In September, a new ‘90s-themed music festival is coming to Alabama. Scheduled for Sept. 28 & 29 at Huntsville’s John Hunt Park, South Star Festival will feature blink-182 and Gwen Stefani as headliners alongside an eclectic array of artists spanning eras and genres. South Star Festival’s 20-performer lineup and entertainment amenities promise a blast from the recent past all weekend long. Beyond Stefani, Saturday’s event boasts energizing sets from beloved groups like Jane’s Addiction, Shinedown, Jimmy Eat World and TLC across the festival’s two stages. Further performances on Saturday in ..read more

Photo Credit: London Anton Corbijn Today, April 24, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour took to social media to tease his latest studio project and first album of new material in nearly a decade, Luck and Strange, due on September 6 via Sony Music. The artist also shared that tomorrow, Thursday, April 25, the LP’s initial track, “The Piper’s Call,” will drop via BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show and serve as the world debut and initial taste of Gilmour’s contemporary sonic entry.  The forthcoming deliverable was recorded over five months in Brighton and London, with help from producers David and Charlie ..read more

Photo Credit: David McClister John Oates has shared a new cover of John Prine’s “Long Monday” as the second preview single for Reunion, his sixth solo studio album due to release on May 17 via Jasper Productions. Broaching the key cut from Prine’s 2005 project Fair & Square, Oates exhibits both his reverence for the legendary singer-songwriter and his own unique folk slant, balancing these to put forward a fresh and personal treatment of the standard. The performance comes together with a feature from singer-songwriter Sierra Hull, whose plucky and bright mandolin amplifies the song’s emot ..read more

Few singer-songwriters of the last decade have built a fanbase as absolutely adoring as Maggie Rogers. There’s a throughline all the way up the ladder to Taylor Swift. While Rogers isn’t filling arenas with radio pop anthems, the emotional frankness of her lyrics, and her authenticity, both in song and onstage, falls in the same lineage as the pop icon—and that is a compliment, to be sure. On Rogers’ third LP, Don’t Forget Me, she’s honed her songwriting to an incredible science: one part personal, heartfelt storytelling; one part instantly hummable melody; one part warm, organic, classic-rock ..read more

photo: Michael Weintrob Leftover Salmon’s Vince Herman and Railroad Earth’s Tim Carbone circle back to their “ramshackle country-rock” band for a new studio set, Mother Nature’s Show. *** Origin Stories Vince Herman: Years ago, I was in a band with [keyboardist] Chad Staehly, Great American Taxi, and our bass player and drummer in The High Hawks, Brian Adams and Will Trask, were also in that band. Chad and I have been good friends for a long time—he was our archivist for Leftover Salmon, and he put together all the live tapes he could find and built an archive for us. We became good friends th ..read more

Borderland Festival has unveiled the official artist lineup for its 2024 event, set to return to East Aurora, N.Y. on September 13-15. Staging as always at the scenic and historic Knox Farm State Park, Borderland invites some of the finest musicians, craftspeople, and restauranteurs of West New York to join in a celebration of the region, led by premiere acts from the worlds of jam, rock, folk, bluegrass and more. For its sixth annual festivities, Borderland will welcome The Black Crowes, CAAMP, Marcus King and Dark Star Orchestra to lead a bill of more that 25 total acts, with more still to b ..read more

Photo Credit: Wyndham Garnett Last month, Dr. Dog tested the waters, dipping its toes back into the scene with their first delivery of new music since 2019, a stand-alone single, “Still Can’t Believe.” As a follow-up, the Philadelphia band provided context to the previous release, unveiling its position on their impending track list for a new self-titled set, the group’s first full-length album in six years, Dr. Dog, due July 19, 2024. Delivered alongside today’s announcement is “Talk Is Cheap” and its official music video. “Talk Is Cheap” is a reintroduction to the beloved band after a break ..read more

Photo Credit: Shervin Lainez Today, April 23, folk rock band The Head And The Heart have announced its North American headlining tour. The band will be joined by Phosphorescent, Michigander, Madison Cunningham and Houndmouth as support on select dates as the Seattle-based group traverses 14 states, performing 20 headlining shows.  Following previously announced festival appearances, the band’s initial headlining date will occur on July 10 at Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa. After they make their way out of the Midwest, The Head And The Heart will arrive in the Northeast, followe ..read more

For the first time in five years, the Experience Hendrix Tour will return this fall, reviving the tribute tradition with an all-star lineup of new and returning guitar giants and Hendrix disciples. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its 2004 inaugural run, the Experience Hendrix Tour will make 24 stops across the country, bringing a roster of 18 artists to the Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Southwest, South Central and Southeast regions in September and October. The first full tour since 2019 will be led by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Chirstone “Kingfish” Ingram, Zakk Wylde and Eric Johnson, with ..read more

Photo Credit: Roger Ho Ohana Festival has revealed its 2024 artist lineup for the three-day event, which will return to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, Calif., on Sept. 27 through 29. The Eddie Vedder-founded event will include headliners Pearl Jam performing on Friday, Sept. 27, Sunday, Sept. 29, and Neil Young with Crazy Horse taking the top slot on Saturday, Sept. 28.  Apart from Friday’s Ohana headliner, Pearl Jam, the event is also billed to feature appearances by the band Garbage, Maren Morris, Crowded House, Ryan Beatty, Dogstar, Flipturn, Gabriels, Jaime Wyatt, Linka Monja and P ..read more