The multiplatinum-selling country artist headlines the historic Ryman for the first time. Fans can expect to hear chart-toppers like “If Heaven Wasn’t So Far Away," “Small Town USA” and “Outlaws Like Me,” as well as songs from Moore’s third and latest No. 1 Billboard Country Album, Kinda Don’t Care.
NPR Music named Cowles one of its 2018 Slingshot artist because of “high-energy, thoughtful rock ’n’ roll” that finds its greatest expression lived. He’ll feature songs from his raucous yet reflective solo debut, How To Be Okay Alone (6/15 via Dine Alone), highlighted by “Keep Moving,” an “Americana-tinged rock gem” (Baeble Music).
After making their TV debut on Conan, touring with Neko Case and becoming NPR Music’s Slingshot Artist for February, the band embarks on a spring tour. In a little more than a year together, the LA-via-Philadelphia band has racked up over 15 million Spotify streams, and Rolling Stone declared them “your new folk-rock heroes.” Their self-titled debut LP is out now on Dualtone Records.
The JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize nominee performs music from new album Both Ways (4/20 via Meant Well). A Nashville songwriter by way of Ontario, Donovan has made a career bucking expectations – he cites the Southern Ontario Gothic of Alice Munro and the work of feminist poet Bronwen Wallace as major inspirations for his new LP, which also channels the sounds of classic Motown and rustic, Nashville-inspired acoustic.
When the Benin-born global pop star, three-time GRAMMY winner and “Africa’s greatest living diva” (NPR) performed Remain In Light in full with David Byrne at Carnegie Hall last year, the New York Times declared, “Ms. Kidjo isn’t toppling an icon; she is dancing on its heights.” Now Kidjo brings that 1980 album back to the stage ahead of her recorded reimagining of the landmark work, out 6/8 via Kravenworks Records.
He has had over 110 million streams in the last two years – and he has a new single out produced by Mura Masa. The enigmatic R&B crooner “revved up to lead a revolution” (The Fader) will reveal even more on stage, giving a taste of his forthcoming summer debut album and a headlining tour this fall.
Fresh off the release of Gumbo Unplugged (Morton Records), a single-take live album featuring a 22-piece supergroup and sweeping orchestral touches, the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-faceted musician stirs up his “deeply soulful R&B” (NPR), inspired by his native New Orleans, for an intimate show.
After making their TV debut on Conan, touring with Neko Case and becoming NPR Music’s Slingshot Artist for February, the band embarks on a spring tour. In a little more than a year together, the LA-via-Philadelphia band has racked up over 15 million Spotify streams, and Rolling Stone declared them “your new folk-rock heroes.” Their self-titled debut LP is out now on Dualtone Records.
The Kentucky native with “a voice that moves with the heft and certainty of a tractor-trailer” (New York Times) makes his Nashville full-band debut at the WME Speakeasy. On stage, Carmichael fleshes out his Jennings- and Haggard-inspired songwriting and heightens his rich baritone voice, best encapsulated by the Dave Cobb-produced single "It's Simple," which Rolling Stone Country praises as "a rare breed."
The JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize nominee performs music from new album Both Ways (4/20 via Meant Well). A Nashville songwriter by way of Ontario, Donovan has made a career bucking expectations – he cites the Southern Ontario Gothic of Alice Munro and the work of feminist poet Bronwen Wallace as major inspirations for his new LP, which also channels the sounds of classic Motown and rustic, Nashville-inspired acoustic.
After touring with the likes of Margaret Glaspy, Joseph, Bear’s Den and the Oh Hellos, Liza performs her gritty anxious pop from new album Fine Buy Dying (Arts & Crafts) on the final show of a national headlining tour.
The singer, rapper and writer who has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations adds a newly found orchestral influence to her theatrical and unapologetically bold live show. The member of the Doomtree hip-hop collective performs “enormously relatable and compelling … badass” (AV Club) tracks from her Chime album with “incredible gravitas, presence … and humanity” (NPR All Songs Considered) and a full band.
Campbell, performing with banjo luminary Carl Jackson, brings sharp wit and her own banjo virtuosity to her free album-release show for debut LP The Lonely One (5/11 via Whistle Stop Records).
Davis, who has been the special guest on tours with Bon Iver, The Staves, Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour and more, joins Lake Street Dive for a nearly sold-out tour. With her soon-to-be-released debut Delivery (7/13 via Rounder Records), Davis sets out to challenge listeners’ notions of what the harp can do with synths, AM rock and funk.
The triple-threat songwriter, singer and banjo virtuoso releases her debut album on her own label. Campbell, the daughter of Glen Campbell and also a former member of his touring band, co-wrote every song on a bold, reflective and brazenly funny album that chronicles the journey of a young woman grappling with grown-up choices.
Contact: Jaclyn D. Carter
The multi-instrumentalist, historian and co-founder of the GRAMMY-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops brings his new album, Black Cowboys (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), to life on stage. Flemons takes the listener on an illuminating journey through the Old West via re-worked string-blues music, old-time square-dance music and cowboy poetry, along with original music written specifically for the album, all of which explore and celebrate the history of African-American cowboy songs.
At this kick-off event, guests will gather in the studios designed to evoke the grandeur of the Vanderbilt Gallery, where works by the League's renowned artists will be on display throughout the weekend. Guests will be able to bid and buy artworks by League instructors, students, alumni and young artists. This strolling reception will include sumptuous hors d'oeuvres, themed cocktails and live entertainment.
He has had over 110 million streams in the last two years – and he has a new single out produced by Mura Masa. The enigmatic R&B crooner “revved up to lead a revolution” (The Fader) will reveal even more on stage, giving a taste of his forthcoming summer debut album and a headlining tour this fall.
The triple-threat songwriter, singer and banjo virtuoso performs on the Opry the same day she releases her debut LP, The Lonely One (Whistle Stop Records). Campbell, the daughter of Glen Campbell and also a former member of his touring band, co-wrote every song on a bold, reflective and brazenly funny album that chronicles the journey of a young woman grappling with grown-up choices.
The Florida-born artist has churned out hits for the likes of Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony and more for over a decade – now the powerhouse vocalist debuts her own music live. On stage with just her and a guitarist, Renea tells her own story with the poetic prowess and unstoppable knack for melody that has brought so many others’ hits to life.
“Your new folk-rock heroes” (Rolling Stone) join the lineup for the 26th annual KROQ Weenie Roast. The five-piece band will play their Top 10 AAA radio hit “Silver Lining” and other tracks from their “amiable & soaring” (NPR Music) self-titled LP, out now via Dualtone.
Anybody and everybody can make art, see art or even be art at the League's Open House event. Students and instructors will be onsite to run demos and lead workshops for people of all ages and levels of artistic know-how. In the Vanderbilt Gallery, League models will pose for a series of live sketch sessions.
The League has put on some legendary parties in the past - Fakirs Balls, Dream Balls and 140NOW - and the inaugural ST[art]UP House Party promises to be a fabulous evening of dancing, performance, costumes and over the top fun.
On the heels of two GRAMMY nominations and a national TV debut that Billboard Magazine called “the most arresting songs we’ve seen performed on late-night TV all year,” the electronic duo extends its “A Moment Apart Tour” into 2018. The 2017 leg of the tour, the largest showcase of ODESZA’s “transcendent” (Nylon) music yet, sold out arenas across North America.
Around the world, technology is disrupting the workforce, with automation poised to displace humans in the fields of medicine, agriculture and beyond. Will the rise of robots fuel a new wave of “us versus them” populism capable of undermining democracy? Four experts debate the Future of Work in this month’s edition of the “fantastic” (New Yorker) live debate series.
Fresh off the release of Gumbo Unplugged (Morton Records), a single-take live album featuring a 22-piece supergroup and sweeping orchestral touches, the GRAMMY-nominated, multi-faceted musician stirs up his “deeply soulful R&B” (NPR), inspired by his native New Orleans, for an intimate show.
The Florida-born artist has churned out hits for the likes of Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony and more for over a decade – now the powerhouse vocalist debuts her own music live. On stage with just her and a guitarist, Renea tells her own story with the poetic prowess and unstoppable knack for melody that has brought so many others’ hits to life.
The Pharrell-endorsed electric soul prodigy previews new music from his debut album with a hometown showcase. The German-born artist has been releasing his songs – all inspired by women whom have shaped his life, from high school crushes to godmother Chaka Khan to summer flings to his current girlfriend – track by track, "until he runs out of love songs."
The Wisconsin group returns to LA following a series of sold-out shows touring behind new album My Mother The Moon, which earned nods from Rolling Stone, Billboard, NPR Music and more. The new music was produced by Ken Coomer (Wilco, Uncle Tupelo), and the group's folk sound now carries a raw, revelatory and gospel-like weight that moves between sweeping orchestration, sparse fingerpicking and bluegrass romps.
The iconic Brooklyn-based music and art venue House of Yes and Little Cinema host an evening of DJs and live performances honoring the many faces of David Bowie, from Ziggy Stardust and Major Tom to the Goblin King. The night will feature a Bowie-inspired makeup station and photo booth – costumes are encouraged, but not required.
This limited-edition, numbered boxed set collects the Tunnel Of Love, Human Touch, Lucky Town, and The Ghost Of Tom Joad studio albums; the 1993 MTV Plugged live set; and the Chimes Of Freedom and Blood Brothers EPs, remastered for the first time on vinyl. The set contains 10 discs in recreations of the original packaging and a 60-page book featuring photos, memorabilia and press clippings.
Contact: Max Lefkowitz
Following the critical success of sophomore LP All American Made, Rolling Stone Country’s pick as 2017's best album, Price headlines the legendary auditorium for the first time. Tyler Childers opens the first two nights and Colter Wall will open night three.
Songwriter and producer David Longstreth joins longtime band members Nat Baldwin and Mike Johnson, as well as three new members, for the band’s first tour in nearly five years.
Following the critical success of sophomore LP All American Made, Rolling Stone Country’s pick as 2017's best album, Price headlines the legendary auditorium for the first time. Tyler Childers opens the first two nights and Colter Wall will open night three.
Ireland’s chart-toppers and two-time Webby Award winners return to the US to open for The Kooks. The four-piece rock group’s debut LP, Tales from the Backseat (Downtown Records), earned raves from Uproxx, V Magazine, Clash and more and landed them an opening slot for The Rolling Stones in Dublin.
Meiko celebrates the release of her upcoming covers album, Playing Favorites, out 5/25 via Chesky Records. On her new LP, Meiko reimagines a canon of ‘90s classics – from alt-rock to funk to hip-hop – as more intimate affairs guided by her stripped-down, haunting minimalist performance and gentle pop sensibility.
For Red Bull Music Festival, the musician, composer and producer premieres MYRIAD, a theatrical, medium-spanning installation and four-part epochal song cycle. These site-specific performances features OPN's first live touring ensemble plus special guests and collaborators, and it will embed the audience within the architecture of the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
Case appears on HQ Trivia Host Scott Rogowsky's live comedy talk show, alongside Paul Rudd and David Cross, at the Gramercy Theatre. Her interview and performance previews her self-produced new album Hell-On (6/1 via ANTI-), which Billboard calls her “biggest, brightest sounding album ever.”
Davis, who has been the special guest on tours with Bon Iver, The Staves, Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour and more, joins Lake Street Dive for a nearly sold-out tour. With her soon-to-be-released debut Delivery (7/13 via Rounder Records), Davis sets out to challenge listeners’ notions of what the harp can do with synths, AM rock and funk.
In collaboration with NPR Music and WFUV at Brooklyn’s Littlefield, Case and her band perform songs from new album Hell-On (6/1 via ANTI-) as well as some of her best-known material in this intimate performance. Billboard calls Case’s self-produced new album her “biggest, brightest sounding album ever.”
Following the critical success of sophomore LP All American Made, Rolling Stone Country’s pick as 2017's best album, Price headlines the legendary auditorium for the first time. Tyler Childers opens the first two nights and Colter Wall will open night three.
The Florida-born artist has churned out hits for the likes of Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Pitbull, Fifth Harmony and more for over a decade – now the powerhouse vocalist debuts her own music live. On stage with just her and a guitarist, Renea tells her own story with the poetic prowess and unstoppable knack for melody that has brought so many others’ hits to life.
Ireland’s chart-toppers and two-time Webby Award winners return to the US to open for The Kooks. The four-piece rock group’s debut LP, Tales from the Backseat (Downtown Records), earned raves from Uproxx, V Magazine, Clash and more and landed them an opening slot for The Rolling Stones in Dublin.
For Red Bull Music Festival, the musician, composer and producer premieres MYRIAD, a theatrical, medium-spanning installation and four-part epochal song cycle. These site-specific performances features OPN's first live touring ensemble plus special guests and collaborators, and it will embed the audience within the architecture of the Armory's Wade Thompson Drill Hall.
The soulful Canadian trio dresses contemporary ideas in vintage clothing, playfully defiant lyrics and talkback harmonies. The group honors the timely legacy of the original Rosie the Riveter with its new collection of empowerment anthems, Ms. Behave (4/6), and songs like “I Believe You,” which Billboard calls “powerful [and] daring.”
Davis, who has been the special guest on tours with Bon Iver, The Staves, Punch Brothers, Watkins Family Hour and more, joins Lake Street Dive for a nearly sold-out tour. With her soon-to-be-released debut Delivery (7/13 via Rounder Records), Davis sets out to challenge listeners’ notions of what the harp can do with synths, AM rock and funk.
Having sold out its debut last November, Ariana and the Rose brings “light + space” back to the celebrated Bushwick-based creative space for a three-event residency. Self-described as “Studio 54 in outer space,” the immersive music experience spotlighted by New York Magazine, HuffPost, and Time Out NY consists of interactive theater, a DJ set and a live performance by Ariana.
Meiko reimagines a canon of '90s classics – from alt-rock to funk to hip-hop – as more intimate affairs. Jennifer Paige’s “Crush” becomes a soft acoustic ballad, The Cranberries’ “Zombie” is stripped down to a haunting minimalist feel, and other hits are transformed by Meiko’s gentle pop sensibility.
Contact: Nina Lee
“These are the last letters I may ever write her” – that’s how the New Orleans-based songwriter and teller of stories describes his brave new album, coming five years after the GRAMMY-nominated The Moorings. Recorded in Nashville with Eric Masse (Rayland Baxter, Andrew Combs, Miranda Lambert), these 11 solo-penned songs reveal hard-earned personal truths and bring a complex vision of love into focus.
Contact: Jaclyn D. Carter
Following a tour with Fleet Foxes and performances on CONAN and NPR Music, Prass brings her celebratory and defiant new album, The Future and the Past (6/1 via ATO), to the stage on her headlining “The Future and The Past Tour.” Prass’ new album already has received praise from Pitchfork, Vulture, The Fader and more, and Rolling Stone has deemed her one of the best acts at this year’s SXSW, saying her show was “the sound of a musician hitting her stride.”
The New Orleans pianist brings his trio – Cornell Williams on bass and A.J. Hall on drums – to the East Coast to preview Dyna-Mite (7/13 via Thirty Tigers), the follow-up to his GRAMMY-winning last LP. Rolling Stone says Cleary's music is "full of hooks and syncopation descended from James Booker and Professor Longhair," and his career includes writing and performing with Dr. John, B.B. King, John Scofield and Taj Mahal, as well as playing in Bonnie Raitt's band for 10 years.
Will Sheff and co. tour behind their electric and colorful new album In The Rainbow Rain (4/27 via ATO). The record is an exuberant declaration of hope, featuring big blooms of synths and guitars, a chorus of backing vocals and a spirituality and gratitude akin to a modern secular gospel record.
Campbell joins Dailey & Vincent, T. Graham Brown and Mo Pitney for Opry Country Classics. A celebration of the songs that made Music City, Opry Country Classics features celebrity host Larry Gatlin and guests performing timeless country favorites.
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