ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo – Loews Hollywood Hotel (LA, CA)

ASCAP’s annual expo is the only music conference completely dedicated to exploring what it takes to be a professional music creator in today's industry. The expo attracts over 3,000 creators from the pop, country, EDM, Latin, hip-hop, and video game music worlds for three days of panels, workshops, master classes, keynotes, and one-on-one sessions with top hitmakers. This year’s speakers include Lee Ann Womack, “Shallow” co-writer Anthony Rossomando, and Zedd collaborator Matthew Koma.

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Morrissey – Lunt-Fontanne Theater (NYC)

Moz makes his Broadway debut with this intimate career-retrospective show covering his early days to his new covers album, California Son (5/24 via Etienne Records/BMG). Longtime fans will get a rare opportunity to see the star enter new territory and take the stage in another milestone for an already storied career. Show days are May 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, and 11.

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Eli “Paperboy” Reed – (Le) Poisson Rouge (NYC)

The Brooklyn soul singer, with his horn-heavy live band, tours the US following the release of his exuberant new album, 99 Cent Dreams (Yep Roc). The LP marks a return to the timeless music Reed fell in love with as a young man – performing in the juke joints of Clarksdale, MS, and the Chicago church of Chess Records artist-turned-preacher Mitty Collier.

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ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo – Loews Hollywood Hotel (LA, CA)

ASCAP’s annual expo is the only music conference completely dedicated to exploring what it takes to be a professional music creator in today's industry. The expo attracts over 3,000 creators from the pop, country, EDM, Latin, hip-hop, and video game music worlds for three days of panels, workshops, master classes, keynotes, and one-on-one sessions with top hitmakers. This year’s speakers include Lee Ann Womack, “Shallow” co-writer Anthony Rossomando, and Zedd collaborator Matthew Koma.

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Stereolab/ ‘Mars Audiac Quintet’/ Warp Records/Duophonic UHF Disks

"One of the most influential groups of the 1990s" (LA Times) and “one of the era's most creatively dynamic bands" (Pitchfork) reissue the first albums from their legendary Elektra run. These LPs are expanded and re-mastered on vinyl, compact disc, and digital, with additional titles to follow in August and November. Each album has been re-mastered from the original half-inch tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by guitarist Tim Gane. Bonus material will include alternate takes, four-track demos, and unreleased mixes.

Contact: Greg Jakubik

Donovan Woods/ ‘The Other Way’/ Meant Well

 Donovan Woods strips down his JUNO Award-winning masterwork Both Ways (Contemporary Roots Album of the Year) to its acoustic essence.

Contact: Eduardo Rios Pulgar

Pete Seeger/ ‘Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection’/ Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Along with the music of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, Seeger’s iconic songs, many of which were recorded over 60 years for Moses Asch and Folkways, are now modern folk standards. This career-spanning anthology — released on what would have been his 100th birthday — features six CDs, 20 unreleased recordings, and a 200-page hardbound book.

Contact: Andrea Evenson

Rockabye Baby!

Rockabye Baby!/ ‘Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Juanes’/ CMH Label Group

A thirteen-song collection spanning nearly two decades of hits, this new album takes ‘una hora de dormir normal’ to the next level, and is Rockabye Baby's first-ever release in the Latin music world.

Contact: Hannah Schwartz

Big Yellow Dog Music

Daniel Tashian/ ‘I Love Rainy Days’/ Big Yellow Dog Music

A 180 for Daniel Tashian, who follows his Musgraves' GRAMMY win with his first kid's album.

Contact: Olivia Del Valle

Rhiannon Giddens

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi/ ‘There Is No Other’/ Nonesuch

Produced by Joe Henry and tracked over an intensely productive five day period in Dublin, Ireland, there is no Other is at once a condemnation of “othering” and a celebration of the spread of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience.

Contact: Natalie Maher

Stereolab/ ‘Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements’/ Warp Records/Duophonic UHF Disks

"One of the most influential groups of the 1990s" (LA Times) and “one of the era's most creatively dynamic bands" (Pitchfork) reissue the first albums from their legendary Elektra run. These LPs are expanded and re-mastered on vinyl, compact disc, and digital, with additional titles to follow in August and November. Each album has been re-mastered from the original half-inch tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by guitarist Tim Gane. Bonus material will include alternate takes, four-track demos, and unreleased mixes.

Contact: Greg Jakubik

ASCAP “I Create Music” Expo – Loews Hollywood Hotel (LA, CA)

ASCAP’s annual expo is the only music conference completely dedicated to exploring what it takes to be a professional music creator in today's industry. The expo attracts over 3,000 creators from the pop, country, EDM, Latin, hip-hop, and video game music worlds for three days of panels, workshops, master classes, keynotes, and one-on-one sessions with top hitmakers. This year’s speakers include Lee Ann Womack, “Shallow” co-writer Anthony Rossomando, and Zedd collaborator Matthew Koma.

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The Cactus Blossoms

The Cactus Blossoms – Troubadour (LA, CA)

From David Lynch’s Twin Peaks to touring with Kacey Musgraves and opening for Jenny Lewis at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Minneapolis blood-harmony brother duo now headlines a US tour for its “rich, vibrant” (NPR) new album, Easy Way.

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PJ Morton

PJ Morton – City Winery (NYC)

After winning a GRAMMY and selling out his first headlining Kennedy Center performance, the busiest man in R&B announces a career first: a “Keys & A Mic” tour. Morton will perform acoustic sets in the smallest rooms he's played in years accompanied by sister duo The Amours, who also appear on his GRAMMY-nominated live album, Gumbo Unplugged.

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Mogli – Rough Trade (Brooklyn, NY)

Berlin’s DIY ambassador makes her “Mirrors” Tour – the first US tour of her career — a spiritual musical experience with the pulsating synths and somber electro-pop of her melancholic Patience EP. Like the EP, Mogli’s live performance is a perspective-shifting affair.

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Briston Maroney – The Echo (LA, CA)

At 21 years old, Maroney emanates an "arresting, invigorating vibe" (NPR) and is creating some of Nashville’s most visceral, yet also vulnerable and sophisticated, DIY rock ‘n’ roll right now. His live sets channel the energy of the house shows where he got his start, unwavering whether he's performing for hundreds or completely alone. Maroney plans to release a new EP amid tours with Liz Cooper and Wallows this spring and summer.

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Eli “Paperboy” Reed – Exit/In (Nashville)

The Brooklyn soul singer, with his horn-heavy live band, tours the US following the release of his exuberant new album, 99 Cent Dreams (Yep Roc). The LP marks a return to the timeless music Reed fell in love with as a young man – performing in the juke joints of Clarksdale, MS, and the Chicago church of Chess Records artist-turned-preacher Mitty Collier.

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Jenny Tolman – Whiskey Jam (Nashville)

Rolling Stone praises Tolman for having “the sass of Nikki Lane mixed with the clever wordplay of Brandy Clark.” Tolman will bring that sass, along with a lifetime of experience growing up in Music City, to the stage with a backing band and will perform songs from her debut LP, There Goes The Neighborhood (7/19 via Old Sol Records).

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SonReal/ ‘The Aaron LP’/ Black Box

Whether its folk-tinged acoustic ballads like the album opener “Fearless” and “1000 Highways,” the soul-infused tracks “Healing” (ft. Jessie Reyez) and “Quit,” or the intensely personal joints “Voicemail” and “Ted,” every song is a deeply relatable look into the person behind the music - Aaron Hoffman.

Contact: Grace Fleisher

The Mountain Goats – Cannery Ballroom (Nashville)

Songwriter and guitarist John Darnielle, bassist Peter Hughes, drummer Jon Wurster and multi-instrumentalist Matt Douglas play some of their biggest venues to date on this extensive headlining US tour. These shows follow a busy 2018 for the band, in which they co-produced several episodes (and a live event) of the acclaimed podcast I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats; wrote a song for WWE professional wrestler Sasha Banks (at her request); and surprise-released the Hex of Infinite Binding EP, earning immediate praise from NPR and Pitchfork, noting the songs' “vivid characters, both real and fictionalized, [employed] as conduits for complicated ideas."

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Lee Fields & The Expressions – Brooklyn Steel (Brooklyn, NY)

The 68-year-old Godfather of the New York Soul Revival and “the coolest mother****er to sing words into a microphone” (Vice) celebrates his 50+-year career with an extensive international headlining tour. Fields' longtime backing band, The Expressions, joins the tour, and together they will debut music from the new album, It Rains Love (Big Crown Records).

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PJ Morton

PJ Morton – City Winery (Nashville)

After winning a GRAMMY and selling out his first headlining Kennedy Center performance, the busiest man in R&B announces a career first: a “Keys & A Mic” tour. Morton will perform acoustic sets in the smallest rooms he's played in years accompanied by sister duo The Amours, who also appear on his GRAMMY-nominated live album, Gumbo Unplugged.

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Henry Jamison – The Basement (Nashville)

The Burlington, VT, singer-songwriter deconstructing “toxic fraternity” on new album Gloria Duplex (Akira Records) presents his first headlining tour. Jamison has spent years honing his live chops touring internationally with Big Thief, Caroline Rose, Darlingside, Nick Hakim, Guster, and more. Rolling Stone recently praised Jamison’s “dreamy and downy soft, laced with orchestral strings and a Sufjan Stevens-worthy vocal" folk arrangements, which now will be fleshed out on stage with a full band.

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Relix Live Music Conference

Relix Live Music Conference – Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY)

Back for its third year, the two-day conference features panels and discussions touching on topics across the fast-paced, ever-changing live music industry. These two days also include networking opportunities, lunch, happy hour, and bowling at one of New York’s most famous alleys.

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Nick Waterhouse – Music Hall of Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)

“The second coming of soul” (Vogue) leads his backing band on a headlining US tour in honor of his new self-titled LP. Waterhouse has toured the world and has collaborated with upstarts Ty Segall, Leon Bridges and Jon Batiste; soul legend Ural Thomas; Latin stars the Boogaloo Assassins and more.

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Relix Live Music Conference

Relix Live Music Conference – Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY)

Back for its third year, the two-day conference features panels and discussions touching on topics across the fast-paced, ever-changing live music industry. These two days also include networking opportunities, lunch, happy hour, and bowling at one of New York’s most famous alleys.

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Black Pumas – Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY)

“The breakout band of 2019” (NPR) makes its NYC debut. Eric Burton and Adrian Quesada show off their Austin-bred “Wu-Tang Clan meets James Brown” (KCRW) sound best fit for the live stage; Rolling Stone named them “One Of The 30 Best Bands We Saw In Austin” during this year’s SXSW.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band

Tedeschi Trucks Band – The Orpheum Theatre (LA, CA)

Guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, “two of the best roots rock musicians of their generation” (NPR), and their GRAMMY-winning 12-member band return from Europe with this two-night stand for new album Signs (Fantasy Records/Concord). Unrivaled in their blend of American soul, blues, rock and country, the band will play multiple nights in some of America’s biggest cities.

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Abby Anderson – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville)

The New York Times-approved, Dallas-bred keyboardist “armed with a big voice and exuberant stage presence” (Rolling Stone) previews new music out later this year.

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ODESZA

ODESZA – Los Angeles State Historic Park (LA, CA)

The GRAMMY-nominated duo “redefining electronic music” (NPR) ends its yearlong “A Moment Apart” Tour with this epic finale. Harrison Mills' and Clayton Knight's Foreign Family Collective label will be featured prominently at this historic show. Former FFC signee and current Counter Records labelmate Big Wild will support, preceded by FFC artists EVAN GIIA, MEMBA, and ford.

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Tedeschi Trucks Band

Tedeschi Trucks Band – The Orpheum Theatre (LA, CA)

Guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, “two of the best roots rock musicians of their generation” (NPR), and their GRAMMY-winning 12-member band return from Europe with this two-night stand for new album Signs (Fantasy Records/Concord). Unrivaled in their blend of American soul, blues, rock and country, the band will play multiple nights in some of America’s biggest cities.

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Logan Mize

Logan Mize/ ‘From The Vault’/ Big Yellow Dog Music

Over the years, Mize has recorded and performed songs live on the road that never made it onto a record… until now; The “must-see indie” (CMT) will release a fan-driven five-song EP.

Contact: Olivia Del Valle

Briston Maroney/ ‘Indiana’/ Canvasback Music

Recorded in rural Kentucky's Thunder Sound studio and defogging the haze of dual upbringings in Knoxville and Amelia Island, Indiana presents a new beginning for the 21-year-old finally finding his footing in Nashville.

Contact: Greg Jakubik

Dan Tepfer/ ‘Natural Machines’/ Sunnyside Records

Using Yamaha's self-playing Disklavier piano as his only instrument, “one of the moment’s most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York Magazine) sets a new framework for how humans can make meaningful art. These songs, simultaneously written and recorded in single takes, are products of Tepfer's improvisations interacting with his own computer programs; his algorithms process the music to instantly create counterparts and trigger the Disklavier's keys to express sound.

Contact: Greg Jakubik

Junius Meyvant – Baby’s All Right (Brooklyn, NY)

The 2019 NPR “Artist to Watch” from Iceland returns to the US for a mini-tour with his six-piece band. Horn section included. Across The Borders, Meyvant’s Glassnote debut from earlier this year, earned nods from NPR Music, Rolling Stone, and TIME, which featured album standout “New Waves” in its “Songs You Need to Listen To” release week roundup alongside Vampire Weekend and Dua Lipa.

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Nick Lowe

Nick Lowe/ ‘Love Starvation / Trombone’/ Yep Roc

Lowe, the “master songwriter who never takes himself too seriously” (Rolling Stone), and Los Straitjackets, America’s beloved masked men of surf-and-spy guitar instrumentals, team up once again. Recorded in Woodstock, NY, over a short break from touring, the EP features three new Lowe originals and a cover of “Raincoat In The River,” an obscure gem originally recorded by Sammy Turner and produced by Phil Spector.

Contact: Amy Bailey

Bruno Major – Regent Theater (LA, CA)

Major’s first tour of 2019 and his new single, “Old Fashioned,” kick off another promising year for the North London crooner with “tremendous vocals” (Clash). Last year, he sold out two US headlining tours, including back-to-back nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and Rough Trade and two nights at LA’s Masonic Lodge. He also made debuts on late-night TV (The Late Late Show with James Corden) and festivals (Bonnaroo), and he toured with Sam Smith in the UK.

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Bruno Major – The Observatory (Santa Ana, CA)

Major’s first tour of 2019 and his new single, “Old Fashioned,” kick off another promising year for the North London crooner with “tremendous vocals” (Clash). Last year, he sold out two US headlining tours, including back-to-back nights at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom and Rough Trade and two nights at LA’s Masonic Lodge. He also made debuts on late-night TV (The Late Late Show with James Corden) and festivals (Bonnaroo), and he toured with Sam Smith in the UK.

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Freakonomics Radio Network

Freakonomics Radio – The Theatre at Ace Hotel (LA, CA)

Freakonomics Radio will host its first live tapings on the West Coast. Host Stephen J. Dubner will bring to the stage the same kind of factual, inquisitive journalism from his weekly show but disguised as entertaining, unexpected, and sometimes ridiculous conversation. Joining him are Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; Angela Duckworth, author of Grit; Luis Guerra, the podcast’s composer who will debut his new “Freakonomics Radio Orchestra”; and more.

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Dan Tepfer – Bar Bayeux (Brooklyn, NY)

“One of the moment’s most adventurous and relevant musicians” (New York Magazine) explores the possibilities of real-time VR with his new interactive performance. Each show features live visuals rendered by Tepfer's playing in real time. The projections take the sonic data from his Disklavier piano to represent foundational aspects of each piece – pitch, dynamics, rhythm, harmony, and more – in both two dimensions and virtual reality. 

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Echo In The Canyon/ ‘Echo In The Canyon’/ BMG

Echo In The Canyon - the illuminating new documentary film directed by Andrew Slater that explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene (1965 -1967) through the stories of those who lived it, and the artists who carry its influence to this day - will be accompanied by a soundtrack celebrating the music of that era.

Contact: Grace Fleisher

The Cactus Blossoms

The Cactus Blossoms – Nashville Boogie (Nashville)

From David Lynch’s Twin Peaks to touring with Kacey Musgraves and opening for Jenny Lewis at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, the Minneapolis blood-harmony brother duo now headlines a US tour for its “rich, vibrant” (NPR) new album, Easy Way.

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Morrissey/ ‘California Son’/ Etienne Records/BMG

Moz follows up last year's "heartfelt" (Rolling Stone) cover of the Pretenders' "Back on the Chain Gang" with a covers album of ‘60s and ‘70s protest songs. "One of the most influential figures in the history of British pop" (BBC) takes on luminaries of the era (Joni Mitchell, Dionne Warwick, Bob Dylan) while also delving into the likes of early gay icon Jobriath and political activist Phil Ochs. The collection boasts collaborations with alt-rock royalty Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day), Ed Droste (Grizzly Bear), Sameer Gadhia (Young the Giant), and LP.

Contact: Eduardo Rios Pulgar

Chaos Chaos – Market Hotel (Brooklyn, NY)

Asya and Chloe Saavedra’s live show is as glossy, brainy, and infectious as its new single, “Armed And Dangerous.” The sister duo – playing drums and synth respectively – are joined by a full band for these select dates. Together, the sisters have performed with Pearl Jam, Death Cab For Cutie, Sleater-Kinney, and more.

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Henry Jamison – Rough Trade (Brooklyn, NY)

The Burlington, VT, singer-songwriter deconstructing “toxic fraternity” on new album Gloria Duplex (Akira Records) presents his first headlining tour. Jamison has spent years honing his live chops touring internationally with Big Thief, Caroline Rose, Darlingside, Nick Hakim, Guster, and more. Rolling Stone recently praised Jamison’s “dreamy and downy soft, laced with orchestral strings and a Sufjan Stevens-worthy vocal" folk arrangements, which now will be fleshed out on stage with a full band.

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Mogli – Moroccan Lounge (LA, CA)

Berlin’s DIY ambassador wraps her first US tour with this date. Her “Mirrors” Tour is a perspective-changing spiritual musical experience with the pulsating synths and somber electro-pop of her melancholic Patience EP.

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Tal Wilkenfeld – Brooklyn Bowl (Brooklyn, NY)

The “formidable singer-songwriter” (Rolling Stone) and bassist for Jeff Beck, Prince, Herbie Hancock, and more embarks on a full-band headlining tour. She’ll highlight songs from Love Remains, a debut album featuring singing that Billboard calls “rich, expressive.”

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Jack Gray/ ‘Nights Like This’/ - Warner Music Group

Calling to mind contemporaries from Jack Garratt and James Blake to Frank Ocean and The 1975, Jack's melodic voice floats over a combination of slick guitar work and crunchy electronic production. 

Contact: Mikaela Duhs

Dalton & the Sheriffs/ ‘Luckier by Half’/ Independent

The half-dozen songs on the hard-touring band’s latest release match the muscular drive and openhearted intensity of their storied live sets.

Contact: Andrea Evenson

Stevie Redstone/ ‘Shot In The Dark’/ Independent

This 10-track album is an infectious slice of vintage gold, a retro-tinged collection that feels both classic and modern as it draws from notes of Motown and Stax to Britpop and Laurel Canyon.

Contact: Andrea Evenson

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band/ ‘The Traveler’/ Concord

The album features ten songs including eight new originals co-written by KWS and some of Nashville’s most in-demand songwriters, plus incendiary covers of Buffalo Springfield’s “Mr. Soul” and Joe Walsh’s “Turn to Stone.”

Contact: Natalie Maher