Blues-rockers Tommy Castro and the Painkillers to headline Three Trails concert Aug. 24  Muncie Star Press

MUNCIE, Ind. — Acclaimed blues-rockers Tommy Castro and the Painkillers will perform in a free outdoor concert on Saturday, Aug. 24, as part of the 2019 …

The Roots Plot Extensive Anniversary Reissues For Landmark Albums  Rolling Stone

The Roots are marking the anniversaries of several of their landmark albums — 1995’s Do You Want More?!!!??!, 1996’s Illadelph Halflife and 1999’s …

Country Music Should Be Political. After All, It Always Has Been  TIME

Whose music is country music? The distinctive American sound has always reflected the complicated lives of the people who make it.

HarborPark Jazz and Blues Festival returns to Kenosha lakefront  Kenosha News

Saxophonist Paul Taylor will headline this year’s HarborPark Jazz, Rhythm & Blues Festival.

VERMILONVILLE: Louisiana Folk Roots Band Camp  KLFY

Louisiana Folk Roots is hosting a music camp this fall for local musicians who want to develop their cajun and creole music skills. The camp will be October 7 …

The rise of alt-country contenders Sarah Shook & the Disarmers is going directly through Orlando  Orlando Weekly

THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Matt Woods and Terri Binion, Will’s Pub, Aug. 9 Without condition or argument, North Carolina’s …

Olalla Americana Music Festival celebrates 28 years  Kitsap Daily News

Touted as “the best small-town countryside festival this side of the cascades,” the 28th annual Olalla Americana Music Festival kicks off this Saturday.

Rhiannon Giddens, Frank Johnson recipients of inaugural Americana award  Raleigh News & Observer

Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens and the late Frank Johnson, leader of a 19th century black brass band, are named inaugural recipients of the …

John Mayall: Godfather of the British Blues  Forbes

John Mayall, considered the “Grandfather of the British Blues,” is a British blues singer/guitarist /keyboard player/blues harmonicist/songwriter/producer and …

Radio Milwaukee uncovers roots of Brew City’s hip hop history  WDJT

(MILWAUKEE) – Steve Miller, Woody Herman, Eric Benet, and Al Jarreau are just some of the famous singers and musicians born in Milwaukee. But who are the …