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Join us in our annual celebration of the 4th of July, with songs representing all aspects of this most American of holidays: patriotism, democracy, protest, cookouts, the works! Fireworks!

Songs about finding joy and healing, particularly for those who have been marginalized by mainstream society, are what you’ll find on this new release from the Nashville musician, songwriter, and producer. "As I continue to be a musician, the question I keep at the forefront is, 'Is this helping build bridges or is it hurting?' Like, 'Am I becoming a weird corporate shill, or something like that?'" Stylistically, Oladokun brings in West African, soul, country, and hip-hop on this 2nd album of hers. Chris Stapleton, Mt. Joy, the McCrary Sisters, and Manchester Orchestra are among the guest artists.

12 new songs on Mule’s 12th album! Warren Haynes [guitar, vocals], Matt Abts [drums], Danny Louis [keyboards, guitar, and backing vocals], and Jorgen Carlsson [bass] are joined by guests Billy Bob Thornton, Celisse, Billy F Gibbons, Ivan Neville and Ruthie Foster. And yes, Warren and co. are indeed making plans to return to Asheville this December for another Christmas Jam weekend!

Yes, he’s the son of the late singer/songwriter icon John Prine. But his musical influences on this debut owe as much to John Mayer, Outkast, Bon Iver, and other acts he absorbed during ten straight years camping at Bonnaroo, as they do to Dad. He didn’t consider making his own music much until rather recently. Following his father's death in April 2020, his desire to create flourished. "It was the healthiest and most intense way for me to process all those emotions [of grief]," he says. "I just fell head over heels for the idea of being a songwriter and a singer."

What do you get when you put members of The Meters, The New Mastersounds, Greyboy Alstars, and The Nth Power together…in incredible studios in Iceland? This. It’s the 2nd record in the “Floki Sessions” series following the great 2022 release from The New Mastersounds.

Recorded by Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound studio, this collection spans the diverse blues spectrum, a payment of respect and admiration for the musicians carrying this American tradition into this century and beyond. Includes new recordings from Dan Auerbach, The Black Keys, RL Boyce, Gabe Carter, Robert Finley, Nat Myers, and Leo "Bud" Welch.

Nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s 2023 “New Artist of the Year” award, this band is proof of the sum being greater than its individual parts. It’s individual parts are each great though: guitarist James Kee, mandolinist Harry Clark, dobro player Gaven Largent, banjo player Cory Walker, fiddler Maddie Denton, and bassist Jeff Picker.

Charlotte native Joe Firstman and his band are back with another great collection of country rock in the spirit of the Allman Brothers Band and Grateful Dead, but definitely a modern, original affair. The first song, “Fallen Angels of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, asks a question that hangs in our heads daily at WNCW: “How many times did music save your soul?” The lyrical insights continue on songs like “What Is Wrong?”, “Sunshine”, “Love Is All It Takes”, and “Somos Iguales”.

His father co-founded the Allman Brothers Band, and young Duane spent the better part of ten years playing alongside him in Dickey Betts & Great Southern. He was also a touring member of Dawes, before co-founding the Allman Betts Band. Now comes his first solo effort, recorded on analog tape during a series of live-in-the-studio sessions at Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks’ Swamp Raga Studio in 2022. Trucks, Nicki Bluhm, and Marcus King join Duane and his band for ten songs that bridge the classic FM radio songs of the ABB glory days with some of today’s modern sounds.

You may know Tucker Martine, the celebrated Portland, Oregon producer for Neko Case, The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward among others. Well, his dad Layng happens to be a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame! What started as a Christmas gift from Tucker to his father a few years ago is now this new release of 12 songs written and sung by Layng, with support from k.d. lang, Bill Frisell, Peter Buck and others. If this modern recording has a warm, nostalgic ‘60s/’70s sound, that’s because these songs were written back then.