Medicine Show News

MerleFest concluded its annual spring homecoming this weekend with its ‘Traditional Plus' celebration, drawing both seasoned attendees and newcomers to the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, NC.

The Suwannee Roots Revival has announced its initial lineup for 2024, which includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Yonder Mountain String Band, Donna the Buffalo (4 days), and more. The 8th Suwannee Roots Revival takes place Thursday, October 10 - Sunday, October 13 at the renowned Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park (SOSMP) in Live Oak, Florida. More artists to be announced soon!

Explore the end of the 2023-24 season at Scottsdale Arts with a variety of events and exhibitions. From art to performances, there's something for everyone to enjoy.

Join Phoenix Theatre Ensemble for their limited run of METAMORPHOSIS, an immersive experience inspired by Franz Kafka's classic novella. Created by PTE Company Members Clara Francesca & Leo Lion, catch the performances at KafkaTech at Studio Exhibit Photography Studios.

Get the latest updates on MerleFest 2024's stage schedules, Acoustic Kids registration, and mobile app enhancements. Festival organizers announced MerleFest pioneering artist John Cowan will join the already stellar lineup, including appearances by Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours, The Teskey Brothers, Nickel Creek, Sam Bush, and more.

Joined by Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, OCMS founding member Willie Watson and The Del McCoury Band on select dates, the band's nationwide trek includes a performance at Luck Reunion on March 14, as well as stops in Dallas, New York, Boston and much more throughout the year, wrapping up in December with a return to Nashville.

Harris Center will present an evening with rock music icon Melissa Etheridge on Monday, March 18, at 7:30pm.

The tour comes as the next chance for fans to catch Melissa on the stage following her critically acclaimed Broadway engagement, My Window at Circle in the Square Theatre. The three-month long run began in September of 2023, just a year after her return to theater in her one woman show, My Window – A Journey Through Life.

Virginia-based Americana pioneers The Steel Wheels have released new album Sideways via the band's own Big Ring Records. Produced by Sam Kassirer (Lake Street Dive, Langhorne Slim, Josh Ritter), Sideways is at once a meditation on the nonlinear nature of personal growth and a joyous celebration of life.

The Red Clay Strays, will continue their extensive headline tour through this summer including newly confirmed stops at Fort Myers' Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon, Asheville's The Orange Peel, Columbus' The Bluestone (two nights), Grand Rapids' The Intersection, Salt Lake City's The Complex, Portland's Crystal Ballroom and Seattle's Showbox.

Find out who won at the GRAMMYs. Notable winners include Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, SZA, Fred Again.., Shucked songwriter Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue, Billie Eilish for the Barbie soundtrack, and more.

The full cast has been revealed for the world premiere of Ryan Drake’s you don’t have to do anything, directed by Ryan Dobrin and produced by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Corsicana playwright Will Arbery.

Kasey Tyndall is shaking up the country music scene with her electrifying new single, “Bad For Me.” The bold release, available everywhere now, is sure to continue to establish Tyndall as a force to be reckoned with and firmly positions her as the female answer to the country-rock phenomenon that is taking Nashville by storm.

FRIGID New York will present the World Premiere of The Fantastical Fellowship: Final Quest for the Crisis Crystal XXVII!, written and produced by Andrew Agress, directed by Phoebe Brooks and Associate Produced by Greg T. Nanni at UNDER St. Marks.

Ryan Drake’s you don’t have to do anything will make its world premiere at HERE, February 8–23.

MerleFest's full 2024 lineup includes Old Crow Medicine Show, Turnpike Troubadours, The Teskey Brothers, Nickel Creek, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Larkin Poe, Lukas Nelson & POTR, Steep Canyon Rangers, Dan Tyminski Band, Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Heart, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, The Earls of Leicester, and more.

The tour comes as the next chance for fans to catch Melissa on the stage following her critically acclaimed Broadway engagement, My Window at Circle in the Square Theatre. The 3-month long run began in September of 2023, just a year after her return to theatre in her one woman show, My Window – A Journey Through Life.

Ross-Spang has won two Grammy Awards, for engineering Isbell’s album Something More Than Free and again for its follow-up. Other recent work in 2023 alone include producing Peter One's Come Back To Me, Lucero's Should've Learned by Now, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones' Angels In Science Fiction, in addition to mixing Morgan Wade's Psychopath.

Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and more were also nominated for GRAMMYS. Check out the full list of nominations now! Sweeney Todd, Parade, and more were nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category.

The first few lines of Vinnie Paolizzi's new single, “Ahead of Me,” are a hopeful, vintage-tinged proclamation that he's only getting started: “I'm not done / At least not for good / I've got a few more miles / Under this hood.”