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10/13/2026

Bassist Oteil Burbridge will take his friends Steve Kimock, Jason Crosby, Lamar Williams Jr., Johnny Kimock, & Tom Guarna on a spring tour.

10/09/2026

The Grand Theater is welcoming the community back into its newly restored historic auditorium next month with a throwback ticket promotion to celebrate the start of its second century.

10/06/2026

The bassist will be joined by guitarists Steve Kimock and Tom Guarna, keyboardist Jason Crosby, drummer Johnny Kimock and vocalist Lamar Williams Jr. Burbridge and Williams released their collaborative album The Offering, earlier this year.

photo: Dean Budnick Oteil Burbridge has confirmed a series of March dates with his all-star band. The bassist will be joined by guitarists Steve Kimock

10/03/2026

'He has produced music for Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, William Bell, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Jim Lauderdale, and his wife, Rosanne Cash.'

In 2024, John Leventhal released his debut solo record, Rumble Strip. This album appeared over 40 years into a career during which he has produced music

09/29/2026

“It was really fun,” vocalist and guitarist Mike Mattison says. “Mike Elizondo is amazing and he’s made a million remarkable records, so it was cool to watch him work and use his system, for lack of a better word."

For a little over the past 15 years, the Tedeschi Trucks Band has been one of the top performing acts on the live music circuit. This…

09/25/2026

'International music stars and leading Welsh artists will come together for a five-day festival celebrating the power of the human voice in Wales.'
The Donald Gordon Theatre stage will feature Grammy-winning gospel group Blind Boys of Alabama!

Nation.Cymru Staff International music stars and leading Welsh artists will come together for a five-day festival celebrating the power of the human voice in Wales this autumn. “Inspired by the instrument that connects us all”, Llais, meaning voice, is a partnership between Cardiff Music City Fe...

09/22/2026

“When the concept of ‘Future Soul’ came up, when Mike Mattison brought in that tune [with the hook], ‘I hope your future has soul in it,’ it immediately hit me as, almost as an anti-AI anthem, but more of, just like, you know what? The world is what it is; we got to do our thing. Just by getting your ass up and going to work every day and doing your thing, you’re kind of against the grain at this point. Like, the common person being the superhero was kind of the theme,” Derek Trucks explained.

Tedeschi Trucks Band take the audience on a ride to spiritual freedom, with a cathartic feeling woven throughout the show at Berkeley's Greek Theater.

09/19/2026

'The hymn was written by Albert Brumley, who was born in Oklahoma’s Choctaw Nation area and went on to become one of the best-known composers of white gospel music. His songs, however, crossed racial and cultural boundaries. His famous hymn I’ll Fly Away became hugely popular with Black gospel groups, including the Five Blind Boys of Alabama...'

Dolly Parton was laid to rest on Friday in a small private ceremony, with details of the sad farewell now coming to light, including the song she picked to say goodbye

09/15/2026

'Also on the night, Season 20 standout country singer Steve Ray Ladson returned to the stage alongside Grammy-nominated act The War and Treaty.'

Thai teen Nene Royal cranked it up yet again with a Golden Buzzer-winning performance of Soundgarden’s signature song, “Black Hole Sun.”

09/12/2026

Otis Redding, Carla Thomas, Sam & Dave, Johnnie Taylor, Wilson Pickett, William Bell all of them got the same rhythm section, the same house sound, stitched underneath wildly different voices and personalities. That’s the mechanism worth sitting with.

Jim Stewart was a banker with a country fiddle and a converted garage studio when he started Satellite Records in Memphis in 1957. Nothing about that beginning suggests a soul music empire. His sister, Estelle Axton, mortgaged her own house to help finance equipment, and in 1960, after discovering a...