audio. Housed in a 32-page hardcover book, the collection also includes new liner notes from journalist and Talkhouse Executive Editor Josh Modell (A.V. Club, SPIN, Rolling Stone, Vulture) featuring new interviews with the band members.

Bassist Mike Mills recently discussed the band’s work on the record and reissue with Rolling Stone—read the story HERE—while UPROXX notes that the reissue casts “a new spotlight on R.E.M.’s most underrated LP” and hails Up as a “truly great LP…perhaps the best and truest rock album ever about processing the trauma of your friend leaving the band you started together.” The Associated Press goes on to call Up “a curious and challenging collection that…reveals more interesting things with each listen,” and American Songwriter raves that Up is a “strange and beautiful album…an exquisite piece of experimentalism from a band reinventing in front of an audience—loyal and loving—and may be the peak of their journey from Athens, Georgia.”

The expanded reissue, which features the album plus the “Party of Five” performance in its entirety, is also available in 2-CD, digital and hi-res configurations, while the 14-track, 2-LP album will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl. Commemorative Up merchandise is also available exclusively at R.E.M.’s official store. All reissue formats feature newly remastered audio by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering.

R.E.M.’s appearance on “Party of Five” (which launched the careers of Matthew Fox and Neve Campbell, among others) remains a fond memory. “The intersection of visual and musical art is always interesting, so it was cool to be a part of TV,” recalls Mills.

The intimate concert, recorded at Los Angeles’ Palace Theatre, was populated by R.E.M. fan club members and served as an opportunity for the band to rehearse their latest material—plus beloved hits—ahead of touring. “There are dozens of great R.E.M. live sets out there, but nothing quite like this up-close oddity,” writes Josh Modell. “Loose and happy, the band runs through a good chunk of Up in front of a small crowd…Stipe is chatty, telling stories about accidentally ripping off Billy Corgan (and telling Corgan about it), playing with the Human League on a funny stage at that very venue, and more.”

About R.E.M.:
Having established a powerful legacy as one of the most enduring and essential rock bands in popular music history, R.E.M. pioneered the alt-rock movement of the ’90s, influencing the likes of Radiohead, Nirvana, Pavement and Pearl Jam. Formed in 1980, the group enjoyed an extraordinary three-decade-long run of creative vitality and multi-platinum sales before amicably disbanding in 2011. Despite great success, the band members never lost track of their core values—remaining outspoken in their views about political, social, and environmental issues, and never wavering when it came to artistic integrity. Throughout the course of their career together R.E.M. released a total of 15 studio albums, won three GRAMMY® Awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

About Craft Recordings:
Craft Recordings is home to one of the largest and most essential collections of master recordings and compositions in the world. Its storied repertoire includes landmark releases from icons such as Joan Baez, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Celia Cruz, Miles Davis, Isaac Hayes, John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, R.E.M., Joan Sebastian and Traveling Wilburys. Plus, the catalog recordings of celebrated contemporary acts including A Day to Remember, Evanescence, Alison Krauss, Nine Inch Nails, Taking Back Sunday and Violent Femmes, to name just a few. Renowned imprints with catalogs issued under the Craft banner include Fania, Fantasy, Fearless, Musart, Nitro, Panart, Prestige, Riverside, Rounder, Specialty, Stax, Vanguard, Varèse Sarabande, Vee-Jay and Victory, among many others. Craft creates thoughtfully curated packages, with a meticulous devotion to quality and a commitment to preservation—ensuring that these recordings endure for new generations to discover. Craft is also home to the Billie Holiday and Tammy Wynette estates which preserve and protect their respective names, likeness and music through day-to-day legacy management of these cultural trailblazers.

Acclaimed artist Madison Cunningham is nominated for “Best American Roots Performance” for “Inventing the Wheel” at the 66th Annual GRAMMY® Awards.

This is Cunningham’s fifth GRAMMY® nomination. Revealer was released last year to widespread critical acclaim and took home the GRAMMY® Award for Best Folk Album at the 65th Annual ceremony. Cunningham earned nods for “Best Folk Album” for Wednesday (Extended Edition), “Best Americana Album” for Who Are You Now and “Best American Roots Performance” for “Life According to Raechel.”

Revealer (Deluxe Edition) is out now on Verve Forecast and has received praise from The New York Times, NPR Music and more. Listen HERE.

Cunningham just finished serving as direct support for the entirety of Hozier’s U.S. tour, a 25-city run including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl and more. In addition, Cunningham is set to support John Mayer on his spring 2024 E.U./U.K. solo run. See below for a complete list of dates.

“The clear leader of her band of crack, Southern California musicians…she was also our audacious guide, steering us toward exploration with the shrewd parts she played on three different guitars over the course of four songs.”—NPR Music “Tiny Desk”

“[‘Our Rebellion’ is] a perpetual-motion weave of deftly picked guitar lines in a brisk 7/4 meter, stacking up and realigning, jabbing and easing off, sometimes running backward, as the crafty wrangling goes on.”—The New York Times

“She may draw you in with her guitar riffs—intricate, experimental and rhythmically dense. Perhaps it’s her voice, rich in country-rock earthiness yet expressive on a technical level. Maybe it’s the vividly painted character portraits that anchor her lyrics. What your entry point is, the California native expertly balances weirdness and warmth on her second LP, Revealer.”—Relix

“Revealer contains some of the most fearless guitar playing and tones you’ll hear today.” —Guitar World

“Not only is she a master of arranging inimitable indie rock gems, she’s an incredible guitar player, period.”—Consequence

“Her songs feel like perfectly and eccentrically built cupboards, housing everything just so inside different nooks, making well-organized space for the shape of
 every word and synth swell. From the melodies and arrangements to the lyrics, it is clear that this LP is in the most vulnerable space, one of self-consciousness coupled with a  lot of emotion in every possible direction.”—Paste Magazine

MADISON CUNNINGHAM LIVE
Dec 14—Boulder, CO—Macky Auditorium
March 13—Stockholm, Sweden*
March 15—Oslo, NO—Spektrum*
March 16—Copenhagen, DK—Royal Arena*
March 18—London, UK—The O2*
March 19—London, UK—The O2*
March 21—Amsterdam, ND—Ziggo Dome*
March 22—Amsterdam, ND—Ziggo Dome*
March 24—Paris, FR—Accorhotels Arena*
March 27—Glasglow, UK—OVO Hydro*
March 29—Dublin, IE—3Arena*
April 16—Vienna, VA—The Barns at Wolf Trap
*supporting John Mayer

Tyler Childers is nominated for five awards at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Country Album (Rustin’ In The Rain), Best Country Song (“In Your Love”), Best Country Solo Performance (“In Your Love”), Best Music Video (“In Your Love”) and Best Americana Performance (“Help Me Make It Through the Night”). The awards ceremony will broadcast live on CBS from Los Angeles’ Crypto.com Arena Sunday, February 4 at 8:00pm ET.

The nominations add to yet another landmark year for Childers, whose acclaimed new album, Rustin’ In The Rain, debuted at #10 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart earlier this fall with 38,500 equivalent units sold—a career-high sales week for Childers (Hickman Holler Records/RCA Records, stream/purchase here).

The record features seven tracks including the breakthrough lead single, “In Your Love,” which debuted alongside an official music video earlier this summer. Since then, it has garnered over 7.4 million video views and 30 million on-demand streams along with acclaim from outlets such as NPR Music, Billboard, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Consequence, The Advocate, OUT and Rolling Stone, who praises, “the music video of compassion and caring we need right now,” while USA Today calls the video “a much-needed portrait of inclusivity.” Watch/share the video—written/creative directed by Silas House, and starring Colton Haynes and James Scully—HERE and “The Making of ‘In Your Love’,” a special behind-the-scenes look at the video HERE.

Continuing to receive critical attention, Childers recently spoke with The New York Times, who praises, “His songs with roots in bluegrass, Southern rock and Appalachian tradition have pushed the boundaries of country music and even his own fan base, while cementing him as one of the most successful touring and streaming artists in his field—without the aid of radio,” and continues, “when he sings live, his eyes burn with the ferocity of a preacher, and fans hang on to every word.”

In celebration of the new music, Childers will kick off his “Mule Pull ’24 Tour” early next year, which includes stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden (two nights), Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena (two nights), Inglewood’s Kia Forum, Chicago’s United Center, Boulder’s Folsom Field, Washington State’s Gorge Amphitheatre, Austin’s Moody Center and Fort Worth’s Dickies Arena as well as shows in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Norway and more. See below for complete itinerary. 

Recorded at Dragline Studios, the album was produced by Childers and his longtime band, The Food Stamps—James Barker (pedal steel), Craig Burletic (bass), CJ Cain (guitar), Rodney Elkins (drums), Chase Lewis (keyboards) and Jesse Wells (guitar, fiddle).

The new album follows last year’s triple album, Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven?, which featured eight songs presented in three distinct sonic perspectives—Hallelujah, Jubilee and Joyful Noise. Released to widespread acclaim, Esquire praised, “Who’s doing it better than Childers in roots music these days? No one,” while the Associated Press declared, “fearless exuberance…one of country music’s most compelling and unpredictable artists” and NPR Music asserted, “eight songs so good he had to record them thrice.” Before Hounds, Childers released 2020’s Grammy-nominated surprise album, Long Violent History, which NPR Music called an “explicit and remarkable stand in solidarity.” His two previous releases, 2019’s #1 Country Squire as well 2017’s RIAA Platinum debut, Purgatory, were released to overwhelming critical and commercial acclaim. In the years since his debut, Childers has earned two Grammy nominations and has been featured on “CBS This Morning,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” NPR Music’s Tiny Desk Concert series and “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.”

RUSTIN’ IN THE RAIN TRACK LIST
1. Rustin’ In the Rain
2. Phone Calls and E-mails
3. Luke 2:8-10
4. Help Me Make It Through the Night
5. Percheron Mules
6. In Your Love
7. Space and Time

TYLER CHILDERS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 30—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
December 31—Lexington, KY—Rupp Arena* (SOLD OUT)
February 15, 2024—Dublin, Ireland—3Olympia‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 17, 2024—Glasgow, U.K.—Barrowland Ballroom‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 19, 2024—Manchester, U.K.—Albert Hall‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 21, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 22, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 26, 2024—Hamburg, Germany—Docks‡ (SOLD OUT)
February 27, 2024—Copenhagen, Denmark—VEGA‡ (SOLD OUT)
March 2, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡ (SOLD OUT)
March 3, 2024—Amsterdam, Netherlands—Paradiso‡ (SOLD OUT)
March 5, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Münchenbryggeriet‡ (SOLD OUT)
March 6, 2024—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene‡ (SOLD OUT)
March 16, 2024—Thackerville, OK—Lucas Oil Live at WinStar World Casino and Resort
April 5, 2024—San Diego, CA—Viejas Arena+ (SOLD OUT)
April 6, 2024—Inglewood, CA—Kia Forum+ (SOLD OUT)
April 9, 2024—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center† (SOLD OUT)
April 10, 2024—Austin, TX—Moody Center† (SOLD OUT)
April 13, 2024—Fort Worth, TX—Dickies Arena† (SOLD OUT)
April 15, 2024—Birmingham, AL—Legacy Arena at The BJCC# (SOLD OUT)
April 16, 2024—Knoxville, TN—Thompson Boling Arena# (SOLD OUT)
April 18, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena# (SOLD OUT)
April 19, 2024—Nashville, TN—Bridgestone Arena# (SOLD OUT)
May 27, 2024—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena~ (SOLD OUT)
May 29, 2024—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden^ (SOLD OUT)
May 30, 2024—New York, NY—Madison Square Garden^ (SOLD OUT)
June 2, 2024—Virginia Beach, VA—Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater‡‡
June 5, 2024—Tampa, FL—MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre‡‡
June 7, 2024—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡‡
June 8, 2024—Alpharetta, GA—Ameris Bank Amphitheatre‡‡
June 11, 2024—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre++
June 13, 2024—Chicago, IL—United Center++
June 27, 2024—Noblesville, IN—Ruoff Music Center††
June 28, 2024—Milwaukee, WI—Summerfest at American Family Insurance Amphitheater†† (SOLD OUT)
June 30, 2024—Burgettstown, PA—The Pavilion at Star Lake††
July 3, 2024—Saratoga Springs, NY—Saratoga Performing Arts Center~~
July 5, 2024—Bangor, ME—Maine Savings Amphitheater~~
July 6, 2024—Cavendish, Prince Edward Island—Cavendish Beach Music Festival
July 9, 2024—Toronto, Ontario—Budweiser Stage~~
July 11, 2024—London, Ontario—Rock the Park Festival
July 12, 2024—Ottawa, Ontario—Ottawa Bluesfest
August 6, 2024—Calgary, Alberta—Scotiabank Saddledome~
August 8, 2024—Vancouver, British Columbia—Rogers Arena~
August 10, 2024—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater~
August 11, 2024—Bend, OR—Hayden Homes Amphitheater~
August 14, 2024—Mountain View, CA—Shoreline Amphitheatre##
August 17, 2024—Boulder, CO—Folsom Field**
August 20, 2024—West Valley City, UT—USANA Amphitheatre##
August 21, 2024—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater##
August 23, 2024—George, WA—Gorge Amphitheatre^^
August 24, 2024—Missoula, MT—Washington-Grizzly Stadium^^

*with special guest Shovels & Rope
‡with special guest John R. Miller
+with special guest Medium Build
†with special guest Hayes Carll
#with special guest 49 Winchester
~with special guest Allison Russell
^with special guest Sylvan Esso
‡‡with special guests Valerie June and Willi Carlisle
++with special guest S.G. Goodman
††with special guests S.G. Goodman and Adeem The Artist
~~with special guests S.G. Goodman and Wayne Graham
##with special guest Shakey Graves
**with special guests Shakey Graves and Laid Back Country Picker
^^with special guest Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Critically acclaimed duo The Milk Carton Kids are nominated for “Best Folk Album” for their new record I Only See The Moon at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

This marks the group’s fourth Grammy nomination. Their 2013 ANTI- Records debut The Ash & Clay proved their national breakthrough, earning the band a “Best Folk Album” nomination. They were nominated for “Best American Roots Performance” in 2015 for the track “The City of Our Lady” from their acclaimed third studio album Monterey, and 2018’s All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didn’t Do was nominated for “Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.”

I Only See The Moon is out now to critical acclaim on Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Order/stream the album HERE

In addition to the new record, The Milk Carton Kids recently founded/co-produced the first ever Los Angeles Folk Festival in partnership with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) at The Ford this past October. The band headlined the festival alongside critically acclaimed artists Waxahatchee, Sierra Ferrell, Valerie June, Davíd Garza & Freaklórico, Haley Heynderickx, Tré Burt, Willie Watson and a number of very special guests. With the festival, the band aimed to bring a proper folk festival to their hometown and draw a line connecting the folk community from the collaborative Laurel Canyon scene of the 1960’s to the community of musicians and comedians working today at venues like L.A.’s Largo. The first annual iteration of the festival won accolades from Variety, KCRW, The Bluegrass Situation, The Orange County Register, WFMU, LAist and many more.

“Both of us have now lived enough life to understand that maybe one of the purposes we were put on Earth for is to sing together, to write songs together, to make music together,” notes guitarist/vocalist Kenneth Pattengale. “It has truly provided a direction for our lives.” Ryan adds, “It’s like a successful marriage in that there’s always been enough there between us collaboratively in the way that we work together, sing together, play together. It’s a very special thing. And I don’t think we ever took that for granted.”

TRACK LIST
I ONLY SEE THE MOON
1. All Of The Time In The World To Kill
2. Star Shine
3. When You’re Gone
4. Wheels And Levers
5. I Only See The Moon
6. Running On Sweet Smile
7. One True Love
8. Body & Soul
9. North Country Ride
10. Will You Remember Me

I ONLY SEE THE MOON TOUR
January 24—Toronto, ON—Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church*
January 26—Boston, MA—Paradise Rock Club*
January 27—Brooklyn, NY—Music Hall of Williamsburg*
January 29—Asheville, NC—Orange Peel*
January 30—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre*
February 1—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*†
February 3—Los Angeles, CA—El Rey Theatre
February 27—Dallas, TX—Studio at The Factory‡
February 28—Austin, TX—Antone’s‡
February 29—Houston, TX—Last Concert Café‡

*with Alix Page
†with Julian Lage
‡with Andrew Combs

The official music video for Flatland Cavalry’s new song, “The Provider,” is debuting today at Rolling Stone alongside an interview with lead singer Cleto Cordero. Watch/share the video, directed and edited by Adam Paul Stone, HERE.

“The Provider” is from the band’s acclaimed new album, Wandering Star, which was released last month via Interscope Records—their first release in partnership with the label (stream/purchase here). Produced by Dwight A. Baker (Josh Abbott Band, Pat Green), Wandering Star is a collection of country anthems and thoughtful ballads that further elevate the band’s signature musicianship and vivid storytelling.

In celebration of the release, the band’s OurVinyl Session recently debuted, which features stripped down performances of four songs: “Spinnin’,” “Don’t Have to Do This Like That,” “Humble Folks” and “Only Thing At All.”

Critical acclaim for Wandering Star:
“a growing catalog of heartstring-tuggers and boot-tappers…on the brink of a mainstream country breakthrough”—Rolling Stone
“Their harmonies purvey a particularly conversational appeal”—Billboard
 “They just don’t make them like Flatland Cavalry anymore…a collection of songs that feel timeless right out of the gate, warm and twangy with full-bodied arrangements”—No Depression
“groovy country-rock instrumentation”—American Songwriter
“One of the best bands in the business…a sound that is indisputably unique and distinctly their own”—Whiskey Riff
“a great album that shows off their incredible musical talent, with songs that feel like they’re going to sound brilliantly live and have a lovely timeless quality whilst featuring nods to modernity”—Entertainment Focus
“one of the brightest Texas country-folk bands…they worked their usual musical magic”
—Holler
“The Texas juggernauts once again showcase their tapestry of talent in their latest offering…powerful lyricism and brilliant melodies”—All Country News
“a band that’s found their niche and needs only do what they’re best at to prove their worth”
—Americana Highways
“The band creates infectious hooks”—Country Standard Time
“They’ve also got a killer lyric to work with. Like, Isbell-level killer”—Country Universe
“another extremely successful outing…They continue to prove they can make extremely timeless music”—Country Chord

Known for their electric live shows, Flatland Cavalry will continue to tour through next year including upcoming headline shows at Fort Worth’s Billy Bob’s (two nights), Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, New York’s Irving Plaza, Boston’s House of Blues, Atlanta’s Buckhead Theatre, Athens’ Georgia Theatre (two nights), Minneapolis’ The Fillmore, Milwaukee’s The Rave and Charlotte’s Coyote Joe’s among many others. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Reflecting on the new album, Cordero shares, “Historically, all our albums have been named after a lyric that seems to most encapsulate the spirit and ethos of the project. Late one evening from my office in Nashville came the inspiration to name this record. My wife, who is from Oklahoma, acquired a piece of embroidered folk art which hangs on the wall of my office of a native man posed with Eagle wings. The art piece is untitled, but I imagined the subject being named ‘Dancing Eagle.’ Then I imagined ‘what would be my name if it were given to me in the same spirit?’… and the two words ‘Wandering Star’ floated to the surface; which happens to be a lyric in ‘Spinnin’.’ Naming our fourth LP Wandering Star felt right as we have been wandering around all of creation the last ten years, truth-seeking and dream-chasing; aiming for the moon and at last it seems we’ve found ourselves finally floating amongst the stars.”

Based in both Texas and Nashville, Flatland Cavalry is Cordero (vocals, acoustic guitar), Jason Albers (drums, percussion), Jonathan Saenz (bass, background vocals), Reid Dillon (electric guitar), Wesley Hall (fiddle) and Adam Gallegos (piano, organ, keys, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar, Wurlitzer, Mellotron).

Since their 2015 debut, Flatland Cavalry has released two EPs and three full-length studio albums, including 2021’s Welcome to Countryland. Of the record, The Wall Street Journal praised, “a clear musical point of view, original melodies, mature confidence in portraying romantic matters, and increasingly fresh, distinctive lyrics…a straightforward, upbeat electrified country-rock band,” while Rolling Stone declared, “Flatland Cavalry are promising to make days a little brighter wherever they go.” With the release, the band earned two #1 singles at Texas Country Radio (“Gettin’ By” and “A Cowboy Knows How”) and garnered over 290 million streams to date across platforms. Additionally, their track, “Mountain Song,” was also recently featured in the hit television series, “Yellowstone.” Known for their electric live performances, the band has toured relentlessly these past several years including numerous sold-out headline dates as well as shows with Willie Nelson, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, Jordan Davis, Midland and more.

WANDERING STAR TRACK LIST
1. The Provider
2. The Best Days
3. Only Thing At All
4. Last American Summer
5. Mornings With You (feat. Kaitlin Butts)
6. Let It Roll
7. Spinnin’
8. Don’t Have To Do This Like That
9. New American Dream
10. Oughta See You (The Way I Do)
11. A Thousand Miles An Hour
12. Burned Out Flame
13. Forgotten

FLATLAND CAVALRY CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 15—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
December 16—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
January 25, 2024—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre
January 26, 2024—Cleveland, OH—Agora Theater
January 27, 2024—Rosemont, IL—Joe’s Live
February 1, 2024—Milwaukee, WI—The Rave
February 2, 2024—Minneapolis, MN—The Fillmore
February 3, 2024—Waukee, IA—Vibrant Music Hall
February 7, 2024—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
February 8, 2024—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre
February 10, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
February 15, 2024—New York, NY—Irving Plaza
February 16, 2024—Boston, MA—House of Blues
February 17, 2024—Silver Spring, MD—The Filmore Silver Spring
February 22, 2024—Baton Rouge, LA—Texas Club
February 23, 2024—Birmingham, AL—Iron City
February 24, 2024—Atlanta, GA—Buckhead Theatre
March 7, 2024—Madison, WI—The Sylvee
March 8, 2024—St. Louis, MO—The Hawthorn
March 14, 2024—Winston Salem, NC—The Ramkat
March 15, 2024—Charlotte, NC—Coyote Joe’s
March 16, 2024—Greenville, SC—The Blind Horse Saloon
March 23, 2024—Midland, TX—Wagner Noel PAC
April 1-5, 2024—Miami, FL—The Last Resort Cruise
April 5, 2024—Miami, FL—Vivo! Plaza
April 6, 2024—Fort Myers, FL—The Ranch Concert Hall
April 7, 2024—St. Petersburg, FL—Jannus Live
April 18, 2024—Columbia, SC—The Senate
April 19, 2024—Raleigh, NC—The Ritz
April 27, 2024—Fayetteville, AR—JJ’s Live
May 4, 2024—Houston, TX—White Oak Music Hall
May 30, 2024—Panama City Beach, FL—Gulf Coast Jam Festival
June 20, 2024—Mack, CO—Country Jam
July 20, 2024—Cullman, AL—Rock the South

Acclaimed American rock band Blackberry Smoke’s new song, “Hammer And The Nail,” written by lead singer Charlie Starr and longtime collaborator Keith Nelson, is debuting today. Watch/share the official music video HERE.

Of the song, Starr shares, “This guy is thinking the deck is definitely stacked against him, and maybe his father’s choices have a hand in that… so his only choice is to be hard as nails if he’s gonna make his way.”

“Hammer And The Nail” is the latest song unveiled from the band’s anticipated new album, Be Right Here, which will be released February 16 via 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, the band has unveiled two additional album tracks: “Little Bit Crazy” and “Dig A Hole,” of which American Songwriter praises, “elevates their trademark blend of blues, Southern rock, and Americana that has helped them sustain a fruitful, more than two-decade-long career,” while Whiskey Riff declares, “their distinctively southern rock sound and top tier songwriting always comes through” and Entertainment Focus calls it “an enticing glimpse into the musical journey that awaits listeners.”

Produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), Be Right Here is a timely reminder to be present and live authentically. Across these ten tracks—a collection of their signature rock and roll anthems, Americana-leaning ballads and country rock jams—the band celebrates the simple joys of life, the fleeting moments and the little bits of luck found along the way.

In celebration of the new music, the band will continue to perform through next year with their extensive “Be Right Here” headline tour. Upcoming stops include Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Pittsburgh’s Roxian Theatre, Boston’s House of Blues, Washington D.C.’s Warner Theatre, Cleveland’s TempleLive, St. Louis’ The Pageant and Denver’s Ogden Theatre as well as dates across the U.K., Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy and more. The band will also join Cody Jinks for select dates next year. See below for complete tour itinerary.

Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio A and Cobb’s Georgia Mae in Savannah, the album features the band—Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals) and Brandon Still (keyboards)—alongside Preston Holcomb (drums) and Benji Shanks (guitar) as well as special guest vocals from The Black Bettys.

Of the recording process, Starr shares, “We always track live together, but this time we had all our amps and drums and everything in the same room. It’s just as natural and as real as possible. The last album was very raw too, but with this one I remember different times I would say, ‘I think we should redo that,’ and Dave was like, ‘No, leave it that way. That way it’s magical.’”

Throughout their prolific career, Blackberry Smoke has released seven studio albums including 2021’s You Hear Georgia, which celebrated their 20th anniversary as a band. Released to critical acclaim, Rolling Stone declared, “Blackberry Smoke are a Georgia band through and through…You Hear Georgia sounds downright huge,” while American Songwriterpraised, “Blackberry Smoke is still on fire…a testament to that tenacity and an unapologetic ode to an insurgent attitude and tradition. That’s evident in practically every note and nuance” and Vintage Guitar proclaimed, “For 20 years, Georgia’s Blackberry Smoke has carried on Southern rock’s rich tradition. You Hear Georgia…is soaked in these roots.” In addition to their studio albums, they have released several other projects such as their EPs Stoned, The Southern Ground Sessions and Live From Capricorn Studios as well as Homecoming: Live In Atlanta, a live album and concert film, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Album Sales chart. 

Since forming in 2001, Blackberry Smoke has continued to tour relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. In addition to their work as musicians, the band is deeply committed to charitable work and formed the Lana Turner Foundation, a non-profit supporting several national foundations committed to curing children’s cancer. With these efforts, the band has raised over $1,000,000 to date benefitting children’s cancer research.

BE RIGHT HERE TRACK LIST
1. Dig A Hole
2. Hammer And The Nail
3. Like It Was Yesterday
4. Be So Lucky
5. Azalea
6. Don’t Mind If I Do
7. Whatcha Know Good
8. Other Side of the Light
9. Little Bit Crazy
10. Barefoot Angel

BLACKBERRY SMOKE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
November 17—Elizabeth, IN—Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana
November 24—Atlanta, GA—Coca-Cola Roxy^
December 29—Roanoke, VA—The Berglund Center
December 30—Hiawassee, GA—Anderson Music Hall
December 31—Spartanburg, SC—Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium
February 4-10, 2024—Miami, FL—Outlaw Country Cruise
February 15, 2024—Durham, NC—Durham Performing Arts Center
February 16, 2024—Cherokee, NC—Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort Event Center
February 17, 2024—North Myrtle Beach, SC—House of Blues
February 18, 2024—Charlotte, NC—Ovens Auditorium
February 20, 2024—Charlottesville, VA—Jefferson Theater
February 22, 2024—Indianapolis, IN—Murat Theatre at Old National Centre
February 23, 2024—Columbus, OH—Newport Music Hall
February 29, 2024—Little Rock, AR—The Hall
March 1, 2024—Fort Smith, AR—TempleLive
March 2, 2024—Springfield, MO—Gillioz Theatre
March 7, 2024—Denver, CO—Ogden Theatre
March 8, 2024—Beaver Creek, CO—Vilar Performing Arts Center
March 9, 2024—Kansas City, MO—Uptown Theater
March 15, 2024—Medina, MN—Media Entertainment Center
March 19, 2024—Pittsburgh, PA—Roxian Theatre
March 21, 2024—Boston, MA—House of Blues
March 22, 2024—Port Chester, NY—The Capitol Theatre
March 23, 2024—New Brunswick, NJ—State Theatre
March 24, 2024—Patchogue, NY—Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
March 27, 2024—Washington, DC—Warner Theatre
March 28, 2024—Lancaster, PA—American Music Theatre
March 29, 2024—Cleveland, OH—TempleLive at Cleveland Masonic
March 30, 2024—Glenside, PA—Keswick Theatre
April 11, 2024—Cedar Rapids, IA—Alliant Energy Powerhouse*
April 12, 2024—St. Louis, MO—The Pageant
April 13, 2024—Kalamazoo, MI—Wings Event Center*
April 26, 2024—Helotes, TX—John T. Floore’s Country Store
April 27, 2024—Baton Rouge, LA—Event Center at L’Auberge Casino and Hotel
May 4, 2024—Miramar Beach, FL—Sun, Sand and Soul Beach Weekend
May 9, 2024—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall
May 10, 2024—Newkirk, OK—First Council Casino
May 25, 2024—Beaver Dam, KY—Beaver Dam Amphitheater
June 1, 2024—San Diego, CA—The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park*
June 2, 2024—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre*
June 21, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 22, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 29, 2024—Augusta, NJ—Rock, Ribs and Ridges Festival
July 18, 2024—Canandaigua, NY—CMAC*
September 9, 2024—Glasgow, U.K.—O2 Academy#
September 10, 2024—Edinburgh, U.K.—O2 Academy#
September 12, 2024—Manchester, U.K.—O2 Apollo#
September 13, 2024—Birmingham, U.K.—O2 Academy#
September 14, 2024—London, U.K.—Eventim Apollo#
September 16, 2024—Brussels, Belgium—Ancienne Belgique#
September 17, 2024—Tilburg, Netherlands—O13#
September 18, 2024—Hannover, Germany—Capitol#
September 20, 2024—Copenhagen, Denmark—VEGA#
September 21, 2024—Oslo, Norway—Sentrum Scene#
September 22, 2024—Stockholm, Sweden—Annexet#
September 24, 2024—Berlin, Germany—Columbiahalle#
September 25, 2024—Vienna, Austria—Gasometer#
September 26, 2024—Munich, Germany—Tonhalle#
September 28, 2024—Paris, France—L’Olympia#
September 29, 2024—Cologne, Germany—E-Werk#
September 30, 2024—Zurich, Switzerland—Kaufleauten#
October 2, 2024—Milan, Italy—Alcatraz#
^with special guest Larkin Poe
*supporting Cody Jinks
#with special guest The Steel Woods

Today Björk and Rosalía have joined forces to release a powerful new single “Oral.” Produced by the artists alongside Sega Bodega, “Oral” marks the first collaboration between Björk and Rosalía. It aims to shed light on the alarming cruelty, and severe environmental and ecological consequences of open-pen ocean salmon farming in Björk’s native country, Iceland.

Listen to “Oral” here.

“Oral” dates back two decades - first written by Björk between 1997’s Homogenic and 2001’s Vespertine, the track was lost to her archives after feeling like it wasn’t the right fit for an album. Björk rediscovered the song after being reminded of its name while on tour in Australia in March 2023, the same month a report was released about the devastating impact of poorly regulated, Norwegian-owned commercial salmon farming operations on Iceland’s native ecosystems.

After deeply resonating with the cause, and as a passionate campaigner and protester for much of her life, Björk enlisted Rosalía to help bring the song to life and in turn raise awareness of the issue. The cruel practice of open-pen farming, introduced to Iceland after Norwegian businessmen began purchasing fish farms in the country’s fjords, involves intensively farming fish by penning them into open water nets that are anchored in natural waterways, where the fish are kept enclosed until they reach marketable size. This accelerates the fish’s development and, in many cases creates genetic mutations in the salmon’s DNA, as well as being a breeding ground for a number of parasites and diseases. The industry in Iceland has grown tenfold since 2014, producing under 4,000 tones to 45,000 in 2021, with it now estimated that the annual production could be up to 106,500 tonnes. Iceland has the largest untouched natural area in Europe, and the waste and pollution associated with open-pen farming threatens to permanently damage its entire ocean ecology. Lack of regulation and the industry being largely unsupervised has also meant that thousands of these genetically altered, diseased salmon regularly escape the pens and swim upriver to Iceland’s highlands, where devastating genetic mixing occurs and endangers the future of Iceland’s wild salmon population.

Proceeds from “Oral” will be used to support a legal case against the fisheries, brought forth by residents of the town of Seyðisfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland.

Donate here.

Learn more about Icelandic Fish Farming from the Icelandic Wildlife Fund.

Acclaimed artist Abraham Alexander’s new EP Electric Deluxe Session, recorded live at Adrian Quesada’s (Black Pumas, Grupo Fantasma) Electric Deluxe Recorders in Austin, is out now. Listen to the EP HERE and watch the live session HERE.

The EP features a cover of Chris Isaak’s beloved “Wicked Game” alongside live versions of three tracks from Alexander’s critically acclaimed debut record SEA/SONS which is out now on Dualtone Records. Stream/purchase SEA/SONS HERE and see what the press has to say about the album in an interactive one sheet HERE.

Alexander recently wrapped up his first headlining U.S. tour, including performances at the Newport Folk Festival and Austin City Limits. Following a homecoming show in December at Dallas’ Majestic Theater, Alexander is heading back out on the road in the New Year supporting Black Violin. See below for a complete list of dates.
This April, Alexander sat down for a conversation with “CBS Saturday Morning” and performed three songs from the album: “Tears Run Dry,” “Today” and “Eye Can See.” Watch/share the segment HERE. Alexander was recently named one of Public Radio’s Favorite New Musicians of 2023, following two features on him for NPR’s All Songs Considered and World Café. Read/listen HERE, HERE, and HERE. He is also featured in a short documentary film about his music and debut record titled Abraham Alexander: The Making of SEA/SONS, watch HERE.

Born in Greece to parents of Nigerian descent, Alexander moved to Texas with his family at age 11 to escape the racial tensions they faced in his birthplace. Shortly after moving to the states, his birth mother was killed in a car accident with a drunk driver, leading Alexander to be adopted later in his teens. He found solace in sports as a soccer prodigy and later, following a torn ACL that ended his playing career, in music once a friend handed Alexander a guitar and he unexpectedly found songs pouring out of him.

While working as a bank teller and rehearsing during his lunch breaks, a life-changing, chance encounter with Leon Bridges changed the course of Alexander’s life. “…something in me was just like, you need to talk to this guy. It was weird, but it was that intuition that I could not dismiss.” This very intuition led him to his first experience in a recording studio, singing on Bridges’ songs such as “River” and “Coming Home.” It was Bridges that encouraged him to start taking music seriously, and he began performing at open mics.

From his modest musical beginnings performing at open mics in Fort Worth, TX, Alexander has gone on to recent stints on the road opening for the Lumineers, Lucius, Black Pumas, Shakey Graves, Ani DiFranco and Rodrigo y Gabriela, among others.

TRACK LIST
ELECTRIC DELUXE SESSION
1. Wicked Game
2. Déjà Vu
3. Tears Run Dry
4. Heart Of Gold

ABRAHAM ALEXANDER U.S. TOUR
December 14—Dallas, TX—Majestic Theatre­
January 26—Minneapolis, MN—The Current’s 19th
Anniversary Celebration at First Avenue
January 28—Mesa, AZ—Mesa Arts Center*
January 30—Las Vegas, NV—The Smith Center for the Performing Arts*
February 1—Salt Lake City, UT—Eccles Center*
February 2—Aspen, CO—Wheeler Opera House*
February 3—Pueblo, CO—Pueblo Memorial Hall*
February 4—Denver, CO—Paramount Theatre*
February 6—Wichita, KS—Orpheum Theatre*
February 7—Kansas City, KS—Kauffman Center for Performing Arts*
February 9—Milwaukee, WI—Marcus Center*
February 10—Minneapolis, MN—State Theatre*
February 13—Omaha, NE—Steelhouse*
February 16—San Antonio, TX—The Espee*
February 17—Houston, TX—713 Music Hall*
February 19—Austin, TX—The Long Center for Performing Arts*
May 17—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium†
*Supporting Black Violin
†Supporting Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors

To celebrate his 60th year of touring, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Peter Frampton confirms new spring dates on “Never EVER Say Never Tour.” Fresh off the heels of his nationwide headline run this year, the 2024 tour will see the legendary artist playing at venues across North America, including a stop at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre.

“I am delighted to let you know I’m planning more shows in March and April for the new Never EVER Say Never Tour! I don’t want to give up my passion and will play as long as I physically can,” says Frampton. “Hope to see you in 2024!”

Tickets will go on-sale to the general public on Friday, December 8 at 10 A.M. local time at frampton.com. See below for full tour routing.

The upcoming shows kick off what promises to be yet another landmark year for Frampton, whose 2023 spring and summer tour announcements were unexpected by fans. The musician announced a farewell tour four years ago following a diagnosis of the degenerative disease inclusion-body myositis, but with the aptly named “Never EVER Say Never Tour,” Frampton is back, appearing on stages across America. Most recently, Frampton was joined by Chris Stapleton who performed alongside him at his sold-out Ryman Auditorium show in Nashville, TN last month.

Citi is the official card of the Peter Frampton “Never EVER Say Never Tour.” Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in select cities beginning Monday, December 4 at 10 A.M. local time until Thursday, December 7 at 10 P.M. local time through the Citi Entertainment program. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment.com.

Peter Frampton is one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. In 2007, Frampton won a Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album for Fingerprints and in 2014 was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame. He received the prestigious Les Paul Innovation Award from NAMM’s TEC Awards in 2019 and his album All Blues was #1 for fifteen weeks on Billboard’s Blues Chart. In 2020 Frampton was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, his autobiography Do You Feel Like I Do?: A Memoir debuted on The New York Times Bestsellers list, and his 2021 album Frampton Forgets The Words was released to widespread critical acclaim.

Most recently, Frampton appeared on Dolly Parton’s new album, Rockstar, which was released last month, as the only artist featured on two tracks. Frampton also performed at the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, joining the stage with fellow lauded musicians Sheryl Crow and Stevie Nicks—watch here.

This year, Frampton released Frampton@50 on Intervention Records, a numbered limited-edition vinyl box set featuring Frampton’s essential 1972-1975 studio releases Wind of Change, Frampton’s Camel and Frampton. He also received The Myositis Association’s Heroes in the Fight 2023 Patient Ambassador Award in September and unveiled his historic performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall as a live album via UMe—listen here.

After 47 years, Frampton Comes Alive! remains one of the top-selling live records of all time selling over 17 million worldwide.

PETER FRAMPTON LIVE
March 3—Greensboro, NC—Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
March 5—Red Bank, NJ—Count Basie Center for the Arts, The Vogel
March 7—Wallingford, CT—Toyota Oakdale Theatre
March 9—Waterloo, NY—The Vine at Del Lago Resort & Casino
March 10—Hanover, MD—The Hall at Live! Casino & Hotel
March 13—Morristown, NJ—Mayo Performing Arts Center
March 15—Windsor, ON—The Colosseum at Caesars
March 16—Mount Pleasant, MI—Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
March 18—Gary, IN—Hard Rock Casino
March 30—Waukegan, IL—The Genesee Theatre
April 1—Minneapolis, MN—State Theatre
April 3—Omaha, NE—Orpheum Theatre
April 5—Kansas City, MO—The Midland Theatre
April 7—Denver, CO—The Mission
April 9—Salt Lake City, UT—Eccles Theater
April 11—Reno, NV—Grand Sierra Resort, Grand Theatre
April 13—Los Angeles, CA—The Greek Theatre
April 14—San Diego, CA—The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Multi-platinum, award-winning independent artist Cody Jinks will release his anticipated new album, Change The Game, March 22 via his own label, Late August Records, in partnership with The Orchard (pre-order/pre-save here). Ahead of the release, new song, “Sober Thing,” is debuting today. Listen/share HERE.

Of the track, Jinks shares, “I wrote ‘Sober Thing’ right after we finished the Mercy album. I was giving up a twenty plus year affair with whiskey and every word of that song is true. I don’t remember writing some of my biggest songs but I damn sure remember writing that one.”

Produced by Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers, ZZ Top) and Jinks’ longtime bassist, Joshua Thompson, Change The Game marks a new chapter for Jinks both personally and professionally, as he is now self-managed with a completely independent team. Across these twelve tracks, Jinks puts forth his signature outlaw country spirit with a new level of artistic maturity, as he delves into raw topics such as his journey with sobriety, the realities of life on the road and the need for redemption and accountability.     
Reflecting on the project, Jinks shares, “This is the most open and honest record I’ve ever recorded, I laid everything out.”

In addition to “Sober Thing,” the album also features a new version of Faith No More’s “Take This Bottle,” featuring special guest Pearl Aday, as well as lead single, “Outlaws & Mustangs,” which debuted earlier this fall. Of the song, Billboard praises, “Jinks’ new song glories in the enlightenment-seeking rebel journeys of the free spirits. A glimmering gospel choir ushers the song to its closing zenith moments,” while Holler declares, “a huge, emotive driving song that we’ve already got on repeat” and Whiskey Riff asserts, “Cody is incredibly talented and has done everything completely on his own, proving that hard work and great music are all you really need to make it in this business.”

Known for his electric live performances, Jinks will continue to tour through 2024 including headline stops at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater, Los Angeles’ Greek Theater, Dallas’ Dos Equis Pavilion, Minneapolis’ The Armory and San Diego’s Rady Shell at Jacobs Park as well as select co-headline dates with Turnpike Troubadours. He will also join Luke Combs as part of his “Growin’ Up and Gettin’ Old” stadium tour starting next spring. See below for complete tour itinerary. Full details can be found at www.codyjinks.com.

Recorded mainly at MOXE outside of Nashville, TN, Change The Game features Jinks (vocals, acoustic guitar) alongside Chris Claridy (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), David Colvin (drums, percussion), Drew Harakal (B3, piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Jake Lentner (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Joshua Thompson (bass) and Austin “Hotrod” Tripp (pedal steel, dobro).

Based in Texas, Jinks is one of music’s most prolific and beloved independent musicians. Throughout his ground-breaking career, he has sold over 2 million tickets, released ten studio albums, sold more than 2 million equivalent units and garnered more than 3.5 billion streams across platforms with over 1 billion streams on Spotify and 1.7 billion streams on Pandora, earning him a Pandora Radio Billions Award.

Additionally, Jinks was named Music Row’s 2023 Independent Artist of the Year—his second time receiving the award—and earned new RIAA certifications for his songs “Loud and Heavy” (2x Platinum), “Hippies & Cowboys” (Platinum), “Must Be The Whiskey” (Platinum), “Mamma Song” (Gold), “I’m Not The Devil” (Gold) and “Cast No Stones” (Gold) as well as for his acclaimed album, Adobe Sessions (Gold).

Continually committed to supporting and protecting independently minded artists, Jinks recently signed the first artist to Late August, Erin Viancourt, who released her debut album, Won’t Die This Way, this summer to critical acclaim.

CHANGE THE GAME TRACK LIST
1. Sober Thing
2. Outlaws and Mustangs
3. I Can’t Complain
4. Take This Bottle feat. Pearl Aday
5. Deceiver’s Blues
6. A Few More Ghosts
7. Change The Game
8. I Would
9. The Working Man
10. Wasted
11. Always Running
12. What You Love

CODY JINKS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
December 8—Las Vegas, NV—Dolby Live at Park MGM
December 9—Las Vegas, NV—Dolby Live at Park MGM
December 14—Fort Worth, TX—Billy Bob’s
February 9, 2024—Wallingford, CT—Toyota Oakdale Theatre*
February 10, 2024—Boston, MA—MGM Music Hall at Fenway*
March 7, 2024—Tacoma, WA—Tacoma Dome^^
March 8, 2024—Eugene, OR—Matthew Knight Arena^^
March 9, 2024—Boise, ID—ExtraMile Arena^^
April 11, 2024—Cedar Rapids, IA—Alliant Energy Powerhouse+
April 12, 2024—Milwaukee, WI—American Family Field#
April 13, 2024—Kalamazoo, MI—Wings Event Center+
April 27, 2024—Nashville, TN—Ascend Amphitheater^
May 2, 2024—Orange Beach, AL—The Wharf Amphitheater‡
May 3, 2024—Jacksonville, FL—Everbank Stadium#
May 4, 2024—Wilmington, NC—Oak Bank Pavilion‡
May 10, 2024—San Antonio, TX—Alamodome#
May 11, 2024—Dallas, TX—Dos Equis Pavilion†
May 17, 2024—Santa Clara, CA—Levi’s Stadium#
May 18, 2024—Santa Barbara, CA—Santa Barbara Bowl**
May 19, 2024—Bakersfield, CA—Mechanics Arena**
May 31, 2024—Phoenix, AZ—State Farm Stadium#
June 1, 2024—San Diego, CA—Rady Shell at Jacobs Park†
June 2, 2024—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theater†
June 7, 2024—Salt Lake City, UT—Rice Eccles Stadium#
June 8, 2024—Grand Junction, CO—Los Colonias Amphitheater~
June 9, 2024—Colorado Springs, CO—Broadmoor World Arena~
June 19-22, 2024—Filer, ID—Gordy’s HWY30 Music Fest—Twin Falls County Fairgrounds
July 18, 2024—Canandaigua, NY—CMAC Amphitheater†
July 19, 2024—East Rutherford, NJ—Metlife Stadium#
August 1, 2024—St. Louis, MO—St. Louis Music Park++
August 2, 2024—Cincinnati, OH—Paycor Stadium#
August 3, 2024—Kansas City, MO—Starlight Theatre++
August 9, 2024—Houston. TX—NRG Stadium#
September 19, 2024—Brandon, MS—Brandon Amphitheatre##
September 20, 2024—Tuscaloosa, AL—Mercedes Benz Amphitheatre##
October 11, 2024—Omaha, NE—Liberty First Credit Union Arena##
October 12, 2024—Minneapolis, MN—The Armory##

*co-headline with Turnpike Troubadours
^^co-headline with Turnpike Troubadours, with special guest Trampled By Turtles
+with special guests Blackberry Smoke and Doc Oliver
#supporting Luke Combs
^with special guests The Steel Woods and Doc Oliver
‡with special guests The Steel Woods and Erin Viancourt
†with special guest Blackberry Smoke
~with special guests Ward Davis and Erin Viancourt
**with special guest The Steel Woods
++with special guests The Steel Woods and Calder Allen
##with special guests Cadillac 3 and Calder Allen