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Mickey Bernal/Getty Images Bonnie Raitt is set to headline the 2025 edition of MerleFest, which runs April 24-27 on the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Raitt is set to headline on April 25, with The Avett Brothers and The Dead South also booked to headline. The lineup also includes The War and Treaty, Sam Bush and Asleep at the Wheel.MerleFest was founded in 1988 by the late Grammy Award-winning musician Doc […]

Courtesy of HBO HBO has unveiled the first trailer for a new documentary about everyone’s favorite easy listening music – yacht rock. Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Documentary is set to debut Nov. 29 at 9 p.m. ET, and the trailer features interviews with such yacht rock staples as The Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and Toto’s Steve Lukather, as well as Questlove, Fred Armisen and others.In the […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Sammy Hagar is teasing fans with some big news. The rocker just shared videos on social media of him and Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony in the studio, adding the caption, "Big announcement coming up next week. The best of all worlds band We are up to something.”The post included #newmusic, and in the clips you can hear what is likely a new song. In one, Anthony is playing bass, […]

On This Day, Nov. 13, 2016 ...Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell died in his sleep at age 74.His songs, including “Superstar,” “A Song for You,” “Delta Lady” and “This Masquerade,” were big hits for other artists, and he worked with everyone from Bob Dylan and Joe Cocker to George Harrison and The Rolling Stones.In 2010, Elton John, who called Russell a “mentor,” helped revive Russell's career with their joint album, The Union, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best […]

Steve Hurrell/Redferns "Do They Know It's Christmas?," the song that invented the concept of the all-star charity record, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The occasion will be marked with a special new version of the song, featuring vocals from the artists who've sung on different versions of the song over the years mashed together.The original "Do They Know It's Christmas?," spearheaded by Bob Geldof, was released in 1984 and credited to Band Aid, a […]

Photo by Richard Sibbald Rush’s Alex Lifeson is launching yet another new guitar. The rocker’s company Lerxst has just revealed the new Grace limited-edition signature guitar, made in partnership with Canadian manufacturers Godin Guitars.The new axe is inspired by Lifeson’s Hentor Sportscaster guitar that he used in 1984 while recording and touring behind Rush's 10th studio album, Grace Under Pressure. Like the original, Grace is red with a mirror pickguard.This is the second guitar […]

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic U2’s Larry Mullen Jr. has teamed with pop star GAYLE, best known for the tune “abcdefu,” on a new song, “Between the Lines,” which they co-wrote for the new movie Left Behind, Billboard reports.The film tells the story of the New York City mothers who fought to open the city's first public school for dyslexic children; it’s personal to both artists, as GAYLE and Mullen’s son both have […]

Courtesy of Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. The Experience Hendrix Tour, celebrating the music of the legendary Jimi Hendrix, has announced new dates for 2025.The trek, which returned in 2024 for the first time in five years, features an all-star lineup that includes guitarists Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Zakk Wylde and Eric Johnson, along with Devon Allman, Samantha Fish, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Marcus King, who’s joining the tour for the first time.The 2025 tour is set […]

Terry Wyatt/WireImage Lynyrd Skynyrd is set to play several dates on the 2025 Rock the Country touring festival, which will be headlined by Kid Rock and Nickelback. Skynyrd is confirmed for five festival dates: April 5 in Livingston, Louisiana; April 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee; May 3 in Poplar Bluff, Montana; May 31 in York, Pennsylvania; and June 14 in Hastings, Michigan.Depending on the day, the bill will also feature artists including 3 Doors Down, Travis […]