27/08/2026
Eddie Skuller releases 'Blind Love' EP: A reverant homage to the songwriting of Tom Waits.
FOR FANS OF:
Tom Waits, Gene Pitney, Boy George, Bryan Ferry, Nick Cave, Lana Del Rey, Roy Orbison, The Hollies
INFLUENCED BY:Tom Waits,
The Slits, Patti Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Scott, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Elton John, Johnny Cash, The Supremes
FOR SHARING
'Blind Love' EP
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eddieskuller/blind-love-ep
Bandcamp https://eddieskuller.bandcamp.com/album/blind-love-ep
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/1k6rsI769UyPNSNFUROykg
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/eddie-skuller/1512153883
'You Can Never Hold Back Spring' video https://youtu.be/c7uwTz5pPs0
Get the single https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eddieskuller/you-can-never-hold-back-spring
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/7CfqBKIs3WOBOL3gkzRa10
'Downtown Train' single
https://youtu.be/rCzLC_FRZtI
Bandcamp https://eddieskuller.bandcamp.com/track/downtown-train
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/4rhGWeCe3CWM43gFvXN4xn
'Ballads of Tom Waits' performance EPK video https://youtu.be/Qq48LffqzKM
“Skuller embraces the dark and moody but injects the tender promise of hope. Not an easy thing for most singers to pull off” ~
Philadelphia Daily News
"[Skuller] finds a space between faithful interpretation and personal reinvention... a tribute that feels sincere without being reverential, familiar without being derivative — a record that understands the enduring power of these songs precisely because it allows them to become something new" ~
The Spill Magazine
“Skuller’s lofty tenor is too original to pigeonhole” ~
New York Times
"With his Boy George-meets-Frank Sinatra delivery... creates a cohesive exploration of the profound side of pop despair" ~
Philadelphia Enquirer
New Jersey singer-songwriter
Eddie Skuller is set to release his ‘Blind Love’ EP, a four-track personal tribute to Waits’ songwriting that revisits a storyteller with a rare ability to capture human character, emotion and melody, as well as his ability to find beauty and humanity in unexpected places.
With a unique vocal style, Skuller brings a raw, analog intimacy to these compositions, exploring the space between homage and reinvention. Performed with reverence, restraint and emotional intelligence, he allows the songs' emotional complexity to emerge, his delivery favoring intimacy over imitation.
Based in Jersey City, Eddie Skuller went to the opposite edge of the state to record this EP - namely, the upstate New York studio
The Chicken Shack with producer-proprietor
Nick Kinsey, known for his work with
Kevin Morby, Waxahatchee and
Scott McMickey. Fun fact: Waits himself is said to have made his Mule Variations album in another converted chicken shack on the opposite coast.
Bringing forth sheer raw joy and honed instincts, Skuller is joined on this EP by
Ryder Cooley of
Dust Bowl Faeries on accordion, Kinsey on drums and keyboards, Jack Skuller
on guitars, and
Jeremy Chatzky (Springsteen, Steve Earle, Ronnie Spector) on bass.
Centered around narrative and feeling, Skuller's performance reveals layers of tenderness, nostalgia, and quiet hope. Captured without edits or vocal overdubs, the recording preserves the spontaneity of the recording and the imperfections of analog production, the vocals captured live with the band.
"These four songs share a dark melancholy of lost love and desire, but all resolve with a sense of hope for a positive future outcome. That’s what draws me in to these songs and what connects them. In my live show it’s the spirit of hope that people take with them," says
Eddie Skuller.
“What makes this experience unique for me is that it was recorded live in studio to tape. I wanted Nick Kinsey to produce because I was familiar with his aesthetic sensibilities and the warmth that analog recording can provide. The songs became meditative dirges and the lyrics read as pure poetry."
Nick Kinsey notes, “Producing a cover of any Tom Waits song is a daunting proposition, but I think we did a great job paying homage to one of America’s musical heroes, while giving it our own authentic touch. Eddie’s vocal performance and approach give an emotional immediacy that’s inarguable.”
Skuller earlier shared fine renditions of ‘Downtown Train’ and ‘You Can Never Hold Back Spring’, two of
Tom Waits’ most quietly affecting songs, revealing a gentler side of Waits’ catalog, where grit gives way to tenderness and reflection. Blending collage, illustration, photography, typography and animation,
the music video is a collaboration with French collective
SPX ETC (artists
Sandrine Pagnoux
and
Sophie Etchart), sparked through Sandrine’s Tom Waits editorial for
46pgs magazine.
In addition to his solo work, Skuller is a perennial guest vocalist with
The Losers Lounge, the acclaimed tribute series curated by
The
Psychedelic Furs’
Joe McGinty and regularly held at Joe’s Pub and City Winery in NYC. His live performances have drawn praise for their authenticity, emotional clarity, and musical integrity.
As of August 26th, the 'Blind Love' EP is available
everywhere digitally, including
Spotify,
Apple Music
and
Bandcamp, where the first two singles can also be found.
TRACK LIST
01 Eddie Skuller - Blind Love
02 Eddie Skuller - Downtown Train
03 Eddie Skuller - House Where Nobody Lives
04 Eddie Skuller - You Can Never Hold Back Spring
CREDITS
Produced & Mixed by Nick Kinsey at the Chicken Shack Studio, New York
Mastered by Christopher Colbert at National Freedom Studio, Oregon
Eddie Skuller - vocals
Jeremy Chatzky - bass
Jack Skuller - guitar
Nick Kinsey - drums, percussion, keyboards
Ryder Cooley - accordion
EP cover photo and design by Eddie Skuller
‘You Can Never Hold Back Spring’ video produced for SPX ETC
by Sophie Etchart & Sandrine Pagnoux
Single cover photo & design by SPX ETC
Original artist photos by Eddie Skuller
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with Eddie Skuller
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Rayland Baxter announces new album 'True Violet' (23 October) with first single and video.
Rayland Baxter has spent much of his career chasing clarity, but with his forthcoming album 'True Violet', out 23 October via ATO Records, he feels like the first time he's truly found it. His first album in more than four years, the 11-song collection captures the slow, steady metamorphosis of becoming someone new. The album was co-produced by Nick Waterhouse and Paul Butler and written during a years-long period of solitude in the hills of Tennessee where he penned more than 70 songs.
Today, Baxter released the album opener 'Better Man', co-written with and featuring background vocals from Tyler Ballgame, that serves as a prologue for the journey he takes throughout the album. The song arrives alongside an official video directed by Joshua Shoemaker. About the song, Baxter explains, “‘Better Man’ is a song about making it through the hard times and coming out the other side better than before. It's a reminder to myself that it's ok to close the book on a time in my life, as long as I remember the lessons I learned during that time.”
WATCH 'BETTER MAN' VIDEO HERE
LISTEN TO 'BETTER MAN' HERE
“It's very personal and bloody,” Baxter says of True Violet. “There are bruises and bite marks in these songs. Tears and enlightenment and pains of the heart.”
Baxter spent the years surrounding his 2022 album If I Were A Butterfly touring heavily while navigating difficult relationships, personal loss, and the death of his father, Bucky Baxter, a multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Bob Dylan and as a member of Steve Earle and The Dukes whose musicianship and encouragement had shaped every previous chapter of his career. After returning to his quiet Tennessee hometown, Baxter found himself with the stillness to confront the patterns and emotions he had spent years outrunning.
"I sat in my chair alone for a year and wrote a bunch of songs, and what started off as an attempt to write a record got sideswiped by mediocre attempts I wouldn't even sing to my dog," he recalls. "Then, like many times over the last three years, I called my sister. We talked about life and family and love and heartache, and our individual experiences with all of that. She simply encouraged me to write about what I was feeling, something I was avoiding in the early stages of writing.”
That advice became a turning point for Baxter. From that trove of material he wrote during those quiet evenings came True Violet, a sweeping, tender, and sometimes raucous ode to reckoning and reconciliation. The album’s title reflects Baxter’s conception of its emotional landscape: “the reds of anger and the blues of sadness” ultimately converge in violet, a color that represents the complexity of love, disappointment, pain, and acceptance.
These days, Baxter has a steadier hand on the sails of his life, and you can hear it in his voice as he sings about living inside a feeling for too long and the hard-won relief of finally moving beyond it. "I was just letting it go," he explains. "The right people were in the room bringing the songs to life. I was observing. Feeling for the first time really steady in the process."
'True Violet' tracklisting
1) Better Man
2) Up and Down a Mountain
3) Bad Love
4) Haymaker
5) What a Day My Friend
6) The Fool
7) Bolly Plateau
8) Real Bad Rut
9) Dreamin About
10) Never Do
11) Oh My Love
PRE-ORDER 'TRUE VIOLET'
26/08/2026
Wynonna - Hear/ watch new single "Girl Who Could Sing' - New album 'The Hard Truth' out 2 October.
"One of country music’s most venerated singers" The New York Times
"A legend of legends" NPR
"The greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline” Rolling Stone
GRAMMY Award-winning global icon Wynonna Judd has released her latest single 'Girl Who Could Sing' from her highly anticipated solo album 'The Hard Truth', out 2nd October via ANTI- Records. Written by Judd, Cactus Moser, Clara Calaway, Melissa Forrette, and Brant Colella, the deeply personal track serves as a letter to Wynonna’s late father and finds her at her most raw and vulnerable. Wynonna, who never knew her father, was inspired to write 'Girl Who Could Sing', after his family discovered a drawer filled with newspaper articles and clippings of her, after his passing.
Throughout the song, Wynonna reckons with the complicated emotions of having a father she never knew and ultimately will never know, asking, “Did you hear the same lies, that kept us away?” and “Did my voice and my backbone both come from you?” She wonders, “Did you ever buy a ticket, did you come to a show,” questions that will forever remain unanswered. At its core, the song sits with loss, acceptance, and the ache of knowing that some answers are not to be found, only felt. Listen and watch the track’s accompanying video below, featuring Wynonna holding the exact press clippings her father had kept.
WATCH 'GIRL WHO COULD SING' VIDEO
LISTEN TO 'GIRL WHO COULD SING'
“I was 30 years old when I learned the truth, that the man I called “Dad” my entire life, was not my biological father,” Wynonna explains. “It changed everything I thought I knew about who I was. By the time I was ready to meet him, he was gone. I never got to hear his voice, look him in the eyes, or ask him why. I’ll carry those unanswered questions with me for the rest of my life. ‘Was I ever really your daughter, or just a girl who could sing?’ is the question that hurts the most—because I’ll never get to hear his answer. What do you do with the questions you’ll never have answers to? My answer is simple… I sing about it.”
"Girl Who Could Sing” is featured on ‘The Hard Truth’, Wynonna's new album coming out on 2 October on ANTI- Records. These ten songs feature her first-ever album co-writes and speak directly to the highs and lows of her life journey. The first half of ‘The Hard Truth’ centers on Wynonna’s bittersweet relationship with her mother and the struggle to find herself, remaining locked outside a life of her own even in the spotlight. The second half looks at the life and the self that Wynonna has worked to build on her own.
This album has a major contributor in the form of producer Cactus Moser, Wynonna’s partner in music and life. What they’ve created together is an unvarnished elegy to the dead and the missing, an album that pays tribute to choosing love in the face of suffering. "Being a part of this record and helping bring these songs to life as its producer, has been the most important work I've known,” said Moser. “We started with nothing but a feeling and emotion and ended up with an entire album that captures Wynonna’s story with a level of honesty she's never experienced in her career. It's the kind of record that makes a difference and reminds you why music exists in the first place."
'The Hard Truth’ is a tribute to deep sorrow and dogged persistence that strips away layer after layer of the lush production that defined Wynonna’s previous recordings, delivering her most personal and powerful work yet. ANTI- is proud to continue its tradition of embracing American legends and giving them a platform to reach new heights. Pre-order limited edition color vinyl in her webstore HERE.
WATCH 'KENTUCKY QUEEN' VIDEO
WATCH 'AM I MISSING OUT' VIDEO
PRE-ORDER 'THE HARD TRUTH'
The Damn Truth release new single "Killer Whale" from upcoming Deluxe Edition album.
THE DAMN TRUTH RELEASE NEW SINGLE
“KILLER WHALE” ON 25 AUGUST 2026
STREAM THE SINGLE |
WATCH MUSIC VIDEO
TAKEN FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM
“THE DAMN TRUTH (DELUXE EDITION)”
RELEASED 11 SEPTEMBER 2026
Riding the wave of their critically acclaimed, JUNO Award-nominated self-titled album, Canadian rock powerhouse The Damn Truth are turning up the heat ahead of the worldwide release of The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition) on 11 September 2026 with the release of their explosive new single “Killer Whale” on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, complete with a brand-new music video.
“Killer Whale” is available on all streaming platforms
HERE. The official music video is available to stream on YouTube
HERE.
The Damn Truth (Deluxe Edition) is available to pre-order
HERE.
Exploding from the band’s acclaimed self-titled album, “Killer Whale” is a live-wire fan favourite that has become a highlight of The Damn Truth’s electrifying shows. Produced by
Bob Rock
(Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith), this adrenaline-fuelled rock anthem surges with power, hope, and celebration.
Says the band –
“In true rock n roll fashion Killer Whale started with a banging guitar riff. Screaming through the vintage amp we knew we had something special with this song. Bob heard it too when we recorded it in Vancouver at The Warehouse Studios. The song itself is not about heartbreak. It’s about what gets left behind after all the noise has gone.
“Night after night, all over the world, “Killer Whale” gets the rock ’n’ roll party started early in the set, lighting the fire that burns through the full 90 minutes of pure rock ’n’ roll that is The Damn Truth.”
The release of "Killer Whale" offers fans excitement and celebration as one of the standout tracks from the
Deluxe Edition album. The new single also coincides with
The Damn Truth’s UK tour
which kicks off with a free acoustic session
at
The Gibson Garage in London from
2 –2:30pm on
Thursday August 27th.
The Gibson Garage acoustic session is open to the public. Entry is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Fans are advised to show up early on the day, to ensure admission to the rare and intimate acoustic performance. Address: 61–62 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8NQ.
With another action-packed year ahead, The Damn Truth are set to keep the momentum roaring with tour dates across the UK, Europe, and Canada, including high-profile special guest appearances on
Europe’s The Final Countdown – 40th Anniversary Tour, along with major festival appearances and electrifying headline shows.
THE DAMN TRUTH - 2026 TOUR DATES
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
AUGUST 2026
27 Aug - The Gibson Garage, London, UK (free acoustic session)
28 Aug - The Live Rooms, Chester, UK
29 Aug - Stonedead Festival, Newark, UK
30 Aug - Nightrain, Bradford, UK
SEPTEMBER 2026
01 Sep - The Globe, Cardiff, UK
02 Sep - Cavern, Exeter, UK
03 Sep - The Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes, UK
04 Sep - Bear Cave, Bournemouth, UK
06 Sep - The Waterloo Music Bar, Blackpool, UK
EUROPE'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN – 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR
FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS: THE DAMN TRUTH
30 September – Glasgow, SEC Armadillo, UK
2 October – Wolverhampton, Civic Hall, UK
3 October – London, Eventim Apollo, UK
5 October – Arnhem, Musis Sacrum, Netherlands
6 October – Paris, L'Olympia, France
8 October – Barcelona, Poble Espanyol, Spain
9 October – Bilbao, Arena Miribilla, Spain
10 October – Madrid, La Cubierta, Spain
12 October – Lausanne, Salle Métropole, Switzerland
13 October – Zurich, Volkshaus, Switzerland
14 October – Milan, Alcatraz, Italy
16 October – Stuttgart, Liederhalle, Germany
17 October – Vienna, Gasometer, Austria
19 October – Berlin, Admiralspalast, Germany
20 October – Warsaw, COS Torwar, Poland
22 October – Frederiksberg, Falconer Salen, Denmark
23 October – Gothenburg, Sweden
24 October – Stockholm, Sweden
26 October – Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Norway
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The Damn Truth
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Joan As Police Woman shares stunning 'Christobel' version, highlighting 'Real Life Evolution' LP.
FOR FANS OF: Cat Power, Anohni, Jeff Buckley, P J Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Meshell Ndegeocello, Talk Talk, David Bowie, Laura Nyro
FOCUS TRACKS Eternal Flame, The Ride, We Don't Own It, Save Me, Christobel, Flushed Chest, I Defy, Anyone, Feed The Light
FOR SHARING
'Christobel' video https://youtu.be/mgVYVeDtKnM
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0g3VWE70YFEqGGpYzt3qCm
Bandcamp https://joanaspolicewoman.bandcamp.com/track/christobel-real-life-evolution-version
'Real Life Evolution' album https://revealrecords.lnk.to/reallifeevolution
Album (all formats) https://joanaspolicewoman.bandcamp.com/album/real-life-evolution-album-2026
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/74L4dvdjMnXTwMajarOTNm
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/real-life-evolution/1887824237
TOUR TICKETS https://www.joanaspolicewoman.com/tour
MORE 'REAL LIFE ANNIVERSARY SESSIONS'
'Feed The Light' https://youtu.be/VM7FoFDcfGI
'Eternal Flame' https://youtu.be/IcGcBpnkqLk
'I Defy' https://youtu.be/0PqLdVAK_Uc
'Flushed Chest' https://youtu.be/25cW-mONIW4
'The Ride' https://youtu.be/nP_LwgjWSZE
'Anyone' https://youtu.be/h9AORzcT7qQ
'Real Life' https://youtu.be/WUMoPe5Mg7k
"‘Sensational" ~
Sunday Times // "This is breathtakingly good music" ~
Uncut // "Full of meditative beauty…ravishing and lovelorn" ~
Mojo // "A voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane" ~
The Guardian // "Beautiful" ~
Q //
"The coolest woman in pop" ~
The Times // "Joan As Police Woman is one of the 21st century’s best musicians" ~
The Economist
// "Intimate yet commanding" ~
The Spill Magazine
Iconic NYC artist
Joan As Police Woman presents
'Christobel', one of the joyous highlights of her new
'Real Life Evolution' album, released
via UK label
Reveal Records. The track captures her gift for transforming emotional complexity into something both exuberant and deeply human, setting the tone for an album that revisits and reimagines the sounds of her remarkable career.
Joan Wasser, known as Joan As Police Woman since 2004, is a critically acclaimed musician and producer, and a sought-after collaborator, dubbed “the coolest woman in pop” (The Times) and “one of the 21st century’s best musicians” (The Economist). As a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, her music defies easy categorization, crafting her own sound that blends various genres.
Accompanied by
Jeremy Gustin on drums and
Will Graefe
on guitar and vocals, the 'Real Life Anniversary Sessions)' video was recorded by
Adam Sachs
at The Owl Music Parlor in Brooklyn and filmed by
Ehud Lazin.
"I wrote this song shortly after I learned to play guitar. I performed it like the original recording for some years before I felt it could use an arrangement that didn’t feel so weighty. The lyrics are heavy on their own," explains
Joan Wasser.
"The song is in 4/4 so I decided the best way to shake it up would be to put it in a different meter - this time in 5/8. Five can really feel like a centrifical ellipse if executed well. The swirling, frenzied lyrics felt supported by this new minimal piano ostinato. With Will Graefe on guitar and Jeremy Gustin on drums, the song both floats and travels through tumultuous weather patterns of the heart. The song remains but is projected against brand new scenery.”
Unveiled exactly 20 years from her debut's release, on this album, Joan As Police Woman has reimagined her 'Real Life' album with numerous guests. Through countless performances, these renditions are brought to life by the brilliance of the players who helped define their sound. The result is ten stunning tracks with varied flavours and collaborators.
"Songs live beyond their creators. Like us, they settle into themselves over time, finding their own equilibrium. That spirit is the pulse of this new album — ten reimagined versions of every song from the original 'Real Life," says
Joan Wasser.
This follows 'Feed The Light' with the 'Real Life Anniversary Sessions' video offering quite a different rendition. On the album, Joan plays Fender Rhodes, while the video finds her blissfully on bass guitar. Recorded by
Danny Blume at
Hidden Quarry Studios in Bearsville, NY, the album version involves long-term collaborators
Thomas Bartlett (Rhodes bass) and
Parker Kindred (drums and vocals).
Joan has also shared stripped-down trio-format versions of
'Eternal Flame',
'Flushed Chest',
'The Ride',
'Anyone' and
'I Defy', as well as the title track
'Real Life'.
"Some transformations are subtle. Others are seismic. All of them were made with an entirely new cast of collaborators. Among them are two extraordinary vocalists. The inimitable
Iggy Pop — whose band I’ve had the privilege of touring with, playing keys and singing — recorded a stunning version of 'Save Me'
while we were on the road in New Zealand. We had to work around the birds outside, who apparently had strong opinions about the session. Then there’s
Krystle Warren, a true original and one of my favorite singers alive. Her voice is so deeply soulful that 'I Defy' feels like it thoroughly enjoyed easily slipping into its brand new groove," says Joan.
"From my current touring trio,
Will Graefe
brings his emotionally masterful guitar work and Jeremy Gustin
his remarkable rhythmic sensibility to several tracks.
Parker Kindred’s inventive drum creations were the spark behind others.
Thomas Bartlett
unlocked a new dimension of the title track — honoring its original feeling while casting it in a warmer, amber light — and added Rhodes bass throughout. This album gave me the chance to reunite, decades on, with upright bassist
Tony Scherr, guitarist
Oren Bloedow, and funk bassist
Danny Blume
— musicians whose artistry has only deepened with time."
Joan As Police Woman has released ten albums of original material, two cover albums, and an anthology. She has recorded and performed with hundreds of artists, including
Afrobeat legend
Tony Allen, Lou Reed, Anohni & The Johnsons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, David Byrne, Dave Okumu, Chris Dowd, Lau, Scissor Sisters, Sparklehorse, Beck, Laurie Anderson, Lloyd Cole, Afel Bocoum, Dave Gahan, Tanya Donelly,
Damon Albarn and
Gorillaz.
Joan has also announced February 2027 dates for her
Real Life 20th Anniversary Tour, complimenting her November 2026 dates, bringing her to UK, Italy, Germany, France and The Netherlands. Performing her debut
'Real Life' album as a trio, shows will also include song from her catalogue, fan favourites, deep cuts and many surprises.
The 'Real Life Evolution' album is out
everywhere digitally and on CD and
Limited Edition exclusive red marble vinyl on
Bandcamp. Tour tickets can be ordered at
www.joanaspolicewoman.com/tour.
CREDITS
All songs written by Joan Wasser
Published by Fists of Fury (BMI / Domino Publishing),
except “I Defy” written by Joan Wasser & Anohni (Rebis Music (ASCAP))
Produced by Joan Wasser except “I Defy”, “We Don’t Own It” and “Feed The Light” produced by Joan Wasser & Parker Kindred
Mixed by Patrick Dillett at Reservoir Studios
Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound
Joan Wasser - vocals, piano, Wurlitzer, strings
Krystle Warren - vocals
Will Graefe - acoustic guitar
Jeremy Gustin - drums, vocals
Oren Bloedow - electric guitar
Danny Blume - electric bass
Parker Kindred - drums
Tony Scherr - upright bass
Krystal Warren - vocals on 'I Defy'
Iggy Pop - vocals on 'Save Me'
Album package concept, design & photos by
Judi Rosen
(p) & (c) 2026 Sweet Police LLC under exclusive licence to Reveal Records
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
ALBUM TRACK LIST
1. Anyone (Real Life Evolution version)
2. Flushed Chest (Real Life Evolution version)
3. The Ride (Real Life Evolution version)
4. I Defy feat. Krystle Warren (Real Life Evolution version)
5. Feed The Light (Real Life Evolution Version)
6. Christobel (Real Life Evolution version)
7. Save Me feat. Iggy Pop (Real Life Evolution version)
8. We Don’t Own It (Real Life Evolution version)
9. Eternal Flame (Real Life Evolution version)
10.Real Life (Real Life Evolution version)
REAL LIFE ANNIVERSARY TOUR
NOV 5 London, UK - Union Chapel
NOV 6 London, UK - Union Chapel
NOV 7 Manchester, UK - RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)
NOV 9 Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
NOV 11 Brugge, Belgium - Cactus Club
NOV 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Zonnehuis (sold out)
NOV 13 Hamburg, Germany - Mojo Club
NOV 15 Aarhus, Denmark - Train
NOV 16 Copenhagen, Denmark - DR Concert Hall
NOV 18 Budapest, Hungary - House of Music Hungary
NOV 20 Roma, Italy - Angelo Mai
NOV 22 Berlin, Germany - Haus des Rundfunks & Großer Sendesaal
FEB 12 Paris, France - Alhambra
FEB 14 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Zonnehuis
FEB 16 Bremen, Germany - Kulturzentrum Radio Bremen
FEB 17 Heidelberg, Germany - Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof
FEB 19 Schorndorf, Germany - Club Manufaktur
FEB 21 Brighton, UK - Komedia
FEB 22 Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction (J2)
FEB 23 Norwich, UK - Norwich Arts Centre
FEB 24 Leeds, UK - Howard Assembly Room
FEB 26 Bologna, Italy - Estragon Club
FEB 27 Milan, Italy - Santeria Toscana 31
Keep up with Joan As Police Woman
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12/08/2026
Liverpool's The Room unveils 'Things Have Learnt To Walk That Ought To Crawl', teasing new album.
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FOR FANS OF: Echo & The Bunnymen, Gang of Four, The Fall, Modern English, The Chameleons, Public Image Ltd., Dead Cowboys, Benny Profane, The Room in the Wood
Things Have Learnt To Walk That Ought To Crawl' ISRC code GX5632620002
'Drill, Baby, Drill' ISRC code GX5632620001
FOR SHARING
'Things Have Learnt To Walk That Ought To Crawl' video
https://youtu.be/bWXU0GXxz1w
Get the single
https://emubands.ffm.to/thingshavelearnttowalkthatoughttocrawl
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CcXDQshXrS54Mizk4Djln
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/es/artist/the-room/1003825632?l=en
'Drill, Baby, Drill'
https://theroomtheroominthewood.bandcamp.com/track/drill-baby-drill
Album order
http://theroomtheroominthewood.bandcamp.com/album/doom-pop-2
'Doom Pop!' vinyl (UK) www.9x9records.co.uk/product-page/the-room-doom-pop-lp
'Doom Pop!' CD (UK)
www.9x9records.co.uk/product-page/the-room-doom-pop-cd
Album order
(North America)
https://darla.com/products/room-the-doom-pop
“The Room were one of the more maverick and overlooked groups in the city...The band brought together a musical and verbal intelligence and an abstract energy...The incisive lyricism of the music always always matched the concisely articulate emotion of Dave Jackson’s words" ~
Melody Maker
"A band on the move, evolving from their post-punk roots into something richer and more nuanced... an immersive experience" ~
The Spill Magazine
"Mix of the tuneful with the dissonant, coolly delivered lyrics and the impeccable production" ~ Joyzine
"Bunnymen-infused, indie eclecticism... a heady blend of left-field pop and a progressive post-punk poise for the discerning, contemporary alt-pop picker" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
Liverpool post-punk pioneers
The Room present 'Things Have Learnt to Walk that Ought to Crawl', an adrenaline-fueled blast of melodic post-punk that celebrates one of the band's earlier compositions, now with a contemporary sheen. Reaffirming the relevance of its themes in today's increasingly uncertain world, this is the second single from their third album 'Doom Pop!', released via
9x9 Records, following the lead track 'Drill, Baby, Drill!'.
Driven by jangling guitars, relentless momentum, and distinctive drumming, the
accompanying video was produced by
Marco Cecere. In re-envisioning their 1982 cult classic, the band revisits their roots, exploring themes that remain topical today, proving the enduring power of this music,
Recorded and mixed at
Ark Studios in Liverpool, this album was co-produced by
Dave Jackson and
Steve Powell
(Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band, Autour De Lucie, Echo & The Bunnymen).
Favourites of
John Peel, The Room was formed by singer
Dave Jackson
and bassist
Becky Stringer in 1979, during the golden years of northern English post-punk. Reforming in 2022 after disbanding in 1985, they are now joined by guitarist
Darren Brown, keyboardist
Ethan Kyme, and original drummer Clive Thomas. They have since performed at Shiiine On festival and Preston Pop Fest, and have toured or played with The Red Guitars, Blue Orchids, Trupa Trupa, and Estonia with Shelton San.
The Room recorded four
John Peel sessions, appeared on The Whistle Test and worked with
Television's
Tom Verlaine
and
John Porter (Roxy Music, TheSmiths, Billy Bragg)
on their
'In Evil Hour' LP
(1984), aside from releasing three other albums ('Bitter Reaction' in 1980, 'Indoor Fireworks' in 1982 and 'Clear!' in 1983. Recordings from
Janice Long's BBC Radio One programme and
Saturday Live were used for the 1985 release
'Jackpot Jack' EP.
The Room toured the UK and the USA, and performed with The Fall, The Birthday Party, Bauhaus, Southern Death Cult, Violent Femmes, Tom Verlaine, John Foxx and The Red Guitars. Following the band's split, Becky and Dave went on to form
Benny Profane, Dust
and Dead Cowboys. Dave has also recorded under his own name and as
The Room in the Wood
(with Paul Cavanagh).
'Doom Pop!' is The Room's third album with 9x9 Records, preceded by
'Restless Fate' (2023) and 'The Telling'(2024). This a collection of ten hook-driven post-punk songs confronts the anxieties of modern life, balancing political urgency with imagination and nostalgia.
"We aimed at shorter, sharper, more pop-oriented songs than on our previous album 'The Telling', which was a continuous story told in eleven songs without repetition or distinct choruses. The ‘pop’ element mainly harks back to the roots of our music, updating our original spiky, post-punk independent sound with Ethan’ Kyme’s keyboard stylings. Lyrically, it is a response to the current climate of emerging fascism and paranoia that increasingly colonizes all media," says
Dave Jackson.
"'Things Have Learnt to Walk that Ought to Crawl' is a the only older song re-envisioned for this album, and one of only three 1980s songs by The Room to survive in our live set. We decided to re-record and release it as it fits neatly into our new repertoire with its exhilarating jangly forward thrust, and also highlights Clive Thomas’ unique drumming."
In examining the strange days in we are living, ‘Doom Pop!’ explores the rise of authoritarianism, disinformation, war and paranoia. But it equally draws inspiration from science fiction, horror, and cinematic liminal spaces, influenced by
Béla Tarr's films,
Tarkovsky's 'Stalker', and a science fiction story, called
'Trespassing', that
Dave Jackson is currently developing as a screenplay.
As of August 12th, 'Things Have Learnt to Walk that Ought to Crawl' is
available digitally, including
Spotify,
Apple Music and
Bandcamp. On September 4th, the full 'Doom Pop!' album will be released
digitally,
on CD and on
limited edition mixed eco-vinyl.
In North America, both physical formats are available via
Darla Records.
TRACK LIST
1. Drill, Baby, Drill
2. Magic Games
3. Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl
4. Trespassing
5. Temptation Harbour
6. Doom Patrol
7. Continent Of Lies
8. The Room
9. No One Comes Here from the Town
10. Stories
11. Drones
CREDITS
Lyrics by Dave Jackson
Music written by The Room
Dave Jackson – vocals
Becky Stringer – bass
Darren Brown – guitar
Ethan Kyme – keyboards (and Theremin on Track 1)
Clive Thomas – drums on all songs (except 8 & 10) and backing vocals on Track 3
Tom McCabe – drums on Tracks 8 & 10
Helena Jacks – backing vocals on Track 7
Recorded & Mixed by Steve Powell at Ark Recording Studios, Liverpool
Produced by Dave Jackson and Steve Powell
Mastered by Pete Maher
Cover artwork by Genevieve Baker
Video by Marco Cecere
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
LIVE SHOWS
SEPT 11 - Birkenhead Future Yard
SEPT 12 - London Aces & Eights
SEPT 26 - Liverpool 81 Renshaw Street
OCT. 9 - Edinburgh Wee Red Bar
NOV 13 - London Dublin Castle
Keep up with The Room
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Warren Haynes - Dreams & Songs: A Symphonic Journey. Out: 18 Sept.
Warren Haynes to release Dreams & Songs: A Symphonic Journey
Out: 18 September via Provogue/Artone Label Group in Europe/Evil Teen Records in the U.S.
Watch the official live video for “Raven Black Night”
HERE.
Watch further videos for “Shakedown Street” | “Banks of the Deep End”
GRAMMY®?Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule frontman
Warren Haynes will release his breathtaking new album,
Dreams & Songs: A Symphonic Journey.
The 16-track collection explores all aspects of his incredible catalogue and career, including music from Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band, The Dead, his solo albums, and more.The album will be released on
18 September
and available in Europe via Provogue/Artone Label Group and in the U.S. via Evil Teen Records.
The album was recorded in 2019 at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium in Haynes’ hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. Watching the interplay between Haynes and his band of seasoned rock ‘n’ roll improvisers including Oteil Burbridge on bass, John Medeski on organ and keys, Jeff Sipe on drums, and Greg Osby on saxophone as well as Edwin McCain and Jasmine Muhammad on background vocals along with the 64-piece Asheville Symphony Orchestra is a hypnotic sight to witness.
“Raven Black Night” was originally released on the 1998 Gov’t Mule album, Dose. Talking about taking a new approach to the song, Haynes says. “I had come up with this arrangement that went from Raven Black Night into Silent Scream Pt.2, back into Raven Black Night. The way those two things married together is really cool, and the way the orchestra kind of accepted that challenge was really amazing. I think those two songs, the way they work together, kind of lend themselves to orchestration, in some ways, more than anything else on this recording.”
He continues, “They sound like the orchestration completes the thought. Y’know, the orchestration kind of sounds like part of the composition, which is a tall order and very high praise indeed. I love the arrangement for that piece, and I really enjoyed singing Raven Black Night in that light. Because, y’know, the original recording had no drums and was very stripped-down. It had a little percussion thing in the middle and no bass. Whereas this arrangement is just full-bodied, full orchestration, the opposite of the original recording, and it really takes it to a place that completes it and turns it into another thing.”
This follows the previously released songs, the Grateful Dead classic “Shakedown Street” and Gov’t Mule hit “Banks of the Deep End.”
Talking about the idea behind the concert, he says, “Growing up in Asheville, North Carolina, every creative artist walked in the comfortable shadow of author Thomas Wolfe, Asheville’s most famous native son. I was no exception. Although I was familiar with some of his work—mostly Look Homeward, Angel, like everyone else—I was 38 years old when I finally read his masterpiece You Can’t Go Home Again.”
He adds, “As an Ashevillian who had found himself living in New York, I was obviously balancing the same two worlds—albeit many decades later. And although You Can’t Go Home Again was published the year my dad was born, it connected with me in a way I wasn’t prepared for. I was traveling to a lot of the same places he references, both at home and abroad, and running in similarly dissimilar circles, all the while second-guessing some of the choices made along the way, as any 38-year-old would. More than a decade later, when I wrote the song “Dreams & Songs,” from which this project takes its title, it would in some ways pay tribute to this experience and connection.”
Haynes will bring his acclaimed Dreams & Songs Symphonic Experience show to Nashville next year for two nights at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center with the Nashville Symphony on Thursday, March 11 and Friday, March 12, 2027, presented by Lightning 100. He will be joined by musicians John Medeski, Kevin Scott, Terence Higgins and Greg Osby, along with vocalists Saundra Williams and Mayteana Morales, all led by conductor Rich Daniels from the Chicago City Lights Orchestra.
Dreams & Songs Track Listing:
1. Dreams and Songs (Part One)
2. Dreams
3. Banks of the Deep End
4. Spots of Time
5. Broken Promised Land
6. Thorazine Shuffle
7. Makes No Difference
8. Terrapin Station
9. Raven Black Night
10. Just Another Rider
11. Black Peter
12. Instrumental Illness
13. One
14. Shakedown Street
15. Whipping Post
16. Dreams and Songs (Reprise)
11/08/2026
The CHANT Artist Collective: ‘Relics Of Tree Worship In Dub (Gaudi & Don Letts Roots Dub Plates)’.
THE CHANT ARTIST COLLECTIVE (C.A.C.) UNLEASHES “RELICS OF TREE WORSHIP IN DUB”
(GAUDI & DON LETTS ROOTS DUB PLATES)
RELEASE DATE: Wednesday, 23 September 2026.
FORMAT:
Digital Only. Worldwide Release.
LAUNCH PARTY: Stonehenge, 21 September 2026.
THE GENESIS: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Building on the success ofRelics Of Tree Worship In Dub (ROTW), The CHANT Artist Collective (C.A.C.)
returns with its seminal second release:
‘Relics Of Tree Worship In Dub (Gaudi & Don Letts Roots Dub Plates)’. Releasing digitally on 23 September 2026, this album digs straight back into the original sonic soil from which the entire project first sprouted. Far from a standard remix album, this release subverts traditional protocols by presenting the foundational recordings - the original guiding lights in the sky - allowing what came before to follow on. The original foundational tracks were composed, arranged, and mixed by
Youth, Tom Grashion, Jamie Grashion, and
Dan Morrell.
These master tracks were then remixed with additional production by legend Gaudi & Don Letts
into these dub explorations. The original release features an unprecedented assembly of collaborators including
Youth (Martin Glover), Gaudi, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Kermit Leveridge (Black Grape), Don Letts, Dan Morrell, Tom Grashion, Jamie Grashion, and Planetman. Released by eco-label
Balance Recordings, the initiative moves ‘beyond offsetting’ into direct land art and global reforestation.
TRACK TITLES / INFORMATION:
1.
Atmosphere (Sequoia In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Composed in the high-reaching frequency of Magenta (Key A), the wave carries the carbon-capturing presence of the ancient giant. Soft bark sonic dynamics act as an acoustic cushion, protecting the core while channeling energy into sky-filtering resilience.
Musical Key: A.
Color Code: Magenta.
Cause & Archetype: Atmosphere | Sequoia (Sequestral Dream).
2. Sustainability (London Plane In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Vibrating in bright Yellow (Key E), this urban hybrid frequency cleanses concrete landscapes. The motif mimics the self-shedding bark of the Plane tree that cleans the air, stripping away noise pollution to establish peace and structural harmony in metropolitan environments.
Musical Key: E.
Color Code: Yellow.
Cause & Archetype: Sustainability | London Plane (Mythos of the Plain).
3. Forests (Birch In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Anchored in deep forest Green (Key F), this pioneer Birch Tree nurses compromised soil. The sonic motif creates a fertile ecological bed, preparing the land for greater forest canopies to take root while bridging folk mythos with physical reforestation.
Musical Key: F.
Color Code: Green.
Cause & Archetype: Forests | Birch (Pioneer Renewal).
4. Health (Oak In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Grounded in Red (Key C), this fundamental Oak tonic frequency delivers deep-rooted vitality and restorative balance. Harnessing ancient Druidic resonance, the sub-bass layers center the spirit and fortify physical well-being.
Musical Key: C.
Color Code: Red.
Cause & Archetype: Health | Grandfather Oak (Silver Ghosts).
5. Water (Willow In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Flowing in fluid Blue (Key G), this aquatic frequency mirrors riverbanks and sacred springs. The Willow tree purifies waterways, shelters aquatic ecosystems, and binds the soil through continuous, sweeping wave motion.
Musical Key: G.
Color Code: Blue.
Cause & Archetype: Water | Willow (Willow Mother).
6. Animals (Silver Birch for All Trees In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Rooted in rich earth Brown (Key B), this multi-layered Silver Birch as a Nursery tree motif fosters thriving habitats, getting the land ready for more trees to join. It creates acoustic migratory corridors through urban landscapes, honouring the individual tree as an infinite haven for fauna and flora alike.
Musical Key: B.
Color Code: Brown.
Cause & Archetype: Animals | All Trees / Pioneer Soil (Biodiverse Canopy).
7. Humanity (Cedar In Dub)
Remixed by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Produced by: Youth and Dan Morrell.
Additional production by: Gaudi & Don Letts
Written by: Youth, Jamie Grashion, Tom Grashion and Dan Morrell.
ROOTS Matrix Note: Resonating in warm Orange (Key D), this motif calls upon the historic Cedar timbers of ancient pyramids and temple doors. It provides structural scaffolding to the master album and the first mixes from the future, reminding humanity of its role as planetary stewards.
Musical Key: D.
Color Code: Orange
Cause & Archetype: Humanity | Cedar (Cedars of God / Sacred Architecture)
Art Direction by: Dan Morrell.
Part of the philosophy of this project is the synaesthesia to attach every musical note in the scale to a colour in the rainbow. The seven music notes, colours, causes and tree archetypes.
LABEL: Balance Recordings
PUBLISHED BY: Balance Recordings
DISTRIBUTED BY: AWAL
ORIGINAL ARTWORK: “Vision Tree” by Jamie Reid (Courtesy of the Jamie Reid Estate & John Marchant Gallery)
NOTES ON BALANCE RECORDINGS, AND THE BALANCE® UNIT
Balance recordings is the home of the Space Punk Chant artist collective. The Eco label has a series of further releases planned in a collection of genres coming out over the coming years.
Eco-label Balance Recordings uses the Balance® Unit—grounded in published, peer-reviewed science—to move beyond carbon offsets through three pillars: biodiversity, social economics, and climate.
Balance uses culture to change culture. We do this by planting land art Forests, Starting at 9 mile reggae land Jamaica the birthplace and final resting place of Bob Marley. This new movement activates our three pillared framework:
- Biodiversity: Balance restore native ecosystems, which cannot exist without permanence.
- Social Economics: Balance guarantee that permanence by funding local, income-generating jobs in permaculture, agroforestry, and beekeeping— if communities don't have economic ownership, they will chop the forest down.
- Climate: This community-backed, permanent biodiversity is the only viable engine for long-term carbon removal.
To fund this vision, Balance hacked the flawed old carbon market. Treating the legacy system as a useful experiment, we threw away the rubbish—including its broken 40-year timeline that fails CO2’s true 100-year lifecycle minimum. We kept only what works: the verified amount of CO2 and the direct funding to local communities.
A carbon credit suggest putting the well-being of the Planet in the hands of the financial services community, "what could possibly go wrong with that?’ This is why balance has introduced the new balance unit.
Pennsylvania rockers Robin Ross & Carmine Gontz team up on haunting 'Blood Lines' single.
FOR FANS OF: Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Jacks Maze
INFLUENCED BY:Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Neil Young
ISRC code QZV9C2600042
FOR SHARING
'Blood Lines' video https://youtu.be/kokw8KJAXus
Bandcamp https://robinross.bandcamp.com/track/blood-lines
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SKxITRBOhAcggLalifGFs
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/robin-ross/1640503541
Robin Ross & The Melodynes 'Mind Space' album https://robinross.bandcamp.com/album/mind-space
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/2jlv1wJiQTmXvwWEpONgjv
Robin Ross & The TW Howlers 'Back To The Forest' EP https://robinross.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-the-forest
EARLIER VIDEOS
'All I Want (Is A Lover)' https://youtu.be/KNgKeu5BD3I
'Campfire on the Moon' https://youtu.be/EvcXnpvuE1Q
'Spill No Mo Wine' https://youtu.be/ya4lLg9uggA
'Echo of Love' https://youtu.be/gMaupjdK3TI
'Shiny Blue Shoes' https://youtu.be/_-4oRy6itp0
Northeastern Pennsylvania artist
Robin Ross
presents the single 'Blood Lines', introducing vocalist
Carmine Gontz. A reflective yet expansive rock anthem, 'Blood Lines' weaves melodic guitar work, rich harmonies, and a timeless message about family, connection, and the enduring ties that shape generations.
Written and performed by Robin Ross with
Jack's Maze,'Blood Lines' is powered by
Bill Snyder on guitar,
Scott Cowan on melodic guitar, Frank Cinquegrana on drums and
Joe Torres
on bass.
Released via Pennsylvania indie imprint
RPM Entertainment, this single was recorded at
Baa Baa Leaf Music Studio in Milford, Pennsylvania, where Ross produced and mixed it, working alongside famed master engineer
Jonathan Duckett
(Phillip Glass, Kenny G, David Sanborn).
Carmine Gontz is a rock artist known for his cinematic blend of gothic atmosphere, classic hard rock, and theatrical energy. The recipient of the Central Pennsylvania Music Award (CPMA) for Best Youth Artist, Carmine debuted with
'Planet 25', produced by
Dan Malsch (Ghost, Motionless in White, Bowling for Soup, Doro Pesch). His new single 'Lost In Space' was produced by
Matt Starr (Ace Frehely, Mr. Big) and features bass legend
Rudy Sarzo
(Quiet Riot, Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake) and drummer Mike Dupke (W.A.S.P., Dee Snider, Johh Mellencamp). Establishing himself as a rising voice in modern hard rock, Carmine is currently working on his debut album.
"Bloodlines survive through the years like sand in an hourglass. A new baby is born and a grandparent moves up in the sky. Everyday life moves on and the bloodline continues," says
Robin Ross. "Life takes and gives the love of our heart as time passes. One day leads into the next and bloodlines find the root of humanity. Love life but do what one must do to survive throughout the bloodlines of generations."
Emerging from the New Jersey and New York music scenes in 1988, Robin Ross has grown into a central figure in the creative pulse of Milford, PA. A multi-faceted musician, songwriter, and producer for over thirty years, he has released numerous albums while designing and developing several recording spaces, including
Triple R Studios
and
Sound Complex near NYC. He has since grown his current hub,
Baa Baa Leaf Music
into a creative sanctuary and production house.
In the early ’90s, Ross co-founded Laughing Jack (later renamed
Jack’s Maze), praised for a progressive rock style echoing the grandeur of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. After years of an energy engineer career, 2021 marked a return to form, building Baa Baa Leaf Music from the ground up and reuniting with bandmates Frank Cinquegrana, Scott Cowan, and Joe Torres to record new material for the new album, titled 'Once in a Blue Moon', anticipated in autumn.
Just recently,
Robin Ross & The Melodynes released the single
"All I Want (Is A Lover)", a sun-drenched flower power pop tune, which was featured in the star-studded Apple TV+ and Peacock original series
"Margo’s Got Money Troubles", starring
Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman
and
Nicole Kidma.
The soundtrack includes artists such as Dire Straits, Billy Idol, Madonna, Shania Twain and
Reba McEntire.
Earlier this year, they also released their second album 'Mind Space', showcasing their own blend of indie and classic rock sounds, involving
Wharton Tiers, JoEllen Gaetani, Katlyn Albrecht,
Emery Rhodes, Tony Anniello, Joe Torres,
TW Howell
and
Nancy Isola. In 2025, Ross' other project
Robin Ross & The TW Howlers
also released their 'Back To The Forest' EP.
As of August 11, 'Blood Lines' is available on digital platforms, including
Apple Music,
Spotify,
Amazon and
Bandcamp..
CREDITS
Lyrics by Robin Ross
Music written by Robin Ross, Frank Cinquegrana & Joe Torres
Robin Ross - keyboards/ lead guitar
Carmine Gontz - vocals
Frank Cinquegrana - drums
Joe Torres - bass
Scott Cowan - melodic guitar
Bill Snyder - power guitar
Recorded at
Baa Baa Leaf Music Studios
(Milford, PA)
Produced & Mixed by Robin Ross
Supervising Engineer: Jonathan Duckett
Photography & video by Tina Ross
Album artwork & design by Tina Ross
Publishing & booking:
RPM Entertainment Enterprises, LLC
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with Robin Ross
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YouTube |
Reverbnation |
Apple Music |
Spotify
50th Anniversary vinyl re-issue of Tom Waits’ sordid and tender tales of ‘Small Change’ out 2nd October.
ANTI- RECORDS ANNOUNCES 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL RE-ISSUES OF TOM WAITS’ SORDID AND TENDER TALES OF ‘SMALL CHANGE’ OUT 2ND OCTOBER.
WATCH ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF WAITS PERFORMING 'THE PIANO HAS BEEN DRINKING'.
‘Small Change’ by Tom Waits turns fifty this year. To celebrate the landmark occasion a new vinyl re-issue of the album will be available on 2nd October. Pre-order it HERE.
Uniquely combining elements of the great American songbook, jazz, beat poetry, vivid storytelling and his own modern sensibility, ‘Small Change’ was the high watermark of Waits’ 70s period, with classic songs like "Tom Traubert's Blues", “Step Right Up" and "The Piano Has Been Drinking". This is also the record where Tom's now iconic voice reached full maturity.
Upon the album’s original release in the autumn of 1976, Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times declared: [Waits] "has not only fulfilled the promise of his early work, but extended it in a way that makes him one of America's most valuable pop performers," and that "by refusing to stay in the safe mould of his first two albums, he enriched his art." In a 1976 interview following the release of his third album, Waits reflected on the storytelling roots behind his evolving style, tracing his songs back to his days working the door at a local nightclub and eavesdropping in late-night diners:
"I got a job as doorman at a night club in L.A., and I listened to all the acts from the door. I heard bluegrass, comics, folk singers, string bands. At the same time, I was picking up people’s conversations in all-night coffee shops—ambulance drivers, cabdrivers, street sweepers. I did research there as an evening curator, and I started writing—gingerly. I thought at some point I’d like to forge it all into something meaningful and give it dignity.”
Watch a much-loved clip of Waits performing "The Piano Has Been Drinking" on Martin Mull's legendary late 70s TV show Fernwood Tonight
Included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Song Writers of All Time and a 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Waits is a legendary artist who explored the full canon of American and European songwriting - from folk to jazz to blues and gospel to cabaret and spoken word - all in service of his experience of the human condition from every rung of the ladder. He has a voice and eye so singular that ‘Waitsian’ has become an adjective used by critics and dictionaries to describe his aesthetic and style.
Last month Waits shared “The Fly”, a spoken word track in which Waits wields his whipsaw humour in this satirical ode to the common housefly. The track expresses a begrudging admiration for the brief unsung life of the insect: "You have no house, well you have mine / You have no real friends, stay away from the wine / House fly go to sleep say goodbye, no one will weep when you die." LISTEN HERE.
PRE-ORDER 'SMALL CHANGE' VINYL RE-ISSUE HERE
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02/07/2026
The Commoners announce "Runnin' Blind" Single and November 2026 UK Tour.
THE COMMONERS
“RUNNIN’ BLIND” NOVEMBER 2026 UK TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
SPENCER MACKENZIE
48-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE STARTS 10AM WEDNESDAY JULY 1st AT
COMMONERS.CA
TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE 10AM FRIDAY JULY 3
VIA
COMMONERS.CA
WATCH THE OFFICIAL UK TOUR TRAILER
HERE
NEW SINGLE – “RUNNIN’ BLIND”
RELEASED FRIDAY JULY 24th
PRE-SAVE SINGLE
Celebrated Canadian Roots Rock band
The Commoners return to the UK in November 2026 for a
12-date Headline UK Tour with special guest
Spencer Mackenzie.
An exclusive
48-hour ticket pre-sale will start at
10am UK time on
Wednesday July 1st at
Commoners.ca.
Tickets go on general sale at
10am UK time on
Friday July 3rd
from
Commoners.ca.
Watch the official "Runnin' Blind" November 2026 UK Tour trailer on YouTube
HERE.
To coincide with the tour announcement, The Commoners will release a new single “Runnin’ Blind” on
Friday July 24th. The single is available to pre-save on all streaming platforms
HERE.
“Runnin’ Blind” is the second single from the band’s third studio album due for release in 2027.
“We can’t wait to get back to the UK,” says the band’s lead singer,
Chris Medhurst. “British audiences are the best in the world. We always love playing live to our UK fans.”
“Runnin’ Blind’ hits hard right out of the gate,” Medhurst continues. “Musically, we wanted something that carried a lot of swagger and rock and roll grit, but lyrically it confronts that uneasy feeling of moving forward, when you can't see what's right in front of you. It sets a bold tone for the next record.”
“Bassist
Ben Spiller, who crafted the initial iteration of the track, sheds light on its origins: “We wrote ‘Runnin’ Blind’ as a reflection on the last few years we’ve spent living on the road. Touring has a way of throwing you into situations you could never plan for. Sometimes you just have to trust your instincts and keep moving. That’s really where the song came from. It’s a lighthearted look at the chaos, misadventures, and unpredictability that come with chasing this dream, but it’s also a love letter to that lifestyle, and a reminder that some of the best stories come from the moments you never saw coming.”
“The song symbolizes running full speed down a dark road and trusting you'll make the turn before it's too late, so we wanted to capture that high-octane energy where everything feels urgent, loud, and off the rails,” says guitarist
Ross Hayes Citrullo. “We tracked live off the floor to lock in that massive, driving groove, with blazing guitars and a driving organ for that authentic retro attitude. It’s a track built to strip gears and rattle some speakers, and we’re already dialing up the engine in rehearsals so we can rock these UK venues in November.”
THE COMMONERS
“RUNNIN’ BLIND”
NOVEMBER 2026 UK TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
SPENCER MACKENZIE
48-HOUR TICKET PRE-SALE
STARTS 10AM WEDNESDAY JULY 1 AT
COMMONERS.CA
TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE 10AM FRIDAY JULY 3
VIA
COMMONERS.CA
HASTINGS, THE CARLISLE
THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
24 Pelham St, Hastings, TN34 1PE
https://carlislehastings.com
BRISTOL, THE EXCHANGE
FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
72 - 73 Old Market St, Bristol, BS2 0EJ
https://exchangebristol.com/whats-on
PLYMOUTH, JUNCTION
SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
6 Mutley Plain, Mutley, Plymouth, PL4 6LA
www.facebook.com/mutleyjunction
BIRMINGHAM, CASTLE & FALCON
SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
402 Moseley Rd, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, B12 9AT
http://castleandfalcon.com
NORWICH, WATERFRONT
TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
139-141 King St, Norwich, NR1 1QH
https://waterfrontnorwich.webflow.io
LEEDS, WARDROBE
WEDNESDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
6 St Peter's Square, Leeds, LS9 8AH
https://www.thewardrobe.co.uk
LONDON, DINGWALLS
FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
Middle Yard, Camden Lock, London, NW1 8AB
https://dingwalls.com
BIRCHINGTON, KENT, THE CENTRE
SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
Alpha Road, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9EG
https://www.thecentrebirchington.co.uk
NOTTINGHAM, RESCUE ROOMS
SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
Masonic Pl, Goldsmith St, Nottingham, NG1 5LB
https://www.rescuerooms.com
NEWCASTLE, ANARCHY BREW
WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
Benfield Business Park, Unit A1, Benfield Rd,
Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 4NQ
www.anarchybrewco.com/events
TROON, WINTERSTORM FESTIVAL
THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Winterstorm
Troon Concert Hall, Municipal Buildings
Troon, Ayrshire, KA10 6EF
https://www.winterstorm.co.uk
MANCHESTER, BAND ON THE WALL
FRIDAY 27 NOVEMBER 2026
Tickets:
Commoners.ca
25 Swan Street, Manchester, M4 5JZ
https://bandonthewall.org
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01/07/2026
Indie rocker JONNY COUCH presents 'Where The Sidewalk Ends' from first album in 7 years.
FOR FANS OF:
Matthew Sweet, Joe Jackson, The Pretenders, Elvis Costello, The Jam, The Smithereens, The Replacements
INFLUENCED BY:Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Go-Go's, The Cars, Nick Lowe, Blondie, Roxy Music
ISRC code 'Overwhelmed' - FRIDO261422
ISRC code 'Where The Sidewalk Ends' - FRIDO26142225
FOR SHARING
'Where The Sidewalk Ends' video https://youtu.be/US69kZtaY5g
Get the single https://idol-io.ffm.to/wherethesidewalkends
Bandcamp https://jonnycouch.bandcamp.com/track/where-the-sidewalk-ends
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3T8a5frSsikx1F1JAK5pXc
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jonny-couch/1165631547
'Overwhelmed' single https://jonnycouch.bandcamp.com/track/overwhelmed
'Sweet Charlene' video
https://youtu.be/L8Wwqcc5KCw
Album order
https://jonnycouch.bandcamp.com/album/where-the-sidewalk-ends
Album pre-save https://idol-io.ffm.to/wherethesidewalkends-2
"Jonny Couch writes pop songs you can sink into" ~
High Times
"Maddeningly catchy melodies and pretty much every song sounds like a hit" ~
Louder Than War
"On a bed of pillowy, ‘80s-style synth ballads and boisterous power-pop, all silliness is reflected back with a true sense of musicianship and earnestness" ~
Connect Savannah
"Part Roxy Music, part Robert Palmer, part ooey-gooey bubblegum deliciousness" ~
Bandcamp Daily
“Fantastically infectious lyrics and sleek synth melodies" ~
Rebel Noise
U.S. indie rocker
Jonny Couch presents
'Where The Sidewalk Ends', his second single from his full-length record
by the same name. The
'Where The Sidewalk Ends'
album is Couch's first in seven years and his most ambitious work to date. This 10-track rock and roll journey features such fan favorites as
'Sweet Charlene'
and more recent compositions, expanding on the melodic craftsmanship and emotional honesty that have become hallmarks of his songwriting,
Drawing inspiration from the 1950 film noir “Where the Sidewalk Ends”, this song channels its sense of mystery and shadowy city streets. its verses carrying a subtle detective-like atmosphere, the lyrics follow a lone figure moving through cold nights in search of connection and resolution.
As the track builds, it transforms into a driving, danceable chorus influenced by Giorgio Moroder and his work with Donna Summer, blending 70s-inspired disco synths with modern new wave production. The result is a cinematic hybrid—part noir, part euphoric release. Couch shares, "The tune has a bit of a detective feel in the verse, but then turns into quite a dance number. You can hear some 70's swirling disco synths on the track, mixed in with the more modern new wave production."
Between infectious rockers and ballads, Couch's music draws its origins directly from the power pop and new wave greats of the late '70s and early '80s. Now, back with renewed focus and a collection of songs rooted in timeless songwriting, strong melodies and rock-and-roll energy.
"This single has everything to do with healing. It's about the pain that eats away at us when a relationship is damaged. It's also about desire—the desire to repair that broken bond and finally find a place of peace with someone you still love. But does that person share the same desire to mend old wounds?” asks
Jonny Couch.
“The process of forgiveness is always filled with tension because you never know whether the other person is willing to meet you halfway. You don't know if they'll make the same journey toward reconciliation. For me, that's what getting to the end of the sidewalk means: reaching that place where healing becomes possible."
Recorded at
Mr. Pink Records in Bastrop, TX, this single was engineered, mixed, produced and mastered by
Jonas Wilson
(The Black Angels, Heartless Bastards, Sumbuck, Urban Heat), one of four accomplished producers involved in this album, each bringing their own talents to the sessions.
The first single,
'Overwhelmed', is fuelled by jangling guitars, a propulsive rhythm section, and an undeniable melodic hook, its lyrics exploring the frustrations of a relationship coming apart. Recorded at
Landline Recording
in Hoboken, NJ, it was engineered, mixed and produced by
Jon Chinn
(Wild Child, Lomelda, David Ramirez, Gina Chavez). The album's other two producers are
Peter Mavrogeorgis
(The National, Boy Harsher, Grinderman, Sharon Van Etten,
Bootblacks)
and
Dan Haag (The Astrojet and
The Black Swans, both fronted by
Fountains of Wayne's Jody Porter.
A staple on the New York and New Jersey music scene, Couch was a NYC rock drummer before going solo in 2016. His acclaimed
'Animal Instinct' EP earned praise for its blend of soulful pop and rock sensibilities, with
Louder Than War dubbing him "a Bryan Ferry pop crooner" and
High Times calling his work "charming". 2019's debut
'Mystery Man'
further solidified his reputation as a gifted songwriter with recognition in
Bandcamp Daily's "Unsung Power Pop Gems From All Eras" feature and more.
Building a following through energetic performances and sharp songwriting, Couch has performed alongside The Fleshtones, Josie Cotton, The Nude Party, Paul Collins Beat, and The Plimsouls, and also at the Savannah Stopover Music Festival, Hoboken Arts & Music Festival, Jersey City's Lo-Fi Fest, and WFMU FM. He regularly appears on stage at NYC venues such as Sleepwalk, Bowery Palace and TV Eye, as well as Pet Shop in Jersey City, NJ.
The 'Where The Sidewalk Ends' album features cover artwork by renowned NYC artist
Anne Muntges, known for her highly detailed drawings, prints, and installations. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, her work featured in the book
"Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl".
As of June 30th, 'When The Sidewalk Ends will be available from digital platforms, including
Spotify,
Apple Music
and
Bandcamp. The full album -- now
available for pre-order
--
will be released on July 24th. The album release show takes place that evening at Brooklyn's
Sleepwalk with other live dates in New Jersey, Georgia, New York and Illinois happening, along with a series of UK dates in August.
SINGLE CREDITS
Written by Jonny Couch a.k.a. Jonathan Edward Couch (BMI)
Jonny Couch - Vocals, Drums, Synths
Jonas Wilson - All Guitars, Bass, Additional Synths
Produced, Engineered & Mixed by Jonas Wilson
Recorded at Mr. Pink Records, Bastrop TX
Mastered By Jonas Wilson at Mr. Pink Records in Bastrop, TX
Copyright / Publishing 2026 by Damaged Sofa Music (BMI)
Album cover artwork by
Anne Muntges
Video written and directed by Richard Jordan
Director of Photography & Editing by Charles Colfer
Starring Alexander Saris as "Guy" & Jonny Couch
Jonny Couch photos by
Sumner Dilworth
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
LIVE DATES
JULY 04 Brooklyn, NY @ Mama Tried (with Mighty Fine and 45 Adapters)
JULY 24 Brooklyn, NY @ Sleepwalk - Album Release Show (with Status Set / Jewel Thief)
AUG 03 Asbury Park, NJ @ Wonder Bar - for the 'Happy Mondays' series
AUG 11 Nottingham, UK @ Billy Bootleggers - for the "Ruby Tuesdays" series
AUG 12 Hastings, UK @ Jenny Lind Inn
AUG 13 London, UK @ Dublin Castle
AUG 16 Brighton, UK @ Daltons (with The DSM IV and Francis Pig)
SEPT 05 Chicago, IL @ The Cubby Bear (with Kicked By A Hand)
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11/06/2026
Country legend Wynonna: First solo album in 10 years, 'The Hard Truth', out October 2nd- Hear/watch 'Kentucky Queen'.
"One of country music’s most venerated singers" The New York Times
"A legend of legends" NPR
"The greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline” Rolling Stone
Music icon Wynonna knows that pain threaded with joy is the sound of survival. On her new album ‘The Hard Truth’ - coming out on 2nd October and her first studio album for ANTI- Records - she isn’t letting go of either one, carrying everything she’s endured and reinventing herself as an artist. Her first time co-writing an album, Wynonna’s voice and story are highlighted alongside special guests that are incredible storytellers in their own right – Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, The War and Treaty and Iron & Wine.
On lead single 'Kentucky Queen', Wynonna returns to her childhood roots as an adult in triumph, recalling her aunt’s warning to “watch where the devil hides,” whooping with delight as she reclaims her home state and the parts of the past that saved her. The song highlights the traditional instruments that shape the record as a whole, as Wy’s voice soars over the steam-engine rhythm section carrying listeners along. Listen and watch the single’s new video – where Wy returns to her Kentucky homeland accompanied by beloved Churchill Downs bugler Steve Buttleman - below.
WATCH 'KENTUCKY QUEEN' VIDEO
LISTEN TO 'KENTUCKY QUEEN'
"I've spent a lifetime singing about heartbreak, healing, faith, and survival, but I've never made a record like this one,” Wynonna explained. “These songs tell the truth about where I've been, what I've lost, what I've overcome, and who I've become. This album asked me to be brave enough to tell the truth—even when my voice shook. It challenged me to let go of perfectionism and embrace the beauty of honest emotion. My hope is that when you hear these songs, you feel what I was feeling while writing and recording them. If they help someone feel seen, understood, or a little less alone, then every hard truth was worth telling."
'The Hard Truth’ is a ten-track tribute to deep sorrow and dogged persistence that strips away layer after layer of the lush production that defined Wynonna’s previous recordings, delivering in its place her most personal and powerful work yet. ANTI- is proud to continue its tradition of embracing American legends and giving them a platform to reach new heights. Pre-order limited edition color vinyl in her webstore HERE. Wynonna will also host a Talk Shop Live event on June 15 where she’ll chat directly with fans about the new album as she autographs exclusive vinyl and CD offerings.
A star her entire adult life, Wynonna’s first number one hit, “Mama He’s Crazy,” was released while she was still a teenager. It was the first of eight consecutive number one singles she released with her mother Naomi, performing as The Judds.
When Wynonna set out on her own in 1991, her first three solo singles consecutively topped the Country charts. Since then, she’s had multiple solo albums to reach multi-platinum sales. She has performed everywhere from Oprah and the Kentucky Derby to the Super Bowl halftime show. Her spectacular voice still flaunts a power as limitless as her horizons. But this time, listeners will hear that voice stripped down, with no effects, as she dives deep and delivers up her soul.
‘The Hard Truth’ has a major contributor in the form of producer Cactus Moser, Wynonna’s partner in music and life. Wynonna and Moser shared songwriting duties on ‘The Hard Truth’ and the resulting tracks were recorded to capture and compliment the raw power he’d witnessed decades ago. What they’ve created together is an unvarnished elegy to the dead and the missing, an album that pays tribute to choosing love in the face of suffering. Through instrumentation and arrangements unlike any record in Wynonna’s four-decade career, ‘The Hard Truth’ rolls in like a night train hitting listeners on the blind side.
"Being a part of this record, and helping bring these songs to life as its producer, has been the most important work I've known,” said Moser. “We started with nothing but a feeling and emotion and ended up with an entire album that captures Wynonna’s story with a level of honesty she's never experienced in her career. It's the kind of record that makes a difference and reminds you why music exists in the first place.
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Cinema Stereo release new single "Now We Feel Special" ahead of European and UK Headline Tour.
CINEMA STEREO ANNOUNCE NEW SINGLE “NOW WE FEEL SPECIAL”
RELEASED WEDNESDAY JUNE 10, 2026
STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO
NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2026 UK TOUR
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
THE GIG CARTEL AND CINEMA STEREO
Nashville rockers Cinema Stereo return with their brand-new single, “Now We Feel Special,” released on Wednesday June 10th. Available now across all major streaming platforms HERE, the infectious song arrives alongside an official music video, available to watch on YouTube HERE.
The single offers a tantalizing preview of Cinema Stereo’s new studio album, arriving in October. It also sets the stage for the band’s first-ever
UK Headline Tour, which will see them take to the road across the UK throughout November and December. Tickets are on sale via
The Gig Cartel and
Cinema Stereo.
“Now We Feel Special is heavily inspired by our indie rock influences,” says Cinema Stereo’s lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist,
Ian Rayha. “We wanted to channel the sounds of Vampire Weekend and Two Door Cinema Club but make it rock. We always try to follow what excites us. From the moment Sebastian played the opening riff, we knew it had to be a Cinema Stereo song.
Continues Ian, “The lyrics tell the story of two people who enter each other’s lives to save one another. We have always liked the idea that certain people are meant to cross our path—that the universe has a way of introducing new characters into our lives when we need them most, helping us to grow, heal, and move forward. In many ways, the marriage between the lyrics and the music feels just as destined as the relationship between the characters in the song.”
Coinciding with the release of the new single, Cinema Stereo have announced their first-ever European & UK Tour, beginning on 15 October 2026. Tickets are available now through Cinema Stereo. The landmark run represents a significant step in the band's journey, taking their acclaimed high-energy live show to international audiences for the first time.
Originally hailing from Orlando, Florida, and now based in Nashville, Cinema Stereo are comprised of
Ian Rayha (lead vocals, bass guitar, keyboards),
Seb Borysek (guitars, backing vocals), and
Jeff Lageveen (drums, backing vocals).
Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of influences, including Queen, The Police, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and The Killers, Cinema Stereo have forged a sound that is both timeless and distinctly their own. Renowned for their fearless creative approach, emotional honesty, and compelling songwriting, the band continue to establish themselves as one of the most exciting emerging voices in contemporary rock.
Cinema Stereo’s previous single “So Sorry, My Dear” is available on all streaming platforms
HERE
and as a limited edition 7-inch vinyl available
HERE. Watch the music video
HERE.
The band’s previous single “Lean On You” is available on all streaming platforms HERE. Watch the music video on YouTube HERE.
For the latest music and tour date updates follow Cinema Stereo on social media and streaming platforms. Details are available at
www.cinemastereo.us.
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THE GIG CARTEL IN ASSOCIATION WITH TEENAGE HEAD MUSIC PRESENTS
CINEMA STEREO
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2026 UK TOUR
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
THE GIG CARTEL AND
CINEMA STEREO
FAVERSHAM, THE OLD BREWERY STORE
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25
Tickets:
Gigantic
Mill Place, Faversham, Kent, ME13 7DY
https://rockinrootsevents.co.uk
MANCHESTER, DEAF INSTITUTE
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
135 Grosvenor St, Manchester, M1 7HE
https://www.thedeafinstitute.co.uk
SHEFFIELD, YELLOW ARCH
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
30-36 Burton Rd, Neepsend, Sheffield, S3 8BX
https://www.yellowarch.com
LEEK, FOXLOWE ARTS CENTRE
SATURDAY NOVMEBER 28
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
Stockwell St, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6AD
www.foxloweartscentre.org.uk
PLANET ROCKSTOCK
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29
Tickets:
Planet Rock Tickets
Trecco Bay, Porthcawl, Wales, CF36 5NG
Planet Rock.com
GLASGOW, SLAY
TUESDAY DECEMBER 1
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
24 Glassford St, Glasgow, G1 1UL
https://slayglasgow.com
YORK, FULFORD ARMS
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
121 Fulford Rd, York, YO10 4EX
https://www.thefulfordarms.com
NORWICH, WATERFRONT STUDIO
THURSDAY DECEMBER 3
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
139-141 King St, Norwich, NR1 1QH
https://waterfrontnorwich.webflow.io
FROME, TREEHOUSE
FRIDAY DECEMBER 4
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
35 Berkley Road, Frome, BA11 2EH
www.cheeseandgrain.com
LONDON, O2 ACADEMY 2
SATURDAY DECEMBER 5
Tickets:
The Gig Cartel
16 Parkfield St, London, N1 0PS
www.academymusicgroup.com/o2academyislington
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CINEMA STEREO 2026 EUROPEAN TOUR
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
CINEMA STEREO
15-Oct-2026 Verviers Belgium - Spirit of 66
16-Oct-2026 Krefeld Germany - Kulturrampe
17-Oct-2026 Bully-les-Mines France - Bully On Rocks festival
20-Oct-2026 Santander Spain - Niagara
21-Oct-2026 León Spain - Babylon
22-Oct-2026 A Coruña Spain - Mardi Gras
23-Oct-2026 Ourense Spain - Café Cultural
24-Oct-2026 Sevilla Spain - Sala Even
25-Oct-2026 Jerez Spain - La Guarida del Angel
27-Oct-2026 Orihuela Spain - La Gramola
28-Oct-2026 Valencia Spain - Loco Club
29-Oct-2026 Castellón Spain - Sala Because
30-Oct-2026 Zaragoza Spain - Rock 'n Blues Café
31-Oct-2026 Valles Spain - AMC Bocanegra
1-Nov-2026 Vitoria Spain - Urban Rock Concept
3-Nov-2026 Barcelona Spain - Razz 3
4-Nov-2026 Chambèry France - Brin de Zinc
5-Nov-2026 Eppstein Germany - Wunderbar Weite Welt
6-Nov-2026 Regensburg Germany - VAZ
7-Nov-2026 Lauchhammer Germany - Real Music Club
10-Nov-2026 Frankfurt Germany - Nachtleben
11-Nov-2026 Bremen Germany - Meisenfrei
12-Nov-2026 Dortmund Germany Musiktheater Piano
14-Nov-2026 Heilbronn Germany - Umma23
15-Nov-2026 Norderstedt Germany - Music Star
18-Nov-2026 Hamburg Germany - Cowboy un Indianer
21-Nov-2026 Coevorden Netherlands – MFC
25-Nov-2026 Faversham UK - The Old Brewery Store
26-Nov 2026 Manchester UK - Deaf Institute
27-Nov-2026 Sheffield UK - Yellow Arch
28-Nov-2026 Leek UK - Foxlowe Arts
29-Nov-2026 Trecco Bay UK - Planet Rockstrock
1-Dec-2026 Glasgow UK - Slay
2-Dec-2026 York UK - Fulford Arms
3-Dec-2026 Norwich UK - Waterfront
4-Dec-2026 Frome UK - Treehouse
5-Dec-2026 London UK - O2 Academy 2
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30/05/2026
DEATĦ B¥ LØVE releases electrifying '444' album on CD – A journey through shadow & transcendence.
GENRES: Alternative, Darkwave, Gothic, Alt-Rock, Trip-Hop, Industrial, Middle-East influenced music
FOCUS TRACK: Cosmic Power, Strong Inside, Selleno, Temros, Forest, Ziro (ethno-world music)
FOR FANS OF:Lords Of Acid, Clan of Xymox, KMFDM, Alien Sex Fiend, Sneaker Pimps, Nine Inch Nails, Snake River Conspiracy
INFLUENCED BY Massive Attack, Garbage, Tricky, Dead Can Dance, Morcheeba, The Cure, Portishead, Depeche Mode
FOR SHARING
'444' album (CD & digital) https://deathbylovepoland.bandcamp.com/album/444
'444' album promo reel
https://youtu.be/V6o_UEJVtoI
'Cosmic Power' video
https://youtu.be/oF0tThOyRCM
'Temros' video https://youtu.be/lhZJA2NN43g
'Strong Inside' video https://youtu.be/RRQL5sOScbU
'Sellenno' video
https://youtu.be/FK420RnO4DI
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0v4YePGIkJfGcIl2E85FpP
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/ca/album/444/1870664957?l=fr-CA
"Playful, Middle-Eastern inspired sounds collide with harsh industrial textures and gothic atmosphere. Seductive and sensual... impressive soundscapes and background videos" ~
Orkus Magazin
“What ultimately elevates "444" beyond competent darkwave revivalism is its sincerity. There is no detectable cynicism in its construction. Guellard and Habiba seem genuinely invested in building emotional worlds rather than simply reproducing scene aesthetics” ~
Chain D.L.K
“Their debut album resonates with enigmatic gothic and industrial tracks. It is a concept album exploring mysticism, identity, spiritual tension, and emotional rebirth” ~
Luminous Dash
“No slaves to genre tropes... 444 is a strong and solid debut” ~
Aural Aggravation
“Refreshing, distinctive and cohesive... An eleven‑track descent into shadow that ultimately bends toward renewal, 444 occupies its own unique and difficult‑to‑define space” ~
Terra Relicta
Trans-Atlantic electro-goth / industrial duo
DEATĦ B¥ LØVE presents their debut album
'444', newly released on CD via American label
Distortion Productions. Sublime, spiritually charged, and emotionally captivating, this record fuses gothic, industrial, and trip-hop sensibilities into a singular sonic language, enriched by evocative Middle Eastern vocal textures. Taking us on an immersive odyssey, they also present their latest video for
'Cosmic Power'
with its brooding trip hop.
DEATĦ B¥ LØVE is made up of acclaimed Pittsburgh music producer and multi-instrumentalist
Peter Guellard – whose decades-long presence in America's dark-electronic underground includes work with
The Electric Hellfire Club, Closterkeller
and Blitzkrieg
– and singer-songwriter
Inga Habiba, whose distinctive, spiritually-charged voice has been shaped by a multicultural heritage and a long career fronting gothic and new-wave acts in Poland.
DEATĦ B¥ LØVE's music is cinematic and raw with a hauntingly beautiful aesthetic. Arabic scales and gothic atmospheres fuse with distorted electronics and hypnotic rhythms, crafting a soundscape that feels at once ancient and futuristic.
Over these 11 tracks, the enigmatic duo explores mysticism, identity, spiritual tension, and emotional rebirth. Wrapped in atmospheric electronics, heavy hypnotic rhythms, and exotic vocal lines and instrumentation, ‘444’ plunges listeners deep into shadow and transcendence, the duo taking us on an
Crafted over the course of a year, ‘444’ was spawned through an immersive ritual of file-swapping and Trans-Atlantic flights, reflecting a painstaking process that mirrors the album’s themes of endurance, distance, and connection. Geography and vision have shaped DEATĦ B¥ LØVE's approach to creating music between continents, embracing digital collaboration and a multimedia approach to performance, pushing live presentations to their limits, including holographic images.
This is a record that moves between extremes, covering the spectrum from despair to transcendence, from fragility to force. From the trippy space-hop of
'Cosmic Power' and cavernous intensity of
'Strong Inside'
to the industrial weight of 'I Don’t', the spectral intimacy of 'Sellenno' and the darkly mystical
'Temros (Symphonic Mix)'.
"'Cosmic Power' is our flagship song. We always dreamed of how incredibly cathartic it would be to play music in space, and with this video, that dream finally comes true. Musically, the song branches away from our core goth/industrial sound and brings in trip-hop textures that we both love. Inspired by artists such as Morcheeba and Groove Armada, we explored the more chilled, atmospheric side of our creative identity," says
Peter Guellard.
Lyrically,
Inga Habiba describes the song as “dismantling the illusion of control through a narrative of seduction, belief, and collapse. What begins as a promise of limitless power reveals itself as manipulation, leaving behind a void where trust once lived. Its final truth is stark: real power does not lie in commanding the universe, but in reclaiming ownership of one’s inner world.”
'444' is an album of survival, transformation and paradox, kick-started by an October 2024 meet-up in Warsaw, Poland to record the tracks 'Strong Inside' and 'Temros', along with their respective videos.
'Temros'
would appear on
Metropolis Records’
'Electronic Saviors 7' compilation, while
'Strong Inside'
was the first in a series of singles released via
Distortion Productions, which
also
includes 'Sellenno' and their
'Krakowski Spleen'
triphop
cover of famed Polish rock band Maanam.
"Together with 'Temros' and 'Ziro', 'Cosmic Power' gives this album its eclectic edge, but we are not afraid of sonic experimentation. In fact, we believe, and many listeners have told us, that blending genres within one album can be a strength, allowing different audiences to find their own point of connection," explains
Peter Guellard.
"What makes '444' cohesive is its deeper concept: spiritualism, survival, and the healing of past trauma. There is a delicate balance between electronic sound and cultural memory, between the human body, the planet beneath us, and the family histories and relationships that shape how we move through the world. That is what gives 444 its emotional weight."
Joined by
Pam Simmons on guitar and
Joe Palermo on drums, DEATĦ B¥ LØVE will soon bring their energy to the stage, performing at the
Wooltura Club in Łódź for
BlitzDay, along with
MECHU and
Shagreen. This unique evening is dedicated to the Polish independent scene, featuring artists with musical roots in the legendary
Blitzkrieg band, one of the most pioneering darkwave-goth bands in the history of Polish alternative music.
As of May 29th, the '444' album is out on CD, available exclusively via
Bandcamp
and from live shows. Digitally, the album can be found from fine digital platforms, including
Spotify,
Apple Music and
Bandcamp.
TRACK LIST
01 Sellenno 04:07
02 Cosmic Power 04:41
03 In Unity 05:07
04 I Don't 04:25
05 Strong Inside 04:41
06 God 04:35
07 Lost and Found 04:38
08 Temros (Symphonic Mix) 03:50
09 Forest 03:53
10 Ziro 03:57
11 Sellenno (Reprise) 07:54
CREDITS
Music by Inga Habiba & Peter Guellard
Lyrics by Inga Habiba & Peter Guellard on 'God'
Inga Habiba - vocals & keyboards.
Peter Guellard - guitars, daw, bass, upright bass & vocals
Wojciech Lubertowicz - duduk on 'Ziro'
Tomasz "Mechu" Wojciechowski - guitar on 'Strong Inside'
George Glashier - spoken word on 'Sellenno (Reprise)'
Produced by Peter Guellard
Recorded at Psychotribe (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and Toya (Lodz, Poland)
Mastered by Garrett Haines at Treelady Studio (Pittsburgh, PA)
Cover art designed by Grindhouse Alternative Art Studio
All Rights Reserved C + P Death By Love / Distortion Productions, LLC
'Cosmic Power' & other videos directed and produced by Peter Guellard
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
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29/05/2026
BABE RAINBOW USHERS IN THE UNOFFICIAL START OF SUMMER WITH “POLYMUSCALSACCHARIDE” OUT NOW.
Australia’s psych rainbow rockers
Babe Rainbow return with the lead single from their seventh studio album,
“Polymuscalsaccharide”.
“Polymuscalsaccharide” is now available via
Eureka / AWAL across music platforms worldwide. Much like the track’s name entails, the sugary sweet new tune blends together retro synths and hazy guitars with the band’s beachy vocals, creating a perfect soundtrack for early summer nights.
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Taken from
Babe Rainbow’s forthcoming seventh studio album
ACID AND HONEY,
“Polymuscalsaccharide” began its production as an acoustic recording on an Amsterdam houseboat. With mastering and production completed by
Kyle Mullarky at his Malibu ranch, the track leans heavily into a country-pop beat that is garnished with notes of funk, hip-hop, and stoner rock.
ACID AND HONEY
drops
July 16th
via
Eureka / AWAL.
PURCHASE LIMITED EDITION ACID AND HONEY VINYL PRESALE
Beginning this July, the Australian folk-rock unit will embark on a US tour, culminating in early August.
BABE RAINBOW 2026 US TOUR DATES
July 15 Belly Up, Solana Beach
July 17 Lodge Room, Los Angeles
July 18 The Rio, Santa Cruz
July 19 The Chapel, San Francisco
July 21 Chop Shop, Chicago
July 22 Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids
July 23 Lee's Place, Toronto
July 24 Théâtre Fairmount, Montreal
July 25 Le Festif!, Baie-Saint-Paul
July 26 Oxbow Live, Portland ME
July 28 Crystal Ballroom, Somerville
July 29 The Atlantis, Washington
July 30 The Foundry, Philadelphia
July 31 Bearsville Theatre, Woodstock
Aug 1 The Rockaway Hotel, Queens
Aug 2 Hero Beach Club, Montauk
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BABE RAINBOW BIO
Known for their boogie psychedelia and throwback surf cult imagery,
Babe Rainbow are an Australian stoner pop band.
The group was formed in 2015 by
Jack Crowther (aka Cool Breez),
Angus Dowling, and
Elliot O'Reilly, who lurked at the kiosks around
Rainbow Bay. The three of them worked for John Cutts, a local grower near Tropical Fruit World in Duranbah, NSW. The guys at John's farm were churning out kale long before it became trendy.
While
Babe Rainbow's musical style was originally rooted in 60's psych and 70's French surf-pop, it has evolved throughout its career to incorporate woodland bop and folk disco, dub, dance, and international grooves while maintaining an Aquarian quality through Dowling's musical spacemen singing style and Cool Breez's chiming guitar sounds.
Their first release,
The Babe Rainbow EP, was recorded at an office space in Murwillumbah, with support from national broadcaster
Triple J as well as
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard label
Flightless Records. In 2017, they released their debut album produced by
Stu Mackenzie and toured internationally with
King Gizzard,
Allah Las,
Tomorrow's Tulips, and French synth wave band
La Femme.
Having signed with and released their debut album in 2017 with
30th Century on Columbia,
Double Rainbow (2018) and
Today (2019) followed, completing their three-record deal. Babe Rainbow now owns all their masters and future releases through their own label,
Eureka! with the help of
AWAL Music.
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Portland's Wooden Overcoat serves potent psych-pop on debut "Hello Sunbeam" EP.
FOR FANS OF:
Holy Wave, Night Beats, The Vacant Lots, Mild High Club, DIIV, Beach Fossils, Temples, Alvvays, Tame Impala, The Black Angels
INFLUENCED BY:Spiritualized, Galaxie 500, Jesus & Mary Chain, The Beatles, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Broadcast, MBV, Broadcast, BJM, Velvet Underground
ISRC code: 'Home' - USLZJ2645877 / 'Finally Arrived' - GBRKQ2625089
Heaven Right Now' - GBWUL2608485 / 'I Knew You Would' - GBWUL2608490
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"That sweet, narcotic space between dream-pop and blissed-out psych. There’s an unmistakable kinship with the blurred, oceanic textures of DIIV, but rather than leaning into cool detachment, Wooden Overcoat’s music feels warmer—almost glowing from within" ~
The Spill Magazine
"Lush and immersive... lands squarely between Slowdive’s atmosphere and Mojave 3’s understated pull" ~
God Is In The TV
Portland dreampop outfit
Wooden Overcoat
presents their debut
"Hello Sunbeam" EP, a sweet spot where lo-fi garage psych meets 90s shoegaze, all anchored by layered harmonies and an evocatively intimate vocal delivery. The focus track
"Heaven Right Now" is a reverb-soaked desert psych-rock track about hidden emotional fractures, shared suffering, and how people quietly break under pressure.
Wooden Overcoat is the sonic brainchild of multi-instrumentalist
Brant Hajek, having returned to music after a hiatus, recording songs he'd written in his late teens. What started as a practice in self-production transformed into a deep creative obsession with soundscapes and gear. Recording in a rented basement, Hajek built the foundation of the EP through spontaneous experimentation—often veering away from planned sessions to follow sudden bursts of inspiration.
"Recording this EP almost ruined my life, and I hope it sounds like it. Each song is its own little world, in which I lost myself. With childlike wonder, exploring concepts and sounds, I was inspired to make something new each time just to keep the wheel turning. I loved the feeling of momentum, knowing I was creating something out of thin air and maybe grabbing ahold of something slippery and evasive. There’s a feeling of satisfaction I can’t compare to anything else that I get when listening back to something fresh," says
Brant Hajek.
"Over countless hours tinkering away with mics, pedals, amps, preamps, and the overall process of tracking and layering guitars, I wanted to make something that sounds old but fresh. I want something that sounds warm and dense, but somehow also airy. I think I achieved that. The curse of any recording artist is wishing you could go back and do it all differently. But instead of beating it to death, I want people to hear the rawness of the result of someone finally figuring out how to a make a record."
Hajek’s creative process is a deeply personal, layered journey towards the spark that turns an emotionally restless melodies into finished pieces. While he himself performed every instrument on thise EP, Wooden Overcoat is now a full band, bringing these tunes to the stage. With Hajek on guitar and lead vocals, he is joined by bassist
Dillon Glusker, guitarist
Mac and drummer
Brian Levin.
The band debuted with the shimmering single
"Home", enveloping the senses in a reverb-drenched sanctuary, blending in sun-drenched textures and a wash of tape echo and reverb, followed by "Finally Arrived" with its viscous guitars, slow thudding drums, rhythmic trance-like pulse and dreamy soundscape. A tapestry of personal mourning and romantic friction, at its core, it examines the delicate nature of human connection, lamenting a cultural tendency to view individuals as replaceable assets.
The video for both singles were created by Italian multi-arts visionary
Francesca Bonci, well known for her work with
The Dandy Warhols,
Pete International Airport
and
Slowdive's
Rachel Goswell, LA's
Tombstones In Their Eyes,
Federale (The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Collin Hegna), post-rock outfit
The Quality of Mercury, and iconic British bard
Philip Parfitt.
"This EP was written at a dark time in my life. My mother was diagnosed with cancer, the world was flipped on its head and never really recovered, political turmoil and conflicts overseas dominated the collective conscious, and it profoundly affected me. My relationship was suffering from cumulative stress and I can now see how it came through in what I created. Themes of beauty that doesn’t last, self-sabotage, dissociation, cynicism, and desire for connection but feeling removed from it," says
Hajek.
"To me this album is about romanticism vs. reality. “Hello Sunbeam” is something I might say to myself when I’m having a bad day, joking about how grumpy I’m being. But it’s also something I might say when I look outside to see the clouds are parting for a bit and maybe things don’t have to be so dreary."
The name Wooden Overcoat—an old Americana euphemism for a coffin—hints at the project’s core philosophy: a playful balance of moody, mystical imagery with light-hearted humor. Hajek’s creative process is personal, the rough versions eventually coalescing into vivid, emotionally resonant themes. In contrast, this music is vibrant, creating a fantastic dreamlike environment for lovers of life.
On May 29, the "Hello Sunbeam" EP is available from
digital platforms everywhere, including
Spotify,
Apple Music
and
Bandcamp. Wooden Overcoat performs next on May 30 at
Swan Dive, along with
Jewelry Exchange and
Only Only.
TRACK LIST
1. Home
2. Finally Arrived
3. Heaven Right Now
4. I Knew You Would
CREDITS
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Brant Hajek
Performed by Brant Hajek
Recorded in a house in Portland, Oregon
Only humans made this art
Cover art + photo by Brant Hajek
Band photos by
Brett Chauncey
Videos by
Francesca Bonci
Publicity by
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STAR STUDDED LINEUP FOR SHANE MACGOWAN TRIBUTE, ‘20TH CENTURY PADDY - THE SONGS OF SHANE MACGOWAN’.
Victoria Mary Clarke, in partnership with Rubyworks, has officially revealed the complete artist lineup and tracklist for this tribute. Joining the celebration are U2, Kingfishr, Bob Geldof, David Keenan, Jimmy Artache and Tom Creagh alongside a host of contemporary voices and famous figures honoring Shane MacGowan
Building on the momentum of its acclaimed lead singles, Victoria Mary Clarke and Rubyworks today announce the full artist roster and tracklist for 20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan. Arriving November 13, 2026, this landmark collection is a sonic love letter to a visionary who reshaped the landscape of Irish music.
Taking its title from a project Shane himself had long envisioned, the project brings together a sprawling assembly of defining voices. The collection builds on the success of Bruce Springsteen’s acclaimed "A Rainy Night in Soho" and the unforgettable Johnny Depp & Imelda May duet, "Haunted." Now, with the addition of U2, Bob Geldof, Kingfishr, David Keenan, Jimmy Artache, and Tom Creagh, the full roster cements 20th Century Paddy - The Songs Of Shane MacGowan as a landmark moment for Irish music and one of the most ambitious tributes in recent memory.
A Cultural Landmark: Icons and Disruptors Unite
The lineup for 20th Century Paddy - The Songs Of Shane MacGowan reflects the brilliant world that Shane MacGowan inhabited. This isn't a standard tribute, it’s a gathering of artists who share his musical DNA. From U2, Tom Waits, The Pogues and The Libertines to the wall of sound energy of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Primal Scream, the project finds a common thread between global icons and Ireland’s modern trailblazers including Hozier, Glen Hansard, Lisa O’Neill, Amble, and Kingfishr. Kate Moss joins the roster in a tribute to her longtime friend, rounding out a collection that honors the uncompromising language Shane MacGowan gave to Irish music.
This collection not only celebrates Shane’s genius but also acknowledges the undeniable magic of The Pogues, the legendary band that served as the perfect vessel for these timeless tracks.
The Tracklist: A Reimagined Legacy
The album navigates Shane MacGowan’s entire creative arc, moving from the high velocity punk of his early years to the haunting, literate depths of his later work. Victoria Mary Clarke and Rubyworks are now proud to unveil the full sequence of artists and the iconic songs they have chosen to interpret:
Amble - The Snake With the Eyes of Garnet
Bob Geldof - St. John Of Gods
Bruce Springsteen - A Rainy Night in Soho
Camille O’Sullivan - You're The One
Cronin - London You're A Lady
Damien Dempsey - Sally MacLennane
David Gray - The Old Main Drag
David Keenan - The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn
Dropkick Murphys - The Body of an American
Garron Noone - White City
Glen Hansard - Bottle of Smoke
Hozier & Jessie Buckley - Fairytale of New York
Jimmy Artache - USA
Johnny Mac and The Faithful - Fiesta
Johnny Depp & Imelda May - Haunted
Kate Moss - Lonesome Highway
Kingfishr - The Sunnyside of the Street
Liam Ó Maonlaí - The Broad Majestic Shannon
Lisa Moorish & Another Day - Rain Street
Lisa O'Neill - Dark Streets of London
LYRA - Streets of Sorrow / Birmingham Six
Madra Salach - Turkish Song of the Damned
Moya Brennan - Mother Mo Chroi
Mundy - Victoria
Picture This - Aisling
Pinch of Snuff - Donegal Express
Primal Scream - A Pair of Brown Eyes
Steve Earle - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
The High Kings - Streams of Whiskey
The Jesus And Mary Chain - I'll Be Your Handbag
The Libertines - Sayonara
The Murder Capital - The Song With No Name
The Pogues - Gabrielle
Tom Creagh - Paddy Public Enemy No. 1
Tom Waits - Summer In Siam
U2 - Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
“It is not possible to say how much it means to me and to Shane’s family to have this extraordinary collection of his songs being sung in tribute to him, to his work and to Irish music. When I first met Shane in the early 80’s he was inflamed with a powerful, passionate mission to bring Irish music, history and culture to the attention of the world through his songwriting. It made him feel like the happiest man alive to know that he had achieved his mission, and that there were many more musicians who came after him and who seized that torch and lit fires with it in places that he had not even dreamed of. Some of those younger artists are featured on this album, and I know that Shane is overjoyed to hear their beautiful and soulful renditions of his songs. Also featured are artists who came before him, and who inspired him and artists that he worked with, artists who he loved and admired. There are so many that it is not possible to mention them all by name but each and every contribution is unique and inspired and sublime and I thank these beautiful people from the very depths of my own soul.” - Victoria Mary Clarke
A Legacy of Giving
In the spirit of Shane’s lifelong advocacy for those most in need, at least 50% of artist royalties from the album will be donated to the Dublin Simon Community. This partnership honors Shane’s long standing connection to the organisation and his commitment to supporting people experiencing homelessness.
Availability & Pre-Order
20th Century Paddy - The Songs of Shane MacGowan arrives on all streaming platforms on November 13, 2026. The album will be available in 3 physical formats, headlined by a Limited Edition Deluxe Bookpack. This set includes 3 LPs, 2 CDs, and a 60 page book featuring rare memorabilia and liner notes.
Pre-order available now HERE
14/05/2026
Big Country Redux: ‘Eastworld’ - 10 new recordings of Stuart Adamson, Tony Butler and Bruce Watson songs.
Big Country Redux are led by
Bruce Watson, one of the founding members of
Big Country, alongside the late, great guitarist, singer and songwriter
Stuart Adamson. Now,
Big Country Redux announce the
‘Eastworld’
album, which will be released on CD, Vinyl and Digital on 18 September through Absolute. The album will be preceded by the first single, the title track ‘Eastworld’
on 5 June 2026.
The album consists of 10 brand new recordings ofBig Country songs originally written or co-written by
Stuart Adamson, which were released as demoes or sketches, but never previously properly developed or lavished with the attention they deserved. With the publication of the well-regarded book on Adamson’s life
‘Stay Alive’ by Scott Rowley, and a forthcoming documentary, the spotlight is on the band and the legacy once again.
Bruce Watson said of the
‘Eastworld’ release, “Some of these songs will be known to the diehards as they have sneaked out from the archives as unfinished demoes or ‘internet only’ releases, but these are all songs that deserved to be developed further at the time they were written. I am delighted to have now completed them; it is a true privilege to get this newly recorded material out there. All of these songs were sketched out on old reel to reel tape recorders in dingy basements or in small 8 track studios”.
The
Big Country Redux line-up includes
Bruce Watson (guitar/vocals), his son
Jamie Watson (guitar/vocals),
Tommie Paxton (vocals/guitar),
Chris Stones (bass), and
Reece Dobbin (drums). Jamie has been performing with his father since 2003. His first gig saw him take to the stage with Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and Mick Jones from The Clash as part of The Dead Men Walking tour, he was only 14 years old. Both Tommie and Chris were fans of
Big Country and indeed performed together in Big Country tribute band, ‘Restless Natives’. Reece was local to the Watsons in Dunfermline and is deemed by Bruce essential to
Big Country Redux as the band’s songs require, “a technical drummer with feel and stamina”.
2026 is year of anniversaries for
Big Country. It will be 45 years since
Stuart Adamson left Skids and made good on his promise to start something amazing with
Bruce Watson; the latter’s agreement was music’s gain but a loss to the Fife submarine building industry! This year also marks four decades since the band’s third album
‘The Seer’ was released. Tragically, however, this year will also mark 25 years since
Stuart Adamson passed away.
Together with bass player
Tony Butler and drummer
Mark Brzezicki, Big Country’s classic debut album
‘The Crossing’ (1983) sold over 2 million copies and earned 3 Grammy nominations. Second album
‘Steeltown’ (1984) went straight to Number 1. In total, Big Country had 17 top 30 UK singles and made gold and platinum status albums. Hit singles like
‘In A Big Country’, ‘Wonderland’, ‘Chance’, ‘Fields Of Fire’ and the band’s biggest
‘Look Away’, made them Top Of The Pops regulars, and they toured with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones. Mick Jagger called them “one of the best opening bands we ever had”. As the songs on
‘Eastworld’
attest, the music was always uplifting but some of the inspiration and source material, from war, global politics and personal circumstance, was darker than many knew.
Watson reunited with
Butler and
Brzezicki
in 2007 to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.
Mike Peters from The Alarm along with Jamie joined the band in 2011 and recorded an album of original material called
‘The Journey’.
Bruce Watson continues to pay tribute to Stuart and the music they made together. As he says, “Big Country is my life and a labour of love. I feel a responsibility to continue the story”
Big Country Redux does just that with
‘Eastworld’, and in some style.
TRACKLISTING:
1
Kiss the Girl Goodbye (Adamson) /
2.
What About Peace (Adamson, Watson) /
3.
The Hostage
Speaks (Adamson, Watson, Butler) /
4.
Never Take Your Place (Adamson) /
5. Troubled Man (Adamson) /
6.
God’s Great Mistake
(Part 1) (Adamson, Watson) /
7.
Normal
(Adamson, Watson) /
8. Winter Sky (Adamson, Watson) /
9. Eastworld (Adamson, Watson) /
10. Pan-American Irish Girl
(Adamson)
Live Shows
30th May - Lough Key Forest (Country Rosscommon)
17th Jun - Aberdeen Lemontree
18th Jun - Inverness Botanic House
19th Jun - Orkney Garden Square
21st Jun - Dundee Music Hall
11th Jul - Bishop Aukland Football Ground
18th Jul - Glasgow Queens Park Areana
22nd Aug - Banff Castle Rocks
Samantha Fish releases new single "Don't Say It" from upcoming album "Paper Doll Live".
SAMANTHA FISH SMOLDERING NEW SINGLE "DON'T SAY IT" FEATURING THE MCCRARY SISTERS
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Following her eighth triumphant appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, acclaimed guitarist and songwriter Samantha Fish has released “Don’t Say It,” the latest single from her forthcoming live album, Paper Doll Live, due Friday June 12th via Rounder Records.
Watch the official music video for “Don’t Say It”
HERE. Pre-order Paper Doll Live
HERE.
Fish’s first official live album, Paper Doll Live captures the electrifying stage presence that has made her one of the most compelling performers in modern blues and roots music. Recorded at the historic Bijou Theatre, the album documents a band firing on all cylinders in front of a packed crowd, elevated by the soaring harmonies of Nashville gospel legends
The McCrary Sisters.
“‘Don’t Say It’ is one of those songs that builds gradually — a slow-burn reveal where one person is fighting for the validity of a relationship while the other is emotionally checked out,” says Fish. “It was incredible having the McCrary Sisters on this track. They weave in and out of the harmonies and add so much heart and depth.”
The two-time GRAMMY nominee has built her reputation the old-school way: onstage, with a live show critics have called “wild, raunchy… an absolute must-see” (Louder Than War) and praised for its “savage guitar work and commanding stage presence” (Blues Rock Review). Paper Doll Live captures that energy in full force — raw, immediate, and impossible to fake.
From towering performances of “Lose You” and “Sweet Southern Sounds” to a blistering rendition of the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams," the album highlights a band fully immersed in the moment — unfiltered, ferocious, and deeply connected to its audience.
“There’s a fire that comes across in live performance that doesn’t always translate in studio albums,” Fish says. “The stage lays all of that bare.”
Emerging from Kansas City’s blues lineage and shaped by influences ranging from Prince and Leonard Cohen to the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, Fish has spent her career turning live performance into both proving ground and catharsis. From cold-calling bars as a teenager to headlining international festivals, she has forged a live show that balances grit, vulnerability, and explosive musicianship.
“If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power,” Fish says, “Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed.”
With Paper Doll Live, Samantha Fish delivers more than a concert recording — she captures the visceral connection that has made her one of the most celebrated live performers in contemporary roots music today.
TOUR DATES
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM – SAMANTHAFISH.COM
5.14 Marion, IL Marion – Cultural & Civic Center
5.16 Welch, MN – Treasure Island Casino**
5.17 Des Plaines, IL – The Des Plaines Theatre
5.19 Warrendale, PA – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
5.20 State College, PA – The State Theatre
5.21 Troy, NY – Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
5.22 Ledyard, CT – Foxwoods Resort Casino **
5.23 Beverly, MA – The Cabot
5.24 Nashua, NH – Nashua Center for the Arts
5.27 Patchogue, NJ – Patchogue Theatre
5.28 Syracuse, NY – Westcott Theater
5.29 Lebanon, NH – Levanon Opera House
5.30 Augusta, NJ – Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
5.31 Buffalo, NY – Babeville
6.19 Grolloo, Netherlands – Holland Intl Blues Festival
6.20 Dortmund, Germany – Musiktheater Piano
6.21 Chiari, Italy – Istituto Salesiaino “San Bernadino”
6.23 Loceri, Italy – Parco Urbano
6.25 Rubigen, Switzerland – Muhle Hunziken
6.27 Vienne, France – Jazz a Vienne
6.28 Erlangen, Germany – E-Werk Kino
6.30 Mannheim, Germany – 7er-Club
7.01 Aschaffenburg, Germany – Colos-Saal
7.02 Hamburg, Germany – Fabrik
7.04 Helsinki – Puisto Blues
7.07 Warszawa, Poland – Klub Hydrozagadka
7.08 Gdynia, PL – Podeorko Art
9.18-19 Telluride, CO – Telluride Blues & Brews Fest
10.31 West Hollywood, CA – Whisky A Go Go***
**w/Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
***w/Jesse Dayton
ABOUT SAMANTHA FISH
Samantha Fish is a 2x GRAMMY-nominated guitarist, singer, and songwriter widely recognized as one of the most dynamic artists in contemporary blues and roots music. The Kansas City Hall of Famer and multiple Blues Music Award-winner is known for her explosive guitar work, powerhouse vocals, and fearless songwriting. She has built a global following through relentless touring and critically acclaimed releases. Her solo albums — Runaway (2011), Black Wind Howlin’ (2013), Wild Heart (2015), Chills & Fever (2017), Kill or Be Kind (2019), Faster (2021), collaborating with Jesse Dayton on Deathwish Blues (2023), and Paper Doll (2023), have all topped the Billboard Blues Charts. A commanding live performer, Fish has toured internationally, performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, shared stages with artists including Slash, and The Rolling Stones and has performed as part of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival. She continues to push boundaries while delivering electrifying shows that connect deeply with audiences worldwide.
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12/05/2026
Joanne Shaw Taylor announces new album "The Trouble With Love" and new single "This Is Who I Am".
Joanne Shaw Taylor Announces New Studio Album The Trouble With Love, And Releases Powerful New Single “This Is Who I Am”
Album Out on October 23rd via Journeyman Records
Watch the official music video for “This Is Who I Am” HERE
Stream “This Is Who I Am” on all platforms HERE
Pre-order The Trouble With Love Album HERE
British blues-rock artist Joanne Shaw Taylor has announced her new studio album The Trouble With Love, produced by Kevin Shirley, set for release October 23rd via Journeyman Records.
On The Trouble With Love, Joanne dives headfirst into the beautiful chaos of the human heart. Blending blues, rock, and soul-soaked pop, the album explores the many forms love takes in our lives: the reckless kind that sweeps you off your feet, the quiet kind that steadies you, the kind that breaks you open, and the kind that puts you back together.
The album is available to pre-order on CD, 180 Gram LP (Dusty Rose colour) and digital.
To mark the announcement, Joanne has shared the album’s latest single, “This Is Who I Am,” a soul-baring reinterpretation of Celeste’s song about acceptance, self-love, and being seen clearly. The original version was hand-picked for the spy thriller TV series “The Day of the Jackal.” “Kevin brought this cover of Celeste’s beautiful song to the table,” Joanne shares. “It’s such a beautifully written track, for me about acceptance and self-love. I hope we’ve done it justice.” Watch the music video HERE.
With lines like “Only you may ever see me true” and “No lie, I’m no less / This is who I am,” the song becomes a deeply personal statement in Joanne’s hands, carried by her expressive vocals and stunningly passionate guitar solo. She lets the song unfold with quiet strength, turning it into a moment of clarity and self-recognition at the centre of the album.
“This Is Who I Am” follows a run of singles that have steadily opened the door into the world of Trouble With Love. The fiery title track, “The Trouble With Love,” featuring Joe Bonamassa captures the push and pull of love in all its intensity, while “What Good Is My Love?” featuring Orianthi explores the pain of love that is not returned. “Hell Or High Water” brings a defiant blues-gospel charge to the fight for resilience and self-belief. Together, the songs point toward one of Joanne’s most emotionally direct and musically expansive albums yet.
The album also builds on the momentum of Joanne’s critically acclaimed Black & Gold, which drew widespread praise upon its release. Classic Rock awarded the album a 9/10 rating, while Powerplay Magazine highlighted its “pop appeal and smoothness.” Guitarist Magazine noted that it “reinforces Joanne’s place in the firmament of today’s brightest stars,” and American Blues Scene called it “a deeply personal experience, showcasing the depth of Joanne’s artistry.” Together with the Black & Gold (Deluxe Edition) and a run of acoustic reinterpretations, the album marked a defining chapter in Joanne’s career and set the stage for this next creative era.
The announcement arrives amid another busy touring season for Joanne. Following her spring U.S. headline tour and upcoming European festival dates, she will hit the road this summer for a new run of U.S. dates beginning June 27th at the San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival, with additional stops across the Northeast, Midwest, and beyond. Known for her commanding stage presence, fiery guitar work, and emotionally immersive performances, Joanne continues to captivate audiences with a set that blends new material with fan favourites from across her catalogue.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.joanneshawtaylor.com/tour.
Spring Europe Tour Dates
May 23 - Peer, BE - Blues Peer Festival
May 24 - Schöppingen, DE - International Blues Festival Schöppingen
May 25 - Raalte, NL - Ribs & Blues Festival
May 27 - Hannover, DE - Pavillon Hannover
May 28 - Nuremberg, DE - Lowensaal
May 29 - Eindhoven, NL - BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven
2026 U.S. Tour Dates
June 27 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival
July 8 - Old Saybrook, CT - The Kate
July 9 - Newport, RI - The JPT Film & Event Center
July 12 - Kingston, NY - Assembly - Kingston
July 22 - Milwaukee, WI - The Argo
July 25 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Blues Festival
July 26 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
July 30 - Minneapolis, MN - The Parkway Theater
July 31 - Sioux Falls, SD - Levitt Shell Sioux Falls
August 14 - Portland, ME - Aura
August 15 - Salisbury, MA - Blue Ocean Music Hall
August 16 - Laconia, NH - Colonial Theatre
August 19 - Lexington, MA - Cary Hall
August 20 - Norfolk, CT - Infinity Music Hall Norfolk
August 21 - Buffalo, NY - Electric City
September 10 - Paw Paw, MI - Warner Vineyards
September 11 - Dayton, OH - Levitt Pavilion Dayton
September 12 - Louisville, KY - Mercury Ballroom
The Trouble With Love by Joanne Shaw Taylor
1. The Trouble With Love feat. Joe Bonamassa
2. Hell Or High Water
3. This Is Who I Am
4. Tired Of Being Right
5. Bad Boy
6. What Good Is My Love? feat. Orianthi
7. The Girl That You Loved Before
8. Never Gonna Please ‘Em All
9. You And Me (Rachel’s Song)
10. Death Wish
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JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR
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08/05/2026
Scott Fisher persists amidst the chaos on new single “A BILLION SUNS”, out now. New album coming May 22nd.
Scott Fisher returns with the final single before the release of his newest album. Serving as the title track for the album, “A Billion Suns” is now yours to stream on all digital platforms.
PRE-SAVE THE NEW ALBUM, OUT MAY 22ND
Discussing the impermanence of life and the desire to enjoy the present, Scott Fisher’s “A Billion Suns” blends jazz-influenced rock guitars with his buttery vocals, resulting in a cathartic and timeless ode. Sonically, the new track is the most indie-rock forward on the album, as it blends dreamy piano and string textures with the gritty, melodic bass lines provided by Tim Lefebvre.
LISTEN TO “A BILLION SUNS”
Scott Fisher speaks in further detail about the inspiration behind the track:
“Lyrically, the theme explores losing someone slowly. Without being too specific, it’s about coming to grips with watching one of the most influential people in your life fade away, both physically and cognitively. We all eventually walk that valley alone—it is an omnipresent part of the human experience. Ultimately, I’m singing about keeping it together during those challenging moments; music is simply my way of processing those feelings.”
Featuring an impressive roster of musicians, A Billion Suns was recorded at East West Studios, featuring incredibly talented and long-time collaborators Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie, Black Crowes, Sting) on the bass and Joey Waronker (Thom Yorke, Beck, Oasis, Roger Waters) on drums.
SCOTT FISHER BIO:
With a repertoire spanning over two decades, Scott Fisher has crafted an original sound that effortlessly blends jazz, rock, and indie. Originally hailing from Portland, Oregon, Fisher relocated to Los Angeles to further cultivate his career in music. Networking with the right individuals allowed Fisher to move from the club scene he regularly toured, to the recording studio to produce for various television shows. Some of which include Shameless, Parks and Recreation, Better Call Saul, Raising Hope, Gossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters, and The Good Doctor.
Growing up with a French mother and an American father enabled Fisher to draw inspiration from various cultures. Fisher’s first exposure to music began when he studied classical piano from exiled German concert pianist, Ilse Glassel. As a result, his early solo albums are very key-heavy, and encompass everything from piano/pop, classical piano, and Bossa Nova. Over the years, Fisher has exemplified that he is unafraid to test out different genres that may be outside of his comfort zone. Because of his impressive talent as a musician, Fisher has opened for artists such as Brandi Carlile, Augustana, and Pink Martini.
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Antony Szmierek presents new single “CHALK” ahead of new album DECODING BIRDSONG, out 21st August on Mushroom Music / Virgin Music Group.
Antony Szmierek’s "Chalk" is a compact unit filled with buzzing 808s, fluttering synths, and a jittery bassline. Perfect for fans of Barry Can't Swim, Four Tet, or Confidence Man, the new single offers a cathartic dose of energy you won't want to miss.
The sonic inspiration behind “Chalk” came from watching snooker documentary Ronnie O'Sullivan: The Edge of Everything and the idea that chalking a cue makes a marginal difference to the outcome – a metaphor for chaos theory and the win-or-lose nature of the music industry.
LISTEN TO ‘CHALK’ | WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO
Decoding Birdsong follows the success of Antony’s album, 2025’s Service Station at the End of the Universe, which launched him into a whirlwind of Glastonbury, Jools Holland, and repeat BBC airplay. He’s sold out venues across the UK and Europe, and in February 2026 performed to 20,000 while closing Solomun’s Alexandra Palace shows. The former English teacher had been working at a college for special needs students when his blend of spoken word and dance music started taking off, earning him accolades such as 6Music’s Artist of the Year in 2023 following his Poems To Dance To EP.
In the wake of a run of European tour dates, and ahead of bringing his renowned live show — often described as a kind of communion — to the US for the first time, Antony Szmierek has also announced a UK headline tour for this autumn, including dates at London’s O2 Kentish Town Forum and Manchester Academy.
CATCH ANTONY SZMIEREK LIVE:
09/05 — Baby's All Right, Brooklyn, US
15/05 — The Echo, Los Angeles, US
16/05 — Brick & Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco, US
27/05 — TRIX, Antwerp, Belgium
28/05 — Rotondes, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
29/05 — Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
30/05 — Dauwpop Festival, Hellendoorn, Netherlands
04/07 — Westival, Tenby, UK
10/07 — Castlefield Bowl (w/ The Streets), Manchester, UK
11/07 — Castlefield Bowl (w/ The Streets), Manchester, UK
24/07 — Kirkstall Abbey (w/ The Streets), Leeds, UK
13/08 — Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary
15/08 — Boomtown Festival, UK
21/08 — Rock N Roll Circus (w/ The Streets), Norwich, UK
28/08 — Big Feastival, UK
08/10 — O2 Academy Leeds, Leeds, UK
09/10 — The Level, Nottingham, UK
11/10 — Cambridge Junction, Cambridge, UK
12/10 — O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford, UK
14/10 — CHALK, Brighton, UK
15/10 — O2 Forum Kentish Town, London, UK
16/10 — O2 Academy Bournemouth, Bournemouth, UK
17/10 — O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol, UK
20/10 — Queen Margaret Union (QMU), Glasgow, UK
21/10 — Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
23/10 — Manchester Academy, Manchester, UK
28/10 — The Button Factory, Dublin, IE
21/11 — Manchester Apollo (w/ John Cooper Clarke), Manchester, UK
Tracklisting:
Chalk
The Heron
Bookie’s Favourite ft. Ellur
Godzilla Hotel ft. 1-800 GIRLS
Seminal
Flight Simulator ft. Imogen and the Knife
Dave’s Angling Superstore
The First Five Minutes Of Magnolia ft. Pretty Girl
The Same Heron Again
Commune
You’re Not Supposed To Do This Forever
Decoding Birdsong
Aussie Gold Hunters
Decoding Birdsong - album out August 21st - pre-save here
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07/05/2026
New Jersey's Deardarkhead presents 'Letting Go' feat. Joe McGinty, first taste of 'The Pendulum Swings', first full-length album in 26 years.
FOR FANS OF: Ride, Lush, Slowdive, Kitchens of Distinction, DIIV, Wild Nothing, The Veldt, Pale Saints, Dif Juz, Ringo Deathstarr
INFLUENCED BY:The Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Church, Joy Division, J&MC, U2, Psychedelic Furs, The Chameleons, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bauhaus
ISRC Code QMAAK2605677
FOR SHARING
'Letting Go' video https://youtu.be/z407mrsWYMU
Bandcamp
https://deardarkhead.bandcamp.com/track/letting-go
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/7nnqvuy3gYGIjszk4tDOYF
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/deardarkhead/274385769
Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/hZS8PiGu3RAoxBe85F
'The Pendulum Swings' pre-order https://deardarkhead.bandcamp.com/album/the-pendulum-swings
“Their sound is openly and proudly Anglophilic, combining both elements of the blissout/shoegaze scene and a slightly older vein of post-punk guitar experimentalism, making at its best a rich combination between the two influences, shamelessly romantic and elegant” ~ Ned Raggett, AllMusic
New Jersey alt-rock dreampop outfit Deardarkhead presents their new single 'Letting Go', the first taste of 'The Pendulum Swings', an instrumental anthem built around soaring guitar leads and melodic bass hooks. A piece about growth and change, centered on releasing old patterns and embracing new directions, the track features keyboardist Joe McGinty, known for his work with The Psychedelic Furs, Nada Surf, Ryan Adams and Deborah Harry, adding atmosphere and texture.
Now made up of guitarist Kevin Harrington, drummer Robert Weiss and bassist James Malizia, who, in August 2024, took over from Brandon Howard, who recorded bass on this album. Deardarkhead has built a distinctive identity since the departure of vocalist-bassist Michael Amper in 2009, shifting fully into instrumental composition where melody and texture take the place of vocals.
With many notable milestones over their nearly four decades, including shows with the likes of Supergrass, The Psychedelic Furs, Everclear, Nothing and The Lilys, the new album captures an ever-evolving band, refining their voice through texture, atmosphere, and emotional momentum.
Taking their name from the 1867 Irish poem “Cean Dubh Dilis” by Samuel Ferguson -- a work about a beautiful dark-haired girl -- Deardarkhead was formed in 1988 in the Atlantic City, New Jersey area. Their identity rooted as much in mood as in melody, their music blends atmospheric dreampop, shoegaze shimmer and ethereal rock, unfolding as an original, guitar-driven psychedelic tightrope walk balancing moody textures and shimmering melodies.
“This first single 'Letting Go' is a song about growth. It’s a song about change. Letting go of old ways. It’s about taking a new direction and knowing that it’s going to be right," says Kevin Harrington.
Rob Weiss adds, "This started out as a piano piece by guitarist Kevin Harrington and quickly grew into a full blown anthem with soaring guitar leads and melodic bass hooks. In demand keyboardist Joe McGinty and fellow South New Jerseyan provided backing keyboard tracks for the song."
Deardarkhead's sixth recording and second full-length album, 'The Pendulum Swings' captures a period of renewed experimentation and refinement. Recorded at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, they worked with producers Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey (The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile, Sharon Van Etten) and Grammy-nominated mastering engineer Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, Blonde Redhead, Beach House, M83, Wild Nothing).
This album moves through shifting moods ranging from soaring, psychedelic-tinged guitar anthems to driving post-punk rhythms and more ambient, abstract passages. The result is a dynamic and cohesive work that highlights the band’s signature blend of shimmering guitars, pulsing bass, and powerful percussion. The band pushes the envelope with their instrumental approach, using drum loops, unusual time signatures, ebow, bass VI, and expanded guitar layering.
To date, Deardarkhead has released five recordings on their own Fertile Crescent Records, their music also featured on numerous US and Japanese indie compilations, beginning with 1998 debut album 'Unlock the Valves of Feeling'. In 2011, Captured Tracks released 'Oceanside: 1991-1993', a retrospective of their early material as the second contribution to their Shoegaze Archives series. They then joined iconic label Saint Marie Records in 2015, releasing their critically-acclaimed 'Strange Weather' EP with them in 2016.
'Letting Go' is out now, available from music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Now available for pre-order, 'The Pendulum Swings' album will be released on CD, digitally, and on 180-gram vinyl on July 10.
CREDITS
Kevin Harrington - guitars (all tracks) and bass VI, ebow & bass (track 10)
Robert Weiss - drums & percussion
Brandon Howard - bass (tracks 1-9)
Joe McGinty - keyboards (track 6)
Recorded at Miner Street Recordings, Philadelphia, PA
Produced, engineered & mixed by Brian McTear & Amy Morrissey
Mastered by Joe Lambert
Cover photography & design by Robert Weiss
Video directed and edited by William Murray
Band photos by Mike Maney
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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Deer Tick - New single/video 'ACI' out now - New album 'Coin-O-Matic' out 5 June.
Providence’s Deer Tick tease their forthcoming album 'Coin-O-Matic' (ATO) with new single 'ACI', which is graced with all the grit and warmth of a classic rock anthem. “The ACI (Adult Correctional Institutions) is the state prison system here in Rhode Island,” explains the band’s singer/guitarist, John McCauley. “As much as it is infamous for its conditions and some of its current and former residents, it’s also somewhat of a punchline. Recently, there was a problem with some of the locks malfunctioning… seriously. I came up with the chorus while we were jamming at a soundcheck. It stuck with me and I decided to flesh it out and write an entire story about a neighbourhood hoodlum and his best friend who commit a robbery that goes all wrong. It was my first true effort at writing a song for Coin-O-Matic, which at the time had only existed as an idea. I even talked to a few people in the legal system to make sure I got my facts straight and creatively played very little with the truth. A heartland rocker with a worm at its core.”
The single arrives accompanied by a video directed by Colin Devin Moore. He described the process of directing the video as “less controlled chaos” and more “structured surrender.” Moore further says, “We shared frames with friends, fans, and family, who generously reimagined the footage one frame at a time, without direction - intentionally out of our control. What came back is a collage of styles that reflects the people who made it as much as the song itself. When combined, the results feel unstable - like memory, or identity under pressure - which aligns with the song’s themes. It’s imperfect, inconsistent, and human on purpose. It was a real pain-in-the-ass, risky video to make, but in a time where everything is trending toward automation, I’m happy we leaned the other way. Embracing imperfection, unpredictability, and the loss of control.”
LISTEN TO 'ACI' HERE
WATCH 'ACI' VIDEO HERE
The band have previously shared 'Everything Born', which touches on the LP’s underlying theme of impermanence as well as the ramshackle jangle-pop 'Mary Singletary'.
'Coin-O-Matic' casts a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden histories of the band’s home state of Rhode Island, where the everyday dramas of working-class families long collided with the menace of the mafia underworld. As they tapped into their infinite fascination with that strange duality, singer/guitarist John McCauley, guitarist/singer Ian O’Neil, drummer/singer Dennis Ryan, and bassist Christopher Ryan assembled a batch of songs exploring desperation, grief, redemption, and resilience with both cinematic detail and lived-in emotionality. A sharp new turn from one of indie-rock’s most enduringly vital forces, Coin-O-Matic arrives as a complicated love letter to a way of life slowly slipping from the collective memory.
The follow-up to Emotional Contracts (hailed by Uncut as one of 2023’s best albums), Coin-O-Matic takes its title from a cigarette-vending-machine company that served as the headquarters of Raymond Patriarca—a legendary mobster who ran one of the most ruthless crime families in U.S. history. “If you grew up in Rhode Island years ago, you’d see all these mobsters on the news and then run into them at a restaurant on Federal Hill,” says McCauley, referring to Providence’s version of Little Italy. “They were criminals but also very colorful characters, and I wanted the album to partly reflect a certain nostalgia for that kind of seediness.”
Recorded at Deer Tick’s home studio, Coin-O-Matic marks their first self-produced album in their two-decade-plus career and features guest musicians such as Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin (on baritone saxophone) and former Deer Tick member Rob Crowell (on organ). The album frequently brings a live-wire immediacy to their finespun storytelling. “We’ve never been so comfortable making a record, and I think you can feel that in the performances,” says Dennis, who engineered the LP. “We weren’t beholden to anyone else’s idea of what Deer Tick sounds like, and because of that, this album feels like an unfettered capturing of who we are as a band.”
In its soulful contemplation of recklessness and consequence, longing and devotion, Coin-O-Matic ultimately joins the canon of rock albums whose geographically rooted storytelling reveals deeper truths about the human experience. “I think there’s something universal in stories of regret and loss and poor decisions, even if they’re told through the lens of all the odd characters in this little state of ours,” O’Neil points out. “One of the reasons I wanted us to make this album is that I think Rhode Island deserves to be a contender for a place that people sing about,” McCauley adds. “Sonically, there’s nothing country about it, but to me it almost feels like a country record set in an urban environment—there’s definitely some outlaws in there. I hope that people see themselves in it, and that they understand a little more about the place that we come from.”
'COIN-O-MATIC' TRACKLISTING
1. Dog Years
2. Mary Singletary
3. Endless Loop
4. Sweetest Thing
5. ACI
6. Everything Born
7. Eyelid
8. I Am an Island
9. 507 Smith
10. Exit Door
11. Candy Cigarettes
WATCH 'MARY SINGLETARY' VIDEO HERE
WATCH 'EVERYTHING BORN' VIDEO HERE
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Bring Your Own Hammer presents 'From The Tombs' by Mike Smalle, June Miles-Kingston & Bernard Butler feat. Ian Catt, Terry Edwards, Marcus Holdaway & Fergal Lawler.
Latest offering in BYOH's music & history series in partnership with Dimple Discs
FOR FANS OF: The Cranberries, Suede, Bernard Butler, Fergal Lawler, Fun Boy Three, Saint Etienne, The High Llamas, The Go-Betweens, Microdisney, The Divine Comedy
ISRC code UKYBD2630014
FOR SHARING
"From The Tombs" single https://orcd.co/byohfromthetombs
Bandcamp https://bringyourownhammerpresents.bandcamp.com/track/from-the-tombs
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5On0127urjLCZ8tQXk5dSq
YouTube https://youtu.be/B35KkQ4w-sQ
Bring Your Own Hammer releases https://linktr.ee/byohammer
'My Grief On The Sea' album https://ffm.to/byohammer
Bandcamp https://bringyourownhammerpresents.bandcamp.com/album/my-grief-on-the-sea
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/3JAw7JXzmlJATJUtqdLtDS
White-label vinyl https://bringyourownhammerpresents.bandcamp.com/album/my-grief-on-the-sea-2
'Old Oak Road' by Mike Smalle, Cathal Coughlan & Jah Wobble https://youtu.be/b7_9tCBeFvY
Bring Your Own Hammer Artist Playlist https://tinyurl.com/BringYourOwnHammer-Playlist
"The song unfolds with a novelist’s patience and a composer’s precision, its textures accumulating like fine brushstrokes until the full emotional weight reveals itself... an elegy rendered in immaculate detail. It is nothing less than a landmark fusion of history and songcraft" ~ The Spill Magazine
Bring Your Own Hammer (BYOH) presents "From the Tombs", the first single from their second album, released in collaboration with Dimple Discs. Involving members of Suede, The Cranberries, Fun Boy Three, Cane141, The High Llamas, Saint Etienne and Madness, the cinematic arrangement transforms a grim historical footnote into a vibrant, melodic offering, honouring its tragic subject matter through the lens of high-calibre, polished indie-pop craftsmanship.
This single is rooted in the harrowing story of an Irish servant in New York City, as relayed by The New York Tribune. The woman was committed to "the Tombs" and charged with infanticide on October 5, 1881, and later convicted of manslaughter in the 4th degree on November 25 before being sentenced and sent to Blackwell Island on November 26. With her sentence commuted by four months for good behaviour on June 15, 1883, she would finally be released on July 25 after nearly two years. At that point, she virtually disappears from the historical record.
A masterclass in collaborative artistry that unites historical scholarship and contemporary composition, Mike Smalle (Cane141, Augustus & John, B-Movie Lightning), June Miles-Kingston (The Mo-dettes, Fun Boy Three, The Communards, Everything but the Girl) and Bernard Butler (Suede, McAlmont & Butler, The Tears, and Butler, Blake and Grant) are joined by Fergal Lawler (The Cranberries), Marcus Holdaway (The High Llamas), Ian Catt (Saint Etienne) and Terry Edwards (The Higsons, Madness, Near Jazz Experience, Butterfield 8, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave).
Honouring its tragic subject matter through the lens of high-calibre, polished indie-pop craftsmanship, "From the Tombs" is the sequel song to, and largely based on the same sources as,"Old Oak Road" by Mike Smalle with Cathal Coughlan and Jah Wobble, the lead single from the first album, 'My Grief on the Sea'. Dedicated to Cathal Coughlan (Microdisney, Fatima Mansions), one of Ireland’s most revered artists, this collection of songs about the sea, maritime voyages, and migration to and from Ireland during the 1800s, also involves numerous superb artists.
Both albums were curated by Dr. Richard Mc Mahon, lecturer in History at MIC, Limerick and currently a visiting fellow at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, who explores forms of invented history, rooted in historical sources from Ireland and overseas, with support from Dr. Niall Whelehan, senior lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, who has written widely on the history of modern Ireland and the Irish diaspora with a focus on the 19th century.
"Our second album, "From the Tombs", will be released in the autumn of 2026. It is a barnstorming 21-song double album that takes the listener on a journey through the history of crime, law and order in Ireland and among the Irish Diaspora in the long nineteenth century," says Richard Mc Mahon.
Bringing some of Ireland’s and Britain’s finest songwriters together with historians to create new and original song cycles based on historical sources and to interpret song material rooted in the history of 19th-century Ireland and of the Irish Diaspora. Not a band, nor an ensemble or even a collective, Bring Your Own Hammer is a faction - one that is armed with voices and instruments and dedicated to re-interpreting historical material in song form.
The "From The Tombs" album also features Sean O’Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab, High Llamas), Audrey Riley, Cian Nugent, Adrian Crowley, Tony Higgins, SJ McArdle, Michael Walsh, Lisa Lambe, Luke Haines (The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof, Black Box Recorder), Miriam Ingram, Hugh Bunker (Fatima Mansions), Damian O'Neill (The Undertones), Brigid Mae Power, Anne Gilpin (Morton Valence), Linda Buckley, Lavinia Blackwall (Trembling Bells), Inni-K, NQL. Kelsey Michael, Neil Farrell (Toasted Heretic) and Michael J. Sheehy.
"From The Tombs" is now available on Bandcamp and on platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify everywhere except North America and the Caribbean. The single should be made available in those regions by May 14th. 'My Grief On The Sea' album is also available on Limited Edition sea-coloured vinyl, CD and digitally via Bandcamp.
CREDITS
Written by Mike Smalle & Richard Mc Mahon
Mike Smalle - vocals, organ, acoustic guitar
June Miles-Kingston - vocals
Bernard Butler - electric guitars
Ian Catt - bass guitar
Terry Edwards - trumpet
Marcus Holdaway - cello
Fergal Lawler - drums
String arrangement by Marcus Holdaway
Mixed by Ian Catt at Cat Music
Released by Bring Your Own Hammer & Dimple Discs
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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The Who: New Single ‘You Better You Bet’ from “Live At Eden Project”.
THE WHO RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘YOU BETTER YOU BET’
TAKEN FROM FORTHCOMING LIVE ALBUM “LIVE AT EDEN PROJECT”
HISTORIC PERFORMANCE WITH THE HEART OF ENGLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
IN STORE MAY 29TH, 2026
Formats:
Black 3LP Gatefold, Ltd. 3LP Gatefold, 2CD Digipak, Streaming & Digital Download
Pre-Order “Live at Eden Project”
Following the reveal of their upcoming live album Live at Eden Project, earMUSIC is delighted to present the album’s second single: “You Better You Bet (Live at Eden Project)”, available today as an instant gratification track with all digital pre-orders. To accompany the release, the live performance video is also on the earMUSIC YouTube channel. Another chance to witness the energy of that unforgettable July 2023 night in Cornwall.
Originally released in 1981, “You Better You Bet” became one of The Who’s defining post-Moon anthems, a song where punchy guitars, unmistakable synth lines, and Pete Townshend’s personal lyrics collide with effortless brilliance. More than four decades later, it still remains a fan-favourite, and at the Eden Project it once again had thousands singing, dancing, and celebrating a band whose music has shaped generations.
Out on May 29th, 2026, Live at Eden Project will be released as a 2CD Digipak, a limited 3LP Gatefold edition pressed on recycled vinyl with plastic-free packaging, a standard 3LP Gatefold, and on all major digital platforms. Every format captures the emotional scope and sonic power of a remarkable night in The Who’s recent live history.
The Who - Live at Eden Project
Release: May 29th, 2026
Formats:
Black 3LP Gatefold, Ltd. 3LP Gatefold, 2CD Digipak, Streaming & Digital Download
Tracklisting:
- Overture
- 1921
- Amazing Journey
- Sparks
- The Acid Queen
- Pinball Wizard
- We’re Not Gonna Take It
- Who Are You
- Eminence Front
- The Kids Are Alright
- You Better You Bet
- Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
- Substitute
- I Can’t Explain
- My Generation
- Cry If You Want
- Won’t Get Fooled Again
- Behind Blue Eyes
- The Real Me
- I’m One
- 5:15
- The Rock
- Love, Reign O’er Me
- Baba O’Riley
Brother Wallace - New single 'You're the Man' + video - Debut album 'Electric Love' 8th May - UK shows in May.
BROTHER WALLACE
'YOU’RE THE MAN' SINGLE + MUSIC VIDEO
DEBUT ALBUM 'ELECTRIC LOVE' OUT 8 MAY ON ATO RECORDS
DEBUT UK SHOWS MAY 2026
THE GREAT ESCAPE + CROSS THE TRACKS FESTIVAL
“A hothouse blend of pop smarts and confessional songwriting… a vocal style that blends Little Richard with Johnnie Taylor” ★★★★ Mojo
Brother Wallace doesn’t just have a voice — he has command. Today, the West Point, Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist shares 'You’re The Man' alongside an official music video, offering a powerful new centrepiece from his forthcoming debut album, 'Electric Love', which arrives this Friday, 8 May via ATO Records.
LISTEN TO / WATCH 'YOU'RE THE MAN'
PRE-SAVE / PRE-ORDER 'ELECTRIC LOVE'
A darker, harder-hitting side of Wallace’s “Electric Love soul music,” 'You’re The Man' moves with a moody ferocity — a song that stares straight at pride, power, and the stories we tell ourselves when we think we’re untouchable. Built for big rooms and bigger feelings, it’s a performance that doesn’t blink: Wallace’s vocals land with preacher’s conviction and street-corner truth, carrying a narrative that’s both unflinching and strangely compassionate. “That song comes from someone I know personally getting caught up in a treacherous life and thinking they could somehow escape the consequences,” Wallace says. “But then of course they ended up in trouble.”
Now midway through a spring tour supporting St. Paul & The Broken Bones across the US, Wallace is set to arrive in the UK for the first time this May. The visit includes performances at The Great Escape and Cross the Tracks, as well as two headline shows in Manchester and London. Full dates are listed below.
May
Thurs 14th - The Great Escape, Komedia, Brighton
Fri 15th - The Great Escape, Brighthelm, Brighton
Mon 18th - The Castle, Manchester
Weds 20th - Colours Hoxton, London
Sun 24th - Cross The Tracks, London
Tickets available here.
Produced and co-written with Dan Taylor (The Heavy) and recorded at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios in England, 'Electric Love' is a 13-song introduction to a vocalist whose joy feels earned — gospel-rooted, sweat-lit, and deeply real. Engineered and mixed by Bob Mackenzie (James Blake, The 1975, King Krule, SAULT) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys), the album captures Wallace with startling immediacy: songs that feel less like studio product and more like a room you’re standing inside. In a recent album review and interview feature with MOJO Magazine, they described the project as a “hothouse blend of pop smarts and confessional songwriting in which horns and harmonies constantly take it higher,” even stating that Brother Wallace “seizes the spotlight.”
'ELECTRIC LOVE' OUT 8TH MAY VIA ATO RECORDS
Tracklist
Top Shotta
No God In This Town
Any Day Now
Patient Man
Midnight Valley
Jealous
Hope Of Fools
Let’s Get Together
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Todd Rundgren: Fan favourites on the ‘Damned If I Do’ tour, four UK dates in Sept.
Todd Rundgren will perform four UK dates in September 2026 on his ‘Damned If I Do’ tour that will also see multiple US dates; tickets will go on sale on Friday 8th May 2026 at 10am and be available from aegp.uk/ToddR26. The shows on this tour are expected to feature plenty of ‘fan favourite’ songs and, as Todd Rundgren himself said, “It’s always a challenge for me because my audience is so diverse, I never know what they’re in the mood for. I want to make sure we have all the musical ammunition we need to satisfy the spectrum”.
Todd Rundgren is a mercurial performer, writer, producer, cutting edge technological innovator and pioneer [with a whole host of ‘firsts’ in the worlds of broadcast, graphics, video, VR, online music and interactivity].
Founding and fronting The Nazz, Todd Rundgren left to forge a solo career. Whilst ‘Runt’ came first in 1970, and cast a famously long shadow, it was 1972’s seminal ‘Something/Anything?, on which he played all the instruments, sang all the vocal parts, and produced, that catapulted him into the superstar limelight. It was followed by such landmark LPs as ‘The Hermit of Mink Hollow’ and ‘A Wizard, A True Star’, as well as such hit singles as ‘I Saw The Light’, ‘Hello It's Me’, ‘Can We Still Be Friends’, and ‘Bang The Drum’. In 1974, he formed Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (renamed and reconfigured in 1976 as Utopia), an entirely new approach to the concept of interactive musicianship, and embarked on an extensive round of touring and recording.
Todd Rundgren’s myriad production projects include albums by Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Psychedelic Furs, Meat Loaf, XTC, Grand Funk Railroad, and Hall And Oates. Since 1989, he has on occasion toured as part of the Ringo Starr All-Starr Band, and he has composed music for Film, TV and Broadway.
These prestigious UK concerts in September 2026 are not to be missed! Todd Rundgren has done it all, and in his own unique way - there is a reason that his autobiography is called ‘The Individualist’. He continues to do what he does best, and fans of this unique artist should not miss this opportunity to celebrate that fact, and reconnect on the ‘Damned If I Do’ tour.
Todd Rundgren / UK
September 2026
Weds 9th – London, Cadogan Hall
Thurs 10th – Bristol, Beacon
Sat 12th – Manchester, Opera House
Sun 13th – Glasgow, Theatre Royal
The Joy Thieves share 'No Anchor' feat. Chris Connelly, teasing 'Apocalypse Pending' album.
FOR FANS OF: Chris Connelly, Shudder To Think, The Jesus Lizard, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, Crosses, Bad Brains, Public Enemy
'The Wrong End of Your Rifle' - ISRC code USA2P2613132
''No Anchor'- ISRC code USA2P2613129
FOR SHARING
'No Anchor' single
https://thejoythieves.bandcamp.com/track/no-anchor
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/1564Goc3TZIxtlRAMea8et
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-joy-thieves/1460217439
YouTube
https://youtu.be/vtR5i0L66N0
'Apocalypse Pending' pre-order https://thejoythieves.bandcamp.com/album/apocalypse-pending
Album pre-save https://vm.group/apocalypse-pending-tt6-6
‘The Wrong End of Your Rifle’ video https://youtu.be/7MmHUrTeCek
Bandcamp
https://thejoythieves.bandcamp.com/track/the-wrong-end-of-your-rifle-2
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/7GlkIxYl6zHqdmYVPVcoBz
"'Blistering and unrelenting. 'The Wrong End of Your Rifle' hits with both sonic force and sharp political urgency. The Joy Thieves have something here that is confrontational and thought-provoking, lingering long after the noise fades" ~ God Is In The TV Zine
"Dark, confrontational, and hypnotically controlled, it commands attention from start to finish. This is industrial rock sharpened to a razor’s edge—ferocious, fearless, and a reminder of just how vital The Joy Thieves remain" ~ Nocturnazine
"The Joy Thieves stand apart not just for their sound, but for the way they create it... Connelly’s voice cuts through the chaos like a warning siren, equal parts commanding and haunted... This is the sound of a world unmoored and unapologetic, spiraling into the void with style" ~ The Spill Magazine
After Chicago alt-rock outfit The Joy Thieves' boisterous April with the release of ‘The Wrong End of Your Rifle’ and bombastic video from Lumbra Productions, they present the second taste of their full-length album 'Apocalypse Pending', out June 5th via Armalyte Industries. 'No Anchor' doesn’t just make noise, but detonates with intent—leaving scorch marks where complacency used to stand.
‘No Anchor’ examines how increased isolation in our modern world has pushed people towards amorality and an increased sense of hopeless nihilism. Featuring Chris Connelly (Fini Tribe, Revolting Cocks, Ministry, Pigface) on vocals, this song articulates a world slipping free of moral gravity. Longtime mavericks at the edge of collapse, the band captures the zeitgeist with such precision.
While the first track vents our collective fury at a world where corporate giants and billionaires operate with total impunity, this new single shifts the lens toward the resulting decay of the individual, exploring a chilling world where the absence of a moral "anchor" leads to total societal and personal dissolution.
Revolving around musicians-producers Dan Milligan and James Scott (a.k.a. Joy Thieves Productions), The Joy Thieves is a musical supergroup that includes members of Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Pigface, RevCo, PIG, David Bowie, Blue October, Machines of Loving Grace, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps and more.
“These days, it seems like people are capable of being pushed or tempted to exist in a state where they are alone. No moral compass. No ethics. No empathy. No forgiveness. No anchor. In a society where guilt seems to be gone, people can act however they want,” says Chris Connelly.
Dan Milligan adds, “When I was writing the music for ‘No Anchor,’ I purposefully used ever-changing, off-kilter guitar riffs that seem to stray farther and farther from the song’s key as it progresses. Because the music never truly repeats, or settles down, it creates the sickening sense that everything is unresolved, and it’s only going to get worse."
Since signing with London alternative-industrial label Armalyte Industries in 2018, The Joy Thieves have delivered 11 critically-acclaimed releases. 'Apocalypse Pending' is the newest addition -- produced, engineered and mixed by Joy Thieves Productions at Populist Recording + Mastering.
Joy Thieves Productions crafts their surprisingly cohesive signature sound from the contributions of its ever-growing 80+ roster of members, drawn from a diverse range of genres, including industrial, rock, punk, darkwave, hip hop and experimental music, they produce a sound created by “all of us, and yet, none of us”. Creating a sound all their own, their music is aggressive, yet precise; confrontational, but refined; and harsh, yet melodic.
This new song cycle began with producer-drummer Dan Milligan re-recording iconic hip hop breakbeats with modern drum sounds. ‘The Wrong End of Your Rifle’ began exactly that way -- with a modern re-imagining of the one of the most famous breakbeats of all time (‘Ashley’s Roachclip’ by The Soul Searchers). This formed the basis upon which the entire track was built.
For a band with members all over the world, The Joy Thieves' music feels very Chicago. Anchored by their love of industrial rock, their music immediately outgrows the restrictions of the genre by stretching into the new realms, creating a sound that both honors the past while pushing its evolution into the future.
As of May 5th, 'No Anchor' is available from digital music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, where ‘The Wrong End of Your Rifle’ can also be found. The 'Apocalypse Pending' album, now available for pre-order, will be released on June 5th
CREDITS
'No Anchor' written by Chris Connelly & Dan Milligan
'The Wrong End of Your Rifle' written by Chris Connelly, Dan Milligan, Derek Christopher, Dee J Nelson
Produced, engineered & mixed by Joy Thieves Productions
at Populist Recording + Mastering, Wheaton, IL
Mastered by James Scott at Populist Recording + Mastering
Add. production by Derek Christopher (Penfield Studios), Mark Pistel (Room 5 Studios), Jeff Harris (JH Studios), Steven Archer (House of Wolves), Dee J Nelson (DJN Music), Jane Jensen (Autozen Music), DJ Darryl Hell (HellLab Studios)
Art direction by Destiny Justic Scott
Original artwork by Charlie Athanas for Burning City
Released via Armalyte Industries
Artist studio photos by Derick Smith
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with The Joy Thieves
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Keep up with Armalyte Industries
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06/05/2026
Alligator Artist Chris O'Leary To Release BLUE COLLAR On July 10, 2026.
BLUES STAR CHRIS O'LEARY TO RELEASE BLUE COLLAR ON JULY 10, 2026.
New Song And Video, Bad Decisions, Out Now.
“Rollicking and riveting, profound and hard-driving…a defiant, first-class singer and full-throttle harmonica player.”
–Living Blues
“A soulful vocalist, powerhouse harmonica virtuoso and gifted songwriter.”
–Blues Matters (UK)
“Blistering originals…melding hard-core Chicago blues with soul. The results are raw and forceful.”
–No Depression
On Friday, July 10, 2026, world-class blues star, harmonica, vocal and songwriting master Chris O'Leary will release Blue Collar, his second Alligator Records album. Blue Collar finds the Marine combat veteran, ex-Federal police officer and former lead singer of Levon Helm’s legendary Barn Burners turning his myriad life experiences into timeless blues tales. The album will be available on translucent blue vinyl, CD and at all digital service providers.
On record and on stage, O’Leary commands attention, singing with pure, unadulterated soul and playing harmonica with full-throttle, locomotive power. O'Leary's all-original songs are musically irresistible, often funny, and filled with honest truths and sage advice. They are an intoxicatingly refreshing, one-of-a-kind, high-energy, deep-dish gumbo of Chicago blues, Memphis soul and New Orleans funk.
“I’ve lived the craziest life,” says Chris O’Leary. “Going to war, performing and touring with (The Band’s) Levon Helm, befriending and learning from blues legend James Cotton, now recording for Alligator. It’s something I’ll never take for granted.”
Blue Collar's first single, the truthful and humorous Bad Decisions, premieres today, along with a new video. According to O'Leary, "I've been writing about my poor judgement for years, only this time it’s the actual name of the song." Watch the video below:
The self-produced Blue Collar delivers 11 original, emotionally complex songs featuring O’Leary’s powerful harp work and soul-testifying vocals. The music is fueled by his dynamic band, exuding swaggering confidence at every turn. The songs, says O’Leary, are “all personal, all real-life.” On the late-night warning After 2 A.M., O’Leary sings of all the trouble one person can get into after making a few ill-advised choices once the sun goes down. The funny-because-it’s-true What Would I Do Without You?, and the barn-burning, swampy Live Baby Gators (featuring accordionist Wayne Toups), turn the heat up. Adding to the proceedings, O’Leary’s friend and mentor Bob Margolin brings his Muddy Waters-infused guitar work to the slow and soulful Nothing But A Memory. And O’Leary’s legendary Alligator labelmate, Lil’ Ed Williams, brings his slide guitar firepower to the autobiographical One More Cup Of Coffee.
From his Virginia home to stages all over the world, O’Leary has become one of the blues world’s pre-eminent harmonica players, superlative original songwriters, deep-down soulful singers, and most in-demand live performers. The award-winning O’Leary has been playing professionally since the 1990s, with five pre-Alligator solo albums to his credit. His 2004 Alligator debutThe Hard Line steamrolled blues fans around the world with its deeply personal, potent original songs, crackerjack musicianship, devastatingly soulful, hair-raising vocals and a wry, spot-on sense of the absurd.
O'Leary has always been a monster road warrior, performing hundreds of shows a year all over the world. Outside of the U.S., he’s played in Canada, Ireland, Spain, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Portugal. According toBlues Music Magazine, O’Leary delivers “excellent, high-energy performances…he finds the groove on every song…powerful, first-rate virtuosity.”
No Depression magazine says, “O’Leary’s voice contains startling emotion...reaching an intensity and emotional rawness [that’s] primal. The performances practically vibrate with an authenticity that stays with you.”
BIOGRAPHY
Chris O’Leary, born in 1968 in Schenectady, New York, was immersed in music from an early age. At ten, he saw The Band live (with Levon Helm on drums), which left a lasting impression. After watching The Band’s legendary film,The Last Waltz, featuring performances by Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, The Staple Singers, Muddy Waters (with Bob Margolin), the blues reached out and grabbed him. He was especially drawn to the sounds of blues harmonica. His father introduced him to Muddy’s Hard Again album, featuring Johnny Winter on guitar, Bob Margolin on bass and James Cotton’s powerful harp work. This was the first time O’Leary heard Cotton, and he was hooked. Soon after, the 10-year-old O’Leary got his hands on a Hohner Marine Band harmonica and began to teach himself to play the real Chicago blues, for a time listening to nothing but the classics of the genre. He saw Cotton perform a few years later, in 1984, in what he now calls “a life-changing event. He was a force of nature. I had never seen anything like it.”
O’Leary joined the Marines in 1986, and his experiences in the Middle East — life-threatening and harrowing — later influenced his songwriting and performances. Post-service, he thrived in upstate New York’s music scene, becoming a standout local blues artist and then quickly beginning to build a larger, national reputation. His talent caught the eye of The Band’s drummer Levon Helm, who, while still recovering from throat surgery, would frequently go to O’Leary’s local gigs and sit in. Before long, Helm invited O’Leary to move to New Orleans to front his house band, The Barn Burners (which also included his talented daughter Amy Helm), at Helm’s Classic American Café. O’Leary worked five nights a week, often performing with legends including Hubert Sumlin and his hero, James Cotton.
After the club closed, O’Leary toured North America for six years with Helm and The Barn Burners, until vocal issues led him to temporarily stop performing. While recovering, he worked as a Federal police officer, but his passion for music persevered, as he continued to tour and perform on his days off. He made his recording debut on Hubert Sumlin’sAbout Them Shoes in 2003, an album produced by The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and including his friend and Muddy Waters’ band alum, guitarist Bob Margolin. In 2010, encouraged by Margolin, O’Leary released his first solo album, Mr. Used To Be, earning critical acclaim and multiple awards. Four more solo albums solidified his influence in the blues world, marked by electrifying performances and a deep connection to his musical roots.
Chris O’Leary’s journey in music took a significant leap with the release of his Alligator Records debut,The Hard Line, in January 2024, and Blue Collar in 2026. These days, O’Leary’s name is mentioned alongside the greats of the genre, with fans filling his concerts. The Philadelphia Daily News declared, “The Chris O’Leary Band offers a virtual encyclopedia of electrifying roadhouse blues styles, from boogie woogie to Southside Chicago to Louisiana stompers.” According to the Chicago Blues Guide, “O’Leary simply blazes.”
05/05/2026
The Noise Who Runs counts down to 'Re: GenX' album, previewing 'Just The English Way' & ‘Commercial Road’.
FOR FANS OF: Idles, Sneaker Pimps, Ian Brown, Death In Vegas, The Fall, Ian Dury, LCD Soundsystem, UNKLE, Sun Atoms, Nightmares on Wax
FOCUS TRACKS Bang Bang, The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again, Commercial Road, Trust Me I'm a Psychopath, Just The English Way, The Summer Talking, Home Front Truths
FOR SHARING
'Re: GenX' album order https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/album/re-genx
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1LRZbh7KDhJzKIuPaUJmud
'Just The English Way' https://youtu.be/6ih1hTULtNM
Bandcamp
https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/track/just-the-english-way
'Commercial Road' video https://youtu.be/q1QSdRPyHzI
'Bang Bang' video
https://youtu.be/SC15o1vh7hs
'The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again' video https://youtu.be/imIF6Ro1k98
'Come and Join The Beautiful' Army' EP (2024) https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/album/come-and-join-the-beautiful-army
"Remarkable, urgent and unflinching, The Noise Who Runs delivers a rush of pure pop adrenaline that sparks like a flickering conscience" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Poetic brutality... the anthemic grace and stature of something by The Sisters of Mercy: it has an Arctic chill through which a lyrical, passionate heat radiates" ~ Backseat Mafia
"Beguiling... anthemic yet accessible, gothic, grand and graceful, delicately dance-driven and dark, coiled and ornate, slow and seductive" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"Ethereal electronic intimation... true splendour and prowess" ~ Ringmaster Review
In the home-stretch towards releasing the new 'Re: GenX' album, alternative-electronic artist The Noise Who Runs shares 'Just The English Way', a sharp, darkly witty slice of alternative electronic commentary on English identity, exposing how politeness and tradition can mask deeper social and political fractures.
It turns cultural understatement into critique, capturing a nation caught between quiet pride, denial, and the pressure for change.
Mixed and mastered by Colin C at The Cell Studio, 'Re: GenX documents a civilization caught in a downward spiral. Framing systemic greed, perpetual warfare, and the erosion of human dignity as the foundational mechanics of a world engineered for its own ruin, this album assesses society fueled by the interests of the elite, leaving behind a singular, urgent uncertainty.
The Noise Who Runs is songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ian Pickering of Sneaker Pimps - also known for his work with Front Line Assembly. Native to Hartlepool in the north-east of England, Pickering co-authored Sneaker Pimps hits 'Spin Spin Sugar', '6 Underground' and 'Tesko Suicide'. After relocating to Lille, France in 2018, he launched this project, debuting the ‘Preteretrospective’ album in 2023, followed by the ‘Come and Join the Beautiful Army’ EP the next year, both receiving rave reviews and airplay in more than 60 countries.
'Re: Gen X' is both a reckoning and a reply — a response from within a generation that inherited progress, equality, and expanding liberty, but failed to defend them when they came under threat. Framed by the cultural optimism of late-1980s youth and the 1990s second summer of love, the album questions how a generation defined by scepticism, freedom, and possibility became comfortable with inaction as those gains were slowly dismantled and how scepticism hardened into detachment, irony replaced action, and silence came to feel like neutrality. Rather than nostalgia, it offers a critique of passivity: what happens when a generation knows better, but does nothing.
“This album is a reply to my own generation — what it stood for, what it stayed silent for, and how it enjoyed progress and liberty without doing much to protect any of it when it actually mattered. But it’s beyond generations, it’s humanity, society - it’s a class war, always has been — and the powerful rely on fear and division to stop people recognising that, even when we know all the tricks,” says Ian Pickering.
Across the record, exhaustion, outrage, and repetition form a recurring loop. Political failure, cultural denial, and performative morality are examined not as abstract forces, but as habits — things learned, tolerated, and repeated. The album resists slogans and solutions, instead holding up a mirror to complicity, comfort, and collapse. Re: Gen X doesn’t ask to be forgiven; it asks to be examined — and leaves open the question of whether awareness, this time, will finally lead to action.
“Everything after 'Come and Join the Beautiful Army' desperately wanted to be simpler and more direct. All the songs were half-finished demos, and I finally treated myself to a half-decent electric guitar. Just playing along to try it out, the guitar found its way into the songs and gave them a bit of impetus — "I Think I'm a Psychopath and "This Song Sucks" clicked first, then "The Summer Talking" and "Bang Bang" followed naturally. I wanted the whole record to feel more immediate: shorter songs, more traditional shapes, and lyrics that were leaner, more precise, and less overthought," says Ian Pickering.
“It all really took shape lyrically after the summer of 2024 and the riots the summer Starmer came to power, and against the backdrop of a looming Trump 2.0 presidency. I chose to wait and record the vocals back home in Teesside as it felt right to put my voice in the place that made me. I went back to Hartlepool while visiting my mum in January 2025, and that sharpened everything — it felt like watching the consequences arrive years late, but fully formed. You can sense that sharpness in the vocals."
Most recently, The Noise Who Runs shared 'Commercial Road', a stark confrontational snapshot of moral paralysis in an age that mistakes spectacle for substance, dissecting a world where everything is for sale — bodies, truths, and even outrage itself. The song reframes relationships as mere transactions and identity as a casualty of exploitation or numbness - symptoms of a broader cultural sickness, where profit renders the individual expendable and institutional failure becomes daily routine.
Earlier, The Noise Who Runs shared the timely anti-war song 'The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again' and the lead track, 'Bang Bang'. Capturing the psychic exhaustion of life lived inside permanent crisis mode, this is a song about running on empty — physically, emotionally, politically — where outrage replaces thought and reaction substitutes for responsibility.
'Just The English Way' is a Bandcamp exclusive, while 'Commercial Road' is out everywhere, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The "Re: GenX" album is out May 8 via TNWR Records.
ALBUM TRACK LIST
01 The Summer Talking
02 Bang Bang
03 Trust Me I'm A Psychopath
04 This Song Sucks (Mind The Gap)
05 Just The English Way
06 The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again
07 Home Front Truths
08 We Are Breach
09 Commercial Road
10 All Assuming You
CREDITS
Music & lyrics written by Ian Pickering
Performed by The Noise Who Runs
Recorded, engineered & produced by The Noise Who Runs
Additional production by Colin Cameron at The Cell Studios
Mixed & mastered by Colin C. at The Cell Studio
Video by Ian Pickering
Cover artwork and layout by Ian Pickering
Artist photos by Lucie Logier
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with The Noise Who Runs
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22/04/2026
OMD: Summer Of Hits @ Dreamland Margate Sat 25 July - Announcing Special Guest Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey.
OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Summer Of Hits comes to Dreamland Margate Saturday 25th July on the famous Scenic Stage
Announcing Special Guest
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey
Plus
Peter Hook & The Light
Andrew Cushin
Synth-pop legends Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), are bringing the hits to Dreamland in Margate, so bring your dancing shoes and join them for their Summer Of Hits show, on Saturday 25th July on the famous Scenic Stage. As for those hits, well… announcing themselves with their first singles ‘Electricity’ and ‘Messages’, ‘Enola Gay’ then went Platinum and started quite the run: ‘Souvenir’, ‘Joan Of Arc’, ‘Maid Of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc), ‘Locomotion’, ‘Talking Loud and Clear’, ‘Tesla Girls’, ‘So In Love’, ‘(Forever) Live and Die’, ‘Sailing On The Seven Seas’, ‘Pandora’s Box’, and on.
As the Dreamland show will prove, OMD are truly spoilt for choice when it comes to picking a set list for a show.
OMD’s Andy McCluskey said, “There is no better experience than playing outdoors in the summer. So a concert at the seaside with some of our amazing musical friends is going to be one fantastic party.”
Now, added as special guest to join the previously announced line up, Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey is joining Peter Hook & The Light and Andrew Cushin on the bill in Margate. The Thompson Twins are one of the most iconic bands of the 1980’s - and were a continuous chart presence on both sides of the Atlantic.
Tom Bailey from the band now performs as Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey. At Dreamland he will celebrate the Thompson Twins’ Greatest Hits including ‘Hold Me Now’, ‘Doctor Doctor’, ‘In the Name Of Love’, ‘Love On Your Side’, ‘If You Were Here’, ‘We Are Detective’, ‘Lies’, ‘Lay Your Hands On Me’ and ‘King for A Day’ to name a few.
This Dreamland show is set to be a hit-filled celebration of the best in British popular music!
OMD themselves pioneered their genre, combining massive chart success with experimentation on albums such as “Organisation” (1980) “Architecture and Morality” (1981) and “Dazzle Ships” (1983) which propelled them into the stratosphere and helped shape the musical landscape of the eighties. Celebrating four decades of success, OMD returned in 2023 with their first new studio album since 2017 with “Bauhaus Staircase”, which went to No.2.
OMD have sold over 40 million records worldwide, and their live set is full of energy and loaded with their hits, so don’t miss them at Dreamland!
OMD
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Summer Of Hits, Dreamland Margate Saturday 25th July on the famous Scenic Stage
Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey
Peter Hook & The Light
Andrew Cushin
17/04/2026
Post Pulse release new single from upcoming album – “Incredible Creatures” showcases the band at their most massive.
Post Pulse release new single from upcoming album – “Incredible Creatures” showcases the band at their most massive
Post Pulse, who will release their third album in May, have unveiled one more single from the upcoming record. ”Incredible Creatures”, the final single from the Lupaus album, presents the band at their very best: the track grooves heavily, sounds massive, and offers strong melodic hooks.
The track is also accompanied by a music video released today.
“'Incredible Creatures' is one of the highlights of the album for me. The song feels especially meaningful, partly because it was still very different just a couple of weeks before we entered the studio. Even though all the elements seemed to be in place during pre-production, the track always felt like it was missing something, and that missing piece was brought in by our bassist Sam Roon during our final rehearsals before the drum recordings. Our drummer Anttoni Välimaa quickly picked up the new patterns, and suddenly an old song felt fresh again. The final result was crowned during the vocal recordings, where Tapani brought entirely new shades to the performance, both in the aggressive and clean parts. This song felt like it knew what it wanted — it revealed itself to us little by little, and we simply followed where it led,” comments the band’s main songwriter and guitarist Antti Karhu.
Post Pulse vocalist Tapani Rantanen found inspiration for the lyrics in the way Antti described the song’s contrasting moods: “Antti told me about a great idea he had, combining beauty and danger within a single character. I really liked the concept, so writing the lyrics based on that idea came very naturally.”
Set for release on May 29, Lupaus is Post Pulse’s third full-length album. It continues the band’s evolution towards a more melodic, hook-driven, and expansive sound.
The album was recorded, mixed, and produced by Juhis Kauppinen, best known as the driving force behind the band Merta.
Founded in 2015, Post Pulse have previously released the debut album Halls of the Damned (2017) and Return to the Halls (2024).
”Incredible Creatures” single:
”Incredible Creatures” video:
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Tom Waits + Massive Attack share new song 'Boots on the Ground' - Wait's first original music in 15 years.
TOM WAITS + MASSIVE ATTACK SHARE NEW SONG 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND'
LISTEN HERE
WAITS’ FIRST ORIGINAL MUSIC IN 15 YEARS
Today Massive Attack is sharing their collaboration with Tom Waits, 'Boots on the Ground'. And sadly for all, their song is never more urgent and timely. The song chronicles the madness and rabid abandonment of mankind to the commands of "The Masters of War”, as Dylan put it. It marks Massive Attack's first new music since 2020 and Waits’s first new recording since the 2011 album ‘Bad As Me’.
The song is available today on streaming platforms and will be followed by a 12" vinyl release. The 12” edition features "Boots on the Ground" on Side A, with an exclusively Waits B-side titled "The Fly” - a track featuring Waits’s trademark droll and sardonic spoken word.
LISTEN TO 'BOOTS ON THE GROUND' HERE
WATCH VIDEO HERE
When asked about the collaboration, Waits said:
“One day many years ago, I accepted an invitation from Massive Attack to collaborate. Their long release delay never worried me. Today, as in all of mankind's yesterdays, guarantees this type of song will never go out of style. Man's folly of fiascos is a feast for the flies. Hence, the B side of Massive Attack’s upcoming 12 inch "The Fly" features my appreciation for the winged nuisance."
Massive Attack is embracing an eco-conscious vinyl pressing and packaging process for this record to leave a smaller carbon footprint. This ‘EcoSonic’ edition will be 180g vinyl in colours, red, white and blue, and are packed at random.
Blue October: Video ‘Congratulations’ ft. Imogen Heap; 20th Anniversary of ‘Foiled’ 2026 World Tour.
Blue October
20th Anniversary of ‘Foiled’ celebrated with 2026 World Tour
4 UK dates in June 2026
Brand new video for ‘Congratulations’ ft. Imogen Heap
Blue October, the Texas-based, multi-platinum group announces a year-long celebration honouring the 20th anniversary release of ‘Foiled’, the platinum-selling album that opened the door to the hearts of audiences around the world. On this tour, for the first time ever, ‘Foiled’ will be performed in its entirety, front to back, while also allowing the band time to play audience faves from across their 12 studio albums.
There are 4 UK dates for June 2026, including a show at the iconic Roundhouse in London, and tickets for all UK and European dates go on-sale this Friday, 28th November 2025 at www.blueoctober.com/foiled-eu-2026.
An undeniably magnetic frontman, Justin Furstenfeld, truly one of the most powerful stage performers of our time, is backed by his brother Jeremy Furstenfeld (drums, percussion), Ryan Delahoussaye (violin, mandolin, piano, vocals), Matt Noveskey (bassguitar, vocals).
Justin Furstenfeld said, “To be able to tour in the UK again means so much to us . Everytime we come over our listeners seem more passionate than ever. I’m excited to celebrate the anniversary of ‘Foiled’ with our UK family, a memory I plan on cherishing for the rest of my life“.
From the raw honesty of Hate Me and Into the Ocean to deep cuts like Congratulations and 18th Floor Balcony, ‘Foiled’ is a memorable album that has more than stood the test of time. For many, these songs became lifelines, moments for connection, turning strangers into family and concerts into life changing experiences. And we’re just getting started.
Blue October stands on their reputation of delivering unforgettable live music experiences, electrifying rollercoaster performances, that fans around the world see as life-changing and cathartically uplifting.
The ‘20th Anniversary of Foiled’ World Tour will begin in Germany and journey through England, Scotland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Portugal and across the US, Canada and Mexico. Don't miss this wonderful band celebrating a truly important record.
BLUE OCTOBER
‘Foiled’
20th Anniversary World Tour 2026
Weds 3 June NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Thurs 4 June GLASGOW SWG3
Fri 5 June MANCHESTER Albert Hall
Sat 6 LONDON Roundhouse
Son Little - UK tour starts on Sunday - New album ‘Cityfolk’ out now.
“Mesmeric confessions from singular craftsman bending R&B with DIY pop” ★★★★☆ Mojo
“Georgia-based singer-songwriter’s unfussy fourth melds genres in fine style” Uncut
“Like a rootsy, Americana D’Angelo. Kind of Neville Brothers, or Down In The Hole by Tom Waits, but sung by Miguel or someone equally silky. Anyway, good gumbo” The New Cue
“Beautiful vocals, great writing and timeless retro sounds” Somewhere Soul
“Deep, invigorating, soulful” Buzz Mag
“Cityfolk feels patient and unforced. It doesn’t demand attention, but it rewards it, an understated, thoughtful album that values mood and meaning over immediacy” Americana UK
“A delightful listen” Maximum Volume Music
To celebrate the release of his new album 'CITYFOLK', Son Little is heading to the UK for a tour, kicking off in Brighton on 19th April. The tour also includes two London headline shows.
Tickets are available here https://sonlittle.com/tour
TOUR DATES
April 19th – Brighton and Hove @ DUST
April 20th – Bristol @ Strange Brew
April 21st – Manchester @ Band on the Wall
April 22nd – London @ Jazz Cafe – SOLD OUT
April 23rd – London @ Dingwalls (extra date added due to demand)
Although often placed in the category of “roots musician”, on ‘CITYFOLK’, Little, who NPR praised for having “impeccably crafted songs,” continues to defy genre but lets the evocation of his storytelling pierce through. “The industry likes to keep artists in little boxes, and for Black artists it has meant being defined by your proximity to ‘urban,’” Little admits. “But my music has always had flashes of country, rock and folk, as well as hip-hop, blues and R&B. So I've always struggled as an artist who kind of, I think, lives in the spaces between genres.”
This album is also an opportunity for listeners to discover Little as more than a vocalist, but a well-rounded artist who carefully balances DIY production, songwriting and vocal arranging. Now living outside of Atlanta, Livingston attributes the development of ‘CITYFOLK’ to going even further south to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in January 2025. It was there that Little, whose past collaborations include The Roots and RJD2, connected with two-time Grammy-winning musician and Alabama Shakes band member Ben Tanner to flesh out sketches of songs that he’d crafted through epiphanies about his family’s roots.
In the late 1960s, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios housed unbridling protest anthems and melodious love songs that would become the classics of tomorrow. Little’s ‘CITYFOLK’ is a relic in the musical path paved for him.
“Its whole reputation and businesses are thriving because of the spirit of unity,” Little says of the small Alabama town. “I mean, it's all due to music that was created in defiance of that legacy. It's a place that I think really is a symbol of what can be accomplished when those barriers are broken down.”
‘CITYFOLK’
1. Rabbit
2. Whip The Wind
3. Let’s Get Involved
4. It’s Your World
5. Cherry
6. Bottomless
7. Be Better
8. The Valley
9. In Orbit
10. Paper Children
11. Breathe
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NYC's ECCE SHNAK announces North American & UK tour dates with Britpop icons EMF.
FOR SHARING
'Shadows Grow Fangs' EP http://ecceshnak.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-grow-fangs-2
'Katy's Wart [Extended Feelm Version]' video https://youtu.be/BdZOGralXkE
'Katy's Wart [Animated Music Feelm Version]' video https://youtu.be/rX9wxPoZpu0
Bandcamp https://ecceshnak.bandcamp.com/track/katys-wart
EMF 'LBGTQ+ Lover' feat. Ecce Shnak https://youtu.be/xnKi6P_9vZA
UK tour preview reelhttps://youtu.be/yBbJ6xr41nU
Tour tickets
https://www.songkick.com/artists/5039913-ecce-shnak
MORE VIDEOS
'Jeremy, Utilitarian Sadboy' video https://youtu.be/Kn3ALhMULbo
'Prayer on Love' video https://youtu.be/6WcIpHkadOk
'Shadows Grow Fangs' video
https://youtu.be/-WzdmYBVA0Y
'The Internet' video
https://youtu.be/ZYg12iOdTeg
'Stroll With Me' video
https://youtu.be/FlwKyWgFLOw
"Both jarring and exhilarating... powerful and anthemic. Mind blown!" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Mathy rock ornateness, sub-metal weight, and prog-infused punk— the perfect attraction of opposites. But stand back a bit and contemplate further, and you will find pop infectiousness, classical grace, and even hardcore aggression all working in harmony" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"Art / alt rock with varied twists of punk, chamber pop, new wave, experimental rock and more besides, there is never a predictable moment in sound or design" ~ Black Noise Zine
Genre-bending New York City outfit Ecce Shnak will join platinum-selling legends EMF for their North American tour, bringing them up and down the East Coast and even further into Canada. The two bands are also teaming up for a series of UK shows in June.
Forged in NYC's experimental scene, Ecce Shnak has a reputation for "high-wire" performances, their music a volatile yet meticulously crafted ecosystem, where technical precision meets a sense of inspired mayhem. Pronounced Eh-kay sh-knock, the band is made up of David Roush (composer, bassist and one of two singers), Bella Komodromos (vocals), Chris Krasnow (guitar), Gannon Ferrell (guitar), and Henry Buchanan-Vaughn (drums).
2025 set the stage for these developments when the bands toured the US West Coast, along with Spacehog. More recently, Ecce Shnak featured on EMF's stellar indie dance track 'LGBTQ+ Lover' with both Davey and Bella contributing vocals. The video footage was filmed during the 2025 tour.
"'LGBTQ+ Lover' is a friqq’n collaboration between EMF and Ecce Shnak! It's a loving homage to the LGBTQ+ community worldwide, and we will be bumping it as hard as possible on all nights," says frontman David Roush.
"We - EMF and Ecce Shnak - are absolutely ecstatic mofos to announce our East Coast US tour this May (with two dates in Canada as well). We’ll be rockin & shnakin’ on 10 stages over 11 days. EMF have also invited us to be the opening act for 6 joyful days in the UK early this June! So trampuce along with us. To quote EMF, “You deserve more than this world could ever give!”"
Ecce Shnak, whose newr 'Dandy Variances' album is out later this year, will be touring in support of their latest 'Shadows Grow Fangs' EP, released via Records, Man Records, which was recorded and produced by Jeff Lucci, mixed by Nicholas Vernhes (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Wild Nothing, The War on Drugs) and mastered by Grammy award-winning engineer Joe LaPorta (David Bowie, The Weeknd, Foo Fighters, Vampire Weekend).
Ecce Shnak's also recently released the single 'Katy's Wart', along with a three-minute 'Animated Music Feelm Version' and an immersive ten-minute 'Extended Feelm Version'. Produced and directed by Hollye Bynum and Sam Owens, along with David Roush, the eery mind-boggling animation was crafted by the titans at Titmouse Productions.
2025 also produced the band's live 'Backroom Sessions' EP, the Bladerunner-esque 'Jeremy, Utilitarian Sadboy (Kill Em Mix)' with German DJ-producer Eskei83 and the buoyant 'Prayer On Love (Madison Mars Remix)' with world-famous DJ-producer Madison Mars.
Ecce Shnak's music can be found on digital music platforms, including Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music. Tickets for Ecce Shnak and EMF live dates are now available.
CREDITS
All Ecce Shnak music written by David Roush
Released by Records Man, Records
David Roush - bass & vocals
Bella Komodromos - vocals
Chris Krasnow - guitar
Gannon Ferrell - guitar
Henry Buchanan-Vaughn - drums
Artist photos by Tommy Krause
A&R: Beth Narducci for You + Me Entertainment
Publicity by Shauna McLarnon for Shameless Promotion PR
TOUR DATES
MAY 07 Philadelphia, PA, USA - Nikki Lopez
MAY 08 Buffalo, NY, USA - Town Ballroom
MAY 09 Toronto, ON, Canada - Dance Cave
MAY 10 Montreal, QC, Canada - Bar Le Ritz
MAY 11 Boston, MA, USA - City Winery
MAY 13 New York, NY, USA - Sony Hall
MAY 14 Millersville, PA, USA - Phantom Power
MAY 15 Baltimore, MD, USA - Metro Gallery
MAY 16 Hamden, CT, USA - Space Ballroom
JUN 02 Manchester, UK - Gorilla
JUN 03 Worthing, UK - The Factory Live
JUN 04 Portsmouth, UK - Kola
JUN 05 Southend, UK - Chinnerys
JUN 06 London, UK - The Garage
JUN 07 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
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16/04/2026
NYC's Julia Greenberg shares 'Leaves' single, a masterclass in the art of letting go. 'Born Sentimental' EP to be released via Magic Door Record Label.
FOR FANS OF: Marianne Faithfull, Lael Neale, Father John Misty, Jessie Kilguss, Valerie June, Hooray for the Riff Raff, Sharon Van Etten, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Joan Baez
INFLUENCED BY Lucinda Williams, Dory Previn, Aimee Mann, Harold Arlen, Elvis Costello
:FCC clean (no profanity) - ISRC code QZW5A2600003
FOR SHARING
'Leaves' video https://youtu.be/JkpYwBrhCSo
Bandcamp
https://juliagreenberg.bandcamp.com/track/leaves (available now)
Get the single https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/juliagreenberg/leaves (April 21)
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/1iJfszJJNC09VJVnTp1c4f (April 21)
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/julia-greenberg/3988220 (April 21)
Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B000QK665C/julia-greenberg (April 21)
'Born Sentimental' EP pre-save
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/juliagreenberg/born-sentimental
EP pre-order - Bandcamp https://juliagreenberg.bandcamp.com/album/born-sentimental
"An organic, unfiltered warmth... Beautiful juxtaposition of melancholy and moments of promise... a soft reminder of loss, change, and the peaceful promise of rebirth" ~ Skylight Webzine
NYC-based singer-songwriter Julia Greenberg presents her new single 'Leaves', an uplifting track that feels remarkably hopeful despite being written amidst the quiet wreckage of personal loss. Mastering the art of letting go, she offers a poignant reminder that some seasons simply cannot be held captive. This is a hauntingly graceful prelude to her 'Born Sentimental' EP, slated for June release via New Jersey's Magic Door Record Label.
Directed by Julia Greenberg and edited by Nico Greenberg with Yumiko Takagi as director or photography, the accompanying video captures a small-town schoolhouse that is "frozen in time", this setting serving as a poignant monument to the people and milestones we’ve moved on from. The lens treats these relics as a visual meditation on the bittersweet friction between honoring our most precious, fleeting memories and finding the courage to keep walking toward the hope of an unmapped horizon.
'Leaves' sets the tone for the EP. Written over several years in the aftermath of a personal tragedy, the song is reminder that, try as we might, we can’t hang on to those autumn leaves. Referencing the incomparable and oft interpreted Kurt Weill song, Julia chastises herself: “There’s nothing dumber, than the girl who sings September Song in summer”, as she ruminates over her guitar in the shade while everyone else is at the lake.
Recorded live at Chrometop Studios, this music vibrates with the raw, lived-in chemistry of a quartet that has spent half a decade honing these stories while touring the Northeast, capturing their emotional and creative connections and vulnerabilities. It’s a deeply personal and gorgeous collision of alt-country grit and the sophisticated wit of American Standards, capturing a vulnerability that feels both timeless and bracingly honest. Co-produced by Bob Perry (The Winter Hours) and Julia Greenberg, this EP was engineered by Bob Perry and mastered by Ray Ketchem (Guided by Voices, Elk City, Gramercy Arms, Luna, Crash Harmony) at Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, NJ.
"These songs are unapologetically written and sung by a woman who has been around a while and has seen and lost a thing or two—and knows the power of the proximity of funny and mournful. The songs, and the kind of raw way I’m putting them out into the world, is a reaction to all the screens, and filters and bullshit projections of ourselves that rule us," says Julia Greenberg.
A chanteuse, theater composer and filmmaker with roots in the downtown NYC music scene, Julia Greenberg has released two albums of original music - 'Past Your Eyes' and 'Greenland' - both produced by James Mastro (The Bongos, Mott the Hoople, Ian Hunter, Patti Smith, John Cale). Her her music has been featured on 'This American Life' (including the ever-popular Dr. Phil episode, in which Phil Collins evaluates a breakup song she co-wrote), and Ronnie Spector also recorded one of her songs.
Greenberg's award-winning documentary 'Dory Previn: On My Way to Where' can now be watched on PBS, having had its world premiere at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in 2024. Prior to directing the film, Julia became the foremost interpreter of Previn’s music, performing her work around the country at venues such as Joe’s Pub, Mass MoCA, the 92nd Street Y, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and on WFMU and WNYC radio. She is also the archivist for Previn's estate.
Apart from co-writing the hit off-Broadway rock opera 'People Are Wrong!' with Robin Goldwasser, she composed the music for the off-Broadway play 'Cavedweller' with "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" composer Stephen Trask. In her spare time, she is a health justice advocate and co-curates the music program at the Rock Valley Schoolhouse in the Catskills.
"After years of interpreting other people’s songs and making a film about my musical idol, Dory Previn, this release feels like some kind of catharsis. It’s just me and my unadorned voice and musical companions of the last decade, doing what we do live, captured so beautifully by engineer and co-producer Bob Perry," says Julia Greenberg.
As of April 21, 'Leaves' is available across digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and Bandcamp, where it is currently available for download. On June 11, the 'Born Sentimental' EP will be released via Magic Door Record Label.
CREDITS
Music & lyrics for all songs written by Julia Greenberg
Jeremy Chatzky - upright bass
Will Holshouser - accordion
Tricia Scotti - backing vocals
Julia Greenberg - acoustic guitar
Bob Perry - electric guitar
Paul Moschella - drums
Stephanie Seymour - percussion
Recorded at Chrometop Studios
Co-produced by Bob Perry and Julia Greenberg
Engineered by Bob Perry
Mastered by Ray Ketchem at Magic Door Recording
Cover artwork by Jamil Azam
Artist photos by Yumiko Takagi
Released by Magic Door Record Label
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with Julia Greenberg
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15/04/2026
Jared James Nichols unveils new single & video for 'Runnin' Hot'.
Today, JARED JAMES NICHOLS is proud to unveil his new single, ‘Runnin' Hot’, taken from his upcoming fourth studio album, 'Louder Than Fate,' due out on June 5, 2026, via Frontiers Music Srl. ‘Runnin' Hot’ was produced, mixed, and engineered by Jay Ruston. The accompanying music video, found below, was filmed, directed, and edited by Speed Rabbit Films.
JARED comments on the new track:
“'Runnin’ Hot' was written with a dear friend of mine and rock-and-roll maniac, Tuk Smith. We wanted to tap into everything we love about this music—something real, raw, and fun. Shooting the music video took that mantra even further. Elvis James brought the same energy behind the camera, and the result is a laugh-out-loud, wildly entertaining watch.”
A set of record-release shows kicks off inTeaneck, NJ, on May 29th, and a list of his upcoming live dates can be found below.
Watch the Official Video for ‘Runnin' Hot’HERE
Produced and mixed by Jay Ruston (Anthrax, Stone Sour, Amon Amarth, Skindred, and Steel Panther) with additional production by Roger Alan Nichols (Larkin Poe, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and Hayley Williams of Paramore), 'Louder Than Fate' balances muscle and melody, combining thunderous riffs, searing solos, and emotionally charged vocals with a modern, punchy production. The songs move effortlessly between hard-hitting rock anthems and more reflective, dynamic moments, showcasing NICHOLS’ ability to fuse classic influences with a contemporary edge. Tracks like “Bending or Breaking” and “Killing Time” expand the sonic palette with subtle keyboards and cinematic string arrangements, adding depth without ever sacrificing power.
Since his breakout debut,JARED JAMES NICHOLS has built a reputation as one of the most electrifying guitarists and performers of his generation. Known for his unmistakable tone, fearless playing style, and commanding stage presence, he has toured extensively across the US and Europe, sharing stages with some of the biggest names in rock and earning praise from fans and critics alike.
'Louder Than Fate' is not just an album — it’s a declaration. A record that speaks to resilience, conviction, and the unstoppable force of an artist who plays every note as if it truly matters. Loud, honest, and deeply human, this is JARED JAMES NICHOLS at his absolute best.
NICHOLS comments on 'Louder Than Fate':
“I’m beyond excited for this record. I’ve been counting down the days until its release like it’s a personal holiday. If the singles are any hint for you, there are plenty of riffs ripping through the speakers like a buzz saw. But going deeper into the record, there are tons of different emotions and sounds that I have yet to explore as a singer/songwriter. I am personally thrilled to share different shades of myself on this record, giving so much more depth and insight to the listener. Get ready for‘Louder than Fate’."
'Louder Than Fate' Track List:
1. Let’s Go
2. Ghost
3. Way Back
4. Bending Or Breaking
5. Killing Time *
6. Dust N’ Bones
7. Show Me *
8. Looks Like That Felt Good *
9. Runnin’ Hot
10. Pretend
Killing Time (acoustic version) Bonus Track Japan
The Death Of Love (bonus track Digital)
Produced & Mixed by Jay Ruston
Except * Produced & Mixed by Roger Alan Nichols
Art Garfunkel: “What A Wonderful World” Celebration Concerts, October 2026.
Art Garfunkel
8x Grammy® Award Winner and Rock Hall Of Famer - LIVE
“What A Wonderful World” Celebration Concerts
Following a widely celebrated appearance during Grammy® weekend that captivated audiences and industry leaders alike, Art Garfunkel has announced an upcoming tour that will bring one of the most iconic voices in American music back to stages across the country in a series of magical evenings not to be missed. There will be four UK performances on his “What A Wonderful World” Celebration Concerts run, which will take place in October 2026. The shows will go on sale on Friday, 17 April at 10:00am.
For more info go to artgarfunkelinternational.com and tickets: https://www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/art-garfunkel/
Art Garfunkel
“What A Wonderful World” Celebration Concerts
13th October, Watford - Watford Colosseum
15th October, Manchester - Manchester Opera House
17th October, Wolverhampton - University of Wolverhampton at The Halls
19th October, London - Royal Albert HallArt Garfunkel is the Voice that Defined an Era
Grammy® weekend didn’t merely celebrate contemporary achievement; it re-centred a foundational truth about American popular music. At the storied Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala, Art Garfunkel emerged not as a nostalgic presence, but as a living icon—a vocalist whose sound still commands silence, attention, and reverence in a room filled with the industry’s most powerful voices.
The response inside the Beverly Hilton was unmistakable. As Garfunkel took the stage, the room didn’t buzz—it stilled. That reaction, captured and echoed across entertainment media during Grammys® weekend, speaks to something deeper than celebrity. It speaks to recognition: this is the voice that defined the rock era before algorithms existed.
In an age now governed by data, discovery engines, and predictive listening, Garfunkel’s voice reminds us how music once traveled—by human transmission. Radio programmers, record-store clerks, late-night DJs, and listeners themselves carried songs forward because a voice moved them. When Garfunkel sang “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” the effect was not performative nostalgia; it was a reaffirmation of how sound imprints itself on collective memory.
Media coverage noted the purity and control of the tenor, unchanged in its emotional authority. There was no bombast, no attempt to modernize the moment. The power lay in restraint—the same restraint that made The Sound of Silence and Scarborough Fair timeless when they first arrived. In the room, artists and executives alike responded not as curators of trends, but as listeners. The applause wasn’t polite; it was instinctive.
This matters because the historical shorthand around Simon & Garfunkel has long flattened the truth. Paul Simon is—rightly—celebrated as a towering songwriter. But the enduring emotional life of the catalogue lives in Garfunkel’s voice. Simon authored the words and structures; Garfunkel supplied the instrument that carried them into permanence. Nowhere is this clearer than Bridge Over Troubled Water, written by Simon and defined by Garfunkel’s vocal—so completely that Simon later acknowledged the choice became a point of friction. The song didn’t just succeed; it became immortal, because the voice matched the aspiration.
What the Clive Davis gala made plain—and what Grammys® weekend coverage reinforced—is that voice is not secondary to authorship. Voice is authorship in sound. Before playlists told audiences what to hear, Garfunkel’s tenor told them what to feel. His performance reasserted that legacy artists are not artifacts; they are standards—benchmarks by which new generations measure authenticity.
The broader implication is cultural. As awards culture increasingly elevates songwriting, production, and metrics-driven reach, Garfunkel’s reception stands as a corrective. The rock era was not built by engagement charts. It was built by voices that could stop a room, cross formats, and outlast fashion. Garfunkel remains one of the few whose sound does exactly that.
The elevation is overdue. Not as “half of a duo,” not as harmony, but as one of the defining voices of American recorded music—a singer whose tone shaped how intimacy, longing, and grace were expressed in popular song, long before algorithms learned how to count.
At 84, each note Art Garfunkel offers feels less like performance and more like grace in a cathedral—while Paul Simon stands as the consummate businessman, harmonist, and poet, Garfunkel remains an artist without measure or equal. His soaring tenor is the celestial sonic responsible for the iconic gifts of his solo career and that of Simon & Garfunkel.
There are voices that ride the music, and then there are voices that become it—and Art Garfunkel belongs to the rarest category. His tenor does not simply carry a melody; it illuminates it, like light passing through stained glass, revealing colors you didn’t know were there. In a genre often driven by grit and rebellion, Garfunkel brought something almost radical in its purity—clarity, restraint, and a devotion to phrasing that turns songs into meditations. Listen closely and you’ll hear not just technique, but intention: every breath placed with care, every note suspended just long enough to ache. Where others push, he floats—and in that floating, he transforms rock into something timeless, almost sacred, reminding us that the quietest voice can sometimes echo the longest.
By: Jason Winters
Nina Antonia & The Lunar Moths, mixed by Mike Scott ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’ 26 June on Creation Youth.
Nina Antonia & The Lunar Moths ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’
RELEASED 26 JUNE 2026 ON CREATION YOUTH
Mixed by Mike Scott of The Waterboys
Author and poet Nina Antonia is a chronicler of the decadent, and her band’s album ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’ is released on 26 June on the Creation Youth label on Vinyl, CD and Digital. She's a former music journalist renowned for biographies of Johnny Thunders & The New York Dolls, who more recently has gained acclaim for her uncanny authorship, penning articles for Fortean Times. It was a mutual connection to Johnny Thunders that brought Nina and bandmates Neal X and Chris Musto together. Nina herself described the album as, “A lyrical nightscape of melancholic beauty”.
Mike Scott, who mixed ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’, said, “It’s a unique and powerful record which chronicles the demi-monde of lost souls and wayfarers. The album's epic closing tour de force, ‘Lunar Moths’, is a stunning masterpiece, one of the best pieces of music I’ve ever heard”. He and James Hallawell of The Waterboys contributed guitar and keyboards to ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’. Mike was so taken by the poetry and music, that he very generously offered to mix the entire album. He added, “Nina writes about bohemians, wayfarers, geniuses, artists, lost souls, and wastrels with compassion and complete understanding. And Neal and Chris have accompanied the poems with music that sounds like The Velvet Underground lit up by twinkling lights.”
Neal X is a founder member of ’80s Electro-Glam futurists Sigue Sigue Sputnik and has been a long-term sideman for Marc Almond and Glen Matlock.
Chris Musto is a drummer/designer with a long history in British rock ’n’ roll. His design credits include work on The Rolling Stones’ ‘Steel Wheels’ and Queen’s ‘Jazz’, whilst his drumming credits include Johnny Thunders, Glen Matlock and Joe Strummer.
Creation Youth is a new record label set up by Alan McGee - legendary Creation Records head honcho and Martin “Youth” Glover – award-winning producer and bassist of Killing Joke. They offer an eclectic roster of both legendary and emerging recording artists. The Lunar Moths are thrilled to be a part of their story.
To support the album’s release Nina & The Lunar Moths will also be playing a short series of dates across the UK [dates below].
Returning once more to Mike Scott, he said that mixing the album has been, “One of the great musical pleasures of my life. Nina’s poems are deep, sometimes funny, and often very moving indeed”. The band’s name is taken from a collection of Nina Antonia verses dedicated to the ephemeral nature of life’s fly-by-nights, and ‘Dropping Like Butterflies’ provides the perfect soundtrack.
Nina Antonia & The Lunar Moths - LIVE
Thursday April 30th Brighton - Hotel Pelirocco
Friday May 8th Hebden Bridge - The Trades Club
Tuesday May 12th London - Circle & Star Theatre, Hampstead
Thursday May 14th Bristol - Elmer's Arms
14/04/2026
Hayes Carll & Corb Lund release rendition of 'Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)'.
HAYES CARLL & CORB LUND RELEASE RENDITION OF THE GARTH BROOKS FAVOURITE
'MUCH TOO YOUNG (TO FEEL THIS DAMN OLD)'
CURRENTLY ON TOUR IN THE UK
PREMIERED VIA ROLLING STONE
Old friends and collaborators, Hayes Carll & Corb Lund released a rendition of the Garth Brooks favourite, 'Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)' today via New West Records. Hear it now via Rolling Stone. Hayes Carll says, “This song has meant a lot to me over the years, and—even though I’m a long way from being a rodeo guy—this snapshot of a life on the road, the toll it takes on the heart, and the feeling of years stacking up in a young man’s game, resonates more and more.”
Corb Lund adds, “Hayes and I have been playing this tune together for a while now, and it’s a favoUrite of both of ours. We recorded this stripped back, bare bones version during the National Finals Rodeo last year, which is fitting, as it’s almost a hymn to a lot of rodeo people we know. It’s a lot of fun to sing and it’s a pleasure to be able to record and tour with my long-time pal Hayes.”
Carll & Lund also released a video of the duo performing the song live in the studio. See it HERE.
The standalone single was released ahead of Carll & Lund’s UK/European tour. The 15-date tour will also feature a 2-night appearance at Bush Hall in London this week.
Hayes Carll is currently supporting his 10th studio album, We’re Only Human, which was released to critical acclaim last year and has been on the Americana Albums Chart for 38 consecutive weeks.
Lund will also release Dark Horses on August 7, 2026 via New West Records. The 11-track set is a new recording of acoustic versions of some of Lund’s favorite songs across his catalog. Sequenced in chronological order, the songs are stripped down, intimate, and presented in their rawest form. The new versions offer a fresh perspective on familiar material and the result showcases the depth and craft of Corb’s unique songwriting. Dark Horses serves as the 12th mystery release culminating the year-long Dark Horse Vinyl Club which was announced last year. The club featured eleven albums released from 1995 through 2024 and all members will have exclusive access to an autographed copy of Dark Horses pressed on gold color vinyl (the one and only color variant of this record). The final round of the Dark Horse Vinyl Club will feature a first-time color vinyl pressing of Things That Can’t Be Undone (out April 24), as well as limited color vinyl pressings of Agricultural Tragic (out May 22), and El Viejo (out June 26). An extremely limited amount of Dark Horse Vinyl Club Memberships remain at NEW WEST RECORDS.
Following the European run with Hayes Carll, Lund has announced additional tour dates in his home country of Canada where he will perform his crowd favourite albums Five Dollar Bill, Hair in My Eyes Like a Highland Steer, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, and Cabin Fever, front to back, over multiple sold-out shows. Please see tour dates below.
Hear Hayes Carll & Corb Lund’s 'Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)' Here.
12/04/2026
Legendary singer, songwriter Taj Mahal releases new single 'Wild About Lovin''.
TAJ MAHAL RELEASES SINGLE ‘WILD ABOUT MY LOVIN’’
LISTEN TO NEW SONGHERE | WATCH VISUALISER HERE
GRAMMY MUSEUM TO HOST A NEW YORK EVENING WITH TAJ MAHAL FEATURING MUSIC AND CONVERSATION ON MAY 1 AT THE GREENE SPACE - TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
NEW ALBUM TIME RELEASED MAY 1 VIA RESONATIN’ RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS
FEATURES RECORDING OF PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD BILL WITHERS SONG ‘TIME’ AND GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ZIGGY MARLEY
TAJ MAHAL AND FAMED PHANTOM BLUES BAND OFFER MASTERCLASS IN SOUL, ROOTS, FOLK, REGGAE AND BLUES AND CELEBRATE ANOTHER LANDMARK MOMENT IN CAREER OF A CORNERSTONE ARCHITECT OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Legendary singer, songwriter Taj Mahal announced the release of new breezy swinging single ‘Wild About My Lovin’’, which will feature on forthcoming new album Time, released on May 1 via Resonatin’ Records/Thirty Tigers. A deeply soulful and expansive collection and a masterclass in soul, roots, folk, reggae and blues from one of the cornerstone architects of American music.
Listen to song HERE
Watch visualiser HERE
Pre-order album HERE
Taj will also be heading to NYC for a special event hosted by the Grammy Museum - A New York Evening With Taj Mahal featuring music and conversation on May 1 at The Greene Space - tickets available and more information here.
Time the album’s title track is a never-before-heard Bill Withers composition, originally recorded only as an unreleased demo and nearly lost to history before it was recorded by Taj Mahal. Close friend and music industry executive, and producer, Steve Berkowitz, with the blessing of both Bill and Marcia Withers, brought the song to Taj and the band. Listen to the song HERE & watch visualiser HERE.
Taj spoke exclusively to Variety, who reported, “Mahal only met Withers on a couple of occasions — their wives had gone to Claremont College together, which offered a bit of a connection — and he came away from those even more of an admirer,” and on his career added, “nothing could beat the twin ways in which the Recording Academy acknowledged him in 2025, when he won both a lifetime achievement Grammy and an actual competitive Grammy (for best traditional blues album for a record he made with Keb Mo), showing that it is possible to get your seemingly career-capping flowers and still be acknowledged as active and currently creative at the same time.” Read more at Variety HERE.
Originally recorded in 2010 alongside Taj’s longtime collaborators the Phantom Blues Band — a three-decade partnership responsible for GRAMMY-winning albums Señor Blues (1997) and Shoutin’ in Key (2000) — Time captures a shared musical language refined across decades. The sessions featured Tony Braunagel (drums), Larry Fulcher (bass) and Johnny Lee Schell (guitar), who also produced the album alongside Berkowitz. Additional musicians include New Orleans piano great Jon Cleary and organist Mick Weaver. The album was recorded at Ultratone Studio in Studio City, CA, with its rich blend of reggae rhythms, New Orleans grooves, country blues and Latin influences reflecting the band’s signature chemistry.
Few artists have shaped American roots music as profoundly as Taj Mahal. A recipient of the 2025 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, Taj is a genre-defying musician, composer and cultural ambassador whose six-decade career spans more than 40 albums, multiple GRAMMY wins and global acclaim. Since launching his groundbreaking solo career in the late 1960s, Taj has continually expanded the boundaries of blues while illuminating its deep cultural connections across continents, influencing generations of artists from The Rolling Stones to Bonnie Raitt.
From back-to-back GRAMMY wins for Señor Blues and Shoutin’ in Key to his Best Traditional Blues Album victory for 2022’s Get On Board, his celebrated reunion with longtime collaborator Ry Cooder, alongside recent acclaimed projects including Savoy and the GRAMMY-winning Swingin’ Live At The Church In Tulsa, Taj remains both torchbearer and innovator.
Reflecting both the years it took to bring the record to life and the moment we find ourselves in now, Time moves fluidly through the musical worlds Taj Mahal has always inhabited — but enriching them for a new generation along the way.
As Ruthie Foster writes in her liner notes for Taj’s album: “turn it up — this is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like the night is young.”
Pittsburgh's LOWSUNDAY presents 'This Is Not Heaven', teasing 'Black EP' . Following their 'White EP', this is the first all-new material in 25 year.
FOR FANS OF: Joy Division, The Chameleons, Molchat Doma, Catherine Wheel, ACTORS, Clan of Xymox, Then Comes Silence, TRAITRS
GENRES:Post-Punk, Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Darkwave, Dreampop
ISRC code USHK92637204
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4This is Not Heaven' video https://youtu.be/CX-zD_tTsDM
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/73czdJH9PvNdPAlmmBAefi
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/this-is-not-heaven-single/1883145470
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/lowsunday/this-is-not-heaven
'Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP'https://www.projekt.com/store/product/arc00371
Bandcamphttps://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-sunday-ghost-machine-white-ep
'Nevver' videohttps://youtu.be/yjc8o5fccNU
'Soft Capture' video https://youtu.be/i_5UeD04mlk
'Love Language' video https://youtu.be/9ytV47-jnPQ
'Low Sunday Ghost Machine (2025 remaster)'https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-sunday-ghost-machine-2025-remaster
'Elesgiem' (2024 remaster) LPhttps://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/elesgiem-2024-remaster
"Shiny sparkles of jangle guitar reverberate, rising against the ethereal vocal drift" ~ The Big Takeover
"A masterpiece...Mercurial darkwave with blistering shoegaze guitars" ~ Post-Punk.com
"Synthetic perfection of early Depeche Mode & raw minimalism of German EBM pioneers.. experimental sophistication and electropop purity... elegant, hypnotic, and dramatic" ~ Skylight Webzine
"Retro-futurist daydream, featuring melodic hooks and classic song structures that explore emotional isolation" ~ Eric Alper
"Timeless... romantic, dark, and reflective, but never too dramatic" ~ Myth of Rock
Legacy postpunk-shoegaze outfit Lowsunday unveils 'This Is Not Heaven', the first taste of their forthcoming 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine - Black EP', forthcoming via Projekt Records, the video for which was produced by Jer Herring.
This is the second of two 'duality' releases, presenting the band's first new material since 1999, following their ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP'. Showcased by 'Love Language', 'Soft Capture' and the latest single 'Nevver', the 'White EP' ranked second among Post-Punk.com's Best EPs of 2025.
Formed in the mid-1990s in Pittsburgh, Lowsunday (initially known as Low Sunday Ghost Machine) emerged as a "retro-futurist" pioneer, blending darkwave and shoegaze long before the genres saw their modern revival. Their legacy was cemented with their debut album 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine' and the 1999 masterpiece 'Elesgiem', both of which were re-released via Projekt Records over the past 18 months (for their 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively).
The band dissolved, leaving behind a cult reputation for mercurial sounds and blistering guitar work that set the stage for subsequent generations of alternative artists. Following a nearly 25-year period of inactivity, the band resurfaced as a duo in 2025—consisting of original members Shane Sahene (vocals, guitar, synth, bass, drums) and Bobby Spell (bass, guitar, drums).
"'This is Not Heaven' was the last song we recorded for the Black EP. We really enjoyed injecting the heavy synths on the chorus, the asymmetrical guitar leads and the driving bass line beneath an intricate and melodic rhythm guitar," says Shane Sahene.
"We felt this song captured everything we are about in that it hits the refrains with a shoegaze atmosphere, more electronic choruses and lyrical transparency, much less vague than many of our songs… it touches on many aspects of our sound."
Bobby Spell adds, "This was another really enjoyable song to write. The guitar textures and melody lines create a dark song with uplifting sections. The mood shifts in the choruses giving a feeling of brightness or a way out of melancholy".
Crafting a sound defined by atmosphere, precision, and heartfelt shadow and depths since 1994, Lowsunday is now asserting their presence with a new force. While the 'White EP' explored light and texture, the 'Black EP' is ultimately the 2026 series' darker counterpart and definitive statement.
Plunged into shadow and intensity with layered guitars, tight rhythms, and austere synths amplifying themes of isolation, reverie and introspection, the 'Black EP' distills Lowsunday's vision into a sharper, more potent form — a bold declaration of their enduring artistic power.
As of April 10th, 'This Is Not Heaven' is available from digital platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine - Black EP' will be released on May 15th digitally. The 'White EP' is available now via Bandcamp and the Projekt Records website - the vinyl edition of both EPs are limited to 200 copies. The two anniversary reissue albums, as well as the limited edition 7" of 'Static / Besides', can also be found on these platforms.
CREDITS
Lyrics by Shane Sahene
Music written by Shane Sahene & Bobby Spell
Shane Sahene - vocals, guitar, synth, bass, drums
Bobby Spell - bass, guitar, drums
Recorded, Mixed, Mastered & Produced by Shane Sahene & Bobby Spell
Single cover photo by Shane Sahene. Layout by Sam Rosenthal
Band photos by Christina Sahene
Videos by Jer Herring
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
TRACK LIST
1 You’re So Wired
2 Shattered
3 Someone To Talk To
4 This Is Not Heaven
5 Don’t Want To Dream Again
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ERNESTINE BLUES, the latest from BOB CORRITORE & FRIENDS.
Bob Corritore has been acclaimed for years as a masterful and strikingly tasteful Blues harmonica player. He also excels as a blues music producer and archivist, creating and collecting unforgettable performances. As this very complete Bluesman approaches his 70th birthday, he continues to deliver one masterpiece album after another, featuring his musical heroes, peers and friends from across the spectrum of the entire blues world.
ERNESTINE BLUES, the thirteenth release in the “Bob Corritore and Friends” series, takes its place as the next chapter in Corritore’s blues adventure. Cut between 2023-2025, the album features vocal performances by Pat Thomas, Sugaray Rayford, Johnny Rawls, Tony Coleman, Willie Buck, Bob Stroger, Teeny Tucker, Jimi “Primetime” Smith, Carla Denise, Oscar Wilson, Tia Carroll, and Charles Wilson. All-star bands featuring Bob Margolin, Kid Ramos, Johnny Main, Ben Levin, Billy Flynn, Anthony Geraci, Doug James and more provide the perfect setting for each of the featured guests and Bob’s always masterful harmonica.
The sixteen tracks for this album were carefully chosen. Bob notes, “Of all my releases, this is the most storytelling album I’ve ever done. Each song tells its own story, and as you bind them together you get a beautiful book that takes you on many adventures.” This album also stretches out stylistically, from Bob’s cornerstone of straight, traditional Chicago Blues to his explorations with early Rock ‘n’ Roll, R&B, Mississippi country Blues and Soul Blues ballads.
The album opens with “How’d You Learn to Shake It Like That” with former B.B. King drummer Tony Coleman laying down a stomping shuffle while singing in the spirit of Snooky Pryor. “Tell Me Darling” showcases Carla Denise’s beautiful melodic voice in the high register, covering a Betty Everett R&B number originally released on the Cobra record label. The most stripped-down duo track, “Big Fat Mama” was recorded four months before Mississippi legend Pat Thomas’s untimely passing at the age of 64. Next, on “Blind Man Cry” Sugaray Rayford sings his soul out on this somber, original metaphorical blues piece, framed by Jimi “Primetime” Smith’s beautiful arrangements and Bob’s sparse, moody, third-position harp.
The title track, “Ernestine” features Tia Carroll singing a pop-oriented R&B song written by Sam Cooke in the early 1960’s for Patience Valentine to release on his label. The story line of the song, a woman’s man being swiped by her friend at a dance, is graphically related on Vince Ray’s stunning album cover art. Ray’s iconic artwork has become part of the appeal of Corritore’s albums, as each highly anticipated album cover adds to Bob’s legacy, another adventurous visual reflecting the vibe of the music that’s included within. This is Vince Ray’s eighth Bob Corritore & Friends album cover – look for more exciting collaboration coming soon!
When it comes to covering Muddy Waters, one of the greatest Chicago blues experts is Willie Buck, as evidenced on this classic version of Muddy’s “Trouble No More,” appropriately featuring legendary guitarist Bob Margolin.
“I Love the South,” featuring Soul Blues legend Johnny Rawls, was released as a single, and it has been embraced by blues radio as a genuine Southern blues anthem. Johnny is a brilliant songwriter who has always encouraged Bob to wrap his harmonica around Southern Soul stylings, and combination has led to some serious musical electricity, bringing out the best in both artists. “I Love the South” is a sweet, positive, Mississippi anthem that transports you to a place where the living feels easy. Johnny’s powerful, church-raised vocals, Bob’s distinctive feel-good harmonica, a killer band and a chorus of female gospel singers makes for a true Soul Blues masterpiece!
“Going Fishing” is a Jimmy Reed song, and who better to cover it than a guy who first learned to play guitar from the Big Boss Man himself – Jimi “Primetime” Smith. Carla Denise’s standout vocal performance on “Trouble On Your Mind” highlights her amazing vocal range and timbre, piano by Ben Levin and a stirring harp solo by Corritore. “Wild As You Can Be,” also featuring Denise, is indeed a wild track, where R&B meets early Rock ‘n’ Roll. Originally recorded by Mary Ann Fisher, one of the Ray Charles’s Raelettes, this swings like crazy.
On “Pretty Girls Everywhere,” the ageless nonagenarian Bob Stroger knocks it out or the park with this Rock ‘n’ Roll Classic. Originally cut by Eugene Church in 1959, this rocking version is one of Stroger’s showstoppers in his live performances. “Standing on the Bank” is Willie Buck’s original composition, derivative of his Muddy roots. “Sorry I Had to Leave You Behind” finds great soul-blues vocalist Charles Wilson leading a driving uptown shuffle, propelled by Kid Ramos on guitar and Corritore's in-the-pocket solo. “She Might Need Me” shows an intimate personal side of award-wining Oscar Wilson, a Joe Tex soul number. In sharp contrast, on the next track, “Down In Mississippi,” Oscar takes us down South with a deliriously slurry vocal track over a luxuriously slow Jimmy Reed groove. The closing track, “Shoes,” is appropriately sung by Teeny Tucker, the daughter of the man who brought us “Hi Heel Sneakers,” Tommy Tucker. Teeny has found kinship with the many listeners who have closets filled with a wardrobe of dozens of shoes. Teeny’s spunky, energetic vocals propel this song to be the perfect closer of an album that feels like a guided tour of the Blues and its extensions.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
04/11/26: Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room, afternoon show, Genesis City Fundraiser, Bob Corritore will guest for part of Sugar Thieves set.
04/14/26 and 04/15/2026: Seattle, WA, Jazz Alley with Highway 99 All-Stars (Bob, Lisa Mann, Ben Rice, Robin Moxey, Jeff Conlin, and Steve Sarkowsky)
04/18/26: Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room, appearing at Blaise Lantana’s retirement party. The show is from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. Bob Corritore guest appearance at 4 PM.
05/06/26: Memphis, TN – Rum Boogie, John Primer & Bob Corritore will be part of a large lineup of guests at the BratGirlMedia showcase.
05/07/26: Memphis, TN – Blues Music Awards, in attendance
05/08/26: Memphis, TN – Rum Boogie, John Primer, Willie Buck, Carla Denise & Bob Corritore will be part of a large lineup of guests at the VizzTone Showcase.
05/09/26: Clarksdale, MS – Ground Zero Blues Club- Pinetop Perkins Foundation Fundraiser. Bob will host a set that includes John Primer, Willie Buck, Carla Denise, Alabama Mike, Young Rell, Anthony Geraci, Dave Keyes, Jimmy Mayes, Tony Braunagel, Heather Cross, Lee Williams and more!
05/29/26: Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room, Jimi Primetime Smith/Bob Corritore Blues Band with special guest Carla Denise.
05/30/26: Tucson, AZ – Monterey Court, Jimi Primetime Smith/Bob Corritore Blues Band.
06/12/26: Glendale, AZ – Westside Blues & Jazz, Jimi Primetime Smith/Bob Corritore Blues Band
06/13/26: Tucson, Arizona – Jonas’ Juke Joint House Party with Jimi Primetime Smith & Bob Corritore with the Porch Rockers.
06/16/26 to 06/19/26: Clarksdale, MS – Pinetop Perkins Foundation Workshop Experience.
06/23/26: Oro Valley, AZ, The Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Rd., 5pm doors, 6pm show. Jimi Primetime Smith and Bob Corritore do a duo opening set, then the Porch Rockers, then Jimi and Bob guest with the Porch Rickers. Tickets will be online soon online at http://www.gaslightmusichall.com or 520-529-1000
07/25/26 and 07/26/26: Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao Blues Festival with an all-star blues revue with Willie Buck, Bob Stroger, Teeny Tucker, Jimi Primetime Smith, Anthony Geraci, Wes Starr, Bob Corritore.
08/01/26: Calgary, Canada – Calgary Blues Festival with Bob Stroger, Jimi Primetime Smith, Anthony Geraci, Wes Starr.
09/19/26 and 09/20/26: Lyons, IL – Windy City Blues Festival. On 09/19/26 back porch trio with Jimi Primetime Smith, Bob Corritore and Billy Flynn. On 09/20/26 Bob Corritore‘s Reunion Revue with Bob Stroger, John Primer, Lil’Ed, Willie Buck, Oscar Wilson, Jimi Primetime Smith, Billy Flynn, Kenny Smith. For more info https://windycityblues.org
Samantha Fish announces her first official live album "Paper Doll Live" released on June 12th.
SAMANTHA FISH BOTTLES THE ELECTRICITY OF THE STAGE ON 'PAPER DOLL LIVE'
RELEASED BY ROUNDER RECORDS ON FRIDAY JUNE 12, 2026
RECORDED AT THE BIJOU THEATRE IN KNOXVILLE, TN
PRE-ORDER HERE
FEATURING THE SINGLE “SWEET SOUTHERN SOUNDS (LIVE)”
STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO
TAKING PAPER DOLL LIVE ACROSS THE WORLD ON EPIC TOUR
KICKING OFF IN NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24TH
TICKETS ON SALE HERE
If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power, Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed — immediate, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore.
GRAMMY-nominated guitarist and singer Samantha Fish will release Paper Doll Live via Rounder Records on Friday June 12th, her first official live album, capturing the electrifying stage presence that has made her one of the most compelling performers in modern blues and roots music. Pre-order the album HERE.
New single “Sweet Southern Sounds - Live” is available on all streaming platforms HERE.
Watch the official music video for “Sweet Southern Sounds - Live” on YouTube.
A leading guitarist of her generation, Fish is known for her bold musicianship, emotional depth, and fearless song writing. A multi-award-winning festival headliner, she has built her reputation on explosive live performances that blend raw guitar power with deeply expressive vocals. Following the critical success of her GRAMMY-nominated album Paper Doll, the new live record showcases the intensity and chemistry that define her shows night after night.
“Truly, this is for the fans,” Fish says of making her first official live record. “We’ve had numerous requests over the years. Paper Doll felt so great on stage — it felt like the perfect time to showcase the band and our live show.”
Recorded at the historic Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee, Paper Doll Live captures a band fully locked in and feeding off a packed crowd. The venue’s natural warmth and acoustics created an ideal setting for the recording, elevated even further by the addition of Nashville gospel legends The McCrary Sisters, whose soaring harmonies bring added depth and emotion to the performance.
“Their voices lifted every song,” Fish says. “I love beautiful backing vocals — they pack an emotional punch. I’ve been a fan of them for years, so that was really special for me.”
Fans travelled from across the country to attend the recording, creating an atmosphere of anticipation and celebration inside the theatre.
“Our fans aren’t afraid to travel,” Fish says. “When we announced the show, people got excited. I think that build-up always helps make a better show.”
The result is a performance that feels both ferocious and communal — a moment where the band, the songs, and the audience meet in real time. While the studio album Paper Doll marked a breakthrough in Fish’s artistic confidence, the live setting strips away polish and leaves only instinct.
“There’s a fire that comes across in live performance that doesn’t always translate in studio albums,” Fish says. “The stage lays all of that bare.”
Songs evolve and expand in the live environment. Outros stretch. Studio fade-outs become powerful climaxes. Tracks like “Lose You” build with relentless momentum, while “Sweet Southern Sounds” allows Fish to lean into her hypnotic North Mississippi-inspired guitar phrasing. The title track “Paper Doll” lands as a defiant anthem night after night, igniting crowds with its refusal to conform.
And when the band launches into a blistering cover of MC5’s “Kick Out the Jams,” the room detonates.
For Fish, the difference between studio and stage is elemental.
“The studio is where you build and create your sound,” she says. “The stage is where you execute all of that. Having a crowd takes you out of your head and gives you something to play off.”
Emerging from Kansas City’s blues lineage and shaped by influences ranging from Prince and Leonard Cohen to the legends of Mississippi Hill Country blues, Fish has long treated performance as her proving ground. From cold-calling bars as a teenager to headlining international festivals, she has developed a live show that balances catharsis and control, boldness and vulnerability.
With Paper Doll Live, she isn’t reinventing herself — she’s documenting the power of what she and her band do every night.
“I just wanted to capture what we do every night,” Fish says. “It wasn’t about chasing something new. It was about capturing the thing that has connected so deeply over the years.”
If Paper Doll was a declaration of artistic power, Paper Doll Live is the sound of that power unleashed — immediate, unfiltered, and impossible to ignore.
Critics agree that a live show from Samantha Fish is nothing short of electrifying – “wild” and “raunchy,” as Louder Than War puts it, and an “absolute must-see.” Onstage, she’s a “force to be reckoned with,” tearing into solos “like it owed her money,” with crowd reactions that border on feral, according to Parklife DC. Reviews consistently point to the intensity of her performances, driven by savage guitar work and a commanding presence (Blues Rock Review), while others admit they were unprepared for her sheer energy and charisma, noting that she “can rock the house” (Americana Highways). Add in her swagger, blistering blues licks, and a voice packed with raw emotion, and it’s clear why the Nottingham Post calls her the complete blues package.
ABOUT SAMANTHA FISH
Samantha Fish is a 2x GRAMMY-nominated guitarist, singer, and songwriter widely recognized as one of the most dynamic artists in contemporary blues and roots music. The Kansas City Hall of Famer and multiple Blues Music Award-winner is known for her explosive guitar work, powerhouse vocals, and fearless songwriting. She’s has built a global following through relentless touring and critically acclaimed releases. Her solo albums — Runaway (2011), Black Wind Howlin’ (2013), Wild Heart (2015), Chills & Fever (2017), Kill or Be Kind (2019), Faster (2021), collaborating with Jesse Dayton on Deathwish Blues (2023), and Paper Doll (2023), have all topped the Billboard Blues Charts. A commanding live performer, Fish has toured internationally, performed at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, shared stages with artists including Slash, and The Rolling Stones and has performed as part of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Festival. She continues to push boundaries while delivering electrifying shows that connect deeply with audiences worldwide.
DIGITAL TRACKLIST
01. Kick Out The Jams – Live
02. Paper Doll – Live
03. Can Ya Handle The Heat? - Live
04. I Put A Spell On You – Live
05. I’m Done Runnin’ - Live
06. Lose You – Live
07. Sweet Southern Sounds – Live
08. Bulletproof – Live
09. Miles To Go - Live
10. Fortune Teller - Live
11. Better Be Lonely - Live
12. Dream Girl - Live
13. Don’t Say It - Live
14. Poor Black Mattie - Live
15. Rusty Razor – Live
16. Black Wind Howlin’ - Live
CD TRACKLIST
01. Kick Out The Jams – Live
02. Paper Doll – Live
03. Can Ya Handle The Heat? - Live
04. I’m Done Runnin’ - Live
05. Lose You – Live
06. Sweet Southern Sounds – Live
07. Bulletproof – Live
08. Miles To Go - Live
09. Fortune Teller - Live
10. Better Be Lonely - Live
11. Dream Girl - Live
12. Don’t Say It - Live
13. Poor Black Mattie - Live
14. Rusty Razor – Live
15. Black Wind Howlin’ - Live
VINYL TRACKLIST
Side A
1. Paper Doll – Live
2. Can Ya Handle The Heat? - Live
3. I’m Done Runnin’ - Live
4. Lose You – Live
5. Sweet Southern Sounds - Live
Side B
6. Fortune Teller - Live
7. Don’t Say It - Live
8. Rusty Razor – Live
9. Black Wind Howlin’ – Live
TOUR DATES
TICKETS ON SALE AT SAMANTHAFISH.COM
4.10 Miramar Beach, FL - Joe Bonamassa Beach Weekend
4.11 Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theatre*
4.12 St Petersburg, FL - Tampa Bay Blues Festival*
4.15 Savannah, GA - District Live at Plant Riverside District*
4.16 Gainesville, FL - Heartwood Soundstage*
4.17 Dothan, AL - Dothan Opera House*
4.18 Meredian, MS - MSU Riley Center*
4.19 Sandy Springs, GA - Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs PAC*
4.24 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
4.25 New Orleans, LA - Jazz & Heritage Festival
4.28 New Orleans, LA - Chickie Wah Wah
5.01 New Orleans, LA - Fillmore
5.02 Biloxi, MS - IP Casino Resort & Spa
5.05 Decatur, AL - The Princess Theatre
5.07 Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theatre
5.08 Kansas City, MO - Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City
5.09 St Louis, MO - Atomic
5.10 Tulsa, OK - Cain’s Ballroom
5.13 Iowa City, IA - The Englert Theatre
5.14 Marion, IL - Marion Cultural & Civic Center
5.16 Welch, MN - Treasure Island Casino**
5.17 Des Plaines, IL - The Des Plaines Theatre
5.19 Warrendale, PA - Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
5.20 State College, PA - The State Theatre
5.21 Troy, NY - Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
5.22 Ledyard, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino**
5.23 Beverly, MA - The Cabot
5.24 Nashua, NH - Nashua Center for the Arts
5.27 Patchogue, NJ - Patchogue Theatre
5.28 Syracuse, NY - Westcott Theater
5.29 Lebanon, NH - Levanon Opera House
5.30 Augusta, NJ - Michael Arnone’s Crawfish Fest
5.31 Buffalo, NY - Babeville
6.19 Grolloo, Netherlands - Holland Intl Blues Festival
6.20 Dortmund, Germany - Musiktheater Piano
6.21 Brescia, Italy - Chiari Blues Festival
6.23 Loceri, Italy - Parco Urbano
6.25 Rubigen, Switzerland - Muhle Hunziken
6.27 Vienne, France - Jazz a Vienne
6.28 Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk Kino
6.30 Mannheim, Germany - 7er-Club
7.01 Aschaffenburg, Germany - Colos-Saal
7.02 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
7.04 Helsinki - Puisto Blues
9.18-19 Telluride, CO - Telluride Blues & Brews Fest
10.31 West Hollywood, CA - Whisky A Go Go***
*w/ Tab Benoit - Two Tours Collide - 4.11-4.19
**w/ Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
***w/ Jesse Dayton
PRE-ORDER “PAPER DOLL LIVE”
Available on Vinyl, CD and Digital
SAMANTHA FISH
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The Zac Schulze Gang Announce 2027 UK Headline Tour.
THE ZAC SCHULZE GANG ANNOUNCE FEBRUARY & MARCH 2027 UK TOUR
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY APRIL 10, 2026
ALTTICKETS.COM, GIGANTIC.COM,
ZACSCHULZEGANG.ROCKS/TOUR
YOUNG ARTIST OF THE YEAR WINNER
UK BLUES AWARDS 2025 & 2026
“The Zac Schulze Gang are a phenomenon in the making.”
Off the back of their sold-out concert at London’s Islington Garage on Saturday April 11, and winning the “Young Artist of the Year” award for the second year in a row at the UK Blues Awards 2026, Kent blues rock trio The Zac Schulze Gang are pleased to announce their 2027 UK Headline Tour which includes their biggest London concert to date at The Islington Assembly Hall on Saturday February 27th.
Tickets go on sale 10am on Friday April 10th from alttickets.com, Gigantic.com and The Zac Schulze Gang.
The band are best known for their explosive live shows and their signature blend of 70’s classic blues rock and modern alternative influences. Guitarist Zac Schulze commands the punk intensity of Wilko Johnson, the blues rock finesse of Rory Gallagher, and the adrenaline-pumped rock presence of AC/DC’s Angus Young.
Over the past few years, the Kent-based trio have built a loyal following who are fans of their blistering, raw-to-the-bone live shows. They’ve toured the UK and Europe extensively and have supported the likes of Samantha Fish on several tours. Their explosive sound combines classic British R&B with punk urgency, first-class musicianship, and non-stop onstage excitement.
“The Zac Schulze Gang are an unstoppable force,
poised on the brink of something extraordinary.”
Released in September 2025, the band’s debut album Straight To It says it all. The trio doesn't mess around with niceties, preferring to play the kind of blues-infused rock'n'roll that grabs you by the throat.
Guitarist Zac Schulze, is a world-class shredder, playing with precision, speed, and passion, but the focus of the trio isn't just his solos. The Zac Schulze Gang is an undeniable gang, a group unified by a like-minded sensibility that adds an electrifying charge to their rock'n'roll. Zac rides the thunder generated by the rhythm section of his drummer brother Ben Schulze and bassist Ant Greenwell. The trio create a massive roar, without losing sight of what matters most, the songs.
The Zac Schulze Gang’s sound and work ethic harks back to the much-loved live dynamic and relentless touring schedules of 70s icons including Rory Gallagher and Dr Feelgood. Their unique sound also embodies elements of heritage classic rock acts like AC/DC and Thin Lizzy, while giving a nod to contemporary influences like Turnstile, Royal Blood and Queens of the Stone Age.
The Gang have made lasting impressions at festivals including Eric Clapton's Crossroads, Planet Rock's Winter End, Fairport's Cropredy Festival, and the Rory Gallagher Tribute Festival in Ballyshannon where the band first exploded onto the scene.
Zac Schulze won "Emerging Artist of the Year" at the UK Blues Awards 2024 and followed this by winning "Young Artist of the Year" at the UK Blues Awards in 2025 and 2026. With sold-out concerts in the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK, the Zac Schulze Gang are the band to watch.
DHP FAMILY and friends in association with THE MAIN THING
presents
THE ZAC SCHULZE GANG
FEBRUARY & MARCH 2027 UK TOUR
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
ALTTICKETS.COM, GIGANTIC.COM,
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Newcastle, The Cluny
Tuesday 23 February 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
36 Lime Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 2PQ
https://thecluny.com
Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms
Wednesday 24 February 2027
Tickets: Gigiantic.com
19a W Register St, Edinburgh, EH2 2AA
www.thevoodoorooms.com
Glasgow, Stereo
Thursday 25 February 2027
Tickets: Gigantic.com
22-28 Renfield Lane, Glasgow, G2 5AR
www.stereocafebar.com
London, Islington Assembly Hall
Saturday 27 February 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
Upper St, Islington, London, N1 2UD
https://islingtonassemblyhall.co.uk/
Bristol, Thekla
Sunday 28 February 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
The Grove, East Mud Dock, Bristol, BS1 4RB
www.theklabristol.co.uk
Cardiff, The Globe
Tuesday 2 March 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
125 Albany Road, Cardiff, Wales, CF24 3NSA
https://www.globecardiff.co.uk
Southampton, The Joiners
Wednesday 3 March 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
1 St Mary Street, Southampton, SO14 1NS
https://www.facebook.com/joinerssouthampton/
Birmingham, Hare & Hounds
Thursday 4 March 2027
Tickets: alttickets.com
106 High St, King's Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ
https://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk
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NOVEMBER 2026 UK TOUR
Leeds, The Key Club
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
66 Merrion St, Leeds, LS2 8LW
www.thekeyclubleeds.com
Manchester, Night & Day
Wednesday 11 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
26 Oldham St, Manchester, M1 1JN
https://nightnday.org
York Crescent
Thursday 12 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
8 The Crescent, York, YO24 1AW
https://thecrescentyork.com
Norwich, Waterfront Studio
Friday 13 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
139-141 King St, Norwich, NR1 1QH
https://waterfrontnorwich.webflow.io
Brighton, Hope & Ruin
Saturday 14 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
11-12 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3WA
www.hope.pub
Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Sunday 15 November 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
Masonic Place, Goldsmith Street,
Nottingham, NG1 5LB
www.rescuerooms.com
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THE ZAC SCHULZE GANG
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Steve Louw announces new single "Across The River" from upcoming album "Traces Of The Flood".
STEVE LOUW
NEW SINGLE: “ACROSS THE RIVER”
RELEASED 10 APRIL 2026
STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO
NEW ALBUM: TRACES OF THE FLOOD
RELEASED 15 MAY 2026
PRE-ORDER ALBUM
Acclaimed South African singer-songwriter Steve Louw returns with a powerful new single, “Across The River,” offering listeners a deeply evocative preview of his forthcoming album, Traces of the Flood, set for release on May 15, 2026.
Released Friday, April 10, the new single is available on all streaming platforms HERE. Watch the music video on YouTube HERE. Pre-order the new album HERE.
“Across The River” is a slow-burning, emotionally resonant track that blends Louw’s signature storytelling with stripped-back instrumentation and atmospheric depth. The song explores themes of longing, separation, and transcendence, anchored by imagery that is both intimate and expansive.
With its recurring motif of crossing over, physical, emotional, and perhaps even spiritual, the single captures a sense of inevitability and enduring connection.
Driven by poetic lyricism, the track unfolds like a quiet reckoning. Lines such as “These four walls all I see / And I think of you” and “We’ll meet across the riverside” suggest both confinement and hope, while the refrain, “I’ll be with you, my love,” lingers as a promise that transcends circumstance. The narrative is deeply personal yet universally accessible, allowing listeners to project their own interpretations onto its layered meaning.
Musically, “Across The River” leans into a minimalist arrangement, allowing Louw’s voice and lyrics to take centre stage. Subtle textures and a measured pace create a sense of tension and release, mirroring the emotional arc of the song itself. The result is a track that feels timeless, rooted in classic songwriting traditions while remaining distinctly contemporary.
The single serves as a compelling introduction to Traces of the Flood, an album that promises to further explore themes of memory, resilience, and the passage of time. While full details of the album remain under wraps, “Across The River” hints at a body of work that is both reflective and sonically rich, marking a significant chapter in Louw’s ongoing artistic evolution.
Speaking about the release, Louw notes that the song emerged from a place of introspection: a meditation on connection in moments of uncertainty, and the enduring pull of love across distance and adversity.
Cut live in the studio with a full-tilt, rocking band, “Across the River” delivers a high-octane cry out to the ghosts that haunt us, to lost love, and to redemption. We all carry spirits with us, converse with them and wait to meet them all again, “Across the River”.
With “Across The River,” Steve Louw once again demonstrates his ability to craft music that resonates on a deeply human level, understated yet profound, intimate yet far-reaching.
“Across The River” is available now on all major streaming platforms.
Traces of the Flood will be released on 15 May 2026.
Watch the music video here: https://youtu.be/Odeq94EPgmc
Listen/Download “Across The River”
ISRC Code: QM6MZ2594471. Running Time: 2:45
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Steve Louw – Biography
Steve Louw (born 16 September 1955) is a South African musician and singer-songwriter who specialises in album rock, blues rock, country rock and Americana music. He was born in The Hague and has been active as a musician since 1981. He was inducted in the South African Rock Hall of Fame in 2003.
Louw, who was born Stephen Geoffrey Louw, learnt to play the guitar after being inspired by the music of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, and Neil Young, and formed his first band, Atlantic Rose, while in high school in Cape Town in the late 1960s. While a student at Stellenbosch University in the 1970s he became involved in the local music scene, playing his own songs in various line-ups.
His career as a professional musician began in the early 1980s when he formed the band All Night Radio with fellow former Stellenbosch University students Nico Burger (guitar) and Rob Nagel (bass). The group recorded two albums – The Heart's the Best Part (1984) with US producer John Rollo, and The Killing Floor (1986), on which Louw began a partnership with producer Kevin Shirley that continues to this day.
Louw then formed the band Big Sky and in 1990 released their debut album, Waiting for the Dawn, again produced by Kevin Shirley. The album arrived just as South Africa began moving away from apartheid rule and the group's music helped soundtrack a decade of positive revolution. The title track is today considered a South African rock classic.
Big Sky released another five albums over the next 15 years: Horizon (1995), Going Down with Mr Green (1997), Best of the Decade (1999), Beyond the Blue (2002) and Trancas Canyon (2008); as well as the concert DVD Heart and Soul, filmed at Cape Town's Little Theatre in 2008.
Louw and Big Sky achieved considerable success in South Africa with sell-out tours and several major radio hits including "Kathleen", "Mr Green", "One Cut With A Knife", "Strange Room" and "Diamonds and Dirt". In 1996 the band won the FNB South African Music Award for “Best Pop Music Performance” and “Best Rock Album” for the album Horizon.
In 1998 Big Sky opened for US singer-songwriter Rodriguez on his triumphant debut tour of South Africa, with the musicians in the band also backing the US artist. The tour is chronicled in the 2012 Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man.
Louw gained an international profile after he collaborated with Brian May (Queen) and Dave Stewart (the Eurythmics) on the track "Amandla", recorded for the 46664 Aids awareness project inspired by the work of Nelson Mandela.
In 2021 Louw returned with the album Headlight Dreams, produced by Kevin Shirley, and recorded in Nashville with crack studio musicians and featuring a guest appearance by US guitar legend Joe Bonamassa. The album received critical acclaim and the first single, "Wind in Your Hair", has become a popular Spotify hit.
Louw released his sophomore solo release Thunder and Rain on November 11, 2022, through BFD. The album was produced by Kevin Shirley and features Joe Bonamassa and Doug Lancio.
On 6 September 2024, Louw released his third solo album Between Time, produced by Kevin Shirley.
On 15 May 2026, Louw will release his fourth solo album Traces of the Flood, produced by Kevin Shirley.
STEVE LOUW
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09/04/2026
Jayler release new single & video for 'Need Your Love'.
NEW VIDEO/SINGLE ‘NEED YOUR LOVE
OUT NOW
DEBUT ALBUMVOICES UNHEARD OUT MAY 29TH
ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS, SIGNING SESSIONS ANNOUNCED
PRE-ORDER HERE
JAYLER, the electrifying UK rock band blending the spirit of rock’s golden age with a bold, raw modern edge, have released the video for their second single, ‘Need Your Love’. The track is a timeless groove-laden rock anthem and is taken from their debut album Voices Unheard, which is set for release on May 29th via Silver Lining Music. For pre-orders go to this location.
“‘Need Your Love’ is about those nights where you clock someone across the room and just go for it. There’s a kind of instinct that kicks in, something unspoken and a bit primal, where you’re drawn to each other without really knowing why. It’s not thought out, it just happens and is real. We’ve all been there in some way, just following the moment, the music and the energy and seeing where it takes us” - JAYLER
Watch/Listen to ‘Need Your Love’ here – video produced and created by Max Allcock.
JAYLER deliver swaggering riffs, soulful vocals and an unstoppable live energy, which is already seeing them known as a tour de force in the live arena. There’s a DNA and nod to classic British bands such as Led Zeppelin and Queen in the mix, but the band’s identity is rooted firmly in the present — loud, emotional and built to connect instantly.
The eagerly anticipated new album Voices Unheard will be released on May 29th 2026, via Silver Lining Music. Due to incredible demand and in celebration of the release, JAYLER will host a series of exclusive album launch shows and in-store signing sessions across the country, giving fans the opportunity to meet the band up close, have their albums signed and capture the moment with photos.
Each event offers exclusive album-and-ticket bundles. For dates and tickets visit: https://hyperurl.co/JAYLERAlbumLaunchShows
Watch/Listen to the band’s recently released digital single ‘Down Below’ here – video by George Perks & Moritz Schlinkheider videographers.
Following the band’s recent run in Brazil, including a performance with Guns N’ Roses and Lynyrd Skynyrd, and with a schedule spanning continents and iconic arenas, 2026 will see JAYLER bring their unfiltered intensity to their biggest audiences yet. The monumental run of live shows includes more than thirty dates supporting Deep Purple, with a one-night-only performance at the iconic Royal Albert Hall.
For tickets visit: jayler.co.uk
2026 Dates:
24 May – Ribs and Blues Festival, Raalte (NL)
30 May – Jacaranda Baltic, Liverpool (UK)***
31 May – HMV Vault, Birmingham (UK)***
1 June – The 100 Club, London (UK)***
2 June – Rough Trade, Nottingham (UK)***
3 June – Rough Trade, Bristol (UK)***
6 June – Sweden Rock Festival, Sölvesborg (SE)
4 July – AO Arena, Manchester (UK)*
5 July – bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham (UK)*
7 July – first direct bank arena, Leeds (UK)*
9 July – The 02, London (UK)*
11 July – 2000trees, Cheltenham (UK)
21-22 August – Parkenfestivalen, Bodø, (NO)
29 Sep – Arena 8888, Sofia (BG)**
1 Oct – BT Arena, Cluj-Napoca (RO)**
2 Oct – Papp László Sportaréna, Budapest (HU)**
4 Oct – TIPOS Aréna, Bratislava (SK)**
5 Oct – Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna (AT)**
7 Oct – O2 Arena, Prague (CZ)**
8 Oct – Atlas Arena, Łódź (PL)**
10 Oct – Stark Arena, Belgrade (RS)**
11 Oct – Boris Trajkovski Arena, Skopje (MK)**
13 Oct – Telekom Center Athens, Marousi (GR)**
16 Oct – Hallenstadion, Zürich (CH)**
17 Oct – Unipol Forum, Milan (IT) **
19 Oct – Sant Jordi Club, Barcelona (ES)**
20 Oct – Movistar Arena, Madrid (ES)
22 Oct – Adidas Arena, Paris (FR)**
23 Oct – Lotto Arena, Antwerp (BE)**
25 Oct – Royal Arena, Copenhagen (DK)**
26 Oct – Avicii Arena, Stockholm (SE)**
28 Oct – Spektrum Arena, Oslo (NO)**
29 Oct – Scandinavium, Gothenburg (SE)**
31 Oct – Qi Arena, Leipzig (DE)**
1 Nov – Sporthalle, Hamburg (DE)**
3 Nov – Westfalenhalle, Dortmund (DE)**
4 Nov – Uber Arena, Berlin (DE)**
6 Nov – Festhalle, Frankfurt (DE)**
7 Nov – Arena, Nuremberg (DE)**
9 Nov – Ziggodome, Amsterdam (NL)**
10 Nov – Zénith, Strasbourg (FR)**
12 Nov – Arkéa Arena, Bordeaux (FR)**
13 Nov – Zénith Nantes Métropole, Saint-Herblain (FR)**
15 Nov – LDLC Arena, Lyon (FR)**
18 Nov – Utilita Arena, Newcastle (UK)**
19 Nov – OVO Hydro, Glasgow (UK)**
21 Nov – bp pulse LIVE, Birmingham (UK)**
22 Nov – AO Arena, Manchester (UK)**
24 Nov – Eventim Apollo, London (UK)**
25 Nov – Royal Albert Hall, London (UK)**
*Special Guests to Sammy Hagar
**Special Guests to Deep Purple
***Acoustic & Electric Album Launch Shows
More shows around the world to be announced soon.
At a time when so much of 2026 feels manufactured, JAYLER cut through with something real.
Voices Unheard will be available as a CD, 12” Vinyl Album variant and digital formats. For pre-orders, go to this location
Track Listing:
- Intro
- Down Below
- Riverboat Queen
- Need Your Love
- The Getaway
- Bittersweet
- Hate to See it End
- Over the Mountain
- Alectrona
- Lovemaker
- The Rinsk
Produced by George Perks
JAYLER:
James Bartholomew – Vocals / Guitar
Tyler Arrowsmith – Guitar
Ricky Hodgkiss – Bass / Keys
Ed Evans – Drums
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Deer Tick - New single/video 'Everything Born' out now - New album 'Coin-O-Matic' out 5 June.
On 5th June, Providence’s Deer Tick will release their ninth studio album, 'Coin-O-Matic', via ATO. Today, they tease the album with a new single, the intimate 'Everything Born', which touches on the LP’s underlying theme of impermanence. The band’s guitarist/singer Ian O’Neil shares: “‘Everything Born’ was written quickly about the tenuousness of life and the precious time we have to spend with the people that come into our lives. It’s about family, friends, neighbors, strangers and how these thoughts burrow a little deeper the older we get. I was thinking about my son and the people of Providence, RI while writing it.”
LISTEN TO 'EVERYTHING BORN' HERE
Deer Tick recently went into Rhode Island’s Big Nice Studio and filmed the song live:
WATCH VIDEO HERE
Deer Tick announced 'Coin-O-Matic' with lead single, the ramshackle jangle-pop 'Mary Singletary', which saw support from Stereogum, Consequence, Brooklyn Vegan and more. The track was the #1 most added at AAA radio last week.
'Coin-O-Matic' casts a bright light on a little-known facet of the American mythos: the hidden histories of the band’s home state of Rhode Island, where the everyday dramas of working-class families long collided with the menace of the mafia underworld. As they tapped into their infinite fascination with that strange duality, singer/guitarist John McCauley, guitarist/singer Ian O’Neil, drummer/singer Dennis Ryan, and bassist Christopher Ryan assembled a batch of songs exploring desperation, grief, redemption, and resilience with both cinematic detail and lived-in emotionality. A sharp new turn from one of indie-rock’s most enduringly vital forces, Coin-O-Matic arrives as a complicated love letter to a way of life slowly slipping from the collective memory.
The follow-up to Emotional Contracts (hailed by Uncut as one of 2023’s best albums), Coin-O-Matic takes its title from a cigarette-vending-machine company that served as the headquarters of Raymond Patriarca—a legendary mobster who ran one of the most ruthless crime families in U.S. history. “If you grew up in Rhode Island years ago, you’d see all these mobsters on the news and then run into them at a restaurant on Federal Hill,” says McCauley, referring to Providence’s version of Little Italy. “They were criminals but also very colorful characters, and I wanted the album to partly reflect a certain nostalgia for that kind of seediness.”
Recorded at Deer Tick’s home studio, Coin-O-Matic marks their first self-produced album in their two-decade-plus lifespan and features guest musicians like Los Lobos’ Steve Berlin (on baritone saxophone) and former Deer Tick member Rob Crowell (on organ). The album frequently brings a live-wire immediacy to their finespun storytelling. “We’ve never been so comfortable making a record, and I think you can feel that in the performances,” says Dennis, who engineered the LP. “We weren’t beholden to anyone else’s idea of what Deer Tick sounds like, and because of that, this album feels like an unfettered capturing of who we are as a band.”
In its soulful contemplation of recklessness and consequence, longing and devotion, Coin-O-Matic ultimately joins the canon of rock albums whose geographically rooted storytelling reveals deeper truths about the human experience. “I think there’s something universal in stories of regret and loss and poor decisions, even if they’re told through the lens of all the odd characters in this little state of ours,” O’Neil points out. “One of the reasons I wanted us to make this album is that I think Rhode Island deserves to be a contender for a place that people sing about,” McCauley adds. “Sonically, there’s nothing country about it, but to me it almost feels like a country record set in an urban environment—there’s definitely some outlaws in there. I hope that people see themselves in it, and that they understand a little more about the place that we come from.”
'COIN-O-MATIC' TRACKLISTING
1. Dog Years
2. Mary Singletary
3. Endless Loop
4. Sweetest Thing
5. ACI
6. Everything Born
7. Eyelid
8. I Am an Island
9. 507 Smith
10. Exit Door
11. Candy Cigarettes
WATCH 'MARY SINGLETARY' VIDEO HERE
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PRE-ORDER 'COIN-O-MATIC' HERE
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express - New single 'Shemesh' out today - New album 'Ranjha' out via World Circuit/BMG on 8th May.
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood and The Rajasthan Express, who release their new album 'Ranjha' through World Circuit/BMG on 8th May, have today unveiled their new single 'Shemesh'. Following the release last month of the album's title track, 'Shemesh' is accompanied by a video directed by Ian Patrick. Produced by Sam Petts-Davies and recorded at Greenwood's Oxfordshire studio, 'Ranjha' is the follow-up to 2015's widely acclaimed album 'Junun'. Presented on special Red & Coral Splatter vinyl, in a gatefold sleeve, on CD, and as a download, 'Ranjha' is available for pre-order.
HEAR NEW SINGLE 'SHEMESH' & WATCH VIDEO
In 2015, Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and their Indian collaborators, The Rajasthan Express, released 'Junun', accompanied by Paul Thomas Anderson’s documentary of the same name. 'Junun' was widely acclaimed both for what it was – a joyous synthesis of the sensibilities of several wildly divergent musical backgrounds – and for what it wasn’t. All concerned were determined that 'Junun' would be neither solemn experimental exercise nor polite cultural exchange. The musicians ensconced themselves and longtime Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich in the 15th-century Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur and created something real.
A decade or so later, they’ve done it again. The personnel who made 'Ranjha' are (mostly) the same, the location (Oxford) is different and the ambition consistent: to conjure and communicate something of the transformative feeling that Shye recalls gripping him on his initial exposure to the sound in which he has since immersed himself. “The first time I heard Indian music,” he says, “I didn’t speak Urdu at that point, so I couldn’t really understand the lyrics. But I felt it physically. It changed my life. It made me move to India and dedicate myself to it.”
Shye Ben Tzur was born in New York City and raised in Israel. He was 19 when he saw the Indian flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia and tabla player Zakir Hussain in concert in Jerusalem, and felt that his destiny had been decided. He relocated to Ajmer, in Rajasthan, married into an Indian family, learned the languages and founded The Rajasthan Express, a supergroup of musicians adept in the Sufi devotional singing known as Qawwali, the folk music of Rajasthan and, when necessary, furnishing a thumping brass section.
Jonny Greenwood, lead guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with Radiohead, has been on various other musical journeys of his own. He has composed film scores for – among others – Paul Thomas Anderson, Jane Campion and Tran Anh Hung, arranged strings for The Pretenders and Frank Ocean and was commissioned by BBC Proms for his piece ‘Horror vacui’, for which he won the ‘Large Orchestral Award’ at the Ivors. In 2023, Greenwood collaborated with the Israeli rock musician Dudu Tassa on 'Jarak Qaribak', an album of well-known Middle Eastern love songs, all adored across the region, on which the guest vocalists were asked to step across geographic borders – an Egyptian singer did the Algerian song, a Palestinian picked up the Lebanese selection, an Israeli performed the Moroccan one, an Emirati the Israeli.
The sequel to 'Junun' was not supposed to be this long in coming. “No,” says Shye. “Even when we were on the Radiohead tour (2017 and 2018), we were already working on new songs”. Jonny recalls further writing sessions in Italy at around that time, before the work, like everything else, was postponed by the Covid-19 pandemic. One decision had been made, however, which is that they would not return to the fort, but instead record their second album in a more orthodox studio – the same Oxford studio in which Jonny has recently been recording as The Smile with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and jazz drummer Tom Skinner (Skinner would also eventually be enlisted to play on “Ranjha”). Assembling everyone in the same place was a considerable logistical undertaking: 21 musicians and/or singers are credited on the album, most of them from a long way away.
“It was a very different experience,” agrees Shye. “It was about getting a clearer sound in a more controlled environment, but using the features of the studio to be creative in a completely different way. So I think it sounds very different.” What 'Ranjha' does share with 'Junun' is the willingness of all concerned to go with what happened when everyone’s ideas were brought to bear upon the song-sketches Shye brought with him. “With Shye’s songs,” says Jonny, “you feel dangerously like you can ruin them quite easily by imposing western chords on them, like you’re forcing a square into a circle. But at the same time, a lot of the songs just seem to come to life as soon as there was some of that. . . I’ve always wanted to turn this band into a funk group.”
For all involved, 'Ranjha' has been, as 'Junun' was, a cascade of pleasant surprises. For the listener, it’s a testament to the power of allowing unselfconscious curiosity to get the better of you. “I can get awkward talking about this,” says Jonny, “because Shye is so sincere about it. I’m used to songs about alienation, songs which are about serious things, but not spiritual things. If an English band just sang religious or spiritually inspired songs and poetry, it would be very unusual.”
None of which strikes Shye as necessarily any obstacle to enjoying 'Ranjha' – and perhaps even to allowing this music to beguile newcomers to it as it once entranced him. “You feel this music on your body,” he says. “Then it affects your emotional state when you hear the melodies. Then come the words and the lyrics. If people want to go deeper, they’ll find a rich world of music. And this album is maybe like a window into that phenomenal tradition.”
‘RANJHA’ TRACKLISTING
1. SHIQWA
2. MARBOLOT
3. RANJHA
4. SHEMESH
5. SHIQWA (REPRISE)
6. ISHQ-E-MAJNUN
7. SAQI
8. MARBOLOT (REPRISE)
9. AVIV
10. MUSTT
11. SHARMINDA
LISTEN TO TITLE TRACK 'RANJHA' HERE
WATCH VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK 'RANJHA' HERE
PRE-ORDER 'RANJHA' HERE
World Circuit Records Announce 40th Anniversary Vinyl Reissue Series - Ali Farka Touré's 'Savane' out 29 May.
WORLD CIRCUIT RECORDS CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A SERIES OF COLOUR VINYL RE-RELEASES OF SOME OF THE LABEL'S LANDMARK RECORDS
SERIES KICKS OFF WITH ALI FARKA TOURÉ'S CLASSIC ALBUM 'SAVANE'
SPECIAL EDITION GATEFOLD SLEEVE, YELLOW VINYL DOUBLE LP + 16 PAGE BOOKLET OUT 29TH MAY.
World Circuit Records have announced a series of colour vinyl re-releases of some of the label's most iconic albums as a celebration of its 40th Anniversary.
The albums are set to be released throughout 2026, with specific release dates to be confirmed shortly. Here is the full list:
Ali Farka Touré - Savane (20th anniversary)
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (30th anniversary)
Afro-Cuban All Stars - A Toda Cuba Le Gusta (30th anniversary)
Oumou Sangaré - Moussolou
Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela – Rejoice
Ibrahim Ferrer - Buena Vista Social Club Present Ibrahim Ferrer
World Circuit Records has established its reputation by producing some of the finest albums of the past three decades, specialising in music from Cuba and West Africa but also introducing audiences to a diverse range of exceptional music from other corners of the globe.
The label is best known for the Grammy-winning ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ album, which at over 8 million copies is the biggest-selling ‘global’ music album of all time, and contributed to the phenomenal rise in popularity of Cuban music. The extraordinary acclaim of the original album also provided a launchpad for solo albums from the Grammy-winning Ibrahim Ferrer, Omara Portuondo, Rubén González, Guajiro Mirabal, as well as innovative albums by Cachaíto López and Angá Díaz, both of which helped redefine Cuban music for the 21st century.
World Circuit is also home to several prestigious African artists. Legendary Malian blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré’s classic Grammy-winning ‘Talking Timbuktu’, recorded with Ry Cooder, brought the label early international acclaim. Malian superstar Oumou Sangaré, the revered kora player Toumani Diabaté, the legendary Orchestra Baobab, and musical maverick Cheikh Lô from Senegal have all emerged as major stars around the globe. World Circuit launched the careers of Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara and Trio Da Kali, and, more recently, released the critically acclaimed collaboration between Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela, ‘REJOICE’, as well as Afel Bocoum’s celebrated ‘Lindé’ and Afrika Experss presents... with Bahidorá.
The force behind all these landmark records has been the internationally acclaimed, multiple Grammy-winning producer and World Circuit co-founder, Nick Gold. In 2006, The New York Times described Gold as a “musical matchmaker… (who), in the age of corporate music conglomerates, has built a small empire on personal taste, tight quality control, and canny marketing.”
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The series will kick off with 'Savane', Ali Farka Touré’s final solo studio album, and a deeply resonant “farewell” work, on 29th May. It will be released as a special edition gatefold sleeve, yellow vinyl double-LP, with a 16-page booklet. Pre-order the album here.
Recorded in Bamako, Mali, with his specially assembled down-home ngoni group, and often acclaimed as his finest album, ‘Savane’ is both one of the most traditional and seemingly the most blues-drenched of Ali’s recordings. The album, produced by Nick Gold and originally released in July 2006, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a limited-edition yellow double vinyl, housed in a gatefold sleeve. Whether you’ve lived with the music for two decades or are discovering it anew, this edition invites you to experience Savane with fresh eyes and ears.
Tracklisting:
Side A
1. Erdi
2. Yer Boundo Fara
3. Beto
4. Savane
Side B
1. Soya
2. Penda Yoro
3. Machengoidi
4. Ledi Coumbe
5. Hanana
Side C
1. Soko Yhinka
2. Gambari Didi
3. Banga
4. N’Jarou
PRE-ORDER 'SAVANE' HERE
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Red Giant release "It's All Gone Wrong" single from "Red Giant: Vol. 1" E.P.
RED GIANT
NEW SINGLE – “IT’S ALL GONE WRONG”
RELEASED WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2026
STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO
“RED GIANT – VOL.1” EP
RELEASED WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL 2026
PRE-ORDER THE E.P.
Red Giant’s new single “It’s All Gone Wrong” is released Wednesday April 8th, and is available on all streaming platforms HERE. Watch the official music video HERE.
“It’s All Gone Wrong” is the second single from Red Giant’s highly anticipated E.P. Red Giant – Vol. 1 released Wednesday April 29th. The E.P. is available to pre-order HERE.
Dave Simpson is the lead guitarist and vocalist of Red Giant. He has built a dedicated following on his YouTube Channel with over 146,000 subscribers.
“We sing another song for you in the hope it might get through,” is the takeaway line from Red Giant’s latest single “It’s All Gone Wrong.”
It is a plangent outpouring of frustration aimed at the current state of the music industry. With hard working musicians having to compete in an ever increasingly corporate world of nostalgia acts and auto-tuned performers.
Red Giant’s passionate plea for recognition, not just for themselves but for all musicians offering original music seems to be falling often upon deaf ears.
The world is constantly changing, and music is no exception. To ignore the spirituality and feelings of human emotions generated in favour of A.I. music is a dead end in songwriting and music.
The greatest art was not created by teams of writers. It was created from the outpourings of the human soul with feelings of inspiration not through the filter of technology.
“It’s All Gone Wrong” is not just a plea for recognition. It is a warning to the world.
“Red Giant – Vol. 1” – EP Track list
1. Are You Alright? (3:04)
2. Can’t Find Me (4:08)
3. It's All Gone Wrong (4:32)
4. Overcome (4:03)
Dave Simpson – Guitars & Vocals
John Joe Gaskin – Drums
Johnny Simpson – Bass Guitar
Mixed, produced, and mastered by Matt Crawford
Recorded at Superfly Studios
Music Video by Totty Simpson
All songs written by David Simpson
"It’s All Gone Wrong" copyright 2026 Radio Silent Records
Red Giant are the ones to watch on the UK live circuit. With an extremely successful 2025 the band is looking to capitalize on their forward momentum with their highly anticipated E.P. that features four brand-new songs.
The band is playing and sounding better than ever with strong live performances and confidence. Watch out. 2026 looks like it’ll be another exciting year for Red Giant.
RED GIANT – BIOGRAPHY
Lead songwriter, guitarist and vocalist, David Simpson first picked up the guitar at 16 years old. Since that time David has been a prominent performer in several bands over the years and co-founded Red Giant at the beginning of 2024.
David decided after years of playing in other bands it was time to follow his own musical style. The music he was writing did not fit the bands he was playing with, and he soon set up his own group, The Dave Simpson Trio.
The trio performed all over the UK for years and was a very established blues rock band, but in 2024 the band wanted a change. Not just in name but in style, opting for a heavier rockier approach to go along with the new songs David was writing.
Red Giant was born. Not long after the name change the band went into the studio to record their self-titled debut album.
David hosts a popular YouTube Channel that has amassed over 146,000 subscribers due to his unique guitar playing style and expertise on the instrument.
David has been incredibly open about his struggles with mental health, and his blunt openness has helped countless others deal with their personal traumas. David’s work ethic is outstanding, tirelessly working on songs and videos while also performing and collaborating with other musicians.
John Joe Gaskin, the drummer for Red Giant, also started playing drums at the age of sixteen. As soon as he found the drums he wanted to do nothing else. He’s dedicated his life to the instrument.
John Joe is an absolute powerhouse of a drummer with a supernatural sense of time and is the bedrock of the band. Widely known as a dynamic and versatile performer, playing nationwide in the UK and Europe John Joe is comfortable with any style of music.
John Joe not only performs his duties as the drummer of Red Giant but is also the joker of the band with his wicked sense of humour who keeps everyone laughing.
RED GIANT
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Sneaker Pimps' Ian Pickering shares 'Commercial Road', previewing The Noise Who Runs' new 'RE: GEN X' album.
FOR FANS OF: Idles, Sneaker Pimps, Ian Brown, Death In Vegas, The Fall, Ian Dury, LCD Soundsystem, UNKLE, Sun Atoms, Nightmares on Wax
FOCUS TRACKS Bang Bang, The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again, Commercial Road, Trust Me I'm a Psychopath, The Summer Talking, Home Front Truths
'Commercial Road' ISRC code - QT6EY2570927
'Bang Bang' ISRC code - QT6EY2570920
'The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again' ISRC code - QT6EY2570924
FOR SHARING
'Commercial Road' video https://youtu.be/q1QSdRPyHzI
Bandcamp https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/track/commercial-road-2
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0MFiBeobThnQCwKMyBoSDF
'Bang Bang' video
https://youtu.be/SC15o1vh7hs
Bandcamp https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/track/bang-bang-2
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/398XmsWAlx0oA2CfnR01bj
'The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again' video https://youtu.be/imIF6Ro1k98
Bandcamp https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/track/the-bodies-are-under-the-bus-again-2
'Come and Join The Beautiful' Army' EP (2024) https://thenoisewhoruns.bandcamp.com/album/come-and-join-the-beautiful-army
"Remarkable, urgent and unflinching, The Noise Who Runs delivers a rush of pure pop adrenaline that sparks like a flickering conscience, turning a moment of reflection into a revelation we urgently need" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Poetic brutality... the anthemic grace and stature of something by The Sisters of Mercy: it has an Arctic chill through which a lyrical, passionate heat radiates" ~ Backseat Mafia
"Beguiling... anthemic yet accessible, gothic, grand and graceful, delicately dance-driven and dark, coiled and ornate" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"Ethereal electronic intimation... true splendour and prowess" ~ Ringmaster Review
UK alt-pop artist The Noise Who Runs presents 'Commercial Road', previewing the 'RE: GEN X' album, forthcoming via TNWR Records. A stark and confrontational snapshot of moral paralysis in an age that mistakes spectacle for substance, this song is set against the symbolic backdrop of a real street that becomes a metaphor for transaction, decay and quiet complicity. The song dissects a world where everything is for sale — bodies, truths, and even outrage itself.
The opening lines immediately establish a tone of uncomfortable intimacy, pulling the listener into scenes of exploitation and denial. Relationships are reframed as exchanges, identity as something eroded — whether through commodification (“trades promises for money”) or chemical numbness (“lithium disfigures what vanity implodes”). These are not just personal tragedies; they are symptoms of a broader cultural sickness, where the pursuit of profit renders the individual expendable, turning institutional failure into a practiced, daily routine.
The Noise Who Runs is songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ian Pickering, known for his work with Sneaker Pimps and Front Line Assembly. Native to Hartlepool in the north-east of England, Pickering co-authored such Sneaker Pimps hits as 'Spin Spin Sugar', '6 Underground' and 'Tesko Suicide'. In 2019, he launched this project, three years after relocating to Lille, France.
“Commercial Road is not a protest song in the traditional sense, it does have a kind of pre-'Out of Time' R.E.M. thing about it, even a Dylanesque aspect but it doesn’t offer solutions or slogans. Instead, it holds up a mirror: cold, unsentimental, and accusatory. It asks what we tolerate, what we ignore, and what we quietly become as a result. In a culture addicted to noise, it’s maybe a reminder that the real danger isn’t the fire — it’s the absence of it where it counts,” says Ian Pickering.
Earlier, The Noise Who Runs shared the timely anti-war song 'The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again' and the lead track, 'Bang Bang'. Capturing the psychic exhaustion of life lived inside permanent crisis mode, this is a song about running on empty — physically, emotionally, politically — where outrage replaces thought and reaction substitutes for responsibility.
The Noise Who Runs' new offerings follow the 2024 EP ‘Come and Join the Beautiful Army’ and the 2023 debut album ‘Preteretrospective’, both released to rave reviews and airplay in more than 60 countries. As with those, the new record was mixed and mastered by Colin C at The Cell Studio.
'RE: GEN X' is both a reckoning and a reply — a response from within a generation that inherited progress, equality, and expanding liberty, but failed to defend them when they came under threat. Framed by the cultural optimism of late-1980s youth and the 1990s second summer of love, the album questions how a generation defined by scepticism, freedom, and possibility became comfortable with inaction as those gains were slowly dismantled and how scepticism hardened into detachment, irony replaced action, and silence came to feel like neutrality. Rather than nostalgia, it offers a critique of passivity: what happens when a generation knows better, but does nothing.
On RE: GENX, Pickering documents a civilization caught in a downward spiral of its own making. The album frames systemic greed, perpetual warfare, and the erosion of human dignity not as anomalies, but as the foundational mechanics of a world engineered for its own ruin. It serves as a cold assessment of a society fueled by the interests of the elite, leaving behind a singular, urgent uncertainty: whether a collective realization of this decay can actually dismantle the structures of power or if the momentum of destruction has become unstoppable.
On April 8, 'Commercial Road' is available from fine music platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. On May 8, the "RE: GEN X" album will be released via TNWR Records.
ALBUM TRACK LIST
01 The Summer Talking
02 Bang Bang
03 Trust Me I'm A Psychopath
04 This Song Sucks (Mind The Gap)
05 Just The English Way
06 The Bodies Are Under The Bus Again
07 Home Front Truths
08 We Are Breach
09 Commercial Road
10 All Assuming You
CREDITS
Music & lyrics written by Ian Pickering
Performed by The Noise Who Runs
Recorded, engineered & produced by The Noise Who Runs
Additional production by Colin Cameron at The Cell Studios
Mixed & mastered by Colin C. at The Cell Studio
Video by Ian Pickering
Cover artwork and layout by Ian Pickering
Artist photos by Lucie Logier
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with The Noise Who Runs
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Austin electronic outfit XANIMAL present transcendent single “The Awakening” ft. Nagavalli.
FOR FANS OF: Delerium, William Orbit, Thievery Corporation, Enigma, Peter Gabriel, Morcheeba, Massive Attack, Zero 7
INFLUENCED BY: Massive Attack, The Knife, Human League, Yaz / Yazoo, Talk Talk, Madonna, LCD Soundsystem, Blondie
ISRC code QMEU32600164
FOR SHARING
'The Awakening' ft Nagavalli video https://youtu.be/Fas2hEismsI
Bandcamp https://newhumanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-awakening (out now)
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6EuIa5GziTMVPNVGTyQOv4 (out April 21)
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/xanimal/1762992028 (out April 21)
'Love Axis' single (2024)
https://newhumanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/love-axis
"Hope, transcendence, and emotional release... With its restless experimentation and boundary-pushing spirit... innovation isn’t the exception—it’s the standard. This is electro-pop with a passport and a pulse" ~ God Is In The TV Zine
Electronic collective XANIMAL presents 'The Awakening', a high vibration track that reflects our shifting consciousness, weaving trip-hop rhythms with evocative world music elements across a downtempo landscape. This is a call to awareness, a reminder that we are all part of something greater and that, as the world evolves, so do we. The video was created by Fumihito Sugawara for Fumanstudios, who also designed the cover artwork.
Based in Austin, XANIMAL is made up of Claude McCan (Claude9, 35MM, Supercreeps), Noëlle Hampton (The Belle Sounds) and Ken Christensen (Love Athletics, East Coast Boogiemen). But on this single, East and West co-mingle harmoniously thanks to a collaboration with fellow Austin musician Nagavalli that infuses this track with meditative tranquility. An Indian-American artist, her brand of “Eastern Soul” blends pop, rock and trance with east-Indian overtones and melodies.
'The Awakening' is XANIMAL's second single, here lush atmospheric synths and hypnotic tablas unfold into funky breakbeats, creating a dynamic sonic landscape. Vocalist Noëlle Hampton delivers a haunting narrative of disillusionment and loss, reflecting the uncertainty and shadows of the modern world. In contrast, Nagavalli's ethereal vocalizations elevate the track, infusing it with a sense of hope and transcendence.
"We decided early on that XANIMAL was going to be a collaborative project and we knew we wanted to join forces with our friend Nagavalli at some point. She is truly magical and brings so much emotion and expression with her singing. I asked Claude if he could create something with a trance like world vibe, and he absolutely delivered. With Nagavalli’s vocals, our vision was complete," says Noëlle Hampton.
"We are having a massive awakening right now. Some of us are realizing our complicity through the inaction that led us here. Some are waking up from being in a gigantic cult of misinformation, misogyny, racism and fear. And some remain there, unfortunately. It certainly feels like we are right up against something massive in our consciousness, something that will hopefully lead to a better world. We will need to make our way through a dark time for a while but I believe a better life will prevail."
Not confined to a single genre, sound, or perspective, XANIMAL's music is a journey across sonic worlds -- ever-changing and ever-exploring. For instance, their debut single 'Love Axis', was remarkably different, a dance track that is more rooted in the bright pulse of 80s synth-pop. Hampton shares, "Our first release leaned into the dance track genre, lighter in mood and sexy. The world has changed a lot since then and I thought it would be appropriate to create something that mirrored the emotional turmoil we are all facing right now as our second track."
XANIMAL's creative vision grows from the understanding that their music doesn’t have to live within predictable confines, but instead should push genre boundaries and exist in its own space. Anchored by Hampton’s ethereal yet soulful vocals, they are emerging as a trio open to collaboration with other artists of a similar mind -- at home or around the globe.
"When we began working on new music after our first single, we initially built a groovy disco track and laid down some vocals. But then the presidential election happened, and suddenly that disco energy didn’t feel right. It no longer matched what we needed to express. I’ve always been drawn to darker, trip-hop–influenced grooves, so when Noëlle suggested shifting in that direction, it felt like the perfect move," says Claude McCann.
"When Noëlle delivered the lyrics and vocals, everything clicked—they fit the music so naturally. I knew we had something special. This track pulls together so much of my musical history while reflecting the emotional weight of the world right now. We wanted to reach beyond ourselves and connect with our Austin community. Nagavalli was someone we’d long hoped to collaborate with, and bringing her into the project opened the door to a more global sound. Her Eastern Soul vocals completely blew us away."
Released via New Human Music, 'The Awakening' is available as a Bandcamp exceexclusive until April 21, which it will also be available from other digital platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music. Further releases are anticipated later this year.
CREDITS
Lyrics by Noëlle Hampton. Music by Claude McCan
Noëlle Hampton – lead & Background vocals and lyrics, vocal melodies
Claude9 – drum and synth programming, Music composition
Nagavalli Medicharla – additional vocals
Produced by Claude McCan and Noëlle Hampton
Mixed & recorded by Claude McCan at Claude9 Studios in Austin, Texas
Mastered by Max Lorenzen at Rare Ear Studio
Released via New Human Music
Cover artwork & video by Fumihito Sugawara for Fumanstudios
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Artist photos by Mark Guerra
Keep up with XANIMAL
Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | Claude9 Website
Keep up with Nagavalli
Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music
Keep up with New Human Music
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Henry’s Funeral Show Announce July 2026 Headline Luton Date.
Their headline Luton debut takes place on Friday 31st July 2026 in the intimate surroundings of The Bear Club London—
Tuesday 7th April 2026.
Henry’s Funeral Shoe was formed by two brothers from South Wales, inspired and influenced by many of the albums that singer/guitarist Aled Clifford had looted from his father’s vinyl collection when he was growing up. The Who, CCR, Peter Green, Robert Johnson and The Beatles were favourites, and Aled quickly became a gifted guitar player, aided and taught by Ned Edwards, a long-time collaborator of Van Morrison.
His younger brother Brennig started playing drums at nine. At fifteen he joined a local band, learning his trade by performing covers of The Clash and Thin Lizzy before moving on to writing original material. The brothers have finally joined forces to create some of the loudest soulful rock’n’roll to come out the UK in a long time.
Don’t think two guys can make much of a noise? Think White Stripes, think Black Keys…. think
Henry’s Funeral Shoe! These guys make a helluva racket….
The date follows a sold-out co-headline show at The Patriot (Home Of Rock) in Crumlin, Wales with The Virginmarys in March 2026.
Their 2025 single ‘Hey!!! (What’s Your Pleasure?)’ received praise from Classic Rock Magazine, The Strange Brew and
Just Listen To This amongst others.
With more dates lined up for this year, this is your opportunity to catch Henry’s Funeral Shoe’s debut at The Bear Club.
“By the look of tonight’s crowd, they’ve got a following bordering on fanatical. Great big fat blues infused bells that are still ringing in my ears!” – Louder Than War
“Thumping good music with a timeless sound. They have an ear for a hit and deliver in killers not fillers.” - Classic Rock Magazine
“Stunning album by Welsh blues brothers.” — UNCUT
Date: Friday 31st July 2026
Venue Address: The Bear Club, Mill Yard, 24A Guildford St, Luton LU1 2NR
Doors 7pm / Music 8.30pm
Venue Information: All seating/tables are first come first served.
Ticket Link:
https://www.the-bear.club/whats-on/henrys-funeral-shoe-j434e2
Please note that event details are subject to change. Check the venue’s official website for the most up-to-date information.
Official Website:
https://www.henrysfuneralshoe.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/henrysfuneralshoe
07/04/2026
Robin Ross & The Melodynes Revive 60s Flower Power with New Single "All I Want (Is A Lover)".
FOR FANS OF: The Mamas and The Papas, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Turtles
INFLUENCED BY: Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Jacks Maze
ISRC code QZV9C2300002
FOR SHARING
'All I Want (Is A Lover)' video https://youtu.be/KNgKeu5BD3I
Bandcamp
https://robinross.bandcamp.com/track/all-i-want-is-a-lover
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/4SKxITRBOhAcggLalifGFs
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/robin-ross/1640503541
'Mind Space' album https://robinross.bandcamp.com/album/mind-space
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/2jlv1wJiQTmXvwWEpONgjv
'Campfire on the Moon' video https://youtu.be/EvcXnpvuE1Q
'Spill No Mo Wine' video https://youtu.be/ya4lLg9uggA
Robin Ross & The Melodynes are back with their new single "All I Want (Is A Lover)", bringing the sun-drenched sounds of the 1960s back to the forefront. Buoyant rhythms and warm acoustic textures carry a message of emotional openness, celebrating the kind of connection where love feels effortless and unrestrained.
A masterclass in flower power pop with a modern soul, the track has already caught the attention of major television supervisors, landing a featured spot in the star-studded Apple TV+ and Peacock original series "Margo’s Got Money Troubles". Starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Offerman and Nicole Kidman, the series features the song during a pivotal scene in its second episode, airing April 15, 2026.
The single's classic wishful vibe complements the narrative of this show, which tells the story of a young mother navigating fame and financial struggle. The dropout daughter of a former Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, Margo is an aspiring writer faced with mounting debt and a new baby.
Appearing on the trail of their new "Mind Space" album, this track recalls the timeless harmony of The Mamas & The Papas mixed with the melodic grit of Tom Petty and The Kinks. With its retro-inspired charm and breezy, nostalgic tone, the track captures a longing for acceptance and authenticity, inviting listeners to leave behind expectations and embrace a bond that feels natural and true.
Recorded at Baa Baa Leaf Music Studio in Milford, Pennsylvania, this single was produced and mixed by Robin Ross, along with supervising engineer Jonathan Duckett (Phillip Glass, Kenny G, David Sanborn).
Written and performed by Robin Ross (guitar, bass and percussion) and JoEllen Gaetani (vocals), this feel-good anthem blends vintage influence with a timeless sense of optimism, echoing the spirit of an era while speaking to the freedom of loving without limits.
"I was recording a C-B-Am progression when a melody just flowed out, which I captured on a vocal scratch track. JoEllen and I later sat down to refine those initial takes, weaving my original phrasing into a cohesive story and writing new lines to perfectly fill the space," says Robin Ross.
"The song is about letting love live without the stigma often placed on those who don't 'match the norm.' Inspired by our own lives and the experience of being judged as a couple, this track is about moving past that and letting love flow like an atom in flight. It’s 'All I Want.'"
Emerging from the 80s New Jersey and New York music scenes, Robin Ross is now a central figure in the creative pulse of Milford, PA. A multi-faceted musician, songwriter, and producer for 30+ years, he has released numerous albums while launching and developing several recording spaces, including Triple R Studios and Sound Complex near NYC. He has since grown his current hub, Baa Baa Leaf Music Studio into a creative sanctuary and production house.
In the early ’90s, Robin Ross co-founded Laughing Jack (later Jack’s Maze), known for their progressive rock style. After a lengthy hiatus, 2021 marked a return to form, building his recording studio and reuniting with bandmates Frank Cinquegrana, Scott Cowan and Joe Torres to record new material, with a fresh Jack’s Maze release anticipated later this year. In 2025, he also released several records as Robin Ross & The TW Howlers and Robin Ross & The Bluesberry Jam.
'All I Want (Is A Lover)' is out April 7th via RPM Entertainment Enterprises and available from digital platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and Bandcamp, where the new 'Mind Space' album can also be found digitally and on CD.
CREDITS
Music by Robin Ross
Lyrics by Robin Ross & JoEllen Gaetani
Recorded at Baa Baa Leaf Music Studios (Milford, PA)
Produced & Mixed by Robin Ross
Supervising Engineer: Jonathan Duckett
Robin Ross - guitar, bass & percussion
JoEllen Gaetani - vocals
Released via RPM Entertainment Enterprises
Cover artwork design by Tina Ross
Video Produced by Tina Ross
Artist photos by Jerry Reganess
Publishing & booking: RPM Entertainment Enterprises, LLC
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
Keep up with Robin Ross // Robin Ross & The Melodynes
Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Reverbnation | Apple Music | Spotify
New Jersey's The Melancholy Kings channel film noir romance in dreamy ‘New Girl’ single.
FOR FANS OF: The Replacements, The Church, Teenage Fanclub, Guided By Voices, Wilco, The Anderson Council Bob Mould, Television
FOCUS TRACKS New Girl, Bitcoin Elegy, UV, Steady as She Goes, Victoria, Alex Bell, Astor Place, Kensington
FOR SHARNG
'New Girl' video https://youtu.be/dvTjS66pqVE
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3sLAuZxW9GwRm3kblHGOfz?si=261cf40cde124c24
'Her Favorite Disguise' album https://melancholykings.bandcamp.com/album/her-favorite-disguise
Get the album https://tinyurl.com/HerFavoriteDisguise
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/3gSY6AuL4r9K14D2IkKW3M
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/her-favorite-disguise/1841889835
'UV' video https://youtu.be/-nkjExUocPw
'Victoria' video
https://youtu.be/Rr4sN6R0yoE
'Bitcoin Elegy' video https://youtu.be/SEF7ErUTo74
"The Melancholy Kings prove that they know exactly how you can mix pop smarts wit indie cool and just enough rock energy to build the best of many worlds" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"The Melancholy Kings channel the gritty, melancholic charm of ’90s college rock, staking their claim as the spiritual heirs to Paul Westerberg and Jeff Tweedy... jangles with the infectious insouciance of The Replacements while maintaining a sophisticated lyrical core" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Riffs rock, beats and basslines groove, dynamics ebb and flow, sweet harmonies drift through the air, and the result is a track that is infectious and insightful, power-pop-ish and poignant, melodic and muscular" ~ Dancing About Architecture
New Jersey indie rockers The Melancholy Kings present ‘New Girl’, an acoustic-driven ode to a film noir ingenue immortalized on celluloid. Blending the heart-on-sleeve vulnerability of The Replacements with the expansive, atmospheric depth of Pink Floyd, this is the fourth single from their second album 'Her Favorite Disguise'. Released via Magic Door Record Label, this record taps into the vicissitudes of life in the Big Apple and its step-sister across the Hudson, with their rich tapestry and follies.
Featuring Mike Potenza’s hushed vocals and delicate acoustic foundations, the track eschews traditional indie-rock tropes for a cinematic, slow-burn arrangement. Sparse drums by Paul Andrew and atmospheric textures from both Peter Horvath on electric guitar and Scott Selig bowing harmonics on upright bass create a soundscape that is enriched by cellist Carolyn Jeselsohn, whose elegant lines weave a sense of timelessness through the mix.
The accompanying video was created by Scott Selig, who manipulated footage to create a slowly shape-shifting abstraction of film noir ambiance. A bittersweet tribute with hypnotic allure, the narrator pines for a ghost from the Golden Age of cinema, capturing the strange intimacy of loving someone who exists only in black-and-white frames. The lyrics cleverly deconstruct the boundary between what is "real" and what is "reel", as Selig’s video reinforces this dreamlike state.
Earlier, the band released 'Bitcoin Elegy' on the decline of meaningful personal relationships in the digital age, jangly guitar rocker 'Victoria' and their quasi-psychedelic single 'UV', which features famed trumpeter Mac Gollehon (David Bowie, Al Jarreau, Duran Duran, Mick Jagger, Hall and Oates).
The Melancholy Kings' core is singer-guitarist Mike Potenza (The Anderson Council, Crash Harmony, BARD, Gramercy Arms) and bassist Scott Selig (Ambulance, Uncle Moon, Deni Bonet Band, Super Tuesday), who met amidst corporate life in Manhattan, learning they were both active in the '90s-'00s NYC indie scene, playing in various "almost-famous" bands, touring and opening for legendary artists. Committing themselves to music, the lineup solidified with drummer Paul Andrew (Fluffer, Phantom Tollbooth) and guitarist Peter Horvath (The Anderson Council).
Following their 2019 eponymous debut record, 'Her Favorite Disguise' is an unapologetic nod to the rough-hewn '80s pre-grunge alt-rock era. Produced, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ray Ketchem (Guided by Voices, Luna, Elk City, Gramercy Arms, Crash Harmony) at Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, NJ, this album also involves Elk City vocalist Reneé LoBue, vocalist Olivia Selig, Ketchem on percussion, and accordionist Carl Riehl (Michelle Shocked, Uncle Moon).
'Her Favorite Disguise' is out now, available on limited edition 12" vinyl and everywhere digitally, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp.
CREDITS
Produced by Ray Ketchem, Scott Selig & The Melancholy Kings
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Ray Ketchem at Magic Door Recording, Montclair, NJ
Additional recording at The Old Stone House, Maplewood, NJ
String arrangements by Scott Selig
© 2025 The Melancholy Kings
Released by Magic Door Record Label
Cover art by Reneé LoBue. Art & design by Ray Ketchem
Photo on LP sleeve by Sonya Selig
Band photos by Carlo Cipriani
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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Joanne Shaw Taylor Turns Love's Highs and Lows Into Fire on New Single "The Trouble With Love".
Joanne Shaw Taylor Turns Love’s Highs and Lows Into Fire on New Single “The Trouble With Love”
The emotionally charged new track arrives alongside an official video and previews her forthcoming album
Watch the official music video for “The Trouble With Love” NOW
Stream “The Trouble With Love” on all platforms
British blues-rock artist Joanne Shaw Taylor returns today with her latest single, “The Trouble With Love,” out now via Journeyman Records, alongside an accompanying official music video. The track stands as one of Joanne’s most emotionally resonant releases to date, capturing the intensity, contradiction, and addictive nature of love in all its forms.
Built around a driving groove and lifted by Joanne’s signature guitar tone, “The Trouble With Love” moves between tension and release, mirroring the emotional push and pull at the heart of the song. Her soulful vocal performance carries the weight of that experience, while the arrangement builds into soaring moments that underline both the beauty and chaos that love can bring.
“I always had this song as the heart of the album,” Joanne shares. “Love is such a powerful emotion that we’ve been writing songs about it for hundreds of years. For this song I wanted to try and document the push and pull of it, the highs and the lows. And yes, the trouble it can cause.”
Anchored by a memorable hook and elevated by Joanne’s searing guitar work, the track balances introspection with energy, turning a deeply personal theme into something universally relatable. The accompanying video further brings that tension to life, visually capturing the emotional cycle that defines the song.
“The Trouble With Love” arrives as the latest preview of Joanne’s forthcoming studio album, due out later this year. It follows recent singles including the defiant blues-gospel anthem “Hell Or High Water” and the collaborative standout “What Good Is My Love?” featuring Orianthi. Together, these songs point toward a body of work that continues to expand Joanne’s sound while staying rooted in the emotional honesty that defines her songwriting.
The upcoming album builds on the momentum of Joanne’s critically acclaimed Black & Gold, which drew widespread praise upon its release. Classic Rock awarded the album a 9/10 rating, while Powerplay Magazine highlighted its “pop appeal and smoothness.”
Guitarist Magazine noted that it “reinforces Joanne’s place in the firmament of today’s brightest stars,” and American Blues Scene called it “a deeply personal experience, showcasing the depth of Joanne’s artistry.” Together with the Black & Gold (Deluxe Edition) and a run of acoustic reinterpretations, the album marked a defining chapter in Joanne’s career.
The new single arrives as Joanne continues her Spring 2026 U.S. Headline Tour, now in its final stretch. The remaining dates will bring her electrifying live show through the Southeast, with upcoming stops in Greenville, SC, Cornelius, NC, Orlando, FL, West Palm Beach, and Ponte Vedra, before wrapping with a sold-out appearance at Sound Wave Beach Weekend in Miramar Beach. Known for her commanding stage presence, fiery guitar work, and emotionally immersive performances, Joanne continues to captivate audiences with a set that blends new material with fan favourites from across her catalogue.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: www.joanneshawtaylor.com/tour.
2026 Spring U.S. Tour
April 3 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center
April 4 – Cornelius, NC – Cain Center for the Arts
April 7 – Orlando, FL – The Plaza Live
April 9 – West Palm Beach, FL – Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
April 10 – Ponte Vedra, FL – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
April 10–12 – Miramar Beach, FL – Sound Wave Beach Weekend +
+Sold Out
Spring Europe Tour Dates
May 23 - Peer, BE - Blues Peer Festival
May 24 - Schöppingen, DE - International Blues Festival Schöppingen
May 25 - Raalte, NL - Ribs & Blues Festival
May 27 - Hannover, DE - Pavillon Hannover
May 28 - Nuremberg, DE - Lowensaal
May 29 - Eindhoven, NL - BRIDGE Guitar Festival Eindhoven
Summer U.S. Festival Dates
June 27 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival
July 11 - Honesdale, PA - Dorflinger-Suydam Wildflower Concert Series
July 25 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Blues Festival
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ChimpanA “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” New Track / Video out now.
Released on Good Friday, ChimpanA’s “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” is both tribute and reinvention: a deeply felt interpretation that connects the musical’s legacy with a modern, emotionally resonant sound.
ChimpanA return with a striking reinterpretation of the classic song “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” from Jesus Christ Superstar, offering a powerful and contemporary reimagining of one of musical theatre’s most emotionally resonant pieces.
Released on Good Friday, the new track [and official video] draws on both personal history and a fresh creative perspective to bring new depth to the iconic composition by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice.
At the core of ChimpanA are songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Rob Reed and vocalist and performer Steve Balsamo, who collaborate with a rotating cast of exceptional musicians including celebrated players Ged Lynch (drums) and Guy Pratt (bass), whose subtle, expressive performances help shape band’s cinematic atmosphere.
The arrangement of “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” balances intimacy with grandeur, blending atmospheric production with an emotionally direct vocal performance.
The song also carries a unique personal connection for Balsamo, who famously played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar in the 1990s. The inspiration for this reinterpretation began when Reed attended a recent concert featuring Tim Rice discussing the songs he had written throughout his career.
Hearing “I Don’t Know How To Love Him” again reminded him just how timeless and affecting the song is. Rob says, “I’d forgotten what an absolute classic this song is, and in a concert of certified bangers that Sir Tim has written, it stood out as being so, so beautiful.”.
Inspired by modern reinterpretations of the musical - including recent gender-swapped performances and productions, especially Cynthia Erivo’s recent turn as Jesus - ChimpanA decided to explore a new perspective: what happens when the voice of Jesus sings Mary Magdalene’s words?
When Balsamo experimented with performing the song from this angle, the emotional result was immediate and powerful.
The vulnerability in the lyric takes on a new dimension, transforming the song into a reflection on identity, devotion and human uncertainty.
“Having played Jesus years ago, I never imagined I’d revisit Superstar in this way,” says Balsamo. “But singing Mary’s words felt incredibly honest. The song suddenly became about confusion, compassion and humanity rather than role or character.”
The timing also felt right. With renewed interest in Jesus Christ Superstar and new productions bringing the story to fresh audiences — including an upcoming staging featuring Sam Ryder in the titular role - ChimpanA saw an opportunity to honour the legacy of the song while presenting a version that feels both timeless and contemporary.
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Winter’s End 2026, 9-12 April 2026
What They Said About The Band...
“Combines genres and has a beating, authentic heart... defragments your brain and helps you ponder your life”
theprogmind.com
“An ambitious and unorthodox triumph”
Prog magazine
06/04/2026
Electronic-dreampop outfit Strange Fruit releases surreal 'Drips' EP, a cosmic motorik trip.
FOR FANS OF: Stereoab, Bowery Electric, pinkshinyultrablast, Jagwar Ma, Kosmischer Laufer, Broadcast, bdrmm, Ulrich Schnauss, GLOK, Boards of Canada
FOCUS TRACKS Iridescent, Drips, Pouvoir Monsieur, Monopolar, Monopolar (Tom Furse Remix)
FOR SHARING
'Drips' album
https://strangefruit.bandcamp.com/album/drips
'Monopolar' video
https://youtu.be/50ZCt9BqzVs
'Pouvoir Moteur' single
https://youtu.be/uH2z_V-Onpw
'Iridescent' single
https://youtu.be/h9MQ-irtFtY
'Monopolar (Hardway Bros Remix)' https://youtu.be/DRAN_ColSbM
'Iridescent (Jonathan Kusuma Hypnodubmix)' https://youtu.be/ySi2wj_gVV8
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/6jcaJyYLMhqclGMMqpfJTB
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/id/album/drips/1889165023
"Strange Fruit blur the boundaries between Bowery Electric, Chapterhouse, Boards of Canada, and Stereolab—fusing their DNA into something fluid and transportive... feels both nostalgic and forward-looking—lush, cerebral, and quietly breathtaking" ~ The Spill Magazine
Indonesian electro-bliss outfit Strange Fruit presents their new 'Drips' EP, a lucid trip to the edge of sonic consciousness, released by Gentle Tuesday Recordings. A defining moment in the band’s evolution, this release unifies fragments of their kosmische experimentation over the past 11 years to achieve a more cohesive sonic identity. It also sees the Jakarta-based collective step into a new league with the involvement of world-class producers Hardway Bros, Tom Furse and Jonathan Kusuma in this release.
The band also share the video for the highlight track 'Monopolar', a sensory explosion that keeps us suspended between dream and awareness, between that which is surreal and radiant. Gradually fading and blurred in technicolor, the video is directed by Mellow Splice, who also created the EP cover artwork, reflecting the track’s fluid and surreal qualities through abstract, water-like imagery.
Strange Fruit is Baldi Calvianca (vocals & synth), Irza Aryadiaz (synth), John Tampubolon (guitar), Nabil Favian (bass) and Dino Kristianto (drums). Since their 2015 debut EP 'Dolphin Leap' via Leeds Records, they've moved fluidly between noise pop, krautrock, shoegaze and electronica. Now converging into a more focused, hybrid sound with deeper integration of electronic elements, this EP is driven by machine-led rhythms and analog textures, fusing emotional depth with rhythmic precision.
Rooted in hauntology, Strange Fruit drift deep into all the right places. 'Iridescent' channels a sense of dancefloor euphoria through minimalist beats and atmospheric layering, balancing introspection with forward momentum while finding a luminous dimension within darkness and adversity.
The title track, 'Drips', celebrates the band’s roots, blending shoegaze textures and electronic elements to create a dense, immersive soundscape. Sentimental yet rebellious, the interplay of rough guitar and bass noise with hybrid electronic textures creating a sense of hazy reverie. Baldi Calvianca’s vocals sounds mercurial, merging with bursts of light.
'Pouvoir Moteur' brings steady motorik rhythms, where repetitive sensations flow seamlessly down an endless highway. Irza Aryadiaz explains: “Here we take the obsession with factory machinery operated by humans and represent it through the repetitive 4/4 beats of German krautrock. It feels like breaking through space and time when the drum pattern is played consistently, moving nonstop.”
With unexpected song structures, chord progressions and subtle embellishments, this EP was produced with electronic producer Bernardus Fritz, who shares, “Strange Fruit's strength lies in their ability to create synthesizer sounds that are reverberant, wide, and surreal. Each track tells a story—there’s a journey between scenes, with cosmic sound design that reflects us as beings living in a different galaxy."
For this EP, Strange Fruit worked with three notable producers, who reinterpreted original tracks without compromising their original essence. Sean Johnstone a.k.a. Hardway Bros—a renowned UK DJ known for founding A Love From Outer Space with Andrew Weatherall—infuses downtempo elements and channels a slower club-house atmosphere. Jonathan Kusuma, a prominent member of Jakarta’s Dekadenz collective, explores extended leftfield disco with a strong focus on echo-rich, repetitive bass drum tempos.
Strange Fruit also worked with Tom Furse of The Horrors and now with MIEN (alongside The Black Angels' Alex Maas and Elephant Stone's Rishi Dhir). Re-envisioning 'Monopolar' with slower breakbeat grooves, noisier ambient textures and acid house influences, the band joins an exclusive club of artists remixed by Furse, including Tame Impala, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Temples and The Twilight Sad.
As of April 3, the 'Drips' EP is available across digital platforms via Gentle Tuesday Recordings, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. It will be released on cassette on April 17, followed by a physical vinyl release, planned for mid-2026 in collaboration with Loide Records (SEA & Japan territories) and TipTop Records (Worldwide territories excluding SEA & Japan).
CREDITS
Written by Baldi Calvianca & Irza Aryadiaz
Performed by Strange Fruit
Produced by Bernardus Fritz & Strange Fruit
Guest vocals on 'Drips' by Putri Effendi
Mixed by Nabil Favian
Vocals recorded by Aggasta Giovanno at Studiomaja in Jakarta, Indonesia
Drums recorded by Devfian Julius Simputra at Studio 1 SAE Institute Jakarta
Premasters prepared by Hosea Hanelsan at Studio 1 SAE Institute, except for remixes
Mastered by Sam at The Wall Studio (France), except Track 6 mastered by Tom Furse
Track 5 - remix by Jonathan Kusuma
Track 6 - remix by Tom Furse
Track 7, 8 & 9 - remixes by Sean Johnston
All tracks published by Massive Music Entertainment,
except Monopolar (Hardway Bros Remix), Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Vocal Dub) & Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Dub) by Massive Music Entertainment / Minds on Fire
Album cover artwork by Moses Sihombing and Hafizh Armynazrie of Mellow Splice
'Monopolar' video produced by Gentle Tuesday Recordings & Strange Fruit
Video directed by Mellow Splice. Filmed by Moses Sihombing & Hafizh Armynazrie
Edited buy Hafizh Armynazrie & Moses Sihombing
Photographer: Osman Luqman
All Rights Reserved. © & ℗ Gentle Tuesday Recordings 2026
Bookings & Management - Benedict Pardede
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
TRACK LIST
1. Pouvoir Moteur
2. Iridescent
3. Monopolar
4. Drips
5. Iridescent (Jonathan Kusuma Hypnodubmix)
6. Monopolar (Tom Furse Remix)
7. Monopolar (Hardway Bros Remix)
8. Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Vocal Dub)
9. Monopolar (Hardway Bros Live At The SSL Dub)
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03/04/2026
Frenchy and the Punk declare 'War On War' with new video, announcing spring tour dates.
FOR FANS OF: Siouxsie & the Banshees, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Concrete Blonde, The Cure, The Damned, The March Violets
ISRC code QMZL42405101
FOR SHARING
'War On War' video
https://youtu.be/T2acGrWxhfQ
Bandcamp
https://frenchyandthepunk.bandcamp.com/album/war-on-war
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/09wjkmmSxTc1CRp1Eegk1H?si=e56a8dcfe93d4050
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/war-on-war-single/1872499820
'Not Under Your Spell' video (2025)
https://youtu.be/HhBnkO8K5Ds
Bandcamp
https://frenchyandthepunk.bandcamp.com/track/not-under-your-spell
Get tickets
http://www.frenchyandthepunk.com/shows
"Samantha Stephenson commands the microphone like a general addressing her legion of survivors. Scott Helland’s guitar answers with precision and pulse" ~ Post-Punk.com
“The studied, European art-house and the raw, ‘80s American hardcore scene—has always been the engine of their creativity...This is music that is in direct, exhilarating conversation with their foundational influences: Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cure, and the chaotic, theatrical punk of The Damned" ~ Atmostfear Entertainment
"The rare kind of protest song that doesn’t just demand attention—it reshapes the emotional architecture of dissent into something almost hypnotically beautiful. In lesser hands, this level of directness might feel blunt; here, it lands with the precision of a manifesto sharpened into art" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Explosive, subdued, confrontational, soothing, spikey, and accessible" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"Penetrating psych-soaked post-punk... Cinematic drama" ~ Global Texan Chronicles
Post-Punk duo Frenchy and the Punk present their new video for the powerful and compelling single ‘War on War’, along with an announcement of spring 2026 tour dates. Playing up to 100 shows a year, the duo thrives on the road. Now they are set to bring that energy to dozens of cities across the Midwest and East Coast before heading overseas for select UK dates.
Torchbearers of a new era in post-punk, Frenchy and the Punk was formed in 2005 by vocalist, percussionist, keyboardist and lyricist Samantha Stephenson and guitarist-composer Scott Helland, co-founder of Deep Wound (with Dinosaur Jr. icons J Mascis and Lou Barlow) and Outpatients, and also known for his exceptional solo music project Guitarmy of One.
Frenchy and the Punk, listed in the ‘Top 25 US duos’ by Yahoo! Music, is a powerhouse duo with a distinct sound, blending post-punk with a touch of new wave by way of electro-acoustic hybrid guitars, loop pedals, fiery live acoustic and electronic percussion, synth and rich commanding vocals.
The powerful video for ‘War on War' was filmed and edited by Samantha Stephenson in New York State. The single itself was mixed and mastered by William Faith (The Bellwether Syndicate, Faith and the Muse) at William Faith Music Production, with vocal recording and production at Kale Shelter Studios by Hillary Johnson, known for her work with Jeff Buckley, The Misfits, Rufus Wainwright, The Ramones, Nile Rodgers, Vernon Reid and more.
Following 'Not Under Your Spell', released at the end of 2025, this is the band's second release through Distortion Productions, having signed to the label after label-head Jim Semonik saw their performance at Dark Force Fest, in New Jersey last summer.
"This song is not only about war but also the deterioration of truth and destruction of progress. It's the belief that the majority of people in this country and the world do not want to go backwards and do not want to see bloodshed," says Samantha Stephenson.
"It is the frustration that the few, fueled by greed and lust for power, who manipulate for their and their cronies' advantage, cause such grief and destruction for the many. It is a call to voice opposition to the chaos and insanity. It is a call for unity beyond borders."
A veteran of the US hardcore punk scene, Scott Helland has spent years honing a dynamic, high-impact performance style that now drives Frenchy and the Punk’s electrifying live presence and genre-blurring sound. Over the course of his music career, he has shared the stage with Black Flag, Husker Du, GBH, C.O.C, Agnostic Front and CroMags, in addition to performing with Dinosaur Jr. on occasion.
Samantha's artistic expression came from a completely different place, having started in dance, piano and the visual arts. These two worlds collided forming a musical incarnation that moves effortlessly from bombastic and driving songs to atmospheric and almost transcendent soundscapes.
Both before and after their critically acclaimd albums 'Midnight Garden' (2024) and 'Zen Ghost' (2022), they have toured the US and Europe relentlessly. Fiercely DIY, they have earned a wide and loyal following, endearing audiences not only with their music but their engaging live shows. To see them together onstage is to witness their palpable connection and dedication to the creative life they lead.
'War On War' is out everywhere digitally, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp. A full-length album is also in the works, planned for release in late 2026.
CREDITS
Written by Samantha Stephenson & Scott Helland
Samantha Stephenson - vox, keys & percussion
Scott Helland - guitar, bass & percussion
Music mixed & mastered by William Faith at William Faith Music Production
Vocal recording & production by Hillary Johnson at Kale Shelter Studios
Video filmed & edited by Samantha Stephenson
Released by Distortion Productions
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
TOUR DATES
April 3 - ITHACA, NY @ Nocturnal Cafe
April 4 - ROCHESTER, NY @ Bar Bad Ending
April 6 - SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY @ Desperate Annies
April 9 - LOUISVILLE, KY @ Planet of the Tapes
April 10 - DAYTON, OH @ Blind Bob’s
April 11 - INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Goth Prom @ Healer
April 12 - CHICAGO, IL @ LiveWire
April 14 - ST LOUIS, MO @ The Crack Fox
April 15 - COLUMBUS, OH @ Spacebar
April 17 - PITTSBURGH, PA @ Sidequest (with Ego Likeness)
April 18 - EASTON, PA - Coven @ Lafayette Bar
April 19 - DETROIT, MI @ Small's (with Past Self)
April 22 - RICHMOND, VA @ Fallout RVA (with Ego Likeness)
April 23 - ARLINGTON, VA - Dark Constellation @ Renegade (with Ego Likeness)
April 25/26 - HOLLY SPRINGS, NC @ Festival of Legends
May 22 - World Goth Day Online Fest @ FnP YouTube Channel
June 3 - NEWCASTLE, UK @ Trillian’s
June 4 - EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND @ Banshee’s Labyrinth
June 6 - MORECAMBE, UK @ ASDO Festival
June 12 - SOWERBY BRIDGE, UK @ Blind Pig
June 19 - BIRMINGHAM, UK @ Merlin’s (with Attrition)
Keep up with Frenchy and the Punk
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FaithNYC: 'Love Is A Wish Away' Video, ahead of RSD, and CD release.
FaithNYC
Punk doyenne Felice Rosser and FaithNYC teams up with Robert Plant/Tinariwen collaborator Justin Adams
“So excited about this excellent new record by FaithNYC led by long-time inspiration and influential New York City musical force Felice Rosser! Great new songs and funky as hell, as always.”
Jim Jarmusch, Filmmaker
“The sound and feel of authentic, funky rock and roll. FaithNYC, featuring Felice Rosser, is creating a powerful groove and a force for good in these troubled times.”
Chris Frantz, Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club
Pre-Order 'Love Is a Wish Away' CD
Video credits: Performance filmed by Tom Jarmusch and edited by Michael Negroponte; Kevin S edited the video, with NYC footage by Alexis Adler, Fin Hunt and Marni Halasa.
The nine-track digital release of the album Love Is a Wish Away by Felice Rosser’s FaithNYC caused quite a stir. Title track ‘Love Is a Wish Away’ garnered nearly 400,000 hits on Spotify. It was hailed as one of the best records of the year by Boston’s legendary new wave DJ, Oedipus, and was played by Iggy Pop and Huey Morgan on BBC Radio 6.
By popular demand, a limited edition double album Love Is a Wish Away and Dub Is a Wish Away featuring new remixes and dubs by Youth and Pablo Martin will be released by Creation Youth – Alan McGee’s exciting new UK label with Youth, from Killing Joke – on Record Store Day, 18 April.
The release of Love Is a Wish Away on CD will follow on 15 May.
FROM MICHIGAN PALACE TO CBGBS As critic and writer Lucy Sante writes: ‘Felice Rosser brought her Detroit ears to punk, having been teethed on Motown, the 1967 riots, Funkadelic, the MC5, and the Stooges, not to mention church, which you can hear in her voice, too. Reggae became a powerful influence, starting with Bob Marley, and then Burning Spear, the Mighty Diamonds, and U-Roy.’
She soon became a unique presence in the Punk clubs of lower Manhattan. ‘There weren’t so many black people on the scene at that time,’ but Punk,’ she admits, ‘was a liberator for women. Young black women played violin and piano when I was growing up in Detroit, but not Rock’n’Roll instruments – bass, guitar and drums.’
Good friends with Patti Smith and Samo – Jean Michel Basquiat’s tag at that time – she started playing bass and writing songs. Inspired by Punk’s DIY attitude, Rock’n’Roll, Funk, Free Jazz, Dub, Reggae and burgeoning Hip Hop, she was the bass player in Brooklyn’s all-female reggae band Sistren. In 1988 she formed FaithNYC, a band in Vernon Reid’s Black Rock Coalition (BRC).
Featured on BRC’s fortieth anniversary album Rock’n’Roll Reparations, is ‘I Stood Up’ – Felice’s anthem of resistance against self-doubt from Love Is a Wish Away.
PULSATING ROCK, COOL SOUL, BUBBLING REGGAE The album was produced by guitarist Justin Adams, who’s played with Robert Plant, Jah Wobble and Sinead O’Connor. He produced Rachid Taha, Suad Massi and Tinariwen, and also plays guitar on the LP. In his words, Felice’s “commanding, muscular voice” reminds him of Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Wire music critic Michael A Gonzales says Felice’s unique vocal styling has “a texture of whiskey and honey, and a chameleon-like versatility from the cool swoon of adoration on ‘Love Is a Wish Away’ to stylings reminiscent of guitarist Joan Armatrading.’
Percussionist and partner Fin Hunt joins her on the LP’s highly personal songs, from the addictive R&B bassline-driven title track to the dub and jazz echoes in ‘Love In a Silent Way’. Heartfelt ‘Eagle Street’ and ‘Can I Make It Up to You’ are elegiac, while ‘Everything Is All Around You’ and ‘Overpass’ are flat-out, gutsy Rock’n’Roll. ‘Climbing All the Way to Zion’ is dedicated to her great grandfather, as a young man walking up the road in Milledgeville, Georgia.
DUBLAND The limited edition double album features two new dubs by the legendary Youth – ‘Dub Is a Wish Away” and ‘I Stood Up’, alongside his remixes of those songs. New York electronica maestro Pablo Martin worked with FaithNYC to remix the evocative ‘Useless’, about losing a job in cutthroat New York. He dubs out on ‘Can I Make It Up to You’ and ‘Everything Is Always Around You’. The cover for the limited edition album, ‘Map of Felice’, encompassing Detroit, JA, and Lower Manhattan musical landmarks, is by special effects artist Kevin S, who’s worked on Brad Pitt’s legs in Troy and The Veiled World of Nick Cave.
In the double album liner notes, oral historian Bud Kliment calls FaithNYC’s Love Is a Wish Away, “Music for moderns, part false, part true like anything. You might notice hints of Sly, or Sly and Robbie, or the Doors or Nina Simone in the blueprint, but the construction is fresh, built to last. It mirrors New York’s ebb and flow, the hunt for the new, to be played at maximum volume.”
02/04/2026
John R. Miller releases new single 'If You Could Only See Me Now'.
JOHN R. MILLER DELIVERS A ROAD-WORN RENDITION OF 'IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE ME NOW'
The “Languid and Laid Back” Track Premiered Exclusively with The Bluegrass Situation
Watch Video For New Song HERE | Listen HERE
Announces Spring & Summer US Tour Dates
Singer-songwriter John R. Miller returns with his latest single, 'If You Could Only See Me Now', a poignant reinterpretation of a song originally written and performed by longtime collaborator William Matheny. The track finds Miller leaning into the grit and emotional undercurrent that has come to define his work, while honouring the storytelling depth and sharp wit of Matheny’s original.
The release marks yet another chapter in the decades-long creative partnership between Miller and Matheny, two artists whose musical paths have remained deeply intertwined. Both part of the WhizzbangBAM roster, their shared history brings an added layer of authenticity to the track.
The track premiered with The Bluegrass Situation, who hailed it as “another two-stepping,
honky-tonk-ready track perfect for sliding across the shiny floorboards or leaving a tear in your beer,” adding that Miller “inhabits the lyric intuitively, with languid, laid-back phrasing as the fiddle and pedal steel carry him through.”
“I’ve been fortunate to collaborate with William Matheny for a majority of my musical life at this point, probably 15 years or so now,” says Miller. “I’ve always loved this song. It feels like some unearthed, forgotten classic country gem every time I hear it, an evocative, tongue-in-cheek ode to the gutter that reads like a drunk postcard to a lost loved one back home.”
Originally appearing on Matheny’s That Grand, Old Feeling, the song stands as a testament to his richly detailed songwriting, often marked by literary nuance, philosophical depth, and a knack for capturing the overlooked corners of everyday life. Miller’s version preserves that spirit while reshaping it through his own weathered lens, bringing a sense of lived-in vulnerability to the forefront.
Matheny reflects on the full-circle nature of the release: “I’ve played a lot of music with John over the years, sometimes it was my band, sometimes it was his. When he played this version for me, I was incredibly flattered. On a completely selfish level, I got a huge kick out of hearing such a great singer interpret it and the Tulsa players putting their own spin on it.”
At its core, 'If You Could Only See Me Now' is a song that reveals itself slowly—layered with humour, heartache, and quiet revelation. It’s a quality both artists admire in the songwriting tradition, one that rewards repeat listens and deeper reflection.
In addition to the new release, Miller has also announced spring and summer tour dates kicking off this April. Known for his captivating live performances and road-tested musicianship, the upcoming shows offer fans an opportunity to experience these songs in their most immediate form. Full tour details can be found below.
With this release, Miller continues to expand his catalog not only as a songwriter but as an interpreter, breathing new life into songs that have shaped his musical journey while remaining firmly rooted in his own unmistakable voice.
Fans can listen to the new single here. For more information on John R. Miller and to catch him live, visit jrmillermusic.com.
Catch John R. Miller Live
Apr. 25 - Crossroads Acoustic Fest - Seymour, IN
May 5 - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
May 6 - Radio Room Greenville - Greenville, SC
May 8 - Sunrise Theater - Southern Pines, NC
May 9 - Motorco Music Hall - Durham, NC
May 23-24 - Purple Fiddle - Thomas, WV
Jun. 6 - Railbird Music Festival - Lexington, KY
Jun. 7 - Mountain Stage - Culture Center Theater - Charleston, WV
Jun. 11 - Laurel Cove Music Festival - Pineville, KY
Aug. 26-29 - Tønder Festival - Tønder, Southern Denmark
Sep. 4-5 - Once In A Blue Moon Festival - Amstelveen, NH
About John R. Miller
John R Miller is a true hyphenate artist: singer-songwriter-picker. Born in the Washington, DC area and raised in West Virginia, Miller has built a reputation as a thoughtful, boundary-pushing voice in alt-country and Americana, drawing from punk, traditional Appalachian music, and less conventional rock influences. Every song on his thrilling debut solo album, Depreciated, is lush with intricate wordplay and haunting imagery, backed by a band that is on fire. One of his biggest long-time fans is roots music favourite Tyler Childers, who says he’s “a well-travelled wordsmith mapping out the world he’s seen, three chords at a time.” Miller is somehow able to transport us to a shadowy honkytonk and get existential all in the same line with his tightly written compositions.
Brother Wallace - New single 'Who Do You Love' - Debut album 'Electric Love' 8th May - UK Shows May & End Of The Road.
BROTHER WALLACE
NEW SINGLE 'WHO DO YOU LOVE?'
DEBUT ALBUM 'ELECTRIC LOVE' OUT 8 MAY ON ATO RECORDS
DEBUT UK SHOWS MAY 2026
THE GREAT ESCAPE + CROSS THE TRACKS FESTIVAL
END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL 3RD SEPTEMBER
Brother Wallace has a gift for making soul music that feels like a mirror and a release all at once, the kind that hits you in the chest, then gets you back on your feet. Today, the West Point, Georgia-bred singer, pianist, and soul revivalist shares 'Who Do You Love?' alongside a new music video, offering another powerful look into his forthcoming debut album 'Electric Love', out 8th May via ATO Records.
LISTEN TO / WATCH 'WHO DO YOU LOVE?'
PRE-SAVE / PRE-ORDER 'ELECTRIC LOVE'
Where previous singles have introduced Wallace’s high-voltage joy and lived-in reflection, 'Who Do You Love?' sharpens the focus to a single, human question — equal parts invitation and reckoning. Anchored by Wallace’s unmistakable voice and a band-in-the-pocket pulse, the track rides a propulsive, dance-ready groove that feels both classic and immediate, letting the hook land like a challenge you can’t dodge. The accompanying video leans into that same bold simplicity, framing Wallace and band in a stylised performance setting that flickers between hyper-saturated colour fields and graphic, leopard-print backdrops, with a grainy, vintage-TV texture that makes the whole thing feel like a lost soul broadcast—loud colours, big feeling, no distractions.
“‘Who Do You Love?’ is a check-in—one of those questions you can’t run from forever,” says Wallace. “It’s not just about romance. It’s about where you’re putting your time, your energy, your attention… and whether the love you’re giving is coming back to you.”
“Who Do You Love?” continues the rapid rise of Brother Wallace, whose debut moment has already arrived with rare momentum for a brand-new artist. The album’s title track “Electric Love” premiered internationally via Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Show on BBC Radio 6 Music, while Wallace’s first-ever ATO single “Who’s That?” hit Top 20 at Triple A radio in the U.S. — an impressive feat for a debut release, and especially notable given it wasn’t originally planned for radio servicing.
Out 8th May, Electric Love was produced and co-written by Dan Taylor (The Heavy), recorded at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios and engineered/mixed by Bob Mackenzie (James Blake, The 1975, King Krule, SAULT) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Arctic Monkeys). The record is a 13-song introduction to a voice that feels less like a “new artist” and more like a force that’s been building quietly for years — shaped by gospel roots, small-town Southern life and a career spent at the intersection of art and service, including years as a K–12 music teacher and choir director.
This spring, Brother Wallace will bring that “force of nature” live show to the UK for the first time:
DEBUT UK SHOWS:
May
Thurs 14th - The Great Escape, Komedia, Brighton
Fri 15th - The Great Escape, Brighthelm, Brighton
Mon 18th - The Castle, Manchester
Tues 19th - The Exchange, Bristol
Weds 20th - Colours Hoxton, London
Sun 24th - Cross The Tracks, London
September
Thurs 3rd - End of the Road Festival, Tollard Royal
Tickets available here.
'ELECTRIC LOVE' OUT 8TH MAY VIA ATO RECORDS
Tracklist
You’re The Man
Top Shotta
No God In This Town
Any Day Now
Patient Man
Midnight Valley
Jealous
Hope Of Fools
Let’s Get Together
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Iconic US indie rockers The Dambuilders return with "Shrine 2026" single & live dates.
FOR FANS OF: Sloan, Throwing Muses, Pavement, Guided By Voices, Jellyfish, Belly, The Pixies, Buffalo Tom, Dinosaur Jr., Belly, The Lemonheads
"Shrine 2026" - ISRC code QZW5A2600029
"I Hope We're Not Too Late" - ISRC code QZW5A2600030
FOR SHARING
"Shrine 2026" single
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/thedambuilders/shrine-2026
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0bUQLKM01iS03NJwSbJpPp
Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/album/shrine-2026-single/1882883366
Bandcamp
https://thedambuilders.bandcamp.com
Get Tickets https://www.bandsintown.com/a/201145-the-dambuilders
American college radio faves The Dambuilders are back with their new single “Shrine 2026”, marking the band’s first new release in decades. Released via Magic Door Record Label in traditional A / B format, "Shrine 2026" comes with the companion track “I Hope We’re Not Too Late”, recorded and produced by Ray Ketchem at Magic Door Recording in Montclair, NJ and mastered by award-winning engineer Greg Calbi (Lennon, Bowie, Springsteen, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Tom Petty).
2025 saw the band's reformation with reunion shows at Dromfest and NYC Berlin, where they performed their 1989 debut album in its entirety. In April, they will once again be performing in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. Involving a host of special guests, these are the band's first performances in either city in 30 years, offering a rare opportunity to experience the band’s dynamic live presence.
“Shrine 2026” revisits one of the band's most beloved songs, from their 1994 album "Encendedor", reaffirming the group’s signature blend of emotional immediacy and sonic invention.
While The Dambuilders are most associated with the 1990s Boston rock scene, the band originated in Honolului, formed by Dave Derby, Tryan George and Eric Masunaga—veterans of Honolulu acts like the Exactones—and joined byelectric violinist Debbie Fox. After relocating to Boston in 1990, the group solidified into its definitive "classic" lineup by 1992, with Derby on vocals and bass, Masunaga on guitar, Kevin March on drums, and Joan Wasser on violin.
Now The Dambuilders re-emerge with a renewed sense of purpose with Dave Derby and Kevin March joined by guitarist Sean Eden (Luna) and violinist Claudia Chopek (Dexys, Father John Misty, The Little River Band). Their performance of the B-side “I Hope We’re Not Too Late” uphold the bend's core elements and original identity while embracing an evolving sound.
The Dambuilders built a devoted following throughout the 1990s, touring North America, Europe and Australia alongside artists such as Lush, Luna, Jeff Buckley, Weezer and Better Than Ezra. They would release 3 records via the !Cuacha! Label and 3 albums for Elektra Records, along with a song cycle that dedicated a number of tracks to the 50 states (most notably,“Idaho” and “Delaware”).
"Encendedor" became a cornerstone of their catalog, with “Shrine” ranked at No. 17 in MTV’s 100 Greatest Songs of the ‘90s: Lollapalooza edition. Following the release of "Against the Stars" in 1997, the band stepped away from recording and touring, with its members going on to pursue a wide range of acclaimed musical projects in the years that followed.
Joan Wasser went on to work with Jeff Buckley before founding her iconic project Joan As Police Woman, and Kevin March joined Guided By Voices, having also done stints with Shudder To Think, Hot One and Mind Science Of The Mind. Eric Masunaga, who returned for The Dambuilders' 2025 reunion dates, continues his production work through Modulus Studios in Boston, while Tryan George became a video director for major acts like Smash Mouth, Our Lady Peace, and Toto.
Dave Derby went on to launch and become involved in multiple projects, including Lloyd Cole and The Negatives, Brilliantine and Gramercy Arms, for which he has collaborated with numerous luminaries, including members of Nada Surf, The Psychedelic Furs, Belly, Throwing Muses, Sparklehorse, The Philip Glass Ensemble, Dead Air, The Magnetic Fields, Codeine, Elk City, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, Letters to Cleo, Fuzzy, The Monsieurs, A Girl Called Eddy, Small Factory, The King Canutes, Diesel, Royal Arctic Institute, Aeon Station and Semi-Gloss.
Fun facts: Derby launched a successful music for TV company Derby and Kotch with Michael Kotch (Eve’s Plum, Lloyd Cole and the Negatives), and did music for Sarah Silverman’s TV shows and film (“Jesus is Magic”). Working with Vitamin C (Eve’s Plum), they wrote music for Hannah Montana, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Along with Jill Sobule, they created music for the Nickelodeon TV show “Unfabulous,” starring Emma Roberts. Derby and Kotch also won a BMI Music award for the theme song and score of MTV’s “70s House.”
37 years after their first record, The Dambuilders’ story is still being written. “Shrine 2026” starts a new chapter. As vital and compelling as ever, their songs remain just as emotionally resonant and sonically adventurous today. As of April 1, "Shrine 2006" will be available on digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. Tickets for their East coast shows are also available now.
CREDITS
"Shrine 2026” written by Kevin March, Dave Derby, Eric Masunaga & Joan Wasser
"I Hope We’re Not Too Late” written by Dave Derby, Kevin March, Sean Eden & Claudia Chopek
Dave Derby - bass, vocals
Kevin March - drums, vocals
Sean Eden - guitar, vocals
Claudia Chopek - violin, vocals
Doug Gillard - additional guitars on “Shrine 2026”
Renée Lo Bue - backing vocals on “I Hope We’re Not Too Late”
Produced by Ray Ketchem
Recorded at Magic Door Recording, Montclair, NY
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Cover artwork by Colin Burns
Released via Magic Door Recording Label
'Shrine 2006' video directed by Bruno Corbo (2026) & Tryan George (1994)
Publicity by
Shameless Promotion PR
LIVE DATES
April 24 - NYC, Mercury Lounge (with Sleepyhead)
April 25 - Providence, RI - Myrtle (with Sleepyhead)
Keep up with The Dambuilders
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The Veldt announces 'Black Girl' single & exclusive EP for new tour with The Chameleons.
FOR FANS OF: A.R.Kane, Massive Attack, Cocteau Twins, Jesus & Mary Chain, Lush, Chapterhouse
FOR SHARING
'Black Girl' video
https://youtu.be/4far3uHvO5U
Get it on Bandcamp https://theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com/track/black-girl-single
'Slow Grind' video
https://youtu.be/2DZE61yu_7g
'Illuminated 1989' album (2023) https://theveldtmusic.bandcamp.com/album/illuminated-1989
'Everlasting Gobstopper' video https://youtu.be/oW7WI6DjM0Y
Get tickets
https://chameleonsband.com/shows
The trailblazers known as The Veldt are back with their new single 'Black Girl', along with a video by Rob Weiss and James Eakins, heralding their 'Spanakopita' EP. Released as a tour-exclusive CD, featuring new tracks and experimental demos, this was created especially for their Arctic Moon Tour with post-punk legends The Chameleons. Kicking off April 7 in Minneapolis, this sweeping run of shows brings The Veldt's sound to a wide cross-section of East Coast, South-Central US and Midwest audiences, along with select Canadian dates.
One of the most notable first-wave shoegaze bands, formed in North Carolina in the 1980s by identical twins Daniel Chavis (vocals, guitar) and Danny Chavis (guitar), The Veldt have long occupied a distinctive space where shoegaze textures intersect with soul, gospel, and experimental rock. Drawing inspiration from artists as varied as Prince, Sun Ra and Pink Floyd, the band developed an approach that favors atmosphere, groove, and emotional nuance over rigid genre boundaries.
After relocating to New York City and expanding their lineup with bassist and programmer Hayato Nakao, the group deepened its sonic identity, incorporating layered production and electronic elements while maintaining a strong melodic core. Consistently prioritizing depth and mood, their recordings reward close listening and their live performances emphasize immersion.
The 'Spanakopita' EP includes mixes by Carlos Bess, engineer for the Wu-Tang Clan production circle, along with Will Brooks (Dälek) and Jason Furlow (aka Nosaj) of Nosaj Thing and New Kingdom, also known for his new project Wave Generators and famed collaboration with Morcheeba. Their involvement helped shape the project’s evolving fusion of post-punk atmosphere and DJ-culture experimentation—an approach developed through ongoing collaboration over the years working as a production team Illuminutty (a.k.a. VELDT).
The lead track 'Black Girl' reinterprets themes from the 1972 film 'Black Girl', reflecting the determination of a young dancer striving toward excellence, despite the social limitations surrounding her. Inspired by that spirit of persistence and vision, the track channels a modern, dream-pop-inflected atmosphere reminiscent of A.R. Kane, while moving beyond strict genre labels like shoegaze to incorporate broader influences and sonic elements.
"Many of the recordings on 'Spanakopita' point toward the direction of our next body of work. Alongside newly created material, the release also draws from a deep archive of previously unreleased recordings from past years - part of a larger collection scheduled for release this September on Little Cloud Records and 5BC Records - as we continue expanding the sound shaped through these collaborations," says Daniel Chavis.
The Veldt's music career has been rich, gradually building a solid legacy. Pitchfork included The Veldt's album 'Afrodisiac', produced by the legendary Ray Shulman (The Sundays, Bjork, The Sugarcubes) in the top 50 shoegaze albums ever released, while Stereogum included ‘Until You’re Forever’ in the top 31 shoegaze tracks. Their recent 'Illuminated 1989' album, produced by Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie, was also widely acclaimed with support on six continents.
Over the years, The Veldt has collaborated with TV On The Radio, Mos Def, Lady Miss Kier (Deee-Lite), A.R.Kane and toured or played with Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Pixies, Throwing Muses, Echo & The Bunnymen, Cocteau Twins, Manic Street Preachers, Phantogram, Modern English, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Oasis, Chuck D, Living Colour and Schooly D.
Merging expansive sound design with rhythmic drive and vocal intensity, The Veldt's pairing with The Chameleons brings together two acts known for their commitment to sonic detail and emotional resonance. The Veldt’s presence on this tour underscores their own enduring relevance, continued artistic momentum and expanding horizons.
'Black Girl' is available as a Bandcamp exclusive. Tickets for The Veldt performances with The Chameleons are now available online, while the 'Spanakopita' CD can only be found at these shows.
EP TRACK LIST
01 Forevergreen (The Ecology)
02 Black Girl
03 Morning June Yesterday
04 Dakini (Remix)
05 Dakini
06 Slow Dragg
07 I'll Take You There
CREDITS
Written, Recorded & Mixed by Illuminutty (Doityodamnself Prod)
Performed by Nakao Hayato, Danny Chavis & Daniel Chavis
'Evergreen' mixed by Dälek (Will Brooks)
'Dakini (Remix)' by Carlos Bess & Jason Furlow
Produced by Illuminutty (Doityodamnself Prod) aka VELDT
Mastered by James Populos (Populis Recording)
Artwork & Layout by Danny Chavis, Joe Nesbit, and Butterfly Soup Ltd.
Copyright 5BC / Little Cloud 2026
'Black Girl' video by Rob Weiss & James Eakins
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
TOUR DATES (with The Chameleons)
APR 7 — Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
APR 8 — Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
APR 10 — Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
APR 11 — Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
APR 12 — Toronto, ON @ Mod Club
APR 13 — Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount
APR 14 — Somerville, MA @ Crystal Ballroom
APR 16 — Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw
APR 17 — Washington, DC @ Black Cat
APR 18 — Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
APR 19 — Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony
APR 20 — Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall
APR 21 — Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
APR 23 — Tampa, FL @ New World Music Hall
APR 24 — Orlando, FL @ The Social
APR 25 — West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street
APR 26 — Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
APR 27 — Atlanta, GA @ Center Stage – The Loft
APR 28 — Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
APR 30 — Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips
MAY 1 — Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Outside)
MAY 2 — Houston, TX @ Numbers
Keep up with The Veldt
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George Thorogood and the Destroyers: Final UK Tour.
George Thorogood and The Destroyers
Final tour of the UK
The Baddest Show on Earth, 2 dates in June 2026
George Thorogood and The Destroyers have announced the final tour of the UK, as part of The Baddest Show on Earth tour of North America and Europe. There will be just two shows: Monday 29th June 2026 at University of Wolverhampton at the Civic Hall, followed by Tuesday 30th June 2026 at indigo at The O2 in London. Tickets are on sale now [all links below]. This is the last chance to witness this incendiary performer live on UK stages.
For more than 50 years, George Thorogood and The Destroyers have remained one of the most consistent—and consistently passionate—progenitors of blues-based rock. And no one knows that better than the millions of fans who’ve seen them live. Formed in 1973 by guitarist, singer, and songwriter George Thorogood and drummer Jeff Simon, the Delaware-based band honed their sound on stages across the Northeast, building a devoted word-of-mouth following through their high-energy performances and blistering grooves.
Speaking about The Baddest Show on Earth, Thorogood says, “When the lights go down, the downbeat hits and the audience erupts; all bets are off. The Destroyers are at their best when we play for the people, and these are some of our favourite—and rarest—performances from the past five decades. You wanted the baddest, you got it.”
Today, George Thorogood and The Destroyers—which currently consists of Jeff Simon (drums, percussion), Bill Blough (bass guitar), Jim Suhler (rhythm guitar), and Buddy Leach (saxophone)—have played more than 8,000 live shows. Career highlights include their record-breaking 50 States in 50 Dates tour in 1981; numerous high-profile tours alongside The Rolling Stones, Sammy Hagar, and ZZ Top, among others; over 15 million albums sold worldwide; plus landmark performances at Live Aid and Saturday Night Live.
George Thorogood and The Destroyers
Final tour of the UK
The Baddest Show on Earth
Monday 29th June 2026
University of Wolverhampton at the Civic Hall
https://www.thehallswolverhampton.co.uk/events/george-thorogood-the-destroyers/
Tuesday 30th June 2026
indigo at The O2 - London
https://www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/george-thorogood-destroyers
01/04/2026
Joan As Police Woman announces 'Real Life Evolution' album, releases intimate versions of 'Flushed Chest' and 'The Ride'.
FOR FANS OF: Cat Power, Anohni, Jeff Buckley, P J Harvey, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Meshell Ndegeocello, Talk Talk, David Bowie, Laura Nyro
INFLUENCED BY:Al Green, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Siousxie, Prince, Hendrix, Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Tony Allen, Lou Reed
Flushed Chest (Real Life Evolution version) - ISRC code GBLDH2600002
The Ride (Real Life Evolution version) - ISRC code GBLDH2600003
FOR SHARING
Album order (digital, CD & limited edition vinyl)
https://joanaspolicewoman.bandcamp.com/album/real-life-evolution-album-2026
Album pre-save
https://revealrecords.lnk.to/reallifeevolution
'Flushed Chest' video https://youtu.be/25cW-mONIW4
'The Ride' live video https://youtu.be/nP_LwgjWSZE
'Anyone' live video https://youtu.be/h9AORzcT7qQ
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6PBv8t9YTLggA9ZMwpeoqj
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/real-life-evolution/1887824237
Get tickets https://linktr.ee/japw and https://www.joanaspolicewoman.com/tour
"‘Sensational" ~ Sunday Times // "This is breathtakingly good music" ~ Uncut // "Full of meditative beauty…ravishing and lovelorn" ~ Mojo // "A voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane" ~ The Guardian // "Beautiful" ~ Q // "The coolest woman in pop" ~ The Times // "Joan As Police Woman is one of the 21st century’s best musicians" ~ The Economist // "Intimate yet commanding" ~ The Spill Magazine
Renowned NYC artist Joan As Police Woman announces her new album “Real Life Evolution”, out June 12 via UK independent Reveal Records -- on CD, Limited Edition exclusive red marble vinyl and digitally. Exactly 20 years since releasing her much-loved debut album "Real Life", she has re-recorded and imagined the album in full with guests including Iggy Pop and Krystle Warren.
Joan Wasser, known professionally as Joan As Police Woman since 2004, is a critically acclaimed musician and producer, dubbed “the coolest woman in pop” (The Times) and “one of the 21st century’s best musicians” (The Economist). As a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, her music defies easy categorization, crafting her own sound that blends various genres. She has released ten albums of original material, two cover albums, and an anthology.
Twenty years in the making, this record was developed through countless nights on stage. These new arrangements are brought to life by the musical brilliance of the players who helped define their sound. In order of appearance, it features contributions by Will Graefe, Jeremy Gustin, Tony Scherr, Parker Kindred, Danny Blume, Krystle Warren, Oren Bloedow, Thomas Bartlett and Iggy Pop.
Now Joan As Police Woman is releasing 'Real Life Evolution' versions of two of the tracks from this album -- 'Flushed Chest', which was recorded at Hayyam Studios in Istanbul by Ceylan Akcar and Sinan Sakizli, and 'The Ride' was recorded at The Owl Music Parlor in Brooklyn by Adam Sachs.
'Flushed Chest (Real Life Evolution version)' is the latest video offering from 'The Real Life Anniversary Sessions', accompanied by Will Graefe and Jeremy Gustin and filmed by Ehud Lazin, following her powerful, stripped-down video performance of 'Anyone'.
"I wrote 'Flushed Chest' shortly after I read “Time’s Arrow” by Martin Amis. It’s the story of a life, Jeff’s life, told in backwards chronological order. I wrote this one when I was in a period of intense listening to The Wailers; Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh and Bob Marley, one of the greatest bands of all time. This song works well with the trio so we didn’t stray far from the original recording. Singing the 3-part harmonies with Will and Jeremy is a delight." says Joan Wasser.
"'Real Life Evolution' is ten reimagined versions of every song from the original 'Real Life' album. Some transformations are subtle. Others are seismic. All of them were made with an entirely new cast of collaborators.”
Joan As Police Woman is a sought-after collaborator who has recorded and/ or performed with hundreds of artists, including Afrobeat legend Tony Allen, Lou Reed, Anohni & The Johnsons, Meshell Ndegeocello, Rufus Wainwright, John Cale, David Byrne, Dave Okumu, Chris Dowd, Lau, Scissor Sisters, Sparklehorse, Beck, Laurie Anderson, Lloyd Cole, Afel Bocoum, Dave Gahan, Tanya Donelly, David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Damon Albarn (who duetted with Joan on her song 'Get My Bearings' and invited her to feature on the Gorillaz album 'Song Machine'). She also a member of Iggy Pop's touring band (on keys and vocals).
“Music has saved my life. I am a devotee. It’s not something I can even choose or not choose, it’s just what it is. The album Real Life holds the key to my whole life. At the time I felt compelled to get it all into one record because I couldn’t imagine a world where I’d make another," says Joan Wasser.
"Now, twenty years later (and twelve albums into my career), the dream continues to unfold. I still live to play music. The shared experience of a concert is a constant reminder of our common humanity. 'Real Life; was the spark that lit my calling as a solo artist and I’m truly excited to revisit all the songs that mean so much to me and lovers of 'Real Life'.”
As of March 31, 'Flushed Chest' and 'The Ride' are available digitally everywhere. The 'Real Life Evolution' album is out on June 12th on vinyl, CD and digitally. It can be pre-ordered via Bandcamp.
With her forthcoming Real Life 20th Anniversary Tour, Joan brings exclusive trio shows, performing the 'Real Life' album in full, along with key singles from across her catalogue, fan favourites, deep cuts, reworked covers and a few surprises! She next performs a small handful of shows in New York City at Joe's Pub. All tickets can be ordered at www.joanaspolicewoman.com/tour or https://linktr.ee/japw.
CREDITS
Lyrics & Music written by Joan Wasser
Published by Fists of Fury (BMI / Domino Publishing)
Produced by Joan Wasser
Mixed by Patrick Dillett at Reservoir Studios
Mastered by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound
Joan Wasser - vocals, piano on 'The Ride' & 'Flushed Chest'
Will Graefe - guitar & vocals on 'The Ride'; guitars & vocals on 'Flushed Chest'
Jeremy Gustin - drums & vocals on 'The Ride'; vocals on 'Flushed Chest'
Parker Kindred - drums & vocals on 'Flushed Chest'
'The Ride' recorded by Adam Sachs live at The Owl Music Parlor, Brooklyn, NYC
Ehud Lazin - videographer for 'The Ride'
'Flushed Chest' recorded by Ceylan Akcar & Sinan Sakizli at Hayyam Studios, Istanbul
Assisted by Ilker Cicek and Tolga Kurt
Album cover photo & artist photos by Judi Rosen
P & (C) 2026 Sweet Police LLC under exclusive licence to Reveal Records
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
NEW YORK LIVE DATES
JUNE 20 New York, NY, USA, 7pm - Joe's Pub (SOLD OUT)
JUNE 20 New York, NY, USA, 9pm - Joe's Pub (SOLD OUT)
JUNE 21 New York, NY, USA, 6pm - Joe's Pub
REAL LIFE ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2026
NOV 5 London, UK - Union Chapel
NOV 6 London, UK - Union Chapel
NOV 7 Manchester, UK - RNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)
NOV 9 Glasgow, UK - Oran Mor
NOV 11 Brugge, Belgium - Cactus Club
NOV 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Zonnehuis (sold out)
NOV 13 Hamburg, Germany - Mojo Club
NOV 15 Aarhus, Denmark - Train
NOV 16 Copenhagen, Denmark - DR Concert Hall
NOV 18 Budapest, Hungary - House of Music Hungary
NOV 20 Roma, Italy - Angelo Mai
NOV 22 Berlin, Germany - Haus des Rundfunks & Großer Sendesaal
Keep up with Joan As Police Woman
Website | LinkTree | Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | Spotify | Apple Music | BandsInTown | Joanthology Podcast (the first 15 years)
Keep up with Reveal Records
Website | Bandcamp | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Soundcloud
31/03/2026
David Sinclair: ‘Sonia’s Late’ - Versatility & Country styles of new single, out 3rd April 2026.
David Sinclair
‘Sonia’s Late’
Band show versatility with Country styles of new single, out 3rd April 2026
100 Club headline show 19 May
London singer-songwriter David Sinclair releases a new single, ‘Sonia’s Late’, on Friday 3 April 2026. Responding not only to a suggestion from his daughter but also to prove the band’s versatility in sound and style, this new track is another step forward.
“Sonia’s Late started with the idea of musicians hanging around with their guitars waiting for someone who hasn’t turned up yet. Everyone’s tapping their feet and rolling their eyes, but when Sonia finally walks in the whole place lights up. Around the same time my daughter told me it was about time I wrote a Country song — and somehow the two things came together.”
Recorded at The Bookhouse Studio in Bermondsey and produced by Jack Sinclair, the track features the track features David Sinclair (vocals, guitar), Geoff Peel (guitar), Derek White (bass), Jack Sinclair (drums), and a special cameo from Laurie Garman (harmonica). Backing vocals are provided by Georgie Webb, whose harmonies add warmth and lift to the chorus in particular.
‘Sonia’s Late’ follows recent singles ‘I’m Waiting’, ‘[I Got] One Pair of Hands’ and ‘Then… Good Night’ - part of a sustained run of new material showcasing the London band’s blend of British Americana, roots-rock storytelling and melodic clarity. Sinclair’s reputation as both an acclaimed music journalist and a performer with the David Sinclair Four (DS4) gives his work a rare dual perspective: reflective, literate songwriting delivered with the immediacy of a road-tested live band.
The release caps a busy year of shows that has seen DS4 take their energetic set from Scotland to Cornwall and all points in between, confirming their status as one of the most engaging live acts on the UK circuit.
Just like Sonia, David Sinclair will always go his “own sweet way”, as this new single proves, and he and the band are also always worth waiting for! ‘Sonia’s Late’ is released digitally on Critical Discs and will be available on all major platforms on Friday 3 April.
SAVE THE DATE
Tue 19 May — London, 100 Club, HEADLINE SHOW
ABOUT THE BAND
Led by singer and guitarist David Sinclair, the DS4 plays original songs together
with blues-rock standards by Chuck Berry, John Mayall and others. The style is
singer-songwriter based London-Americana/blues-rock with the emphasis on
memorable, story-telling lyrics and the outstanding skills of lead guitarist Geoff
Peel (ex-Diplomatics, Gentleman Tim & the Contenders) and London
harmonica legend Laurie Garman (ex-Yardbirds). The live band line-up is
completed by Derek White (bass) and Steve Jessop (drums).
The David Sinclair Four’s album Apropos Blues was selected as one of the "Top
Albums of The Year" in the end-of-year issue of Blues Matters magazine and
was described as "A superb album" by music-news.com.
The band's previous albums have featured guest contributions from Paul Jones
(of BBC Radio 2 and the Blues Band), Maxi Priest and Robin Trower who
produced their most-streamed Spotify track Living Like a Yo-Yo.
29/03/2026
Montreal's DANIEL ISAIAH shares "How The Tiger Got Her Stripes" from Western Medicine LP out 17/04.
DANIEL ISAIAH SPINS A STUNNING YARN ON "HOW THE TIGER GOT HER STRIPES" Song is latest preview of Montreal singer/songwriter's Western Medicine LP out April 17
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TORONTO ON -- After sharing "Too Far To Run," the first preview of his forthcoming album Western Medicine, today Montreal-based singer/songwriter Daniel Isaiah releases "How The Tiger Got Her Stripes," a stunning track that matches vintage early 1970s vibes with Isaiah's unmatched storytelling.
The song is a prime example of the spontaneous group chemistry that Isaiah conjured while making Western Medicine (out April 17), a 10-song tour de force of roots music song craft, conjuring images of Leonard Cohen fronting The Band, and Randy Newman recording in Neil Young’s barn.
"The song was recorded live off the floor," Daniel says. "At the end of the third take, we were all laughing at how unhinged it had gotten. [Guitarist] Warren Spicer said, 'Okay, let’s be more respectful to the song.' We tried a few more takes, but none had that same spark – so we went back to take three. It’s the sound of everyone digging in."
"How The Tiger Got Her Stripes" is available at Bandcamp and streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal
The sound of Western Medicine is also in large part a reflection of the confidence Isaiah has built over the three years since making his previous album To Live A Wild Life, the result of improving his sight-reading skills and immersing himself in old songbooks.
Working in a practice room on the top floor of a building with a panoramic view of Montreal, Isaiah honed the songs on Western Medicine, some of them right up to the album’s recording sessions in May 2025 at Montreal’s Mixart Studios with a band comprised drummer Robbie Kuster, bassist Mishka Stein, pianist Jérome Beaulieu, and guitarist Warren Spicer who also oversaw engineering and mixing.
Still, it’s Isaiah’s lyrics that form the core of Western Medicine. “Fire In The Night” pays tribute to a friend who struggled with mental illness and tragically lost his life in a cabin fire north of Montreal, while “Champion Is Down” grew out of images of Mussolini and Gaddafi being done in by their own citizens. Elsewhere, Daniel was inspired to write “Old Ram’s Horn” after inheriting his grandfather’s shofar, an essential symbol of Jewish culture, while “Total Eclipse Of The Sun” was written in the immediate aftermath of the April 2024 solar event.
If Daniel Isaiah’s Western Medicine accomplishes anything, it is indeed opening our eyes and ears to fleeting moments of beauty. And once a listener does that, there can be no argument that this is one of the best albums of the year.
DANIEL ISAIAH Live:
May 6 (Wed) :: Montreal QC :: Casa del Popolo
01 Too Far To Run
02 Fire In The Night
03 Western Medicine
04 Old Ram's Horn
05 Until I Lay Me Down
06 Long March To Your Grave
07 Champion Is Down
08 How The Tiger Got Her Stripes
09 Total Eclipse Of The Sun
10 Shadow World
Dale Watson Captures Wild, Untamable Love on “She Was My Baby”.
AUSTIN, TX -
Dale Watson is excited to announce the release of a new single, "She Was My Baby." Listen here. It's off of his forthcoming release Unwanted due April 24th via 40 Below Records, Pre-order here. The single has been premiered by Magnet, check it out here.
Thus far, the two singles that have been released, "Willie Waylon And Whiskey" and 'If You Really Love Me (Outlive Me)", that have been embraced by the press -
“Dale Watson is a living, breathing American roots-music legend,” declares Magnet; “A song that embodies Dale’s passion for true country music called ‘Willie Waylon and Whiskey.’ It can be confirmed — it’s a cooker,” raves Saving Country Music; “Whether it’s honky-tonk, outlaw country, western swing or rockabilly he’s playing, Watson’s signature ‘Ameripolitan’ sound has earned him the status of a genuine living legend and a rule-breaking traditionalist, blazing a trail for artists like Joshua Hedley, Brennen Leigh and Charley Crockett,” writes Holler; “Watson’s music sounds like a time capsule from another era… more rooted,” reflects Taste of Country; “‘Willie, Waylon and Whiskey’ brings alt-country, the Bakersfield sound and psychedelic surf rock together as only Watson could — driving, frenetic, and packed with outlaw spirit,” notes The Bluegrass Situation.
"She Was My Baby" tells the gritty tale of a man come undone. "I wrote "She Was My Baby" explains Dale, as an amalgamation of the women that make men really just lose their minds and common sense to where you don’t recognise yourself until it’s over and you can look back with more clarity. I’ve been in that mindset of a relationship , where you’re so “in love“ or “insane” that your judgement is out of character. I’ve been there and I’ve seen friends there. It’s hard to be talked out of it and hard to talk someone out of it. It usually has to run its course. As I say in the song , you can’t rope the wind and you’ll go insane trying to tame what you don’t understand. Was, is the operative word here."
With his new album Unwanted, Watson delivers another unapologetic statement from the heart of American roots music. It’s a lean, hard-hitting blast of honky-tonk, outlaw country, western swing, and rockabilly — the sound he named Ameripolitan and has championed for more than 40 years. Entirely written and produced by Watson, the album is another defiant stand from one of American roots music’s true originals.
Backed by The Lonestars, Watson is joined by Celine Lee, The Memphians, Katie Shore (Asleep at the Wheel), and pianist Matt Hubbard. “Everybody on this record knows how to make the music breathe,” Watson says. “That’s the difference.”
ABOUT DALE WATSON
Watson has shared stages and bills with some of the most respected names in American music, including Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Ray Price, Loretta Lynn, and Dwight Yoakam — artists who recognized in him a kindred spirit and a deep respect for the tradition.
He’s brought that same unapologetic sound to national audiences through appearances on Austin City Limits, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Late Show with David Letterman. Despite such high-profile appearances, Watson remains rooted in the road. “I still play over 300 shows a year,” he says. “That’s where the truth is. That’s where the songs tell you if they’re real.”
Honored as a Texas State Musician and founder of The Ameripolitan Music Awards, Watson sees Unwanted as part of a living tradition. “Outlaw country isn’t nostalgia,” he says. “It’s alive, it’s loud, and it’s still being written.”
SHE WAS MY BABY
She can make a man hardheaded, she can make a man go blind
She can make a man go deaf and dumb and give up without even trying
She was my baby ummmm hmmmmm
I fell under her spell, she was my baby
She can make a man stop drinking, she can make a man start too She can make a man stop thinking, then start thinking whats he gonna do
She was my baby ummm hmmmm
I fell under her spell she was my baby
I say yall that’s because you can’t rope the wind
You’ll go insane to try to tame what you don’t understand
She can make a grown man go crazy, she can make a grown man cry
She can make a man sit down and shut up and take the mote right from his eye
She was my baby ummm hmmmmm
I fell under her spell, she was baby
TOUR DATES
03/30/26 Continental Club, Austin TX
04/03/26 Continental Club, Austin TX
04/04/26 HiCo Hall, Hico TX
04/06/26 Continental Club, Austin TX
04/08/26 The Point Bar & Lounge, Prescott AZ
04/09/26 The Rhythm Room, Phoenix AZ
04/11/26 The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas NV
04/12/26 Fairfax Grange Hall Bakersfield, CA
04/13/26 Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
04/14/26 Casbah, San Diego CA
04/15/26 La Rosa, Tucson AZ
04/16/26 Sunset Parlor, El Paso TX
04/17/26 Broken Spoke, Austin TX
04/18/26 Broken Spoke Austin TX
04/18/26 Travis County Exposition Center, Austin TX
04/20/26 Continental Club, Austin TX
04/23/26 Parker Jazz Club, Austin TX
04/24/26 Bartonville Food Store Bartonville, TX
04/26/26 Sundown, Llano TX
04/27/26 Continental Cluh, Austin TX
05/02/26 Broken Spoke Austin, TX
05/02/26 Brentwood Neighborhood Park, Austin TX
05/09/26 Neon Moon Restaurant & Social Club, Yantis TX
05/16/26 Ned R Mcwherter TN Cultural Arts, West Jackson TN
05/17/26 Eastside Rockin'Rumble Nashville, TN
05/23/26 The Long Center For the Performing Arts Austin, TX
05/24/26 Gruene Hall, New Braunfels TX
05/28/26 Parker Jazz Club, Austin TX
05/29/26 Memphis Italian Fest @Marquette Park, Memphis TN
05/31/26 Sundown, Llano TX
06/07/26 Pardners Nightclub Largest Dancehall, Buchanan Dam TX
06/10/26 Main Street Crossing, Tomball TX
06/13/26 Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville TX
06/20/26 Broken Spoke, Austin TX
06/25/26 Off Broadway St Louis, MO
07/02/26 House of Rock, Corpus Christi TX
07/03/26 Continental Club, Austin TX
07/04/26 American Legion Post 39, Taylor TX
09/29/26 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
10/08/26 Barn Concert Series, Columbus MS
11/07/26 Manny Gammage's Texas Hatters Inc, Lockhart TX
CRIMES OF PASSION RETURN WITH CATCHY NEW SINGLE “CONTROL” OUT NOW.
Los Angeles-based Crimes of Passion returns with his sophomore single, “Control”. A synth-boogie track with post-disco influences, the new track has a pulsating beat akin to Balearic music, making it an instant hit on the dance floor.
Instrumentally, “Control” features a mesmerizing electric piano, 909 drums as a sturdy foundation, and a polyphonic synth bass– creating a captivating track that is bound to turn heads. Thematically and lyrically, the new track serves as a cautionary tale about resisting domineering and controlling people. Furthermore, Crimes of Passion uses the track as a cathartic outlet that encourages others (and himself) to live life with unlimited self-autonomy.
STREAM “CONTROL”
Robert Ruby’s indie sleaze-adjacent vocals create a puncturing and fruitful sound, making the track near irresistible. Filled with synth-vox, conga and hand percussion, and wah guitars, Ruby’s vocals and the track as a whole offer a funky groove for fans of LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip, or Caribou.
Crimes of Passion is the fresh new alias of LA-based producer Robert Ruby. Born to British parents in Chicagoland, and growing up in the Deep South, Ruby was exposed to a melange of musical cultures and genres. With an eclectic music background, Ruby is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist, writer and producer, and has learned the most by absorbing the stimulating and exotic environments he has immersed himself in.
Heavily inspired by music that possesses the soul, Crimes of Passion exists in a sonic soundscape inspired by punk, new wave, indie rock, house music, and much more. “Delirium” and “Control” are the first stops on this new and exciting journey Ruby is proud to embark on — one that will culminate gloriously with the release of new EP Coasting.
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SCOTT FISHER PERSISTS AMIDST THE CHAOS ON NEW SINGLE “DANGEROUS GAME” OUT NOW.
Scott Fisher returns with the second single from his upcoming record. “Dangerous Game”, an ode to life’s chaos and unpredictabilities, is now available on most streaming platforms. After exclusively premiering on Americana Highways on March 25th, the new single continues to pave the way for his upcoming record, A Billion Suns.
“Dangerous Game” is the follow up to “The Great Unknown”, which was released last month. Both singles were recorded at East West Studios, featuring incredibly talented and long-time collaborators Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie, Black Crowes, Sting) on the bass and Joey Waronker (Thom Yorke, Beck, Oasis, Roger Waters) on drums.
LISTEN TO “DANGEROUS GAME”
At its scope, “Dangerous Game” is about refusing to surrender to your fear, embracing risk-taking, and overcoming your fears and anxieties. On the new track, Fisher inspires others to put themselves out there and live unapologetically, even though the world can be a merciless place. “Life is a dangerous game; it’s not for everybody” croons Scott, with his smooth and comforting vocals acting as a centerpiece.
“Dangerous Game” is a reminder of how fragile and unpromising life can be. Scott Fisher creates a somewhat existential, but thought-provoking track that will strike a chord with many audiences. Inspired by Motown and R & B, the new single sonically evokes elements of jazz, indie rock, and 70’s music.
SCOTT FISHER BIO:
With a repertoire spanning over two decades, Scott Fisher has crafted an original sound that effortlessly blends jazz, rock, and indie. Originally hailing from Portland, Oregon, Fisher relocated to Los Angeles to further cultivate his career in music. Networking with the right individuals allowed Fisher to move from the club scene he regularly toured, to the recording studio to produce for various television shows. Some of which include Shameless, Parks and Recreation, Better Call Saul, Raising Hope, Gossip Girl, Brothers and Sisters, and The Good Doctor.
Growing up with a French mother and an American father enabled Fisher to draw inspiration from various cultures. Fisher’s first exposure to music began when he studied classical piano from exiled German concert pianist, Ilse Glassel. As a result, his early solo albums are very key-heavy, and encompass everything from piano/pop, classical piano, and Bossa Nova. Over the years, Fisher has exemplified that he is unafraid to test out different genres that may be outside of his comfort zone. Because of his impressive talent as a musician, Fisher has opened for artists such as Brandi Carlile, Augustana, and Pink Martini.
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PLAIN MISTER SMITH CREATES AN ODE TO FAMOUS PAINTERS ON “LUCIAN AND FRANCIS”.
PLAIN MISTER SMITH CREATES AN ODE TO FAMOUS PAINTERS ON
Plain Mister Smith returns with a delicate indie-folk track called “Lucian and Francis.” Simply put, the track focuses on the majestic paintings of Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, who often depicted raw, yet realistic portrayals of the human body.
Available Now on most streaming platforms, “Lucian and Francis” is a chill tune that features the fluorescent vocals of Tyson Motsenbecker. His presence on “Lucian and Francis” packs a punch, as his textured vocals create a luscious sonic soundscape throughout. Featuring a pleasant mash of synths, mesmerizing guitar strums, and a poised drum beat, the new single by Plain Mister Smith feels like a perfect anthem to usher in the springtime.
STREAM “LUCIAN AND FRANCIS”
Plain Mister Smith’s music continues to be simple, yet effective, focusing on cut and dry themes that penetrate deep within the soul. The new track perfectly captures the rush of dopamine and elation these legendary painters carved out. At its core, “Lucian and Francis” is a great tune for fine art buffs, as it highlights the amazing artwork humans can create with just a brush and some paint.
PLAIN MISTER SMITH BIO:
A veteran of Canadian indie scenes, Plain Mister Smith (formerly of Moev and Cinderpop, and current cellist with the Vancouver Philharmonic Orchestra) blends indie pop, baroque folk, and psychedelic sensibilities. His sound draws inspiration from an eclectic range of artists including The Beatles, Bryce Dessner, Matt Maltese, Led Zeppelin, and The Zombies, and even 20th-century classical composers like Prokofiev, who subtly influence his layered, string-laced arrangements.
Plain Mister Smith may call Vancouver home, but his songs wander freely. With his brand new music, he invites listeners to take that first step with him into a world that is whimsical, thoughtful, and richly textured.
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LAYLA KAYLIF EMBODIES THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE ON ANTHEMIC NEW ALBUM CALL OF THE YONI.
LAYLA KAYLIF EMBODIES THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE ON ANTHEMIC NEW ALBUM
CALL OF THE YONI
OUT NOW
Layla Kaylif has released her new album Call Of The Yoni. Dripping in alt-rock, singer-songwriter vibes, the new album is an immersive experience for all that come across it.
An organic mixture of world music built on Arabic instrumentation, chamber strings, and lyrics-forward composition, the new album by Layla Kaylif focuses conceptually on the "7-in-1 woman". Each track is a part of a continuous cycle that dissects different arenas of the female experience: innovation, eros, sovereignty, spirituality, roots, sight, and transformation.
The English-Arab singer-songwriter's new magnum opus Call Of The Yoni is a testimony to what genuine womanhood looks like. With each track completing a piece of the puzzle, the singer showcases her most vulnerable side yet. Aptly released during Women’s History month, the album features seven introspective tracks that analyze what womanhood means while offering a unique perspective on feminism.
STREAM CALL OF THE YONI
Call Of The Yoni - Tracklisting:
1.Call Of The Yoni
2. My Lover Is a Saint
3. God’s Keeper
4. Everyone Is A Stranger
5. The Bride is Beautiful (but she’s married to another man)
6. Night Journey
7. Hallelujah (Arabic Cover)
LAYLA KAYLIF BIO:
Layla Kaylif is an English–Arab singer-songwriter and filmmaker known for her genre-bending, lyrics-first approach that blends poetry, pop, and cinematic storytelling. After studying Arabic at Oxford University, she signed with Edel Records and released the international hit "Shakespeare in Love", which received critical acclaim as BBC Radio's Record of the Week and a top ten success across Southeast Asia.
Following her award-winning work in film, Kaylif returned to music with her album Lovers Don’t Meet (2020) and the poetic single "God’s Keeper" (2024/2025). Her new album, Call Of The Yoni is an immersive experience that’s bound to deepen her reputation in becoming, as Curious For Music states, “one of the UK’s most intriguing under-the-radar voices... a boundary-walker between genres and cultures".
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28/03/2026
Multi Grammy® Winner Eliane Elias New Album "Ao Vivo".
MULTI GRAMMY® WINNER WORLD-RENOWNED PIANIST, VOCALIST ELIANE ELIAS’ NEW ALBUM AO VIVO
SET FOR RELEASE MAY 22, 2026 ON CANDID RECORDS
Recorded Live At SFJAZZ, Concert Showcases Elias’ Virtuosic Quartet And Thrilling Arrangements Of Brazilian Classics
1st Single “Sambou Sambou” OUT TODAY March 27, 2026
“If you’ve ever seen her live then you know she’s one of jazz’s leading performers. Her enthusiasm and zest for music and life drive audiences wild.” … Marc Myers
With over 33 releases, two GRAMMY® Awards, two Latin GRAMMY Award wins and over ½ billion streams to her credit, Eliane Elias has proven she is a master of the recording studio and the queen of Brazilian Jazz. Now, with the release of her fourth Candid Records release, AO VIVO (translates from Portuguese as “Live”) she captures the unmistakable elegance and exhilarating energy of a world-class artist sharing an authentic, exciting and high-level musical dialogue with a live audience.
Recorded October 21, 2023 in its entirety during a singular night at the SFJAZZ Center’s Miner Auditorium, AO VIVO is an intimate and vibrant portrait of the multi-GRAMMY® winner in her element. Performing alongside her stellar quartet—guitarist Leandro Pellegrino, drummer Rafael Barata, and bassist Marc Johnson—Elias delivers a masterclass in the rich rhythmic spectrum of Brazil, from high-octane samba and bossa nova to baião and Afro-Brazilian grooves.
The repertoire draws mainly from Elias’s GRAMMY-winning and nominated discography—including Made In Brazil, Dance of Time, Mirror Mirror, Quietude and Time and Again. Featuring works by iconic composers like Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ary Barroso, and Dorival Caymmi, the album also highlights Elias’s own evocative composition "At First Sight" and a piece by the celebrated Armando Manzanero.
About the music
The songs are sequenced and presented as they were performed, in crystalline sound that transports the listener to SFJAZZ’s Robert N. Miner Auditorium, an innovative acoustic wonder built for jazz performance. “Over so many years of performing,” Elias says, “the intention has always been to hold the audience and keep them uplifted throughout the concert — so that in the ninety minutes they’re with us, it’s like nothing else exists.”
“We stretch more onstage,” says Elias, “and I design the arrangements so that everyone is able to shine in different ways. They’re all virtuosos.” Take, for example, “At First Sight,” a vocal number off her 2024 studio album Time and Again; here it becomes an instrumental tour de force, an exhibition of long-form solo mastery. More important, however, is how intuitively this group can share an idea or a spirit. On certain songs, including those taken from Elias’ 2022 album Quietude, the group taps into the sensual grace and revolutionary gentility of the original bossa-nova generation. For example, Janet de Almeida’s “Eu Sambo Mesmo (I Really Samba),” a paean to the pure joys of the samba, is performed with a hushed intensity that Elias absorbed through João Gilberto’s approach to the tune.
Other album highlights are given similarly rousing performances, like “Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil),” by the samba architect Ary Barroso, and composer João Donato’s “Sambou Sambou,” the first single release (out today) where Eliane combines Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and jazz influences, singing, playing infectious rhythm solos and featuring Marc Johnson’s melodic bass solo.
“One of my biggest goals in any concert is to preserve the spirit of the music. Another goal is to take my own abilities as a player, vocalist and arranger, and, while retaining the authenticity of these songs take them to a more personal place. This makes performing so much fun!”
Eliane Elias
TRACK LISTING
1. Brasil (Aquarela do Brasil)
2. Você
3. Sambou Sambou
4. Você e Eu (You and I)
5. Eu Sambo Mesmo (I Really Samba)
06. Bahia Medley: Saudade da Bahia/Você Já Foi à Bahia )
07. Esta Tarde Vi Llover
08. At First Sight
09. A Felicidade
10. Só Danço Samba
Eliane Elias: piano and vocals
Leandro Pellegrino: guitar
Marc Johnson: bass
Rafael Barata: drums
Produced by Eliane Elias, Steve Rodby, Marc Johnson, and Ross Eustis
LUKE WINSLOW-KING BLOWS PAST TRADITION ON COAST OF LIGHT.
BROOKLYN, NY - Luke Winslow-King returns with Coast of Light, his ninth album and one of his most wide-ranging to date. Blending blues, folk, jazz, and rock, the record captures a songwriter continuing to grow—both musically and personally. Buy Coast of Light here. He has also released the video for “Don’t Worry Your Mind.” Watch here.
Luke Winslow-King and Roberto Luti bring “Don’t Worry Your Mind” to life in the new live video filmed inside the Sala Moresca in Livorno, Italy. Set within the opulent, Moorish-inspired room at Villa Mimbelli, the performance draws on the city’s rich artistic legacy — from the Macchiaioli painters to Amedeo Modigliani — as shifting light, frescoed ceilings, and kaleidoscopic visuals create a dreamlike atmosphere where music and space feel inseparable. The video was produced by Interlinea Film and directed by Rossella De Venuto, with the support of the Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori.
Originally from Cadillac, Michigan, Winslow-King was raised on artists like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, and Carlos Santana. After briefly studying jazz and classical guitar, he hit the road, busking Woody Guthrie songs before settling in New Orleans. He spent over 15 years there, developing his sound and forming a close creative partnership with guitarist Roberto Luti.
Now living in Spain, Winslow-King found new inspiration for Coast of Light. The album reflects the landscapes, rhythms, and culture of Andalusia—especially the coastal city of Cádiz. “It’s really about the feeling of being there,” he says. “The light, the ocean, the music—it all made its way into the songs.”
The album was co-produced with Luti at Jambona Lab Studios in Livorno, Italy. The band includes Simone Luti (bass), Piero Perelli (drums and congas), Nicola Venturini (keys), and Giacomo Riggi (mallet percussion). Together, they create a sound that moves easily from stripped-down blues to fuller, more atmospheric moments.
The title track, “Coast of Light,” starts with just voice and guitar, then slowly builds into a steady groove that feels like a day by the ocean. The album moves through a range of moods. “Dangerous Blues” is a raw take on a traditional song Winslow-King found through Alan Lomax recordings, touching on violence and survival.
“Shoot from the Hip” has a gritty, cinematic feel inspired by the Spanish landscape where he lives now. “Don’t Worry Your Mind” began as a lullaby but turned into an upbeat rock and roll shuffle. On “Teacher’s Desk,” the sound becomes more dreamlike and experimental.
Winslow-King says he tries not to force songs into a certain style. Instead, he follows where they lead. “You just try to stay open and let the song come together,” he says. “That’s where the best moments happen.”
The New York Times has praised his work for blending blues, gospel, and jazz with honest, personal songwriting, while NPR has noted his playing is “so good you’ll want to slap the guitar player,” and Rolling Stone has dubbed him “the country brother of Tom Waits.”
Over the years, Winslow-King has toured widely across the U.S. and Europe, sharing stages with artists like Jack White, Taj Mahal, and Rosanne Cash. He has appeared at festivals including Austin City Limits, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and Glastonbury, and his music has been featured on shows like NCIS: New Orleans and Deadliest Catch.
Coast of Light, out now on Bloodshot Records, finds Luke Winslow-King stepping into new territory while staying true to the roots that shaped him.
TOUR DATES
3/27 – HARBURG, DE | Fischhalle
3/28 – OSNABRÜCK, DE | Blues Lawine
3/29 – MECHELEN, BE | Café De Wei
3/30 – GHENT, BE | Missy Sippy Blues & Roots Club
5/13 – BUDAPEST, HU | Müpa Budapest
5/14 – Szeged, HU | Rakpart 62. szül. Szabadság úszóház
6/10 – GOSHEN, IN | Goshen Brewing Company
6/11 – LOWELL, MI | Lowell Showboat Sizzlin’ Concert Series
6/12 – TRAVERSE CITY, MI | The Alluvion
6/13 – CADILLAC, MI | Coyote Crossing
6/14 – HOLLAND, MI | Park Theater
6/20 – MANISTEE, MI | Manistee Dune Jam
6/21 – DELTON, MI | Buttermilk Jamboree
7/3 – TONGEREN, BE | Hookrock Blues & Roots
7/4 – GAILDORF, DE | Gaildorf Bluesfest
8/14 – MARQUETTE, MI | Ore Dock
9/11 – HERENT, BE | Shortie Blues
Irish Musician Gráinne Duffy's Modern Take on 70s Brit Blues Rock.
GRÁINNE DUFFY UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “STREETS OF LOVE”
DUFFY CHANNELS 70S BRITISH ROCK THROUGH A MODERN LENS
FORTHCOMING ALBUM DUE LATE SPRING
Brooklyn, NY —
Gráinne Duffy continues her steady rise as one of modern blues and roots music’s most compelling voices with the release of her new single, “Streets of Love” off her forthcoming Spring release, recorded at 64 Sound Studio in Los Angeles and co-produced by Justin Stanley and Marc Ford (The Black Crowes.) "Streets of Love" has been premiered by Rock & Blues Muse here.
Gráinne explains "This song was inspired by a beautiful bike trip around Amsterdam. I was there to see Lucinda Williams playing one of my favorite venues, The Paradiso. While I was cycling around I was watching the life of the people on the streets and all the beautiful interactions people were having, waving hi to one another, lovers kissing goodbye on the street, friends meeting each other at the traffic lights with their kids in the wooden baskets in the front and it was all so peaceful and humane. I loved that feeling of being an observer of that kind of humanity which exists everyday around us. We are constantly in these times bombarded with all the negative aspects of life from war to murder to horrible injustices in the world that we can forget that there’s actually another way to see the world in the very ordinary everyday exchanges between people which are often beautiful and full of love. That’s what this song is about really, my internal hippie speaking out I suppose! "
The Spring release was made in Los Angeles with producers Justin Stanley and Marc Ford (The Black Crowes), and you can hear that lived-in, analog warmth right away. It’s got some serious players behind it including drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney), bassist Jørgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule), keyboardist Peter Levin (Blind Boys of Alabama), Marc Ford, and Duffy’s longtime collaborator Paul Sherry.
Duffy’s story starts back in County Monaghan, Ireland, where music filled the house instead of television — everything from Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton to B.B. King and Fleetwood Mac. You can still hear that mix in what she does now: blues at the center, but always pulling in other colors.
She first gained international attention with her debut Out of the Dark (2007), with The Sunday Times calling her “a blues singer of real integrity.” Subsequent releases, including Test of Time (2011) and Where I Belong (2017), expanded her reach across Europe, North America, and beyond. Her 2020 album Voodoo Blues broke into the UK IBBA Top 10 and the U.S. Roots Music Report Top 50, earning her the Independent Blues Award for Best Modern Roots Artist in 2021. Her last record, Dirt Woman Blues (2023), hit #1 on the U.S. Roots Music Report for seven weeks.
What stands out most is how natural it all feels. Nothing forced, nothing chasing trends — just someone following the thread of what moves them and letting the music land where it does.
Sunjay's New Single, That's Love, Out Now.
Award-winning British blues and roots artist Sunjay releases new single & video “That’s Love” from his tenth studio album, “Split The Sheets”
Watch Video HERE
“That’s Love” (written by Stephen Bruton) is a song that immediately resonated with Sunjay for its honesty and perspective. Rather than presenting it as a gentle roots’ interpretation, Sunjay wanted his version to feel alive and full-bodied, leaning into groove, energy, and warmth.
Built around a dynamic band performance, the arrangement blends blues, Americana, and classic pop influences. The production avoids overcomplication and Sunjay lets the song’s message speak directly to lived experience.
Commenting on the single Sunjay says “This song captures love exactly as it is, joyful, chaotic, and impossible to control. We wanted the recording to feel just as alive as the lyric.”
Drawing on a rich musical and cultural background, Sunjay has quickly established himself as one of the UK’s rising stars in the blues and roots scene. His performances have been praised as “mature and confident,” while his guitar playing has been described as “superb, brilliant, experienced, intricate, and faultless.” His style moves effortlessly between folk and blues, creating a sound that is both authentic and distinctive.
“That’s Love” follows the release of Sunjay’s first single, “Take Out Some Insurance,” which has already received airplay on BBC Radio 2. Sunjay is also set to appear on The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews on Monday 30th.
LIVE DATES 2026
17 MAY – FOREST FOLK CLUB, FOREST OF DEAN
18 MAY – WARWICK FOLK CLUB
20 MAY – BANBURY FOLK CLUB
21 MAY – ANCHOR FOLK CLUB, SURREY
29 MAY – STABLES 2, MILTON KEYNES
31 MAY – SALTBURN BLUES CLUB
2 JUNE – SWALLOW THEATRE, DUMFRIES
3 JUNE – DUNFERMLINE FOLK CLUB
6 JUNE – NETTLEHAM LIVE, LINCOLNSHIRE
“That’s Love” OUT NOW on all digital platformshttps://ditto.fm/that-s-love-sunjay
Split The Sheets will be released September 18th, 2026
Pre-orders now open via https://www.sunjay.tv/
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The new single from Kirk Fletcher and Erika Baier - Cold Cold Feeling.
Kirk Fletcher & Erika Baier "Cold Cold Feeling"
NEW SINGLE AVAILABLE NOW!
VIZZTONE RELEASES “COLD COLD FEELING,” A NEW SINGLE FROM KIRK FLETCHER AND ERIKA BAIER
Two blues powerhouses, American guitar virtuoso Kirk Fletcher and Swedish singer-songwriter Erika Baier, unite across continents to create a soulful, electrifying collaboration that bridges tradition and modern artistry. Dropping March 27, 2026 on the VizzTone label group, “Cold Cold Feeling” delivers the power and raw grit of the blues in a stripped-down duo format.
When Erika Baier and Kirk Fletcher share a stage, something rare happens: voice and guitar seem to breathe as one. Their partnership is a meeting of two lifelong blues journeys—different roads leading to the same destination, carried by the timeless power of the music.
For Erika, it began in a small town in southern Sweden, digging into her father’s record collection and feeling the spark when she witnessed blues greats live at a local festival. That fire led her to form Erika Baier and the Buzz in 2014, win the Scandinavian Blues Contest with 12 original songs, and release her debut single "For Granted" (2016) followed by her acclaimed first album How ’bout That (2018). With a string of soulful singles since, Erika has carved out her place as a contemporary blues artist with a voice described by Fletcher as “unique and at the same time deeply rooted in the tradition.” Whether delivering the raw grit of "Cold Cold Feeling" or the uplifting warmth of "Change for the Better," her voice carries an honesty that captivates audiences.
Kirk Fletcher’s path began across the ocean in Bellflower, California, where he learned guitar in his father’s Compton church and absorbed the deep roots of gospel and blues. From there, his career blossomed: touring with Kim Wilson’s Blues Revue, recording on the Grammy-nominated Smokin’ Joint, joining The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and sharing stages with legends like Joe Bonamassa, Cyndi Lauper, and Charlie Musselwhite. His solo work, including Hold On, My Blues Pathway, Heartached by the Pound and Keep on Pushing has earned Billboard chart success and international acclaim, with Guitar World praising his “sweetness and authenticity that screams class.”
Their connection was sealed at the Gothenburg Blues Festival 2022, where mutual respect grew into friendship and, eventually, collaboration. In 2024, Erika invited Kirk to play on her single "Complicate." By 2025, Kirk had invited Erika to join him as a special guest on the Joe Bonamassa Blues Cruise—where their chemistry electrified audiences and proved that history was being made in real time.
Today, Kirk Fletcher & Erika Baier stand as kindred spirits in the blues. They are currently working on a new album, along with first-call rhythm section Jimi Bott on drums and Randy Bermudes on bass, slated for release later this year. It’s safe to say, you’ll be hearing a lot more from Kirk Fletcher & Erica Baier.
Listen: https://lnk.to/KEColdCold
Website: https://kirkanderika.com
Robert Jon & The Wreck release new single "Run Back To Me" ahead of UK and European Tour.
ROBERT JON & THE WRECK RELEASE NEW SINGLE “RUN BACK TO ME” AHEAD OF HEARTBREAKS & LAST GOODBYES APRIL & MAY 2026 U.K. AND EUROPEAN TOUR
STREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO | BUY TICKETS
Southern California roots-rockers Robert Jon & The Wreck return with “Run Back To Me,” an emotionally compelling heartfelt ballad self-produced by the band, and released Friday March 27, ahead of their Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes April and May 2026 U.K. and European tour.
Stream the new single “Run Back To Me.” Watch official music video on YouTube.
Order the album Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes.
The initial idea for “Run Back to Me” first came to songwriter Desirae Megan as she was scrolling through Instagram and came across a beautiful photo of Robert Jon and his family. She felt deeply in that moment, thinking about how hard it can be to be away from the ones you love while on tour. A melody immediately popped into her head, and she knew she wanted to write something to help Robert, River, and Rachael feel more connected to Robert Jon while he was away on tour.
Months later a road trip to Phoenix, Arizona, for a RJTW gig with partner and keyboardist for the band, Jake Abernathie, Desirae floated the idea and they immediately began working on it during the 5-hour drive to the gig. This was the initial birth point of what would later be called “Run Back to Me,” a poignant southern rock ballad about staying connected to the ones you love when you’re away.
Since forming in 2011, Robert Jon & The Wreck; Robert Jon Burrison (vocals, guitar), Henry James (lead guitar, vocals), Andrew Espantman (drums, vocals), Warren Murrel (bass), and Jake Abernathie (keyboards) – have built a devoted global following through relentless touring and an unshakable live chemistry that bridges Southern rock tradition with California soul.
Fresh off their Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes 2026 U.S. Tour, the band are looking forward to touring the U.K. and Europe again in April and May 2026. Tickets are available from www.robertjonandthewreck.com.
Live photo by David Pickles. Tour poster photo by Rob Bondurant.
DHP & Friends in Association with Teenage Head Music & The Main Thing Proudly Present
ROBERT JON & THE WRECK
*APRIL 2026 U.K. TOUR
*SPECIAL GUEST
SAM MORROW
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
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KING’S HALL, HERNE BAY
TUESDAY 14 APRIL 2026
Tickets: Ticket Source
Beacon Hill, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 6BA
www.thekingshall.com
NEWCASTLE, WYLAM BREWERY
WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
Palace of Arts Exhibition Park, Claremont Rd,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PZ
www.wylambrewery.co.uk/events
MANCHESTER, ACADEMY 2
THURSDAY 16 APRIL 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
University of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PR
www.manchesteracademy.net
GLASGOW, THE GARAGE
FRIDAY 17 APRIL 2026
Tickets: Gigantic.com
490 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3LW
https://garageglasgow.co.uk
LONDON, 02 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE
SATURDAY 18 APRIL 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
211 Shepherd's Bush Green, London, W12 8TT
www.academymusicgroup.com/o2shepherdsbushempire
SOUTHAMPTON, THE BROOK
(SOLD OUT)
SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2026
Tickets: The-Brook.com
466 Portswood Road, Southampton, SO17 3SD
https://the-brook.com
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ROBERT JON & THE WRECK
JUNE AND OCTOBER 2026 U.K. TOUR
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HOLMFIRTH PICTUREDROME
THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2026
Tickets: The Gig Cartel
Market Walk, Holmfirth, HD9 7DA
https://www.picturedrome.net
DORSET, LOVE ROCKS FESTIVAL
FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026
Tickets: Sanctuary Promotions
St Leonards Farm, West Moors,
Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 OAQ
https://www.sanctuarypromotions.co.uk
CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX
https://www.junction.co.uk
NOTTINGHAM, ROCK CITY
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2026
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8 Talbot St, Nottingham, NG1 5GG
https://rock-city.co.uk
LIVERPOOL, O2 ACADEMY 2
SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER 2026
Tickets: The Gig Cartel
11-13 Hotham St, Liverpool, L3 5UF
www.academymusicgroup.com/o2academyliverpool
BRISTOL, TRINITY
TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
Trinity Centre, Trinity Rd, St Jude's, Bristol, BS2 0NW
https://www.trinitybristol.org.uk
LEEDS, PROJECT HOUSE
WEDNESDAY 7 OCTOBER 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
Armley Rd, Leeds, LS12 2DR
https://projecthouselds.com
OXFORD, O2 ACADEMY 2
THURSDAY 8 OCTOBER 2026
Tickets: alttickets.com
190 Cowley Rd, Oxford OX4, 1UE
www.academymusicgroup.com/o2academyoxford
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U.S. APRIL 2026 TOUR DATES
April 10, 2026 – New Orleans, LA – Hogs For A Cause
April 11, 2026 – Miramar Beach, FL – Sound Wave Beach Weekend (Sold Out)
U.K. & EUROPE 2026 SPRING TOUR
April 14 - Herne Bay, UK - King's Hall
April 15 - Newcastle, UK - Wylam Brewery
April 16 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
April 17 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage
April 18 - London, UK - 02 Shepherds Bush Empire
April 19 - Southampton UK - The Brook (Sold Out)
April 22 - Paris, FR - Alhambra
April 23 - Bilbao, ES - Kafe Antzokia
April 24 - Madrid, ES - Sala But
April 25 - Jerez de la Frontera, ES - La Bodega
April 26 - Malaga, ES - La Trinchera
April 28 - Valencia, ES - Sala Moon
April 29 - Barcelona, ES - Razzmatazz 2
April 30 - Riotord, FR - Climax Club Legend
May 1 - Bensheim, DE - Musiktheater Rex
May 2 - Winterbach, DE - Lehenbachhale
May 3 - Regensburg, DE - VAZ Pfarrheim
May 5 - Berlin, DE - Columbia Theater
May 6 - Bonn, DE - Harmonie
May 7 - Amsterdam, NL - Melkweg
May 8 - Arnhem, NL - Luxor Live
May 9 - Brussels BE - Ancienne Belgique
June 18 - Holmfirth, UK – Picturedrome
June 19 - Devon, UK - Love Rocks Festival
June 20 – Grolloo, NL - Holland International Blues Festival
U.S. 2026 Summer Tour
May 16 – Maryville, TN – The Shed supporting Blackberry Smoke (Sold Out)
May 28 – Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA
July 9 – Aura - Portland, ME
July 10 – Blue Ocean Music Hall - Salisbury, MA
July 12 – Pine Junction - Sherman, NY
July 13 – Jergel’s Rhythm Grille - Warrendale, PA
July 14 – Live at Hub City Vinyl - Hagerstown, MD
July 15 – Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA
July 16 – The Hamilton Live – Washington, D.C.
July 17 – The Tin Pan - Richmond, VA
July 18 – The Stage @ Jones von Drehle - Thurmond, NC
August 29–September 1 – Long Beach, CA - Cali–County Cruise 2026
U.K. & Europe 2026 Fall Tour
October 2 - Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction
October 3 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
October 4 - Liverpool, UK - O2 Academy Liverpool
October 6 - Bristol, UK - Trinity Centre
October 7 - Leeds, UK - Project House
October 8 - Oxford, UK - O2 Academy Oxford
October 9 - Weert, NL - De Bosuil
October 10 - Utrecht, NL - Tivoli Vredenburg
October 11 - Dortmund, DE - Musiktheater Piano
October 12 - Nuremberg, DE - Hirsch
October 14 - Hannover, DE - Blues Garage
October 15 - Aschaffenburg, DE - Colos-Saal
October 16 - Lossnitz, DE - Zur Linde
October 17 - Seewen, CH - Gaswerk Eventbar
October 18 - Seon, CH - Konservi Seon
October 19 - Rubigen, CH - Muhle Hunziken
October 21 - Clermont-Ferrand, FR - La Cooperative De Mai
October 22 - La Roche-Sur-Yon FR - Quai M
October 23 - Penmarch, FR - Salle Cap Caval
October 24 - Cleon, FR - La Traverse
October 25 - Lille, FR - Le Splendid
Joe Bonamassa Announces "The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork," Celebrating Rory Gallagher's Legacy.
Joe Bonamassa Announces The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork, Capturing a Powerful Performance Celebrating Rory Gallagher’s Legacy
Three Fan Favourite Live Songs Out Now – “Walk On Hot Coals,” “Bullfrog Blues,” and “Who’s That Coming?”
Watch the Live Performance for “Walk On Hot Coals”
Available Digitally, on CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray & Double 180 Gram Red Marble Vinyl
Pre-Order the album from UK & Europe HERE
Pre-Order the album from North America HERE
Arrives June 19 via J&R Adventures
Joe Bonamassa has announced the upcoming release of The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork, a powerful live album and film capturing his deeply personal tribute to Irish blues guitar legend Rory Gallagher, recorded during a series of sold-out performances in Gallagher’s hometown of Cork, Ireland last summer. The album will be released Friday June 19th via Bonamassa’s own J&R Adventures, with pre-orders starting today.
Listen to the first three live singles: "Walk On Hot Coals (Live)”, “Bullfrog Blues (Live)”, and “Who’s That Coming? (Live)".
Watch the live performance for “Walk On Hot Coals".
Pre-Order the album from UK & Europe. Pre-Order the album from North America.
For Bonamassa, the project was never approached as a casual homage. Gallagher’s music has been part of his life since childhood, and the weight of performing it in Cork, with the blessing of Rory’s family and in front of audiences who carry his legacy so personally, was something he felt immediately. “I never had the honour to meet him, but his music and musicianship loom large in my life,” Bonamassa writes in a personal foreword accompanying the release. “From my first time hearing Irish Tour ’74 I was captivated by the sheer intensity of the man and the ferocity of his approach to the electric blues.”
That impact began early. “I remember that voice and a singular guitar tone slicing through the walls of my bedroom at a very young age,” Bonamassa recalls. “My father, who exposed me to so many of the great guitarists of his era, was quick to encourage me to listen to Rory and glean what I could.”
What began as an invitation from the Gallagher family quickly became something much larger. “All these many years later I was asked by Rory’s family to consider performing some of his material and paying tribute to him at a venue in Cork,” he writes. “The very thought frightened me. Yes, I was scared to even attempt it but at the same time so honoured that his family felt that I might be up to the task.” Rather than try to reinvent the material, Bonamassa focused on meeting it with the right spirit. “I felt the very best I could hope for was to approach his catalog with humility and reverence.”
That humility shaped the project from the start. In 2024, Bonamassa traveled to Cork to announce the tribute with a small introductory performance for Rory’s family, local friends, and members of the press. The response was immediate and emotional, and what began as a single concert soon expanded into a three-night stand. “After the announcement, one show turned into three sold out shows,” Bonamassa writes. “I felt that my reputation was on the line with the Irish, but what a response!”
By the time the band returned in 2025, the atmosphere around the performances had only intensified. “This was Rory’s town, and Rory’s people. We weren’t going to let them down,” Bonamassa says. “The crowds on those three nights were rowdy, raucous and Cork did their favourite son proud.” The result is a live document that feels charged by that setting - deeply felt, high-wire, and rooted in the connection between artist, audience, and place.
Across 14 hand-picked songs, The Spirit Of Rory Live From Cork moves through the many sides of Gallagher’s catalogue - from the blistering attack of “Walk On Hot Coals” and “Bullfrog Blues” to the emotional sweep of “A Million Miles Away,” which will serve as the album’s focus track upon release. Other highlights include “Tattoo’d Lady,” “Bad Penny,” “I Fall Apart,” “Calling Card,” and “Cradle Rock,” each delivered with fire and conviction while honouring the shape and soul of the originals.
The release also captures several moments that carried special meaning across the Cork run, including Bonamassa’s performance of “As The Crow Flies” on Gallagher’s own 1930 National Triolian resonator guitar, loaned by the Cork Public Museum. It was a tangible connection to the artist whose presence still looms so large over the city and over generations of guitar players who followed him.
Additional footage, included on DVD and Blu-ray editions, expands the story with bonus material including The Inspiration of Rory, featuring conversations with Brian May and Slash, along with Rory’s Acoustic Guitar and Ballycotton - A Million Miles Away. Together, the audio and visual components offer a fuller picture of what these performances meant to Bonamassa, to Gallagher’s family, and to the fans who packed the room night after night.
In the end, Bonamassa sees the album as an offering - his band’s best attempt to honour a musician whose work helped shape his own. “What you hear on these recordings is our best effort to pay tribute to Rory Gallagher, a man I never met, but admire so deeply,” he writes. “His music is part of me and I’m grateful that we were able to contribute in some small way to his ongoing legacy.”
CD Track Listing
1. Cradle Rock (Live)
2. Walk On Hot Coals (Live)
3. Tattoo'd Lady (Live)
4. I Wonder Who (Live)
5. Calling Card (Live)
6. Who's That Coming? (Live)
7. Messin' With The Kid (Live)
8. Bullfrog Blues (Live)
9. Treat Her Right (Live)
10. Bad Penny (Live)
11. I Fall Apart (Live)
12. A Million Miles Away (Live)
13. As The Crow Flies (Live)
14. Back On My Stompin' Ground (Live)
DVD / Blu-ray
1. The Spirit Of Rory (Opening Scene)
2. Cradle Rock
3. Walk On Hot Coals
4. Tattoo’d Lady
5. I Wonder Who
6. Calling Card
7. Who’s That Coming?
8. Messin’ With The Kid
9. Band Introductions
10. Bullfrog Blues
11. Treat Her Right
12. Bad Penny
13. I Fall Apart
14. A Million Miles Away
15. As The Crow Flies
16. Back On My Stompin’ Ground
17. Ballycotton (End Credits)
DVD / Blu-ray Bonus Features:
● Ballycotton - A Million Miles Away
● Rory's Acoustic Guitar
● The Inspiration of Rory (A Conversation with Brian May & Slash)
Vinyl (180 gram Red Marble Double LP)
Side A
1. Cradle Rock (Live)
2. Walk On Hot Coals (Live)
3. Tattoo’d Lady (Live)
4. I Wonder Who (Live)
Side B
5. Calling Card (Live)
6. Who’s That Coming? (Live)
7. Messin’ With The Kid (Live)
8. Bullfrog Blues (Live)
Side C
9. Treat Her Right (Live)
10. Bad Penny (Live)
11. I Fall Apart (Live)
Side D
12. A Million Miles Away (Live)
13. As The Crow Flies (Live)
14. Back On My Stompin’ Ground (Live)
U.S. SPRING TOUR 2026
April 10-12, 2026 - Miramar Beach, FL - Sound Wave Beach Weekend +
+Sold Out
EU/U.K. SPRING TOUR 2026
April 22 - Hamburg, DE - Barclays Arena
April 24 - Rotterdam, NL - Rotterdam Rtm Stage
April 25 - Paris, FR - La Seine Musicale
April 27 - Esch-sur-Alzette, LU - Luxembourg Rockhal
April 29 - Mannheim, DE - SAP Arena
May 1 - Chemnitz, DE - Stadthalle Chemnitz
May 2 - Nürnberg, DE - Psd Bank Nürnberg Arena
May 3 - Zürich, CH - Hallenstadion
May 6 - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall
May 7 - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall
U.S. SUMMER TOUR 2026
June 26 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts w/ JJ Grey & Mofro & D.K. Harrell
June 27 – Atlantic City, NJ – Ocean Casino Resort
June 28 – Newark, NJ – New Jersey Performing Arts Center
July 29 – Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap w/ Gov't Mule
July 31 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater w/ Gov't Mule
August 1 – Gilford, NH – BankNH Pavilion w/ Gov't Mule
August 3 – Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
August 5 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater w/ JJ Grey & Mofro
August 7 – Selbyville, DE – Freeman Arts Pavilion
August 8 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion w/ Gov't Mule
August 9 – Youngstown, OH – The Youngstown Foundation Amphitheatre w/ Gov't Mule
August 12 – Highland Park, IL – Ravinia Festival
August 14 – Interlochen, MI – Kresge Auditorium
August 15 – Welch, MN – Treasure Island Resort & Casino w/ Gov't Mule
August 16 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater w/ Gov't Mule
August 19 – Cheyenne, WY – Cheyenne Civic Center
August 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Eccles Theater
August 23 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
EU FALL TOUR 2026
October 21 - Helsinki, FL - Veikkaus Arena
October 23 - Stockholm, SE - Stockholm Avicii Arena
October 24 - Oslo, NO - Oslo Spektrum
October 25 - Gothenburg, SE - Göteborg Partille Arena
October 27 - Copenhagen, DK - K.B. Hallen København
October 29 - Rostock, DE - Stadthalle Rostock
October 30 - Berlin, DE - Uber Arena
October 31 - Dortmund, DE - Westfalenhalle
November 3 - Basel, CH - Baloise Session
November 4 - Milan, IT - Unipol Forum
ABOUT JOE BONAMASSA
Blues-rock superstar Joe Bonamassa is one of the most celebrated performing musicians of his generation. A five-time GRAMMY-nominated artist and 15-time Blues Music Award nominee - with four wins, he recently notched his 30th No. 1 album on the Billboard Blues Chart with B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100, extending his record for the most No. 1 albums in the chart’s history. With more than 50 releases spanning studio and live recordings, he has built a far-reaching, multi-genre catalogue.
Beyond performing, Bonamassa plays a significant role in today’s blues landscape as a producer and curator. Working closely with Josh Smith, he has produced albums for artists including Joanne Shaw Taylor, Marc Broussard, Larry McCray, and Jimmy Hall through his Journeyman and KTBA labels. He also curates and headlines sold-out destination events like Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea and Sound Wave Beach Weekend, while his Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation has funded hundreds of music education projects across the country.
A dedicated student of the instrument, Bonamassa is also known as one of the world’s leading guitar collectors and historians, with a deep connection to the lineage of blues and rock. For more information, visit www.jbonamassa.com.
JOE BONAMASSA
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Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar release "The Shape I'm In" single from "A Beautiful Buzz" live album.
SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR
NEW SINGLE - “THE SHAPE I’M IN”
RELEASED FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2026
STREAM SINGLE | YOUTUBE AUDIO
PRE-ORDER NEW ALBUM “A BEAUTIFUL BUZZ” – MAY 22
CD & VINYL | DIGITAL
“The most powerful voice in Canadian blues”
– Rob Bowman (Stax: Soulsville, U.S.A)
“Indispensable, Samantha Martin, the new Southern soul tornado”
– Paris Move
“Samantha Martin's a rock star. She'll tear your heart out one note at a time” – Serena Ryder
Two-time JUNO Nominee ‘Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar’ release their second single “The Shape I’m In” from their upcoming record A Beautiful Buzz. The single is available on Friday March 27 on all available platforms HERE. Stream the YouTube audio HERE.
Originally written and recorded by legendary Canadian rock outfit The Band, “The Shape I’m In” stands as one of this country’s most electrifying musical exports—though many listeners don’t realize the song’s deep Canadian roots. Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar reclaim the classic with a bold, full-bodied reinterpretation, transforming it into a fiery, soul-drenched revival powered by their explosive 10-piece line-up.
Featuring searing horn arrangements, gospel-charged backing vocals, and Samantha’s powerhouse, southern-revival delivery, the track surges with grit, swagger, and raw emotional release. Adding even more star power, JUNO Award-winning multi-instrumentalist Steve Marriner (MonkeyJunk) joins the band, bringing his unmistakable tone and roots authenticity to a performance that feels both reverent and radically alive.
The result is a triumphant celebration of a Canadian classic—reimagined with the sweat, soul, and unrelenting energy that has made Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar a must-see force on international stages.
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar are set to release their new live album A Beautiful Buzz via Gypsy Soul Records on May 22, 2026. Captured during the band’s Love Is All Around Tour across Western Canada in 2022, the album documents the raw power, soul, and communal energy that have made Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar one of Canada’s most electrifying live acts.
The CD and limited edition gatefold double vinyl editions of the album are available via www.samanthamartinmusic.com/store with the digital edition available on all streaming platforms HERE.
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar occupy a rare space in modern roots blues music: deeply reverent of soul and gospel tradition, yet unafraid to push those forms into something louder, sweatier, and fiercely alive. Led by Martin’s unmistakable, powerhouse vocal delivery, the band has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s most commanding live acts, equal parts grit, grace, and emotional force.
A two-time JUNO Award nominee and seven-time Canadian Blues Award nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year, Samantha Martin has long drawn comparisons to the great soul shouters of the past. As Rhythm & Booze put it, “Samantha Martin’s name can be talked of in the same sentence as Etta James, Tina Turner, and Aretha Franklin. It’s soul for the modern age with a turbocharger.” Paris Move (France) went further, calling her “indispensable, Samantha Martin, the new Southern soul tornado.”
Those comparisons aren’t casual. Over the course of their catalogue, discerning listeners will hear echoes of Mavis Staples, Sharon Jones, Otis Redding, Booker T. & the MG’s, and the Memphis Horns, all filtered through a modern, road-hardened sensibility. It’s classic soul DNA delivered with contemporary urgency and volume. As Glide Magazine noted, “a jaw-dropping display of vocal prowess that highlights this band’s brand of supercharged blues. Comparisons of soul greats run rampant, but like Brittany Howard, Samantha Martin might be the next musical game changer.”
Mixed by Renan Yildizdogan and Ross Hayes Citrullo, the in-house team at Gypsy Soul Records, A Beautiful Buzz marks a first for the band: a long-overdue live album capturing the raw electricity that has defined Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar onstage for over a decade.
Recorded during the band’s Love Is All Around Tour across Western Canada in 2022, A Beautiful Buzz was born under extraordinary circumstances. Originally scheduled for January and repeatedly delayed by the final wave of COVID-era disruptions, the tour finally launched in November, with Martin six months pregnant. Undeterred, a 13-person touring party loaded into a sprinter and rental car and pushed west from the sub-zero cold of Saskatoon toward the West Coast.
Night after night, the shows carried a heightened emotional charge, but one final performance stood apart, crackling with urgency, joy, and the awareness that one chapter was closing just as another was about to begin. That moment became A Beautiful Buzz, a testament to resilience, love, and transformation, capturing a band at full throttle and an artist on the edge of profound personal change.
For many listeners, the album lands somewhere in the lineage of Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen, a communal, unrestrained live soul revue where horns, grit, gospel, and sweat collide. It’s not a polished live souvenir; it’s the sound of a band at peak intensity, feeding off the room and giving it everything back.
With a new studio album already in development for 2027, A Beautiful Buzz stands not as a detour or placeholder, but as a deliberate statement, finally committing to record the live force that made Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar essential in the first place.
“The Love Is All Around tour, initially set for January 2022, faced the trials of postponement until November 2022—marking the closing chapter of COVID-era delays. By the time the tour kicked off, I was six months pregnant with my son. I’ve never been one to be easily deterred. So, clad in a winter jacket that barely zipped, our 13-person touring party loaded into a sprinter and a rental car and embarked on a tour from the sub-zero temperatures of Saskatoon to the balmy West Coast of Canada. Each show was a whirlwind of energy and emotion, but one stood out above the rest. Perhaps it was the excitement of the final show, or maybe it was the realization that my life was about to change in a big way. Whatever the reason, the atmosphere was electric, filled with a beautiful buzz that I wanted to share with you. This album captures the magic I felt, and is a testament to resilience, love, and the power of music amidst life's transformations.” – Samantha Martin
A BEAUTIFUL BUZZ – ALBUM TRACK LISTING
1- Love is All Around - 3:35 (S. Martin, J. Chisholm)
2- Don’t Have To Be - 3:02 (S. Martin, A. Beer-Colacino, A. Warner)
3- You’re The Love - 3:37 (S. Martin, C. Chaffey)
4- Good Trouble - 3:18 (S. Martin, S. Vinnick)
5- All Night Long - 4:39 (S. Martin, C. Chaffey, M. McCallum, D. Yates, D. Nash, S. Marriner)
6- The Shape I’m In (feat. Steve Marriner) - 3:58 (Robbie Robertson)
7- I’ve Got a Feeling - 6:58 (S. Martin, C. Chaffey)
8- My Crown - 5:53 (Rench)
9- Loving You Is Easy - 7:25 (S. Martin)
10- “Band Intro” - (1:48) (S. Martin)
11- Pass Me By - (3:31) (S. Martin, C. Chaffey)
12- Them Changes - 3:54 (George Buddy Miles)
13- Loving Cup - 6:25 (M. Jagger, K. Richards)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded November 26, 2022 @ A.C.T. Theatre in Maple Ridge, BC
Mixed by Renan Yildizdogan and Ross Hayes Citrullo at RHC Music in Toronto, ON
Mastered by Phil Demetro Mastering in Toronto, ON
Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar: Samantha Martin
Background Vocalists: Tafari Anthony & Sherie Marshall
Electric Guitar: Curtis Chaffey
Bass: Ian McKeown
Drums: Will Fisher
Keys: Jeff Heisholt
Trombone: Emily Ferrell
Saxophone: Andrew Moljgun
Trumpet: Brian Walters
Special guest vocalist and acoustic guitar on “Shape I’m In” and 2nd electric on “Them Changes” and “Loving Cup”: Steve Marriner
SAMANTHA MARTIN & DELTA SUGAR
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27/03/2026
Taj Mahal announces new album 'Time' out May 1st.
TAJ MAHAL ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM TIME
RELEASED MAY 1 VIA RESONATIN’ RECORDS/THIRTY TIGERS
FEATURES RECORDING OF PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD BILL WITHERS SONG ‘TIME’ AND GUEST APPEARANCES FROM ZIGGY MARLEY
LISTEN TO NEW SONG ‘TIME’ HERE | WATCH VISUALISER HERE
READ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH VARIETY DISCUSSING NEW SINGLE 'TIME' AND THE LEGACY AND IMPACT OF BILL WITHERS
TAJ MAHAL AND FAMED PHANTOM BLUES BAND OFFER MASTERCLASS IN SOUL, ROOTS, FOLK, REGGAE AND BLUES AND CELEBRATE ANOTHER LANDMARK MOMENT IN CAREER OF A CORNERSTONE ARCHITECT OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Today Legendary singer, songwriter Taj Mahal announced the release of his new album Time on May 1 via Resonatin’ Records/Thirty Tigers — a masterclass in soul, roots, folk, reggae and blues from one of the cornerstone architects of American music. Pre-order HERE
A deeply soulful and expansive collection, Time the album’s title track is a never-before-heard Bill Withers composition, originally recorded only as an unreleased demo and nearly lost to history. Close friend, music industry executive, and Producer, Steve Berkowitz, with the blessing of both Bill and Marcia Withers, brought the song to Taj and the band. Listen to the song HERE & watch visualiser HERE.
On Bill Withers and the origin of the song, Taj stated, “My former wife went to school with Bill Withers’ wife, so they knew each other, and I got a chance to spend some time around him. I had a lot of respect for the brother because of what he brought to music. Bill could walk out with an acoustic guitar and sing something like ‘Grandma’s Hands,’ and it would resonate so deeply with people. He wasn’t jumping up and down or trying to be flashy — he just had his own time and his own way of doing things. That honesty in his music meant a lot. So when this song came along, I listened to it a couple of times and felt that movement and that message in it. And we were grateful to receive his blessing to record it.”
Tony Braunagel added, “During the recording process of the forthcoming album Time, producers and members of the Phantom Blues Band, myself and Larry Fulcher, engaged longtime friend Steve Berkowitz as an advisor to help navigate record company connections for the release. Steve, a deeply creative and seasoned executive who previously ran Sony Legacy, had an inspired idea. While working with Bill Withers, when he was still with us, they had come across one of Bill’s unrecorded demos titled “Time.” It dawned on Steve that the song would be a perfect fit for Taj. With the album still in progress, he shared it, and it was immediately embraced. The lead vocal is earnest and heartfelt, capturing the depth and weight at the core of the Bill Withers original. Once the finishing touches were added and the track was mixed, it secured a permanent place on the album. The song conveys a shared human experience, Withers’ vision now honoured and celebrated through Taj and his gifted collaborators, ready to be heard and embraced.”Read more at Variety HERE.
Elsewhere, Time features the Bob Marley classic ‘Talkin’ Blues’ with guest vocals from David ‘Ziggy’ Marley, alongside highlights including the breezy swing of ‘Wild About My Lovin’’ and an Afro-Cuban–infused “You Put The Whammy On Me.” Across the album, Taj’s unmistakable voice remains as resonant and communicative as ever, bridging blues, R&B, jazz, Caribbean traditions along with global and roots music.
Originally recorded in 2010 alongside Taj’s longtime collaborators the Phantom Blues Band — a three-decade partnership responsible for GRAMMY-winning albums Señor Blues (1997) and Shoutin’ in Key (2000) — Time captures a shared musical language refined across decades. The sessions featured Tony Braunagel (drums), Larry Fulcher (bass) and Johnny Lee Schell (guitar), who also produced the album alongside Berkowitz. Additional musicians include New Orleans piano great Jon Cleary and organist Mick Weaver. The album was recorded at Ultratone Studio in Studio City, CA, with its rich blend of reggae rhythms, New Orleans grooves, country blues and Latin influences reflecting the band’s signature chemistry.
Few artists have shaped American roots music as profoundly as Taj Mahal. A recipient of the 2025 GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, Taj is a genre-defying musician, composer and cultural ambassador whose six-decade career spans more than 40 albums, multiple GRAMMY wins and global acclaim. Since launching his groundbreaking solo career in the late 1960s, Taj has continually expanded the boundaries of blues while illuminating its deep cultural connections across continents, influencing generations of artists from The Rolling Stones to Bonnie Raitt.
From back-to-back GRAMMY wins for Señor Blues and Shoutin’ in Key to his Best Traditional Blues Album victory for 2022’s Get On Board, his celebrated reunion with longtime collaborator Ry Cooder, alongside recent acclaimed projects including Savoy and the GRAMMY-winning Swingin’ Live At The Church In Tulsa, Taj remains both torchbearer and innovator.
Reflecting both the years it took to bring the record to life and the moment we find ourselves in now, Time moves fluidly through the musical worlds Taj Mahal has always inhabited — but enriching them for a new generation along the way.
As Ruthie Foster writes in her liner notes for Taj’s album: “turn it up — this is deep-groove, grown-folks music from a band that still plays like the night is young.”
TIME TRACKLIST
- Life of Love
- Wild About My Lovin’
- Crazy About A Jukebox
- Time
- You Put The Whammy On Me
- Talkin' Blues
- Sweet Lorene
- Ask Me About Nothing (But The Blues)
- It's Your Voodoo Working
- Rowdy Blues
Blues-soaked Rock & Roll --- Ghalia Volt Introduces 'Burn The House Down' with “Ride” Video.
GHALIA VOLT DROPS FIERY “RIDE” VIDEO AHEAD OF BLUES-SOAKED ROCK & ROLL ALBUM BURN THE HOUSE DOWN DUE MAY 15TH VIA RUF RECORDS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
NEW ORLEANS, LA —Ghalia Volt doesn’t waste time easing in. On “Ride,” the first single and video from her upcoming album Burn The House Down, due May 15th (Ruf Records,) she delivers a fierce, groove-heavy blast of blues-soaked rock & roll — gritty, immediate and unforgetable.
With Burn The House Down, produced by JD Simo and recorded in Nashville, Volt pushes that sound even further — capturing the immediacy of her live performances while expanding her sonic reach. Her first single “Ride,” is fierce, gritty and hip-shaking, a blast of blues-soaked rock & roll swagger that sets the tone for the album.
Recently featured on 60 Minutes alongside Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Volt was recognized as part of a new generation carrying blues music forward. It’s a role she’s grown into over the past decade, shaped in part by her move from Belgium to New Orleans in 2016 — a turning point that immersed her fully in American roots traditions while sharpening her raw, instinct-driven approach.
That same year, she released Have You Seen My Woman (2016), a breakthrough that introduced her stripped-down, streetwise sound. She followed with Let the Demons Out (2017), and Not long after, Volt embraced a fiercely independent path, developing her one-woman band setup — singing, playing guitar, and working percussion simultaneously — a format that became central to both her recordings and her reputation as a live performer.
Her rise continued with Mississippi Blend (2019), which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart, and Shout Sister Shout! (2023), which climbed to No. 2. Across these releases, Volt has steadily built one of the most compelling catalogs in modern blues, balancing raw tradition with a forward-looking edge. Along the way, she’s collaborated widely, toured extensively, and become known for performances that feel less like concerts and more like controlled combustion.
Critics have consistently pointed to both her intensity and originality. No Depression called her work “a relentless, blistering heat-seeking missile you can’t escape even if you wanted to,” while American Blues Scene described Shout Sister Shout! as “the album of her career.” OffBeat Magazine praised it as “a real buzz of a record… with no duds or down moments,” and Glide Magazine noted that Volt “is respectful of her roots even as she so stylishly transcends them.”
That balance — between reverence and reinvention — defines Volt’s music. Her sound draws from hill country blues, rockabilly, and garage rock, but it refuses to sit still. As Tinnitist observed, she’s an “unstoppable performer… with blazing slide guitar and sandy, sassy vocals,” capable of moving between grit and groove without losing momentum.
With Burn The House Down, Volt leans further into that intensity. The album captures the sound of an artist fully in command — pushing beyond genre lines while staying grounded in the raw, physical energy that defines great blues records. And with “Ride,” she makes a clear statement: this is music meant to move — fast, loud, and without compromise.
TOUR DATES
04.11.26 Clarksdale, MJ Juke Joint Festival
04.23.26 Viroqua, WI Historic Temple Theatre of Viroqua
40.24 Des Plaines, IL Des Plaines Theatre
04.15 Springfield, MO Gillioz Theatre
04.26 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
04.28 Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place Theatre
04.29 Hobart, IN Hobart Theater
O4.30 Madison, TN Harken Hall
05.01 St Louis MO The Pageant
05.02 New Orleans, LA Jazzfest
05.03 Huntsville, AL Mars Music Hall
05.05 Ponte Vedra, FL Ponte Vedra Concert Hall
05.06 Clearwater, FL Capitol Theatre
05.07 Ft Lauderdale, FL The Parker Playhouse
05.08 Bonita Springs FL Center for the Arts Bonita Spring
05.09 Ormond Beach Ormond Beach Performing Arts Centre
05.10 Stuart, FL The Lyric Theatre
05.22 Colorado Springs, CO Phil Long Music Hall
05.23 Fort Collins, CO Washington's
05.24 Avon, CO Beaver Creek Village
05.26 Arroyo Seco, NM Seco Live Stage
05.27 Santa Fe, NM Unit B
05.28 Albuquerque, NM KiMo Theatre
05.29 Arenas Valley, NM Whiskey Creek Zocalo
05.30 Santa Fe, NM Tumbleroot Brewery & Distillery
06.02 Casper, WY The Rialto
06.04 Bozeman, MT The Emerson Centre
06.05 Kalispell, MT Watchholz College
06.06 Spokane, WA Bing Crosb Theater
06.07 Seattle, WA Neptune Theater
06.10 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
06.11 Bend, OR Tower Theater of Ben
06.12 Boise, ID Egyptian Theater
06.13 Salt Lake City, UT Utah Blues Festival
06.14 Grand Junction, CO Mesa Theater
06.17 Henderson, KY WC Handy Festival
08.15 Duluth, MN Bayfront Blues Festival
10.01 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theater
10.03 Stoughton, WI Stoughton Opera House
10.04 Des Plaines, IL Des Plaines Theater
10.08 Columbus, OH Lincoln Theater
10.09 Cincinnati, Ohio Taft Theatre Ballroom
10.10 Wabash, IN Eagle Theater
10.11 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
10.14 Warrendale, PA Jergel's
10.15 New York, NY Town Hall
10.16 Homer, NY Center for the Arts
10.17 Kingston, NY Assembly Kingston
10.18 Northampton, MA Academy of Music
10.21 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Centre for the ARTs
10.22 Old Saybrook, CT Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center
10.23 Fairfield, CT Sacred Heart Community Theatre
10.24 Lebanon, NH Lebanon Opera House
10.25 Groton, MA Groton Hill Music Center
26/03/2026
Davie Furey Feat. Gerry Adams New Single - Donegal/The Swallows' Tail.
Davie Furey Feat. Gerry Adams - Donegal/The Swallow's Tail
Pre-Release: 27th March 2026
Release Date: 10th April 2026
Davie Furey releases “Donegal/The Swallow’s Tail”, his first single of 2026. The song is the product of Furey’s long-time collaborative friendship with Gerry Adams, former Sinn Féin President and renowned activist. This unique project marks Gerry Adams’ first musical appearance, adding an iconic touch to Davie's melodic storytelling. They are joined by exceptional musicians such as Mike McGoldrick (Mark Knopfler Band), Éanna Ó Cróinin, Kane O’Rourke and Martin Quinn.
The two were united by their strong sense of national identity and their love of music & poetry. When Adams sent his poem, “Tir Chonaill Thuaith” to Furey, he was immediately gripped and proposed writing a song around it, to which Adams readily agreed. Stanzas of the poem, read by Adams as Gaeilge, are scattered throughout the song.
The song was developed with fiddle player Kane O’Rourke and produced by Martin Quinn in Jam Studios.
Davie Furey is the lead vocalist while he also plays acoustic guitar & bodhran, Mike McGoldrick (Mark Knopfler Band) plays flute, Éanna Ó Cróinin plays the uilleann pipes, Kane O'Rourke plays fiddle and whistle, Martin Quinn plays acoustic guitar and keys.
Davie Furey - “To work with Gerry and these incredible musicians on this song is one of the highlights of my musical career. I had a vision of how the song and poem would marry but the musicians involved on this tune brought it to another level. Gerry has been a good friend over the years. I greatly admire the work he has done in bringing peace to our country and his work in striving for a United Ireland.”
Gerry Adams - "I was very pleased when Davie Furey invited me to record one of my poems … for his song Donegal. It’s a wonderful song which captures the essence of one of my favourite counties. It was a delight to work with Davie and the musicians. I am a big admirer of Davie’s music and I wish him well with Donegal. Go raibh maith agat. Bhí mé an-bhródúil gur iarradh orm cur leis an amhrán seo. Maith thú, a Dhavie."
Donegal/The Swallow’s Tail feat. Gerry Adams is on pre-sale March 27th 2026 and released April 10th 2026.
Paul Gilbert celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
Paul Gilbert celebrates the 25th Anniversary of Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
A re-issue will be available digitally for the very first time.
Released 12 June via Music Theories Recordings
Listen to the first track,Purple Haze.
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Paul Gilbert will re-release his 1991 album Tribute to Jimi Hendrix on 12 June via Music Theories Recordings to celebrate its 25th Anniversary, marking the album’s first official digital release.
Listen to the first track, Purple Haze.
It’s the album that almost never was, or never should have been. Picture the scene, it's 2 June 1991 and Paul Gilbert was invited to the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Germany to trade a few solos with Albert Collins, who was headlining the festival.
At the time Gilbert was riding high with Mr Big and Lean Into It had not long been released. “I was already in Europe, finishing up a Mr. Big tour, so the travel would be easy. I said, "Yes!," Gilbert says.
However, shortly after arriving at the venue, Gilbert learned that Collins had suffered a sudden health issue and would be unable to perform.
“The promoter was panicking and asked me to be the headlining act instead,” Gilbert says. “I didn't have a band with me. And I didn't have any solo material prepared.”
The promoter quickly assembled a backing band using the bassist and drummer from Ten Years After, the group led by Alvin Lee, who were also appearing at the festival.
It was only hours before showtime. “The only thing I could think to do was to quickly rehearse some Jimi Hendrix songs, and make the solos long enough to fill up a whole set. I told the promoter, "We only have time to learn 5 songs, so I'm going to have to play REALLY LONG SOLOS." The promoter said, "It's a jazz festival! That will be great!"
So the band and Paul jumped into rehearsal, and a couple hours later, did the show with scorching renditions of ‘Red House.’ ‘Hey Joe,’ ‘Highway Chile,’ ‘Midnight’ and ‘Purple Haze’ - “It turned out great,” he says. “I don't think I've ever played such long solos in my life!”
Talking about the spontaneity of the situation he says, “The panic that comes from just trying to SURVIVE an unexpected musical situation can bring things out of a musician that would never happen if everything was rehearsed and planned out. As AI figures out how to make perfect productions, it might be a human being's reaction to unexpected twists and turns that are the most interesting to listen to. At the same time, I do like to have some rehearsal with my band before a tour if I can get it!”
“Around that time, I also had a cover band called, "The Electric Fence" with my friends Jeff Martin and Russ Parrish. When I would get home between Mr. Big tours, Jeff, Russ and I would make a list of 25 songs and challenge ourselves to see if we could learn them in a week. Then we'd do a gig. Most of the songs were Hendrix, Beatles, David Bowie, etc. and I did quite a bit of the lead singing. So hopping up on stage with little preparation was something I was used to and enjoyed a lot!!”
Discussing Hendrix’s enduring influence, Gilbert adds: “Jimi’s songs are such great vehicles for jamming. His writing invites musicians to play with each other and listen to each other. The songs are flexible enough to allow musicians to keep their own style and still make the song work.”
Despite initially feeling worried that a Tribute To Jimi Hendrix feels like an important mission that should take lots of time to prepare and produce, Gilbert now believes the spontaneity of the performance captured the spirit of Hendrix more authentically.
“In the end, the pressure of pulling everything together quickly in front of an audience—and being worry-free about endless guitar jamming—may actually have brought me closer to Hendrix’s spirit than if I had planned everything while sitting in a chair,” he says.
Tribute To Jimi Hendrix will be available on 12 June.
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Track listing
1. Red House
2. Hey Joe
3. Highway Chile
4. Midnight
5. Purple Haze
Portland's psychedelic pop-rock dreamers Wooden Overcoat shares shimmery debut single 'Home'.
FOR FANS OF: Holy Wave, Night Beats, The Vacant Lots, Mild High Club, DIIV, Beach Fossils, Temples, Alvvays, Tame Impala, The Black Angels
INFLUENCED BY:Spiritualized, Galaxie 500, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Beatles, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Velvet Underground, Broadcast, My Bloody Valentine, Brian Jonestown Massacre
FOR SHARING
'Home' video
https://youtu.be/PsAWEweOVk8
'Home' video teaser https://youtu.be/qAGNSGfftY4
Pre-save link
https://hypeddit.com/dbdb5m
Bandcamp
https://wooden-overcoat.bandcamp.com/track/home
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2nZNEh142aTAONhYlfUGFg
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/wooden-overcoat/1598505008
Portland tickets www.ticketweb.com/event/night-spots-with-gvth-dvddy-star-theater-tickets/14804713
"Drifting in on a tide of tape echo and soft-focus distortion, “Home” immediately situates itself in that sweet, narcotic space between dream-pop and blissed-out psych. There’s an unmistakable kinship with the blurred, oceanic textures of DIIV, but rather than leaning into cool detachment, Wooden Overcoat’s music feels warmer—almost glowing from within" ~ The Spill Magazine
Based in the rain-slicked creative hub of Portland, psychedelic pop outfit Wooden Overcoat presents the shimmering debut single "Home", a captivating sonic experience that envelopes the senses in a reverb-drenched sanctuary. The trippy accompanying video was created by Italian multi-arts visionary Francesca Bonci.
Previewing the debut "Hello Sunbeam" EP, this is the first official transmission of the project’s signature "gooey haze", blending the sun-drenched textures of 60s garage rock with the restless energy of raw fuzzed-out modern indie spirit. Between the wash of tape echo and reverb, the track finds a sweet spot where lo-fi garage psych meets 90s shoegaze, all anchored by layered harmonies and an evocatively intimate vocal delivery.
The sonic brainchild of multi-instrumentalist Brant Hajek, Wooden Overcoat began in the isolation of 2020, when he returned to music after a hiatus, recording songs he'd written in his late teens. What started as a practice in self-production transformed into a deep creative obsession with soundscapes and gear. Recording in a rented basement, Hajek built the foundation of the EP through spontaneous experimentation—often veering away from planned sessions to follow sudden bursts of inspiration.
"When I wrote "Home", it kind of poured out of me, and I think I’m still interpreting it. But to me, it’s about acknowledging something beautiful, even if it can’t last. Two people who feel naturally paired, like elements of nature, slowly decomposing and self-destructing," says Brant Hajek.
"It’s about the inevitable demise of anything, and ultimately that we need to appreciate what is here right now and live in that magical existence. It’s about having the capacity to admire even when things are burning out."
A study in productive contradictions; while the lyrics and aesthetics might suggest a certain darkness, they are often rooted in inside jokes and a sense of warmth. Hajek’s creative process is a deeply personal, layered journey involving mumbled placeholder lyrics and a patient wait for the specific spark that turns an "emotionally restless" melody into a finished piece.
While Hajek performed every instrument on the studio recordings to preserve the project’s intimate DIY spirit, he has since found his tribe, assembling a full live band to translate these compositions to the stage. With Hajek leading the way on guitar and lead vocals, Wooden Overcoat is rounded out by Dillon Glusker on bass, Mac on guitar, and Brian Levin on drums and backing vocals. Through community, the band creates a fantastic dreamlike environment for like-minded people.
The name Wooden Overcoat—an old Americana euphemism for a coffin—hints at the project’s core philosophy: a playful balance of moody, mystical imagery with light-hearted humor. Hajek’s creative process is personal, the rough versions eventually coalescing into vivid, emotionally resonant themes.
This is Wooden Overcoat's first collaboration with Italian multi-arts visionary Francesca Bonci, well known for her work with The Dandy Warhols, Pete International Airport and Slowdive's Rachel Goswell, LA's Tombstones In Their Eyes, Federale (The Brian Jonestown Massacre's Collin Hegna), post-rock outfit The Quality of Mercury, and iconic British bard Philip Parfitt.
As of March 24, "Home" is available from digital platforms everywhere, including Bandcamp. Wooden Overcoat's debut "Hello Sunbeam" EP will be released on May 9. Wooden Overcoat performs next on March 26 at Portland's Star Theatre with Gvth Dvddy and NIGHT SPOTS. Tickets are available here.
TRACK LIST
1. Home
2. Finally Arrived
3. Heaven Right Now
4. I Knew You Would
CREDITS
Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Brant Hajek
Performed by Brant Hajek
Recorded in a house in Portland, Oregon
Only humans made this art
Cover art + photo by Brant Hajek
Band photos by Brett Chauncey
Video by Francesca Bonci
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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22/03/2026
Is This the Breakout Record of 2026? John Hollier & The Rêverie – Rainmaker Out Now.
"This could very well be the artist and band to hit the biggest breakthrough in America this year.” - Americana Highways
NASHVILLE, TN — John Hollier & The Rêverie have released their new album Rainmaker, out now via Thirty Tigers. Blending rock, soul, and alt-country, the record marks a defining moment for Hollier — a sound shaped on the road and brought into sharp focus in the studio. The video for "Gonna Love You" has just been released, watch it here.
Originally from rural Louisiana, Hollier has spent years refining his voice as both a songwriter and performer. With Rainmaker, that evolution comes fully into view. Early reactions have been strong, with Blues Matters calling the album “an honest, resonant listen built on heart, grit, and truth,” while Maximum Volume effuses, “Superb songwriting with real energy, and Hollier’s voice feels like the kind of gift that only comes from somewhere deep in the soul."
Rather than leaning into heavy production, Hollier and his band focused on feel and restraint, allowing the songs to breathe and the performances to lead.
“I think the band did a great job staying restrained — not overplaying anything,” Hollier says. “It created a bed of sound that really lets the vocals carry the story. But it still feels modern, even with that New Orleans soul influence in there.”
That identity is built on feel — the kind that can’t be forced. “When we’re onstage, there’s chemistry, there’s energy — something you can’t fake,” Hollier says. “I didn’t always give that enough credit. It’s effortless in a way that’s hard to recreate in the studio.”
Hollier grew up on a crawfish farm in Louisiana, surrounded by church music, family gatherings, and local musicians. After touring regionally across the U.S. and Canada, he moved to Nashville to pursue songwriting, eventually forming The Rêverie.
Named after the Old French word rêver (“to dream”), The Rêverie reflects a creative space where songs are driven by instinct and emotion. That spirit runs throughout Rainmaker, giving the album a sense of immediacy and authenticity.
With the album now out, Hollier is focused on bringing the songs back to the stage — where they continue to evolve.
“The last thing you want to do is sound like everybody else,” he says. “Once you figure out what makes you different and lean into it — that’s how you find your sound.”
Rainmaker is available now on all platforms, with vinyl and CD editions also available.
Edmonton's THE GIVE 'EM HELL BOYS are back in the saddle with new video for "All Said And Done".
THE GIVE 'EM HELL BOYS RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR "ALL SAID AND DONE"
Canadian cowpunks' scorching sophomore album More Noise In An Already Noisy World is out now
WATCH + SHARE "ALL SAID AND DONE"
TORONTO ON -- Can a band really be deemed road warriors until they've survived a van crash? Not that they needed any further validation, but The Give 'Em Hell Boys earned their stripes last New Year's Eve when a patch of black ice nearly took them out on the way home from a gig in Valleyview, Alberta, northwest of their Edmonton home base.
Thankfully, the members walked away from their flipped ride, but it was a heck of a way to start off a year meant to celebrate their recently released sophomore album More Noise In An Already Noisy World. After dusting themselves off, the band is back in the saddle with a new video for the previously released single "All Said And Done," an informal tour of unusual Alberta roadside attractions.
More Noise In An Already Noisy World is available to purchase at Bandcamp and stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and Tidal
Fronted by primary songwriter Quinn Clark, the core of The Give ‘Em Hell Boys also includes Charles Biddiscombe on lead guitar, Lindsay Bueckert on bass and Evan Brown on drums. But with their sound augmented by fiddle and pedal steel, the twang quotient remains high on “All Said And Done,” and for listeners of a certain vintage it will call back to a time when the alt-country insurgency was gathering momentum.
“When the band started it was never meant to be a full-time gig,” Clark says. “Charlie and I had been in a garage-punk band called The B-Movies, and we would often have jam sessions with our punk and metal friends in our old living room. Our curiosity with country music would inevitably come out after a few drinks, and soon other musician friends would show up with banjos and fiddles. Everyone knew a few Johnny Cash songs and that led to exploring the deep classics of Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, while the speed of Bill Monroe really appealed to our punk and metal instincts. Sometime around then Hank 3 released Straight To Hell and that sealed the deal. Country could be Punk As Fuck.”
One of the standouts on More Noise is a cover of Waylon Jennings’ “Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line,” and his spirit permeates the album more than any of the band’s other musical touchstones. Waylon is particularly present in the title track, as Clark explains. “I had been complaining to a friend about the music industry and he said, ‘It’s like we’re just making noise in an already noisy world.’ Hearing that floored me because I’ve always thought of myself as an optimist, and it made me wonder if what he’d said had to be a resignation. Could it instead be a mission statement for the whole record? Is there triumph in making art in spite of every hurdle, distraction and all the indifference? To me, that was the attitude that fuelled the Outlaw movement of the ‘70s. So I set out to write a song that might feel at home in Waylon’s catalogue, but with a touch of my personal optimism.”
Indeed, The Give ‘Em Hell Boys have made a country record unlike any you’re likely to hear these days, a point further driven home by the stunning cover art by Katy Wicks depicting a psychedelic cock fight between two mutant rooster-dragons. If you can wrap your head around that image, then The Give ‘Em Hell Boys might just be your new favourite band.
01 BGD (Bluegrass Is Dead)
02 Ain't Gonna Write (No Songs Today)
03 This Drink's On Misery
04 Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
05 More Noise In An Already Noisy World
06 This Too Shall Pass
07 Whatcha Gonna Do?
08 Almost Perfect
09 All Said And Done
10 Revelatin'
11 Enough Rope
Guitarist Ben Brandt Finds His Voice on Solo Debut ' Solid Ground'.
GUITARIST BEN BRANDT FINDS HIS FOOTING ON DEBUT SOLO ALBUM 'SOLID GROUND', OUT TODAY
CHANNELING THE ENERGY OF 1970s GUITAR HEROES PRODUCED BY JD SIMO
LISTEN HERE
"The album hums with the unvarnished electricity of classic 70s rock and blues, filtered through a contemporary, soulful lens.” Blues Matters
NASHVILLE, TN - Nashville-based guitarist and songwriter Ben Brandt releases his debut solo album Solid Ground today. Blending rock, blues, and a touch of indie influence, the record marks a new chapter for an artist who has spent years shaping his sound on stage. Listen here.
Solid Ground is Brandt’s most personal work to date. Across 11 songs, he writes about love, loss, and the challenge of staying steady in an unpredictable world. The album draws inspiration from classic 1970s rock but keeps its focus on present-day life.
“I had full control over this record,” Brandt says. “It’s my sound, my ideas — not chasing trends. Just making the kind of music I believe in.”
The album was recorded live at Greasy Time Studio in Nashville and produced by J.D. Simo (Bruce Springsteen, Jack White, Phil Lesh). Brandt is joined by Simo on rhythm guitar, Ted Pecchio on bass, and Adam Abrashoff on drums. The sessions were recorded with a simple, live approach, giving the album a raw, warm feel.
The title track, “Solid Ground,” sets the tone with steady rhythms and lyrics about building a life in uncertain times. “Little Something” offers a lighter moment, inspired by classic Tom Petty, and celebrates the small joys of everyday life. On “Fine Line,” Brandt leans into a groove-driven sound while reflecting on how one decision can change everything. “Parasite Blues” brings a heavier, more psychedelic edge to the record.
Brandt began playing at a young age, performing alongside his father and opening shows for blues artists like Savoy Brown, Billy Hector, and Jimmy Thackery. He later toured with his band Soul Miners Union, sharing stages with Blackberry Smoke and Shemekia Copeland, and performing with Joe Bonamassa at the Hershey Theatre. In 2024, he was named Blues Rock Artist of the Year by the Central Pennsylvania Musicians Hall of Fame.
Known for his strong guitar playing and honest songwriting, Brandt has built a reputation as a compelling live performer. With Solid Ground out now, he steps forward with a clear sense of who he is as an artist — and where he’s headed next.
THE ENIGMATIC FOE DISSECT RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS ON “LOVER…LOVER / REPLACED” DOUBLE SINGLE OUT NOW. NEW ALBUM LIKE AN OCEAN OUT APRIL 24TH.
The Enigmatic Foe continue their saga of double singles with the release of “Lover…Lover / Replaced”. Serving as polar opposites of each other, the two tracks untangle the ways in which we grow apart from certain romantic and platonic relationships.
“Lover…Lover” is an exclusive product of the 2020’s, as it is directly inspired by the ways in which the pandemic reshaped life as we know it today. Jared Colinger of The Enigmatic Foe took the premise of this track from an article he read at the onset of the pandemic. At its core, the track discusses how the codependency created due to quarantining negatively impacted a person’s marriage. Topped off with a powerful saxophone solo provided by Chuck Mullican, the new track’s melancholy is disguised by a hopeful melody that stings once you dig beneath its surface.
“Replaced” is a revamped version of a 2002 demo Jared Colinger always had a fondness for but shelved until the right moment into any of his previous albums. Almost exactly the opposite of its sonic roommate “Lover…Lover”, “Replaced” recognizes when it’s time to let go, by celebrating the concept of flushing a scorned friendship down the drain.
Jared Colinger of The Enigmatic Foe speaks in greater detail about “Replaced”:
“Back then I was struggling to come to terms with a friendship dynamic that was beginning to change and I felt I had to let it go. 20 years later, I was on the receiving end and someone felt they had to let go of me. I suppose we never fully know if someone is in our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime until after it happens”
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Marking the last batch of singles before the album’s release, “Lover…Lover / Replaced” continues to unravel the themes set forth on Like an Ocean. Discussing the serious impacts COVID had on society, highlighting mental health struggles, loss, and the fragile hope for healing, Like an Ocean was recorded between 2022 and 2025 and was mixed and mastered by Chris Colbert at National Freedom. Like An Ocean is the fifth studio album by The Enigmatic Foe, and its optimistic indie pop rhythms are bound to lift the spirits of those who have the pleasure of listening.
PRE-SAVE LIKE AN OCEAN, OUT APRIL 24TH
Shaped from the personal experiences of singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jared Colinger, The Enigmatic Foe blends together a unique catalog of indie pop, rock, and new wave. A native of Knoxville, TN, Colinger has been crafting genre-surfing music since the early 2000's, often exploring themes of human relationships, mental health, disconnection, and personal growth. Out April 24th, Like An Ocean showcases the addition of multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Swift Behr (drums, keys, guitar, background vocals), and features mastering credits from the legendary Christopher Colbert (Nathaniel Rateliff, The Walkmen, Pedro the Lion).
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MAGUS RELEASE SOPHOMORE SINGLE “THROUGH DARKENED GLASS”, OUT NOW. NEW ALBUM MUSIC FOR MANDRAX OUT APRIL 17TH.
Magus (pronounced may-jus) proudly present their new single “Through Darkened Glass”. Now available on streaming, the new single continues themes of folk-horror and stoner rock.
Gearing up to release their debut album Music For Mandrax, Magus’ new single takes sonic inspiration from the 70’s barbiturate namechecked in the album's title as well as nods to Bergman's existential masterpieceThrough a Glass Darkly. The new track, which follows the biological and philosophical struggles of a metaphysical creature that exsanguinates its prey, dabbles in the acidic gothicism of the band's previous single, “Exodus," while simultaneously expands the band's penchant for moody psychedelia.
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Recorded at Hexham Head in 2025, the new track comes from the thirteenth Language of Stone offering. Mixed and mastered by Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey at Miner Street Recordings (with vinyl mastering by Alex Abrash), the new single precedes seven additional tracks that gush with a heavy rock lyricism that is reflected by fashion designer Hogan McLaughlin's meticulous and whimsical cover art.
Conceptually, “Through Darkened Glass” owes its existence to the phantasmagorical. Sonically, the song extrudes a dichotomy of sludgy riffs and shimmering synth and Rhodes lines. Both reflect the song's thematic origins in folk culture and lineage in psychedelic rock. Shrouded in mystery, the new track by Magus is a perfect fit for fans who like their psychedelic rock of the 70s variety and their messaging oblique.
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Formed in late 2024 in the bucolic hills of rural Pennsylvania, Magus are the brainchild of real life husband and wife Greg Weeks (guitar, vox, mini-moog) and Jessica Weeks (keys, flute, vox). Having been a part of various bands in the past (Espers, Grass, Woodwose,The Valerie Project), Jessica and Greg Weeks are carving a doomier, yet inspirational path with Magus leading the way. Adopting Jesse Sparhawk on bass and Ben McConnell on drums, the four-piece set out to create gothic progressive rock in the vein of contemporaries like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Flower Travelling Band.
With politically charged lyrics and heavy rhythms, Magus has created a branch of rock that penetrates deep. Delving into trance-like riffs and euphoric solos, the four piece have excavated the backbone for their debut album, Music for Mandrax. Inspired by the barbiturate mandrax which Leonard Cohen most famously used (amongst other legends), the band’s approach to alchemy, the blending of rock, gothic, proto metal, and psychedelic styles create a sound that is, ultimately and uniquely their own. Music for Mandrax is out April 17th via Language of Stone.
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21/03/2026
VizzTone releases new 11 GUYS QUARTET single – “Cheeky Baby”.
“Cheeky Baby” is the latest release from 11 Guys Quartet on the Vizztone label. It's a swinging blues rock instrumental groove with tasty guitar and harmonica, a touch of Latin spice and a tongue in cheek video send up of modern concert production thrown in for laughs. Jump into spring with "Cheeky Baby" on your playlist.
The 11 Guys Quartet are: Paul Lenart (guitar, vocals), Chuck Purro (drums, vocals), Bill "Coach" Mather (bass) and Richard "Rosy" Rosenblatt (harmonica). They are all veteran musicians who have spent decades honing their craft in clubs and concert halls nationwide.
The quartet first came together in te 1980s to back many of the blues greats who came through their hometown of Boston, MA USA. They have maintained the band over the years, appearing under their own name and releasing their original music on the VizzTone label.
In recent years they have added music videos to their repertoire of new songs and attracted a whole new audience to their YourTube channel, where you can see their the videos and hear their whole catalog. Click below for their YouTube page.
The 11 Guys Quartet — A Little History:
Around 2008 the Guys decided to go into VizzTone's basement studio to record some original blues instrumentals — straight-ahead, unadorned live takes, mood pieces and variations — no screaming solos, all self-contained and, well... small. After considering the possibilities for another decade or so, they decided in 2020 it was time to release this music to the world as "11 Guys Quartet - Small Blues And Grooves," and fans, radio and press from around the world responded lovingly:
“Masterful, understated, and just plain cool” – The Rock Doctor, Canada
"Heat of sound fairness of the game, and intimate knowledge of the territory” – Paris Move, France
“A treasure trove of great music” – Blues Matters, UK
“The close chemistry in the playing breathes right through the CD” – Elmore magazine, USA
Two recent offerings, "Lonesome Hotel Blues" and "Off The Rails", havev received heavy airplay on SiriusXM's Bluesville station, once again expanding their audience to new listeners.
The 11 Guys Quartet is pressing forward, releasing new music on a regular basis, and they hope everyone will give a listen to their latest "Cheeky Baby"!
Marc Broussard unveils double single "I'm Going Home" & "Trying To Do Right" featuring Joe Bonamassa.
MARC BROUSSARD UNVEILS SECOND DOUBLE SINGLE "I'M GOING HOME" / "TRYING TO DO RIGHT"
FEATURING BLUES ICON JOE BONAMASSA
FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM, CHANCE WORTH TAKING, HIS FIRST ALL-ORIGINAL BLUES SOUL RECORDING, OUT APRIL 17 ON KTBA RECORDS
STREAM “I’M GOING HOME” & “TRYING TO DO RIGHT” - OUT TODAY -
Watch the official music video for “I’M GOING HOME" HERE
CHANCE WORTH TAKING REUNITES BROUSSARD WITH
JOE BONAMASSA ON STUNNING 14-TRACK COLLECTION PRODUCED BY BONAMASSA, JOSH SMITH AND CALVIN TURNER
Marc Broussard unveils two new singles, “Going Home” and “Trying To Do Right," offering a deeper look into his anticipated forthcoming album, Chance Worth Taking - his first collection of all-original blues and soul songs, arriving April 17th on Joe Bonamassa’s KTBA Records.
The Double Single “I'm Going Home” / “Trying To Do Right”, out today, features the masterful fretwork of Joe Bonamassa, which perfectly complements Broussard's signature vocal grit and emotive songwriting, further defining the renowned soul singer's latest artistic chapter. Stream the new tracks HERE.
“I’m Going Home” builds on an infectious, steady groove and a lush, horn-infused arrangement driven by Bonamassa’s searing guitar riffs. The song takes flight on Broussard's expressive vocals, creating a powerful, emphatic sound that mirrors the deep emotional stakes of his lyrics.
Watch the official music video for “I’m Going Home” HERE.
“‘I'm Going Home’ is one of those songs that speaks to my undying love for my beautiful wife,” Broussard explains. “I'd die without her. I wouldn't even have the will to continue living. Joe played his butt off at every turn, which probably speaks to his love affair with the guitar.”
The slow-burning blues ballad “Trying To Do Right” opens with Bonamassa’s commanding guitar, setting a reflective tone. Broussard's stirring vocals blend feeling and finesse, culminating in a confessional chorus. This delivery highlights the heartfelt sentiment pervading the song, while Bonamassa's riveting guitar provides a rich, atmospheric weight throughout.
"‘Trying To Do Right’ came in a flurry,” Broussard recalls. “I had to harken back to the earliest days of my relationship with my wife. I wasn’t always a good boyfriend—in fact, I was a terrible one in those early days. The regret is somewhat softened by the knowledge that I can draw on those memories for inspiration in my writing. Thanks to Joe for providing the added emotional emphasis.”
Both "I'm Going Home" and "Trying To Do Right" were co-written by Broussard and Calvin Turner, with the recording beginning when Turner sent him the instrumentals. Broussard explains, "These songs were both part of the initial batch Calvin and I wrote, which came together over 3 days in a bit of a writing frenzy. Calvin came up with the hook and arrangement for 'Right,' and like a good hunting dog, once I'm onto a scent, I'm gonna find it. I was a madman who couldn't resist the pull of the writer's room from sunup to sundown."
Chance Worth Taking, produced by blues heavyweights Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith alongside Calvin Turner, is a stunning 14-track collection that includes the album's dynamic lead singles, "Fever" / "No More". The album reunites Broussard with Bonamassa, who takes the helm to contribute mesmerizing guitar solos on 10 tracks, including three songs co-written with Broussard.
This stellar creative circle is rounded out by Josh Smith, who features on and co-wrote four tracks, and Calvin Turner, who joined forces with Broussard to co-write 10 of the album’s original songs and contributes to the album’s lush string and horn arrangements. Chance Worth Taking is out April 17 on KTBA records.
Pre-order the album HERE.
Marc Broussard is currently on the European leg of his extensive international tour. His US shows will kick off in April, including festival appearances such as the Soundwave Beach Weekend on April 9 and his fifth performance at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on May 1. Headlining performances include stops in Chattanooga, TN; Atlanta, GA; Birmingham, AL; two shows in Chicago, IL; Pittsburgh, PA; and NYC’s Brooklyn Bowl. The full list of dates is below.
2026 TOUR DATES
Mar 20 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, NL*
Mar 21 - Hedon - Zwolle, NL*
Mar 22 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen, NL*
Mar 24 - Muziekgieterij - Maastricht, NL*
Mar 25 - La Maroquinerie - Paris, FR*
Mar 26 - The Blues Kitchen Manchester - Manchester, UK*+ Sold Out
Mar 27 - Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK*
*With Brian Mackey Support
U.S. SPRING DATES
Apr 9 - Soundwave Beach Weekend - Miramar Beach, FL + Sold Out
Apr 23 - The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Ctr - Huntington, TN*
Apr 24 - The Walker Theatre - Chattanooga, TN*
Apr 25 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA*
Apr 26 - Neighborhood Theatre - Charlotte, NC*
Apr 28 - Manchester Music Hall - Lexington, KY**
Apr 29 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN**
Apr 30 - Lyric Theatre - Birmingham, AL**
May 1 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Fest - New Orleans, LA
May 3 - Dosey Doe - The Woodlands, TX+
May 5 - Delmar Hall - St Louis, MO**
May 7 - Fitzgerald Theater - St Paul, MN*
May 8 - Space - Evanston, IL**
May 9 - Space - Evanston, IL**
May 10 - Hi-Fi Annex (Hi-Fi Indy) - Indianapolis, IN**
May 12 - Thunderbird Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA **
May 13 - The Birchmere - Alexandria, VA **
May 14 - Ardmore Music Hall - Ardmore, PA**
May 15 - Brooklyn Bowl - Brooklyn, NY**
May 16 - Narrows Center For The Arts - Fall River, MA**
May 30 - Bear Shadow Festival - Highlands, NC
*With Seth Walker Support
** With Sway Wild Support
+ With Kristen Kelly Support
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MARC BROUSSARD
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Modesty Blaise presents "The Little Things You Do" ahead of "Melancholia - Remaster" 25th Anniversary Edition.
FOR FANS OF: Pulp, Divine Comedy, XTC, Stereolab, Jacques Dutronc, Francoise Hardy, High Llamas, Edwyn Collins, Michael Nesmith, Brian Wilson
"The Little Things You Do" ISRC code DERB7260006
"Carol Mountain" ISRC code GX56R02000010
FOR SHARING
"The Little Things You Do" video https://youtu.be/fAjQsDjYyMo
Get the single https://orcd.co/the-little-things
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/4p0CpdGYRy6SMo2Yt0ia3n
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/modesty-blaise/1689733340
"Carol Mountain" video https://youtu.be/LWQkL8oN91g
Bandcamp
https://modestyblaiseuk.bandcamp.com/track/carol-mountain-2
Original 'Melancholia' album (vinyl, CD) https://modestyblaiseuk.bandcamp.com/album/melancholia
"Clever they are Modesty Blaise – they know just what to borrow, and just what to create. Most importantly – they know just how to blend. And what a cocktail they create" ~ The Spill Magazine
"Cheeky pop perfection... Fantabulous dance-pop, Modesty Blaise will remind you that Brits are the king of wit and groovy retro-laced musical wanderings, not far from the mark set by Pulp back in the 90s" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
“A sublime sugar lump... captures what is great about charming English pop. Part C86 part 67 psych pop, a beautifully written slice of nostalgia" ~ Monolith Cocktail
Bristol indiepop collective Modesty Blaise presents "The Little Things You Do", a lost masterpiece of baroque-pop, as a remaster that finally delivers the lush, orchestral depth originally intended for its aborted 7-inch release. The video footage was filmed during the Melancholia tour in Germany, just after the original album was released.
Previewing the remastered 25th Anniversary edition of their seminal album "Melancholia", this single breathes new life into this cult-classic, trading its mysterious history for a polished, high-fidelity presence that demands a place in the modern pop canon.
One of the many standout tracks from this record, 'The Little Things You Do' was slated to be the third single from the cult classic album but that didn’t happen - the band had started recording a video and then it stopped and now nobody can remember why! Frontman and founder Jonny Collins shares, “It was always going to be a single, that’s why we recorded a single version. I wonder what happened”.
The 2026 remaster was prepared with a light-touch approach, focused on clarity and depth rather than reinvention. Greater dynamic range and enhanced detail bring new presence to the recording, revealing subtle textures and spatial nuance while preserving the character of the original mix. Featuring newly-restored audio, many outtakes from the original sessions and updated artwork in a fantastic new 3 Disc version, this release reflects on the album’s legacy and continued resonance.
Modesty Blaise have also shared the lead track, "Carol Mountain" as a Bandcamp exclusive, the video for which was created from footage shot when Modesty Blaise played in New York in 2002, when the band was made up of Jonny Collins, David W Brown, Gregory Jones, Clem Courtney and Julien Clapperton.
Modesty Blaise have been around since 1993 in various guises. In that year, they recorded their debut single 'Christina Terrace' with Edwyn Collins at the helm, garnering them immediate success with a live appearance on ITV and inclusion among many end-of-year top music rankings. Other highlights include supporting Robbie Williams at London's O2 Arena, inclusion in a Rough Trade compilation, an ITV company documentary on Jonny Collins, and a BBC Radio session involving seventeen people.
“For quite a while now, people have been asking us why our biggest album wasn’t available to stream. We decided that, if we were going to do it, we’d do it properly”, says Jonny Collins.
Originally on CD and vinyl, "Melancholia" remains a quietly influential work more than two decades after its release — defined by emotional precision, sonic restraint, and a timeless sense of atmosphere. The 2026 remaster has been completed with a light-touch approach, focused on clarity and depth rather than reinvention. Greater dynamic range and enhanced detail bring new presence to the recording, revealing subtle textures and spatial nuance while preserving the character of the original mix.
On March 20th, 'The Little Things You Do' is available across digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The "Melancholia - Remaster" album will be released on April 24th.
'MELANCHOLIA - REMASTER'
Disc 1: Melancholia - Remastered
Disc 2: Melancholia [de]Construction
Disc 3: Melancholia - The Singles
CREDITS
Written by Jonny Collins
Mixed & produced by Jonny Collins
Remastering at White House Studio by original engineer Martin Nichols
Jonny Collins - vocals & guitar
David W Brown - bass guitar
Gregory Jones - guitar & vocals
Clem Courtney - organ &vocals
Julien Clapperton - drums & cymbals
Video created by Jonny Collins
Germany tour footage filmed by Bernd Kabs
Cover artwork by Gregory Jones
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Alt-rockers Noir Addiction dish up mischief and mayhem on "Serve Me Some Crime" single.
FOR FANS OF: Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Twin Tribes, Stabbing Westward, HIM, Marilyn Manson, She Past Away
INFLUENCED BY: Depeche Mode, NIN, Marilyn Manson, A Perfect Circle, Gary Numan, Bauhaus
GENRES:Industrial Rock / Alternative Rock
ISRC code - ESA122629311
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"Serve Me Some Crime" video
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Get the single https://hypeddit.com/noiraddiction/servemesomecrime
Bandcamp https://noiraddiction.bandcamp.com/track/serve-me-some-crime-2
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Zv1sgSm7zLawLuYO5kgA9
Apple Music https://music.apple.com/it/album/serve-me-some-crime-single/1880599988
'Decadent Desire' album (2025) https://noiraddiction.bandcamp.com/album/decadent-desire
'Blow Me Away' video (2025) https://youtu.be/bJo81qv-IKg
'I Feel You' (Depeche Mode Cover) https://youtu.be/q3AUzKZ_dGE
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"Somewhere between industrial grit and sardonic self-awareness. Drawing clear lineage from acts like Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode, Noir Addiction doesn’t just imitate its influences—it refracts them through a modern lens of irony and controlled chaos" ~ The Spill Magazine
Alternative-industrial rockers Noir Addiction present their new single "Serve Me Some Crime", a sarcastic manifesto about embracing chaos and contradiction, where rule-breaking, humor and non-conformity become tools of personal freedom. Presented with a smashing new video directed & edited by Jack Lucas Laugeni, it celebrates choosing instinct and madness over routine, control, and the suffocating seriousness of everyday life. This is the first taste of the album "Pretty Things Don’t Last", forthcoming via Berlin-based Soulpunx label.
Emerging with a raw, industrial-tinged soul, Noir Addiction is a powerhouse trio that harnesses a dark, heavy aesthetic against a backdrop of classic rock ’n’ roll grit. Founded by Sonny Lanegan, who handles vocals, guitars, synthesizers, and programming, the band is rounded out by drummer Roberto Catanzaro and Nessie Zorba on keyboards and percussion. A seasoned musician and producer, Lanegan’s creative vision was shaped by cutting his teeth in Los Angeles's high-octane music scene, where he honed his experimental style as singer-songwriter for White Pulp and co-founder of The Dead Good.
“Serve Me Some Crime” started from a really simple feeling: sometimes life gets too serious. Too structured. Too polite. The word “crime” in the song isn’t literal it’s more about breaking small, invisible rules. It’s about those moments when you don’t want to behave exactly how you’re expected to. A regular Sunday can feel predictable, almost scripted, and the song plays with the idea of shaking that up adding a bit of danger, irony, or mischief to something ordinary,” says Sonny Lanegan.
“At its core, the song is about freedom not the peaceful, inspirational kind, but the messy kind. The kind where you allow yourself to be contradictory, to not have it all figured out, to embrace a bit of chaos instead of pretending you’re always in control. It’s me saying: if life insists on being absurd, I might as well play along.”
Based in Italy, Noir Addiction has electrifying their way onto the music scene through their clever mix of glamorously haunting atmosphere, sense of decadence, rebellion and obsession, Noir Addiction bring a high-voltage fusion of dark rock, grunge attitude and shock-rock energy. By fusing heavy, distorted guitars and electronic textures with theatrics and raw emotion, they offer an immersive experience that is meant to be felt just as much as it is heard.
“There’s a lot of contradiction in the lyrics on purpose. Lines like “I don’t need forgiveness right now” or “I wear the joke to fight” reflect that push and pull between being sincere and hiding behind humor. I think many of us do that… we joke when things get uncomfortable, we act cool instead of saying what we really feel. The song lives in that space. Writing it felt like letting myself misbehave creatively. I didn’t overthink it, I followed the impulses that felt a little reckless. The lyrics came out in bursts, almost like I was arguing with myself. There’s tension in the song because that’s how I felt: torn between wanting to stay composed and wanting to blow everything up,” says Sonny Lanegan.
“When we recorded it, I wanted that tension to stay alive. We didn’t polish away the edges. The vocals needed attitude something slightly provocative, almost teasing. I wanted the track to feel cool but restless at the same time, like there’s something simmering underneath. We played with that contrast between restraint and release, keeping it tight in some moments and then letting it loosen just enough to feel unpredictable. That balance is really what gives the song its character”.
Sonny Lanegan brings years of behind-the-scenes studio and production experience to Noir Addiction. Many of his songs have also been licensed to and featured in American TV shows, cementing his presence in mainstream media and propelling him into notable collaborations with artists and producers, which has sharpened his sound and pushed his creative vision to new heights.
Lanegan eventually reconnected with his old friend Nessie Zorba, former bandmate in PostHuman, with whom they toured Europe, rekindling their deep musical connection and passion for relentless intensity and depth and channelling this unfiltered energy into this new, heavier, darker project. Drummer Roberto Catanzaro then joined in, bringing a new dynamic layer to their presence, his powerful and heavy-weighted performance adding body, urgency and raw impact to their overall sound.
Soulpunx is an independent record label and media production house founded in 2017 by music producer and film composer Konstantin Dellos. Dedicated to the creation and promotion of high-quality audiovisual art, the label's focus is modern rock and alternative music. Beyond music, Soulpunx produces short films, documentaries and music videos, always emphasizing powerful storytelling.
As of March 20, "Serve Me Some Crime" will be available across
digital platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. The full "Pretty Things Don’t Last" album will be released on July 16 via SoulPunx Records.
Noir Addiction will be touring in support of this EP, beginning with two special shows in Prague - at Subzero Prague on May 14 and at Chapeau Rouge on May 15.
EP TRACKLIST
1 Serve Me Some Crime
2 How She’s Got It
3 Toxic Twins
4 Cold Habit
5 Money For The Honey
6 Radio Funeral
CREDITS
Music & Lyrics by Sonny Lanegan
Sonny Lanegan - vocals, guitars, synthesizers & programming
Nessie Zorba - keyboards & percussions
Roberto Catanzaro - drums
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Damiano Paoloni
Produced by Sonny Lanegan
Recorded at Sound Distillery (Italy)
ISRC code - ESA122629311 / UPC - 8447721120525
Cover artwork model - Rozigr
Photos by Valerio Fanelli
Video directed & edited by Jack Lucas Laugeni
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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20/03/2026
Son Little - New single 'Whip the Wind' - New album ‘Cityfolk’ out this Friday - UK shows in April.
SON LITTLE
NEW SINGLE 'WHIP THE WIND' OUT NOW
NEW ALBUM ‘CITYFOLK’ OUT THIS FRIDAY
UK SHOWS APRIL - LONDON'S JAZZ CAFE SOLD OUT
Ahead of this Friday’s release of his new album ‘CITYFOLK’, Son Little is sharing the album track 'Whip the Wind' today. 'Whip the Wind' grooves with Afro-Latin polyrhythms, its hook driven by a constant shaker and a silky synth melody that recalls early-1970s Stevie Wonder. But the song sticks to Little’s true form: despite its danceable feeling, the song is a call to recognise the human cost of power before it’s too late. Listen below.
LISTEN TO 'WHIP THE WIND' SPOTIFY AND YOUTUBE
Although often placed in the category of “roots musician”, on ‘CITYFOLK’, Little, who NPR praised for having “impeccably crafted songs,” continues to defy genre but lets the evocation of his storytelling pierce through. “The industry likes to keep artists in little boxes, and for Black artists it has meant being defined by your proximity to ‘urban,’” Little admits. “But my music has always had flashes of country, rock and folk, as well as hip-hop, blues and R&B. So I've always struggled as an artist who kind of, I think, lives in the spaces between genres.”
This album is also an opportunity for listeners to discover Little as more than a vocalist, but a well-rounded artist who carefully balances DIY production, songwriting and vocal arranging. Now living outside of Atlanta, Livingston attributes the development of ‘CITYFOLK’ to going even further south to record in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in January 2025. It was there that Little, whose past collaborations include The Roots and RJD2, connected with two-time Grammy-winning musician and Alabama Shakes band member Ben Tanner to flesh out sketches of songs that he’d crafted through epiphanies about his family’s roots.
In the late 1960s, the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios housed unbridling protest anthems and melodious love songs that would become the classics of tomorrow. Little’s ‘CITYFOLK’ is a relic in the musical path paved for him.
“Its whole reputation and businesses are thriving because of the spirit of unity,” Little says of the small Alabama town. “I mean, it's all due to music that was created in defiance of that legacy. It's a place that I think really is a symbol of what can be accomplished when those barriers are broken down.”
Next month, Little will continue to travel the world and seek new experiences, including a UK tour that begins on the 19th April in Brighton. All upcoming dates are listed below.
Tickets are available here https://sonlittle.com/tour
TOUR DATES
April 19th – Brighton and Hove @ DUST
April 20th – Bristol @ Strange Brew
April 21st – Manchester @ Band on the Wall
April 22nd – London @ Jazz Cafe – SOLD OUT
April 23rd – London @ One Ninety Four – NEW DATE
Pre-Save ‘CITYFOLK’
1. Rabbit
2. Whip The Wind
3. Let’s Get Involved
4. It’s Your World
5. Cherry
6. Bottomless
7. Be Better
8. The Valley
9. In Orbit
10. Paper Children
11. Breathe
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19/03/2026
Pittsburgh's LOWSUNDAY presents 'Nevver' single (via Projekt Records).
"Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP", their first all-new material in 25 years, is out now.
FOR FANS OF: The Chameleons, Chapterhouse, Catherine Wheel, ACTORS, The Cure, Modern English, Clan of Xymox, Then Comes Silence, TRAITRS
GENRES:
Post-Punk, Alternative Rock, Shoegaze, Darkwave, Dreampop
FOCUS TRACKS:Love Language, Nevver, Soft Capture
FOR SHARING
'Nevver' videohttps://youtu.be/yjc8o5fccNU
Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/track/7m6CKPmM0f9ZjQ2P7F1LwN
'Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP'https://www.projekt.com/store/product/arc00371
Bandcamphttps://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-sunday-ghost-machine-white-ep
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/4s65dQ3vMabDJDIEXcVA2l
'Soft Capture' video https://youtu.be/i_5UeD04mlk
'Love Language' video https://youtu.be/9ytV47-jnPQ
LinkTree https://linktr.ee/lowsundayofficial
Lowsunday Anniversary Reissue Series
'Low Sunday Ghost Machine (2025 remaster)' LP https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/low-sunday-ghost-machine-2025-remaster
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/2cSpagnncBdnhfhafF87Qj
'Innocence (2025 electro mix)' https://youtu.be/DPAJHEx1poU
'For A Moment (2025 electro mix)' https://youtu.be/mzQ2lSKMjGo
'Elesgiem' (2024 remaster) LP https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/elesgiem-2024-remaster
"Shiny sparkles of jangle guitar that reverberate, rising against the ethereal vocal drift... moving effortlessly between ethereal, darkwave, shoegaze, postpunk, guitar sharpness, and dreampop driven dynamics" ~ Big Takeover Magazine
"A masterpiece, one of those records that simply stands the test of time and like a fine wine, gets better with age....Mercurial darkwave with blistering shoegaze guitars... The 'White EP' features five gorgeous tracks... both a victory lap for the band and a taste of great things to come" ~ Post-Punk.com
"Aloof vocals, orbits in telescopic solitude, peering through the lens of glamour and glitz, amidst the floating debris falling from the crest fallen clouds" ~ The Manc Review
"Synthetic perfection of early Depeche Mode & raw minimalism of German EBM pioneers.. experimental sophistication and electropop purity... elegant, hypnotic, and dramatic" ~ Skylight Webzine
"Timeless... romantic, dark, and reflective, but never too dramatic" ~ Myth of Rock
"A powerful, sonic journey" ~ Post-Punk.com
Legacy postpunk-shoegaze outfit Lowsunday presents 'Nevver', the final single from their new ‘Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP', following the earlier-released 'Love Language' and 'Soft Capture'. Released via Projekt Records and ranking second among Post-Punk.com's Best EPs of 2025, this is the band's first record of all-new material since 1999.
With early gothrock underpinnings, here Lowsunday capture a different energy than other tracks on this EP, with a slightly more down tempo and driving rhythm. Itt is uniquely sparse and delicate at times, relative to the band's typically multi-layered approach regarding atmospherics and dense noise. The accompanying video, produced by Jer Herring, drifts between dark postpunk atmosphere and a homage to classic outsider cinema.
Born in the mid-1990s within the local Pittsburgh scene, Lowsunday (initially known as Low Sunday Ghost Machine) emerged as a "retro-futurist" pioneer, blending darkwave and shoegaze long before the genres saw their modern revival. Their legacy was cemented with their debut album 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine' and the 1999 masterpiece 'Elesgiem', both of which were re-released via Projekt Records over the past 18 months (for their 30th and 25th anniversaries, respectively).
The band dissolved, leaving behind a cult reputation for mercurial sounds and blistering guitar work that set the stage for subsequent generations of alternative artists. Following a nearly 25-year period of inactivity, the band resurfaced as a duo in 2025—consisting of original members Shane Sahene (vocals, guitar, synth, bass, drums) and Bobby Spell (bass, guitar, drums).
"This is one of my favorite songs on the White EP. These lyrics are related to an increasing sense of apathy in the world - how it feels like even love isn’t enough sometimes and yet, the only fate worse is to let go of it. The feeling that happiness can be delicate and unhappiness can be so determined to take its place," says Shane Sahene.
"This song touches on very early influences and the recording captured some of the most unique guitar tones we've ever used. What's unusual is that, separately, Bobby had been working on a bass line and I had been playing this guitar part. It was serendipitous in how well they went together to form this song"
'Nevver' is a case in point, showcasing the band's legacy of creative experimentation and talent for weaving counter-culture cadences and weightless production with a sense of visceral vulnerability.
Bobby Spell shares, "Nevver was enjoyable for the two of us to compose. I had been playing with this menacing bass line that happened to be a perfect match for a guitar part Shane had been working on. It gave us an opportunity to explore darker tones and indicated the need for a more sparce production. The almost plodding tempo made this song more challenging and fun, imbuing it with a combination of creepy darkness with a dash of humor."
Serving as both a reflection and a resurgence, the 'White EP' ushers in a welcome return, marked by superb production and a renewed creative clarity, bridging three decades of distinct sonic legacy with balanced doses of escapism, dreamlike sounds, drones and feedback. This first of a two new EPs planned this year, their crystalline shimmer, classic song structures and melodic hooks shows their atmospheric sound to be as timeless and relevant as ever.
Expanding their sonic palette, the 'White EP' elevates the distorted melodies, electronic layers, and haunting vocals that defined Lowsunday's earlier work. A bold evolution into more cavernous soundscapes, oscillating between walls of chaotic feedback and fragile, ethereal passages, their resurgence delves into shadowy and vast acoustic realms, shifting from abrasive ripples of distortion to brittle, shoegaze-infused moments of intense longing.
The 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine - White EP' is out now digitally everywhere, including Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp, and as a vinyl release, limited to 200 copies. The 'Low Sunday Ghost Machine' reissue and limited edition 7" of 'Static / Besides' can also be found on these platforms.
TRACK LIST
1. Nevver
2. Call Silence
3. Soft Capture
4. You Lost Yourself
5. Love Language
CREDITS
Lyrics by Shane Sahene
Music written by Shane Sahene & Bobby Spell
Shane Sahene: vocals, guitar, synth, bass, drums
Bobby Spell: bass, guitar, drums
Mastered by Bobby Spell & Shane Sahene
Album artwork by Shane Sahene
Layout by Christina Sahene
UPC 617026237121. Catalog # PJA-EE-371
Band photos by Christina Sahene
Videos by Jer Herring
Publicity by Shameless Promotion PR
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18/03/2026
Justin Hayward: ‘The Story In Your Eyes’ Tour in October 2026.
Live Nation / Kennedy Street are delighted to announce that legendary singer-songwriter Justin Hayward, The Voice of the Moody Blues, will undertake ‘The Story In Your Eyes’ Tour of 11 venues in October 2026. The shows are on general sale from Friday 20 March 2026*. Tickets are available from ticketline.co.uk, ticketmaster.co.uk and the venues direct. The tour is named for one of Justin’s many compositions for The Moody Blues, which was released as a single 55 years ago and featured on the band’s seventh album ‘Every Good Boy Deserves Favour’ - also released in 1971. The album reached No. 1 on the UK album chart, and stayed at No. 2 for three weeks in the US.
Justin Hayward says, “So many of the venues we are playing this year hold warm and special memories for me going right back. Music brings us a world of imagination and I looking forward to being right there in the middle of that”.
Justin Hayward OBE, the vocalist, lead guitarist and composer for the iconic Moody Blues, has had hits including the masterful ‘Nights in White Satin’, ‘Tuesday Afternoon’, ‘Question’, ‘The Voice’ and the US top 40 hits ‘I Know You’re Out there Somewhere’ and In Your Wildest Dreams’: plus other classic, era and genre-defining hits. These laid the foundation for the incredible success story of the Moody Blues – as well as solo work.
Already established as a songwriter, he joined the Moody Blues in 1966. Hitting his stride with “Fly Me High,” he followed with ‘Nights in White Satin’ and ‘Tuesday Afternoon’ from seminal album Days of Future Past. The Moody Blues sold 70 million albums worldwide, with 18 platinum and gold LPs. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
Justin created solo albums such as Songwriter, Night Flight, Moving Mountains and ‘Classic Blue’ with Mike Batt, and The View From the Hill. He hit the Top Ten globally in 1978 with ‘Forever Autumn’ – created for Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, starring in its spectacular live production. His Spirits Of The Western Sky (2013) was followed by DVD ‘Spirits…Live’, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Video chart. All The Way followed - a compilation of solo work and live cuts. In 2020, Justin took to YouTube for the ‘Tuesday Afternoon Video Series’: this led to the digital album ‘Tuesday Afternoons: The Audio Files. In 2021 he released ‘One Summer Day’ and ‘My Juliette’, and ‘Living For Love’ in 2022. In 2025 he released ‘Life In A Northern Town’ with Mike Batt.
Justin spent much of 2023 and 2024 on the road - with several solo tours, along with two ‘On The Blue’ cruises, and a sell-out tour co-headlining in the USA with Christopher Cross. Just last year, he completed the ‘Forever Autumn’ tour of the UK, as well as multiple dates across the US, where he again tours throughout April 2026.
‘The Story In Your Eyes’ Tour 2026 represents a rare chance for Justin Hayward’s fans to connect with one of music’s keenest talents and to hear the music that he loves, presented with a truly personal touch. See also www.justinhayward.com
Justin Hayward
‘The Story In Your Eyes’ Tour
October 2026
Mon 5th - Birmingham Town Hall
Tue 6th - Basingstoke Anvil
Wed 7th - Torquay Princess Theatre
Thu 8th - Truro Hall for Cornwall*
Sat 10th - Salisbury City Hall
Mon 12th - London Cadogan Hall
Tue 13th - London Cadogan Hall
Wed 14th - Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Sat 17th - Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre
Sun 18th - Newcastle Tyne Theatre & Opera House
Tue 20th - Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion
Wed 21st - Southend Cliffs Pavilion
* on sale 18 May 2026
17/03/2026
Stephen Wilson Jr. announces UK tour dates & releases official video for 'Gary'
STEPHEN WILSON JR. Announces Second Leg of his Gary The Torch 2026 Tour
Adding EU/UK Dates & more...
RELEASES OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR 'GARY' STARRING GARY SINISE
WATCH HERE
Stephen Wilson Jr. announced the second leg of his Gary The Torch Tour, which adds West Coast, Southeast and EU/UK dates to the completely sold-out tour that kicked off earlier this month.
10/19 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow
10/22 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton
10/23 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building
10/25 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse
Wilson Jr. announced tour dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Atlanta, Birmingham, and his hometown of Nashville TN at The Truth on December 11, 2026. He also announced a run of EU/UK dates that will kick off on October 15 in Belfast, Ireland and make stops in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Oslo and more.
Find a full list of tour dates below, or visit his website. Pre-sale signup for US the EU/UK tour is available now, with general on-sale beginning this Friday, March 20, at 10:00 am local time.
Stephen Wilson Jr. also released the official video for his latest single 'Gary', directed by Tim Cofield, starring the award-winning actor Gary Sinise (Forrest Gump, Apollo 13). The video arrived yesterday on the anniversary of the passing of a teenager named Gary who helped inspire Wilson Jr. to write the song when he came across a roadside memorial in his name.
Watch the official video for 'Gary'
Alongside the video, Wilson Jr. has shared a taxonomic analysis of 'Gary':
“(Garis mechanicus )Kingdom: Animalia - Phylum: Chordata...- a dying breed, endangered species of fixer. dwelling naturally in a habitat of grease, oil & stereo static. drawn to the roar of 8 cylinders firing in perfect unison or the sound of restricted PVC stably flowing once again. a fixer by nature - born into a broken world. may he run once again.”
Gary Sinise adds,“I heard Stephen’s song and loved it. Two weeks later he reached out to me to be in the video. He’s got a great team, a great song and it was a blast to work with them all on the video. And you know….there aint a lotta boys named Gary these days”
On March 6, Wilson Jr. kicked off his entirely sold outGary The Torch Tour, which will make upcoming stops in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Denver, Chicago and more. He also announced he will support Dave Matthews Band on September 4 at the Gorge Amphitheater and Brandi Carlile on September 11-13 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
2026 Tour Dates:
3/18 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues # SOLD OUT
3/21 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount # SOLD OUT
3/22 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre # SOLD OUT
3/25 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore # SOLD OUT
3/28 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore # SOLD OUT
4/11 – Bossier City, LA – The Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Bossier City # SOLD OUT
4/15 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant # SOLD OUT
4/17 – Kansas City, MO – The Midland Theatre # SOLD OUT
4/18 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom # SOLD OUT
4/22 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha # SOLD OUT
4/24 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee # SOLD OUT
4/25 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed # SOLD OUT
6/4 – Nashville, TN – CMA Music Fest (Chevy Riverfront Stage)*
6/6 – Lexington, KY – Railbird Music Festival*
6/7 – Nashville, TN – CMA Fest (LP Field)*
6/30 – Dublin, IE – Summer Series
7/10 – St. Paul, MN – Minnesota Yacht Club Festival*
7/11 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival*
7/17 – Spokane, WA – BECU Live at Northern Quest#
7/18 – Whitefish, MT – Under the Big Sky Festival*
7/23 – Floyd, VA – FloydFest*
7/24 – Virginia Beach, VA – The Dome by Rutter Mills#
7/25 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion#
8/7 – St. Augustine, FL – St. Augustine Amphitheatre#
8/8 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater#
9/4 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheatre^
9/6 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium#
9/11–9/13 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre%
9/18 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre#
9/19 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge (Concerts in the Grove)#
9/22 – Nampa, ID – Ford Idaho Center Amphitheater#
9/24 – San Francisco, CA – The Masonic#
9/29 – Phoenix, AZ – Arizona Financial Theatre#
10/15 – Belfast, UK – SSE Arena#
10/17 – Sligo, IE – Sligo Live Festival*
10/19 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow #
10/22 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton #
10/23 – Bristol, UK – The Prospect Building #
10/25 – Manchester, UK – O2 Victoria Warehouse #
10/27 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon#
10/29 – Zurich, CH – Volkshaus#
10/30 – Cologne, DE – Theater am Tanzbrunnen#
11/1 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg (Ronda)#
11/3 – Copenhagen, DK – VEGA#
11/4 – Stockholm, SE – Fållan#
11/5 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene#
11/20–11/22 – St. Petersburg, FL – St. Pete Country Fest*
11/21 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company#
12/2 – Pittsburgh, PA – Citizens Live at The Wylie#
12/9 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy#
12/11 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle#
* Festival
# Gary The Torch Tour
^ Supporting Dave Matthews Band
% Supporting Brandi Carlile
ABOUT STEPHEN WILSON JR.
Stephen Wilson Jr.'s journey from the hollers of southern Indiana to Nashville, Tenn. has been a winding road that’s taken many detours: He’s been an Indiana State Golden Gloves boxing championship finalist, a scientist, and a lead guitarist and songwriter in an indie rock band. In 2016, he ditched his laboratory 9-to-5 and signed a publishing deal with BMG Nashville where his alchemic songcraft immediately made waves, leading to cuts from Caitlyn Smith, Old Dominion, Tim McGraw, Sixpence None the Richer, Leigh Nash and more.
2023 proved to be Wilson Jr.’s breakthrough year, signing with Big Loud Records and releasing his debut double album søn of dad: a triumphant, genre-spanning set of 22 songs dedicated to his late father and given to the world on the five-year anniversary of his passing. The album was named the No. 1 album of 2023 by Holler who called it “a record for the ages,” and earned a spot as one of the best albums of the year from Whiskey Riff, Wide Open Country and Rolling Stone. In 2024, he made his network television debut on NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, followed by performances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s #LateShowMeMusic series and Later…with Jools Holland.
Ahead of the one-year anniversary of søn of dad, Wilson Jr. was also profiled in an extensive feature for CBS Saturday Morning. In 2025, Wilson Jr. released a deluxe edition of his debut album that featured a moving interpretation of 'Stand By Me' that has been streamed tens of millions of times, and in April, he performed the national anthem live during the nationally televised broadcast of the 2025 NFL Draft.
He also co-wrote and collaborated with Shaboozey on 'Took A Walk', which was featured in the critically-acclaimed film The Long Walk based on Stephen King’s novel. Last November, he earned his first CMA Award nomination for New Artist of the Year and played twice on the broadcast – a moving performance of his collaboration with Shaboozey and a star-making rendition of 'Stand By Me'. To close out the year, he released new single 'Gary', which he debuted on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and is already spinning on country radio and added on SXM The Highway. He is currently in the midst of his entirely sold-out Gary The Torch tour following a run of dates supporting Eric Church in February.
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Selwyn Birchwood Announces National "Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues" Tour.
VISIONARY BLUESMAN SELWYN BIRCHWOOD ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF ELECTRIC SWAMP FUNKIN' BLUES TOUR
New Album, Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, To Be Released March 27, 2026
“Dramatic, volcanic electric guitar wizardry...gruff, burly vocals and incendiary guitar and lap steel virtuosity are showcased to maximum effect.”
--Living Blues
Selwyn Birchwood is one of the preeminent voices in contemporary blues. He plays like a man possessed…cleverly blending elements of traditional blues, funk, Stax-flavored R&B and psychedelic rock into a cohesive and compelling, expansive and cathartic artistic statement.”
–Guitar Player
“Selwyn Birchwood is one of the best blues players today. Ferocious blues guitar…powerful voice…blistering licks galore.”
–Vintage Guitar
Today, Monday, March 16, visionary guitarist, lap steel master, vocalist and cinematic songwriter Selwyn Birchwood announced dates for the first leg of his 2026 Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues Tour. Birchwood --whom Rolling Stone calls “a remarkable, contemporary bluesman…a powerhouse young guitarist and soulful vocalist" -- will kick off the tour on March 20 in his home state of Florida before playing dates on the East Coast and into the Midwest.
The new, powerful, self-produced Electric Swamp Funkin' Blues, Birchwood's fifth Alligator Records album, will be released on Friday, March 27. The trail-blazing music will be available on CD, translucent yellow vinyl LP, and at all digital service providers.
Live, Birchwood is a true force of nature. A favorite among blues fans and jam band fans alike, his ability to win over an audience—any audience—is proven night after night. With his warm, magnetic personality, Birchwood is as down-to-earth as his music is electrifyingly jaw-dropping. With his band feeding off his energy, the 6’3” musician roams the stage barefoot, ripping out memorable guitar licks with ease, his soulful, rocks-and-gravel vocals impossible to ignore. When he sits down to play his signature model Caladesi lap steel, he magically lifts the crowd into a sweat-soaked state of blissful elation. Mega-star Joe Bonamassa raves, “Selwyn Birchwood has become one of my favorite discoveries. He puts on a great show.”
Says Birchwood, “You would be hard-pressed to find an album or a band that sounds exactly like mine, and that has been and always will be the goal. I pride myself in writing songs so that when you hear a band like us, you hear a band that sounds just like…US!”
2026 ELECTRIC SWAMP FUNKIN' BLUES TOUR
Mar 20
Arts Garage
Delray Beach, FL
Mar 25
Middle C Jazz
Charlotte, NC
Mar 26, 2026
The Blue Note Grill
Durham, NC
Mar 27
Hub City Vinyl
Hagerstown, MD
Mar 28
Lizzie Rose Music Room
Tuckerton, NJ
Mar 29
The Collective Encore
Columbia, MD
Apr 01
Groove
New York, NY
Apr 02
Chan's
Woonsocket, RI
Apr 03
Bull Run Restaurant
Shirley, MA
Apr 04
Spire Center for Performing Arts
Plymouth, MA
Apr 05
The Music Room
West Yarmouth, MA
Apr 08
The 443 Social Club & Lounge
Syracuse, NY
Apr 09
Samuel's Grande Manor
Williamsville, NY
Apr 10
Music Box Supper Club
Cleveland, OH
Apr 11
Natalie's Grandview
Columbus, OH
Apr 13
SPACE
Evanston, IL
Apr 15
The Zoo Bar
Lincoln, NE
Apr 16
The Waiting Room Lounge
Omaha, NE
Apr 17
Vangarde Arts
Sioux City, IA
Apr 23
Paradise Bar & Grill
Pensacola Beach, FL
Apr 24
Paradise Bar & Grill
Pensacola Beach, FL
Apr 25
Bob Sykes BBQ & Blues Festival
Bessemer, AL
at DeBardeleben Park
May 01
Blue Jay Listening Room
Jacksonville Beach, FL
May 02
The Alley
Sanford, FL
May 03
Earl's Hideaway Lounge
Sebastian, FL
Jun 19
Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival
Gahanna, OH
on the Blues Stage at the Creekside District
Jul 10
Heidi’s Jazz Club
Cocoa Beach, FL
Jul 11
Arts Bonita
Bonita Springs, FL
Jul 17
Fogartyville
Saratoga, FL
Jul 18, 2026
Fogartyville
Sarasota, FL
Jul 25
Cafe Eleven
St. Augustine Beach, FL
Aug 01
Bluesmore Festival
Cedar Rapids, IA
Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues features 10 wildly imaginative, laser-focused, vibrant original songs, produced by Birchwood and recorded in Florida. From the wide-open honesty of Damaged Goods to the up-to-the-minute observations of All Hail The Algorithm and Talking Heads, Birchwood and his band play with honest, emotional intensity. On Labour Of Love he looks at the pains and joys of parenting, while The Struggle Is Real serves as an anthem for our times. Birchwood’s tough, slide guitar opus, What I’ve Been Accused Of, the slow burning, romantic Soulmate and the blazing Should’ve Never Gotten Out Of Bed, all show Birchwood as one of contemporary blues’ most prolific, significant and innovative artists.
Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues is Birchwood’s own fully realized artistic statement, and the first of his Alligator albums that he has produced by himself. “Producing allowed me to really take the wheel and steer the music to the exact destinations that I wanted to go. It allowed me to present these songs with the full, three-dimensional sound that I have wanted all along. This album is the full realization of the sound I have been cultivating. It tiptoes the tightrope between gritty gutbucket blues and contemporary grooves to create a soundscape that honors the roots but allows listeners to experience the music from a modern vantage point. Sharing songs with this much honesty allows us all to connect to music on a higher level…to feel a little less isolated and a little more ‘seen’ in what can be a hard life at times.”
According to Guitar World, “Blues star Selwyn Birchwood is the real deal. He puts his own fresh spin on the blues, taking the tradition and making it into something new.”