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Photos: Jack Barksdale Releases BATTLEGROUND EP on Streaming Platforms
by Rachel Stone - Oct 16, 2026

Texas folk Americana singer-songwriter Jack Barksdale released his five-song EP BATTLEGROUND via Cloverdale Records, featuring socially conscious songs that address class warfare, wealth inequality, and collective responsibility.

Listen: Scott Fagan Shares Track From Lost 1971 Richard Gere-Led Rock Opera SOON
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 8, 2026

Scott Fagan released a new song from his long-lost 1971 Broadway rock opera SOON, which starred a young Richard Gere. The album arrives via Fire Records after 55 years in development.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Will Come to Theatre Memphis
by Stephi Wild - Oct 6, 2026

Theatre Memphis will present MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, a musical depicting a legendary 1956 jam session at Sun Records studio featuring Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Broadway Rose
by Krista Garver - Oct 5, 2026

A show like this lives or dies by the musical performances, and Broadway Rose's production delivers on its promise a hundred times over, especially Hunter Semrau as Jerry Lee Lewis.

Review: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, The Arts At Marble Arch
by Franco Milazzo - Sep 21, 2026

Directed by Jonathan O'Boyle, this production comes from Barn Theatre Cirencester where it was first staged in 2022, revived for a summer run and now transfers with its full Barn company before heading off on a national tour. It arrives as a hastily arranged replacement for the troubled Burlesque that is doing its own circuit of the UK after cancelling what was meant to be its opening run.

Photos: Jack Barksdale Releases BATTLEGROUND Title Track
by Rachel Stone - Sep 15, 2026

Folk-Americana singer-songwriter Jack Barksdale released the title track from his upcoming EP BATTLEGROUND, examining wealth inequality and systemic injustice through poignant songwriting.

Interview: Madison Palmer On Originating Dyanne in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET at Paramount Theatre's Stolp Island Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Sep 8, 2026

Madison Palmer discusses originating the role of Dyanne in Paramount Theatre's long-running production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, now staged in the immersive Stolp Island Theatre designed to feel like 1956 Sun Studio.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Will Embark on UK Tour in 2027
by Stephi Wild - Sep 8, 2026

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will open at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 26 January 2027, touring 23 UK venues through July, following its London run at The Arts at Marble Arch.

THE GENTRYS' IT'S BEEN SO LONG Compilation to Arrive via Sun Records
by Rachel Stone - Sep 4, 2026

Sun Records released a collection of rare and previously unreleased recordings from The Gentrys, produced by Knox Phillips, spotlighting the Memphis band's lesser-known post-1960s era.

Photos: SOON, Scott Fagan's Lost Rock Opera Song, to Arrive via Fire Records
by Rachel Stone - Sep 3, 2026

Scott Fagan released the title track from SOON, an album drawing on his long-lost 1971 Broadway rock opera that once starred a young Richard Gere.

Review: MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY
by Carla Maria Verdino-Süllwold - Aug 29, 2026

The 2010 jukebox musical MILLION DOLLAR, QUARTET by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux celebrates an impromptu moment in recording history when the legends Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, and Jerry  Lee Lewis found themselves together in the studio of Sun Records. The jam session that followed was captured on an historic 1956 recording, and the story of that chance meeting forms the basis of the musical. Maine State Music Theatre co-produces with the Public Theatre in whose intimate space the explosive energy of this rock ‘n’ roll quartet is all-embracing and irresistible. Escott and Mutrux’s book is one of the better constructed among jukebox musicals in that it creates some true drama and back story for each of the artists portrayed. The score is a veritable soundtrack of early hillbilly and rock ‘n’ roll music and some of the greatest hits of each of these artists. The show requires virtually  all of the actors to be musicians who play live on stage. The company does not disappoint, and under the music and stage direction of Scott Moreau, they recreate a sense of the spontaneity, electricity, and sheer dynamism of musical moment.What did our critic think of MAGIC MOMENT OF RECORDING HISTORY at MSMT & Public Theatre?

Review: HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Derby Dinner Playhouse
by Taylor Clemons - Aug 28, 2026

What did our caIn the ever-growing list of bio-jukebox musicals, it was only a matter of time before the king of Rock and Roll got his very own. Heartbreak Hotel tells the story of Elvis Presley from childhood all the way through the late 60s, chronicling his meteoric rise to fame. The show explores his collaboration with Sun Records producer Sam Phillips and the cultural shift of early rock and roll.ritic think of HEARTBREAK HOTEL at Derby Dinner Playhouse?

Photos: Ruthie Foster Releases JUST SAY YES Album on Sun Records
by Rachel Stone - Aug 28, 2026

Ruthie Foster's new studio album Just Say Yes arrived on Sun Records, produced by Tyler Bryant and Rebecca Lovell, alongside a video for the focus track Yes.

Varijashree Venugopal, Jeff Parker & More Join The Soraya's 2026-27 Jazz Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2026

The Soraya has added Varijashree Venugopal, Jeff Parker, Paul Bryan and Scott Amendola to its fall jazz lineup, joining Snarky Puppy on Oct. 3 and The Bad Plus's farewell concert on Dec. 3.

Sun Records Releases David Allan Coe's TEXAS MOON (Deluxe) Edition
by Rachel Stone - Aug 21, 2026

Sun Records issued an expanded edition of David Allan Coe's early album, featuring previously unreleased Nashville demos and the collection's first vinyl pressing in more than four decades.

Full Cast Set for MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET London Transfer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2026

The full cast has been reveald for the Barn Theatre's production of Million Dollar Quartet, which transfers to London this autumn for a strictly limited season at The Arts at Marble Arch.

Nicole Atkins Shares TRIPPIN' ON TEARDROPS Video Ahead of Oct. 9 Tour Launch
by Rachel Stone - Aug 19, 2026

Nicole Atkins released the music video for TRIPPIN' ON TEARDROPS, the opening track from her album DRAMA, due September 18 via Sun Records/Wicked Game Records. Her US headline tour begins October 9 in Columbus, Ohio.

HEARTBREAK HOTEL Elvis Bio-Musical to Open at Derby Dinner Playhouse
by Stephi Wild - Aug 11, 2026

Derby Dinner Playhouse will stage HEARTBREAK HOTEL, a bio-musical tracing Elvis Presley's rise from Tupelo, Mississippi to global fame, featuring more than 40 of his hit songs.

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET to Transfer to The Arts at Marble Arch
by Stephi Wild - Aug 7, 2026

The Barn Theatre's production of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET will move to The Arts at Marble Arch in London, with Darren Day reprising his role as Sam Phillips for a limited season.

Scott Fagan to Release Long-Lost Album 55 Years Later
by Joshua Wright - Jul 29, 2026

Scott Fagan is set to release an album recorded decades ago that never previously reached the public, according to a new announcement from the singer-songwriter's camp.