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On Friday, October 11, 2024, Alligator Records will release Blues In My DNA, the jaw-dropping new album from award-winning blues rock guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Ronnie Baker Brooks. With Blues In My DNA, Ronnie delivers an up-to-the-minute, organic masterpiece. The album, the fifth of his career and first for Alligator, is firmly rooted in the blues with Ronnie incorporating Read more
Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy are thrilled to announce a February 2024 tour incelebration of R.E.M.’s iconic 1983 debut album, Murmur. Spanning several stops acrossthe US, including shows in Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Athens, and more, the tour willsee Shannon (vocals) and Narducy (guitar)–along with Jon Wurster (drums), Dag Juhlin(guitar), Nick Macri (bass), and Vijay Tellis-Nayak Read more
#1 Debut on Billboard Blues Chart Radio charts: #1 Roots Music Report Blues Song Chart – “Save It For The Next Fool” #1 Roots Music Report Blues Album Chart #1 Roots Music Report California Album Chart For more information and all tour dates, go to Coco Montoya’s artist page. Read more
The New York Times ran a feature on Rhiannon Giddens last week, written by Jon Pareles, discussing her musical missions, accolades, and new album coming out this month. Pareles writes “She offers bluesy, racy and playful tracks on the first full album of just her own songs”. Read the full article here! For more information Read more | Check out The New York Times article here
Parkington Sisters will be joining Belly on their fall tour dates in the northeast and have a new album coming out in September. They will be opening for Belly for their dates in Newport, Boston and NYC this October. See below for the dates and venues! Oct 1- Fort Adams State Park Newport, RIOct 4- The Paradise Read more
Performing Classic Holiday Songs Along With Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Favorites, The Beloved Holiday Tour Awakens The True Essence Of The Season The Squirrel Nut Zippers (SNZ) are bringing their joyous, raucous Holiday Caravan Tour back this season and, this year, they’re performing all of the hits from Christmas past! Kicking off November 29 at the Pace Center in Parker, Read more
Writing On The Wall Is Award-Winning Guitarist and Vocalist’s First Album In Four Years “One of the most prodigious and gifted electric bluesmen on the planet…a deeply soulful singer and incendiary guitarist [with] a seemingly endless penchant for invention.”—AllMusic “Smoking songs and heavy hitting guitar full of fire and passion…Montoya’s rough-edged voice is filled with feeling. Read more | Check out the full Alligator Radio announcement here!
Rhiannon Giddens has won the DownBeat critics poll 2023! Nonesuch writes “Rhiannon Giddens, who recently won the Pulitzer Prize for Omar, her opera with Michael Abels, releases You’re the One, her third solo studio album and her first of all original songs, on August 18. This collection of twelve tunes written over the course of Read more
Islands announces new album And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, out August 25, 2023 If Islands’ last record, (2021’s Islomania) was a Saturday Night Fever dream, then the follow up- And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs–is the Sunday Morning comedown. “[Islomania] was exuberant and hopeful, and Dolphins is like the grim rejoinder,” songwriter Nick Thorburn says. “The songs Read more
NPR’s Don Gonyea talks with Brennen Leigh about her new album with a classic country sound, “Ain’t Through Honky Tonkin’ Yet.” Check out the full interview here! For more information, visit Brennen Leigh’s artist page. Read more | Read the full NPR interview here