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LONDON – Americana/indie-country artist Michaela Anne, who Bob Harris from BBC Radio 2 has mentioned within the context of Country music's "next big thing,” performs her first UK headlining show on May 16 at The Islington in London.

Pop Singer/songwriter DAYVID, will be releasing his new single “VHS” on May 2, 2019.

Don Was, Blue Note Records, Ringo Starr, Beverley Knight, Jacob Collier, Quincy Jones, Sons of Kemet, dodie, Simon Mayo, Makaya McCraven, BBC’s Dead Ringers, Steve Levine, Swing Out Sister, and Nubya Garcia were among the music and entertainment industry figures who featured in this evening’s Jazz FM Awards 2019 – the most prestigious event in the UK jazz calendar.

Orange Amplification's has partnered with Black Deer Festival to offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to win a TremLord 30 guitar amplifier worth £1000 and a forty five minute set on the festival’s SupaJam stage in the main festival arena.

High in the Mid-'60s: How to Have a Fabulous Life in Music without Being Famous first started as Rick Levy’s journal (which began while touring as Peter Noone’s bandleader and tour manager) where he wrote about discovering his roots and what turned out to be a lifelong passion realized. Readers will discover High in the Mid ‘60s is a memoir, rock and roll everyman story, spiritual discovery, survival manual and an anecdotal treasure chest of life on the road. Rick went from being a member of The Limits, a garage band, to having a failed major label recording contract, to running an indie label, then going on to become one of the top managers and bandleaders in the 60s genre.

YOSHIKI gave special performances of the songs “Endless Rain” and “Anniversary” and was interviewed on NHK World’s premiere episode of the show “SONGS OF TOKYO,” which debuted worldwide this week (April 22, 2019). Watch YOSHIKI on NHK’s “Songs of Tokyo” episode (link avail. through June 27, 2019): HERE.

Rising from the fertile ground of the Denver country gospel scene, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club fever-drenched sound is steeped in the finest Pentecostal raving of a vengeful God and straining toward an unlikely redemption.

Great news for the Cassia Band outfit because their debut Album ‘Replica’ has just hit the streets and they're are beyond excited.

With tongue-firmly-in-cheek, the new clip finds the band poking fun at the very process of making a music video as a band. Staged around a fake board-meeting, the conceptual new video stars the five-piece as themselves and brainstorming to come up with a new music video with a big impact.  With comically mixed results, you can watch the meta new video here: https://youtu.be/oyGMKWPZ0kU

Melodic hard rockers Collateral will drop their new single, 'Lullaby' on Friday the 3rd May. The track is their first release since last year's debut EP '4 Shots' and will be released by Roulette Media.

Anteros is an English band whose music genre, you could describe as Indie pop, Dream pop or alternative Rock. They formed in 2014 with the lead vocals sung by Laura Hayden. The rest of the members play, Bass guitar (Joshua Rumble) Guitar, (Jackson Couzens) and finally drums (Harry Balazs).

Florida's indie-pop/alt-rock band Del Pelson released a new single today, titled "Oak". A bright, upbeat and happy-sounding song reveals a heart-breaking story hidden within the lyrics, coming as a cautionary tale to the dangers of drinking and driving. While incredibly catchy, the track becomes an intense and personal revelation of sadness building into a powerfully moving and intimate single.

ICYMI: the most important Country Rock collaboration in years, “Blue On Black” by Five Finger Death Punch featuring Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brantley Gilbert and  Brian May debuted last Friday, April 12 and is now the #2 on the iTunes All Genres Top Songs chart, #1 most-added song at Rock radio and the video for the song has already garnered 9 million views across the board.

Multi award winning pianist Karen Salicath Jamali is set to play at the Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital, Sunday April 21st. Taking to the stage, she will perform her own composition "Blue Ridge" she is a winner of The American Protégé International Composition for Piano and String music 2019.

Freya Ridings a 24 year old singer song writer and piano player is a name you need to remember, as you will be hearing and seeing a lot more of her. Her Hit single ‘ Lost without you’ was added onto Taylor Swift’s Apple Music playlist which gave Freya quite a bit of mileage; yip it takes a famous musician to do that to your song sometimes. Her newest song ‘You Mean The World To Me’, has already proven a great success too.

The Newcastle based French punk-pop duo The Noise & The Naive were formed in 2017.The Newcastle based French punk-pop duo The Noise & The Naive were formed in 2017.

Emma Blackery was born in 1991 in Basildon, Essex, U.K and typically of a young person growing up, was influenced by different genres of music. Initially classic pop was her influence but then discovered pop-punk.

Three of the top classic rock bands of the last several decades have announced a mouthwatering joint tour to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of some of their most iconic albums. Glasgow legends Gun will be joined by AOR heroes FM and funk rockers Dan Reed Network.

It’s a wonderful thing, when Heavy Metal bands join forces with country rock stars and contemporary rock bands including other music genres. The collaboration between Heavy Metal Band Five Finger Death Punch, Brantley Gilbert, Blues Icon Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Brian May found superb harmony in the cover version. They recorded a special version of ‘Blue on Black’ Brian May’s distinctive sound on his electric guitar is instantly recognizable. “We feel like it’s a multi-dimensional, multi-level effort unifying the different genres,” Gilbert told Billboard.

Long-running blues rockers Savoy Brown are to release a new album on Friday 7th June. Titled 'City Night' it will be issued by Quarto Valley Records (distributed by Proper) and is the group's 40th full length studio release.