PREMIERES

Nearly sixty years after the release of the International Submarine Band’s Safe at Home, the album continues to inspire generations of musicians. Gram Parsons’ initial foray into pure country was a radical shift for the ISB, marking a turning point that would define the Cosmic American Music movement. His love of hard country shines through […]

Charlie Musselwhite is an American icon. His story is entangled in the story of America, and he’s been tracing its highways and entertaining its audiences, and those abroad, for nearly six decades. So, it’s fitting that his new record, out May 16th on Forty Below Records, is entitled Look Out Highway (PRE-SAVE: https://fortybelow.ffm.to/loh-album), and it’s remarkable […]

A family band like no other, Secret Monkey Weekend returns with sparkling sophomore album Lemon Drop Hammer on June 6. Comprising seasoned guitarist/vocalist Jefferson Hart and his stepdaughters Ella (bass/vocals) and Lila Brown-Hart (drums/vocals), the North Carolina trio’s harmony-heavy Beatles/Squeeze songwriting, charming lyricism, and familial chemistry is channeled into 10 tracks helmed by revered REM/Smithereens […]

Founded in 2000, The Dead Betties are an influential queerpunk trio from New York City known for their explosive performances, sharp songwriting, and fearless provocation. Comprising lead singer-bassist Joshua Ackley, guitarist Eric Shepherd, and drummer Derek Pippin, the band has consistently challenged musical and social norms, blending punk’s raw urgency with melodic hooks and incisive […]

Chicago punk legends Smoking Popes are back with a new full-length studio album called Lovely Stuff, their first since 2018’s Into The Agony. The album will be released on April 4th by the Anxious & Angry label, available on 12” LP vinyl, digital download and streaming platforms. This new self-produced album was recorded at Bombsight […]

The Slants’ final full-length album, aptly titled The Band Plays On, is a fourteen-track collection of the band’s melodic, highly-danceable synth-pop, which was released digitally and on vinyl. Unlike prior The Slants’ albums, The Band Plays On features a guest performer on each track, including a guest vocalist on almost every song. These guests are […]

On March 28th O.A.R keyboard player MikelParis is releasing his fourth solo album, GuitarDrumming 01. Though he has released previous solo work, this marks his first album release focused on his unique style of guitar playing, which he calls GuitarDrumming, to write and record songs. The original songs also include contributions from friends Vernon Reid, […]

He’s been writing songs about people on the fringe for damn near a lifetime. 40+ years of detailing the idiosyncrasies of outcasts, losers, freaks and outliers in society in his two acclaimed, if not totally different, bands – Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. David Lowery, chief singer-songwriter and frontman from the aforementioned bands, is now […]

Reed Turchi, the Brooklyn-based musician, producer, and poet announces his new record World On Fire, a collection of vintage blues and spiritual tunes Turchi picked up along the way on his circuitous route through the music industry. Some of the songs are traditional with no documented authors, others performed by so many artists with so […]

In August of 2023, Michael Rudd started hearing songs in his sleep, songs he’d never heard before, lines of lyrics, disparate melodies, full-blown tunes that were so loud and clear that they would wake him up in the middle of the night. Within a week or two, he started hearing them at all hours of […]

Brian Simpson, a chart-topping pianist, and composer, known for his genre-defying musical style, is ready to take his audience on a captivating journey with his highly anticipated 12th album, Midnight Groove (due out March 28th via Shanachie Entertainment). This album showcases Simpson’s unique sound, blending Jazz, R&B, Funk, Soul, Blues, and Pop into a soul-stirring […]

Tommy Emmanuel’s immediate strum on the acoustic guitar sparks with a powerful gust of energy that one would expect from a five-piece electric band. The charm and vibrant showmanship Emmanuel exudes while performing is just another reason he’s a global treasure and ambassador for his instrument. Add that sheer enlightenment of hearing that master perform […]

Not many artists release their first solo record two decades after their debut album. That’s the case for Mike Delevante, whose September Days is due out April 11 on Truly Handmade Records (PRE-ORDER), an imprint created by Guy Clark LLC. It’s hardly the first musical endeavor for Delevante, who spent the 1990s recording and touring as half […]

Since 2018, GA-20 has been at the forefront of traditional blues revival. The dynamic throwback trio have long been disciples of the place where traditional blues, country and rock ’n’ roll intersect. As they continue with their mission, GA-20 welcomes in the exciting vocal powerhouse and slide expertise of Cody Nilsen. Together with guitarist/founder Matthew […]

The observer effect describes the phenomenon in which the act of observing changes that which is being observed. Bay Area artist, eggcorn uses the observer effect as the foundation for her vivid album by the same name. Taking an incisive look at the power that we have over ourselves and those around us, Observer Effect […]

Nikki O’Neill, an R&B/Americana singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Chicago, is releasing her third solo album, Stories I Only Tell My Friends. It’s being issued on Blackbird Record Label on March 14th on 12” LP vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming. Featuring eleven songs written by O’Neill, the album is co-produced by her and Rich […]

Chris Walz, a musician’s musician, a performer, and esteemed educator at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for roughly the past three decades, brings his considerable talents to fruition in the release of All I Got and Gone (due out March 14th via Chris Walz Music CWM 2501). Influenced by legendary greats such as […]

According to modern science, more than ninety percent of the universe is composed of dark matter. That is, mass we can neither see nor understand. Though—we’re trying. We’re always trying. As Asheville songwriter Julia Sanders’ forthcoming album, titled Dark Matter (due out May 16th) in reference to this ubiquitous phenomenon, opens: This girl’s been asking why […]

Son of the Velvet Rat divide their time between their home in Graz, Austria and Joshua Tree in California’s high desert. Their songs reflect a sonic landscape stretching from the Old World romanticism of Jacques Brel or Fabricio de Andre to the visionary realm of American balladeers like Bill Callahan or Michael Hurley. Lechner hails […]

We’ve sung the praises of troubadour Afton Wolfe numerous times in Glide, and his talent and songwriting mission have consistently placed him in the shelves of artists for the greater good of humanity. Why he’s not touring with Jason Isbell and Ryan Bingham is an enigma, but it’s never too late to catch his gospel. […]