(Press Release) On Mon., Sept. 18, 2017, the Randy Rogers Band will host its 9th annual Golf Jam and Concert at River Crossing Club (500 River Way) in Spring Branch, TX. In collaboration with Y100, this year's proceeds will go toward the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM), an organization providing the musicians of Austin, TX with affordable and quality health care for low-income, uninsured working musicians.

Ticket sales opened this Fri., July 7 at 10 AM CT, and golfer registration is $200. It will include the round of golf, a concert ticket, surprise giveaways, and complementary food and drinks for the day. Additional concert tickets can be purchased individually without participating in the tournament, and those start at $25 for general admission and $75 for VIP access. The Concert Jam will kick of at 7:30 PM CT following the tournament and will feature the Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen, Bruce Robison, and Jim Beavers.

In 2009, Randy Rogers Band created the annual golf and concert event to give back to the community. Since the tournament's inception, the Randy Rogers Band has raised roughly a half a million dollars for organizations across Texas.

(Press Release) Ladies, gentlemen and undecided…welcome to your earworm of the summer. It’s "The Real Thing," and it’s the debut single from singer-songwriter JoAnna Lee, releasing on 28th July - and it’s utterly gorgeous. The album, So Free, follows on 22nd September.
 
‘I wrote this song about a boy who walked into a bar,’ explains JoAnna during the video for the acoustic version of The Real Thing, which comes as a bonus track on the single. ‘And I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I got his name and number, and we had fun. And that’s all I’m going to say about that!’

(Press Release) Gillian Welch announces additional tour dates on The Harrow & The Harvest In Concert Vinyl Release Tour, adding shows in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and two nights in Portland (full details below). On this tour, Welch and her musical partner, Dave Rawlings, will perform 2011’s GRAMMY-nominated The Harrow & The Harvest, which the Washington Post called “Welch...at her haunting, heart-aching best,” in its entirety. Dates on this tour have previously been announced in New York City, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Nashville. Tickets for these new dates will go on sale on Friday, July 14th at 10:00 AM PST and can be purchased here. The duo, accompanied by a full band, will also perform as Dave Rawlings Machine in cities including St. Paul, Bloomington, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago (full dates below).

The Harrow & The Harvest will be released for the first time ever on vinyl via Gillian Welch’s own Acony Records on July 28th. Of the process Welch reveals, "We have been working and waiting 20 years to bring you our music on phonograph record. It took a while, because we wanted to do it the right way, the absolute best way humanly possible, and I believe that's what we've done. No sonic stone was left unturned, no nuance let fall by the wayside. There is honestly nothing else I can imagine hoping to hear out of the original tapes. It is all there in the groove. As people whose lives were changed by the sound of music coming off turntables, we humbly invite you to include us in your record collection." The single LP will be packaged in an "Old Style" tip-on gatefold jacket with custom paper and will include full color cover art by artist John Dyer Baizley, also of the group Baroness, as well as a printed sleeve, and full lyric insert. The album was mastered directly from the original tapes through custom Ortofon amplifiers to a Neumann VMS-80 cutting system and plated and pressed on standard-weight audiophile-quality vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and can be pre-ordered here.

Pride to Accept Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award This Tuesday in New York City Plus Appear at Summer NAMM Show July 15 in Nashville
 
NASHVILLE, TENN. (Press Release) – Country icon Charley Pride is back with his brand new album, Music In My Heart, which is available now. The project serves as Pride’s first album in more than six years, and is released via Music City Records. The highly anticipated project features 13 new studio recordings that were produced by acclaimed singer/songwriter Billy Yates. Fans can purchase Music In My Heart on Amazon, iTunes and wherever music is sold.

Pride has continued to turn heads with the new collection. In addition to a recent feature by Billboard, Pride will also be included in spotlight feature interviews with the Associated Press, Huffington Post, Goldmine Magazine and more. Media is raving, with Billboard saying “Charley Pride's vocals are just as soothing to the soul as a glass of Granny's tea and those pair of shoes that you always find yourself drawn to.....just like returning to the well.”