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Wynonna Judd Cover of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Song 'Refugee' Released
by Josh Sharpe - May 20, 2024 Wynonna Judd’s take on Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers’ classic song “Refugee” featuring Lainey Wilson is out now. The track arrives as the fifth single shared from the highly-anticipated Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, with a new video, “In The Studio,” featuring behind-the... 
Leyla McCalla Shares Single 'Sun Without the Heat' From Upcoming Album
by Josh Sharpe - April 09, 2024 Ahead of its release this Friday, artist Leyla McCalla has just dropped the title track from her new album and fifth studio album Sun Without the Heat. Throughout the record's ten tracks, McCalla achieves a balance of heaviness and light with melodies and rhythms derived from various forms of Afro-d... 
Video: Dolly Parton Reimagines Tom Petty's 'Southern Accents'
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2024 Dolly Parton’s reimagined version of her friend and fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Petty’s “Southern Accents,” from the forthcoming Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration of Tom Petty, is out today.... 
Mountain Stage Releases Recording Of Indigo Girls 'Closer To Fine'
by Michael Major - February 08, 2024 The album will feature a collection of live performances from various artists captured during Mountain Stage tapings over the past four decades, including Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers, and Birds of Chicago featuring Allison Russell among many others.... 
Chatham County Line Share 'Way Down Yonder' & More Tour Dates Announced
by Michael Major - January 09, 2024 Raleigh, NC-based Chatham County Line share the third single, “Way Down Yonder,” from their highly anticipated tenth studio album, Hiyo. The track features guest appearances, including vocalist Maya de Vitry, fiddler John Mailander (Bruce Hornsby, Billy Strings) and drummer Jamie Dick (Watchhouse, R... 
Mountain Stage Announces New Compilation Album & Drops David Bowie Cover
by Michael Major - January 08, 2024 The album will feature a collection of live performances from various artists captured during Mountain Stage tapings over the years, including Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Price, John Prine, Jason Isbell, The Indigo Girls, Tyler Childers, and Birds of Chicago featuring Allison Russell among many others.... 
California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023
by Michael Major - November 02, 2023 California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.... 
Aoife O'Donovan Shares 'Phoenix' From 'Age of Apathy Solo Sessions'
by Michael Major - March 31, 2023 Recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL, O’Donovan wrote and recorded 2022’s Age Of Apathy on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely with producer Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens). ... 
Dom Flemons Releases New Album 'Traveling Wildfire'
by Michael Major - March 24, 2023 Produced by Ted Hutt (Old Crow Medicine Show, Dropkick Murphys) and recorded at Los Angeles’ Kingsize Soundlabs, Traveling Wildfire is Flemons’ most personal album to-date as he refocuses on songwriting—reflecting on recent epiphanies and spiritual evolution as well as the current social climate.... 
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy Create a Musical 'Canvas' with New Studio Album
by Michael Major - January 31, 2023 Rock, pop, Latin and classical influences come to the fore on the new material of mostly original melodies. Guests include Rhiannon Giddens (“Woman of the House”), Yo-Yo Ma (“So You Love”) Brian Finnegan (“Colour Theory”)—and, on “Choo Choo,” their 17-year-old daughter Mary Frances Leahy.... 
Craft Recordings Announces 'Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium'
by Michael Major - January 05, 2023 Birthright: A Black Roots Music Compendium is an expansive overview of American Black roots music. Produced by author, professor, and GRAMMY®-nominated music historian Dr. Ted Olson, along with GRAMMY-winning producer, musician, and author Scott Billington, Birthright offers an introduction to the r... 
Paul Simon Tribute Concert to Premiere on CBS
by Michael Major - December 14, 2022 The two-hour special tribute features a star-studded performer lineup of GRAMMY-winning artists, past nominees and iconic voices including Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Eric Church, Rhiannon Giddens, Susanna Hoffs, Jonas Brothers, Angélique Kidjo, Ledisi, Little Big Town, Dave Matthews, Brad Pai... 
Billie Eilish, Doja Cat & More Join Audible's New Original Series 'Origins'
by Michael Major - October 26, 2022 Academy and multi-Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish, Grammy winner Doja Cat, multi Latin Grammy winner Camilo, the youngest recipient of the Best Reggae Album Grammy award, Koffee, emerging audio-visual artist and rap pioneer Tobe Nwigwe, pop sensation King Princess and Grammy-nominated country musi... 
lund Releases New Single 'Good Advice'
by Michael Major - September 02, 2022 lund’s debut album Right This Time, was recorded with producer Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell (Tedeschi Trucks Band) at Echo Mountain Studios and Sedgwick Studios in her adoptive hometown of Asheville. The album features original songs honed over her decades-long stint in New York City as a working mu... 
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Announces 'Out Of The Park' Lineup
by Michael Major - August 24, 2022 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces “Out Of The Park” lineup of nighttime, post festival shows. Partnering with local venues, HSB announces shows with Marcus Mumford, Bonny Light Horseman, Antibalas, Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Moonalice, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Waco Brothers & Bo... 
Aoife O'Donovan Shares Olga Bell Remix of 'B61'
by Michael Major - July 26, 2022 Produced by fellow GRAMMY-winner Joe Henry (Bonnie Raitt, Rhiannon Giddens), Age Of Apathy was recorded through a unique residency with Full Sail University in Winter Park, FL. Working both on-site at their studio with GRAMMY-nominated engineer Darren Schneider while collaborating entirely remotely ... 
Nicole Lund to Release Debut Album as 'lund'
by Michael Major - July 21, 2022 lund’s debut album Right This Time, was recorded with producer Tyler “The Falcon” Greenwell (Tedeschi Trucks Band) at Echo Mountain Studios and Sedgwick Studios in her adoptive hometown of Asheville. The album features original songs honed over her decades-long stint in New York City as a working mu... 
Legacy Folk Artist Bhi Bhiman Releases New Album I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M FAMOUS
by Grace Cutler - June 24, 2022 Bhi Bhiman's new album, I'll Sleep When I'm Famous explores a certain freedom to existentialism.... 
Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink, & Marcy Marxer Announce Album Collaboration
by Michael Major - May 03, 2022 GRAMMY® Award-winning folk icons Tom Paxton, and Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer (who make music as Cathy & Marcy), have announced their forthcoming live, double album collaboration, ALL NEW. Today, the trio released the project’s first single, “Pete’s Shoulders: The Power Of Song,” a tribute to the leg... 
Audible Expands 'Words + Music' Slate With Mariah Carey, Pete Townshend & More
by Michael Major - April 28, 2022 New artists to join the ‘Words + Music’ include Mariah Carey, singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, rock legend Carlos Santana, singer, songwriter, and record producer Beck, The Who's guitarist and principal songwriter Pete Townshend, comedy rock duo, Tenacious D, comprised of Jack Black and Kyle Gass, and ... 
Find Out Who Won at the 2022 GRAMMY Awards - All the Winners!
by Michael Major - April 21, 2022 The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards featured a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, a win for Barlow and Bear's 'Unofficial Bridgerton Musical,' Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett for their 'Love For Sale' Cole Porter duets album, Olivia Rodrigo, and more. Check out the full list of winners now!... 
Critically Acclaimed Singer Songwriter Bhi Bhiman Channels A Universal Experience In “Up All Night”
by A.A. Cristi - April 08, 2022 In advance of his first studio album in four years, I'll Sleep When I'm Famous (JULY 2022), acclaimed singer-songwriter Bhi Bhiman, known for his 'gutsy vocal style' (Guardian), drops a heart-rending new single, 'Up All Night'. The song was inspired by the duality of looking after his young daughter... 
'Strange Wonders, The Wexford Carols, Vol. II' Announces Release
by Michael Major - October 20, 2021 Strange Wonders, The Wexford Carols Vol. II features 11 carols from the tradition that focus on the spiritual and mystical aspects of the Christmas story. The songs on the first Wexford Carols focused on the best-known episodes of the Christmas story. Preorder the new album now!... 
Eliza Shaddad Shares Sophomore LP 'The Woman You Want'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 16, 2021 Sprawling from the introspective folk-influenced sounds of “Blossom,” to the sharp post-grunge strums of “Fine & Peachy,” to the achingly beautiful soundscapes of “In The Morning (Grandmother Song),” Eliza’s raw riff-driven cinematic trademark sound is at the forefront throughout.... 
Ana Egge's 'Between Us' Arrives Sept. 17 on StorySound Records
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 13, 2021 While Egge has long written insightfully about relationships, the stressful, ominous feelings caused by the pandemic and social unrest led her to take a “let’s get to the truth — let’s do that right now” attitude with her songwriting.... |
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