via Secret Stash Records BELOVED SOUL SINGER, SONNY KNIGHT, PASSES AT 69 YEARS OF AGE (Minneapolis, MN: Secret Stash Records; June 17, 2017) – It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our dear friend, Sonny…
John Lawless for BLUEGRASS TODAY: The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced that husband/wife banjo duo Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn will serve as hosts for the 28th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards, to be held September 28 in Raleigh,…
(WASHINGTON, DC) – PAT METHENY, Joanne Brackeen, Dianne Reeves, and Todd Barkan now join the ranks of the nation’s highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters. The 2018 NEA Jazz Master recipients were announced this evening at a DC Jazz Festival…
Fred Kaplan for THE NEW YORKER – On a Thursday evening a few months ago, a long line snaked along Seventh Avenue, outside the Village Vanguard, a cramped basement night club in Greenwich Village that jazz fans regard as a…
Judy Cantor-Navas for BILLBOARD: “In one of the classiest acts in musical history, Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim came together to record the 1967 album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. Fifty years later, John Pizzarelli is celebrating…
On June 16th, The Dustbowl Revival will release their new, self-titled album and we are thrilled to showcase the music video for the first single, “Honey I Love You” which features the expert stylings of Keb’ Mo. Discussing the…
Last March, Red Baraat stopped by the KEXP studios in Seattle, WA for a live session featuring cuts from their new album “Bhangra Pirates.” Check out the performance below! Setlist: Bhangale Bhangra Pirates Holi Ked…
TKA is saddened to recognize the passing of our friend and client James “Mr. Superharp” Cotton, world renowned harmonica player and iconic bluesman. Throughout his career, Cotton regaled the blues world with his powerful mastery of the harmonica, the dynamic energy of his…
Sharonne Cohen for NOISEY – At only 27, New York-based jazz pianist & composer Christian Sands is already a five-time Grammy® Award nominee . On April 12th he releases REACH, his debut for Mack Avenue Records, drawing from the past…