Following last years release of Matt Ponds’ newest project, The Natural Lines, debut album, he has retuned as Matt Pond PA with new single, “Imagining Everything.” Read more on The Natural Lines and Matt Pond PA’s new release on Brooklyn Vegan here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/matt-pond-pa-return-with-new-single-imagining-everything/ See the “Imagining Everything” Music Video here: For more info and upcoming Read more | "Imagining Everything" Music Video

“Another Wasted Life” was written in memory of Kalief Browder who died after spending 2 years in solitary confinement for a crime he did not commit, and the video features 22 exonerated men who spent over 500 years in prison between them. The Pennsylvania Innocence Project helped put the video together to commemorate the 10th annual Read more | "Another Wasted Life" Video

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