Roots 2024

Monmouth Arts will present a free three-day multicultural festival in Long Branch featuring music, dance, food and family-friendly programming celebrating New Jersey's cultural traditions and creative communities.

Berkshire Theatre Group will present MAMMA MANIA: The American Tribute to ABBA at The Colonial Theatre, joining a fall lineup with Orleans, David Sedaris and Rev Tor's 30th Anniversary Jam.

Pati Jinich returns for a three-part season traveling through Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, exploring food, culture and community across the American West.

Paper Mill Playhouse named longtime collaborator Casey Hushion as Associate Artistic Director, following her selection by Mark S. Hoebee after a national search.

Bluegrass band NEWFOUND ROAD has signed with Main Attraction Management for exclusive booking representation as the group heads into its 25th anniversary with new music on Billy Blue Records.

PlayMakers Repertory Company will open submissions for the North Carolina Folk Play Project from September 1 to November 15, 2026, with selected works read in Chapel Hill in February 2027 and touring during the 2027-28 season.

New York duo Low Tide, featuring Eli Oberman and Courtney Robbins, will release their second album, describing the songs as anti-capitalist love songs exploring labor and desire.

KABBEL, the project of French artist Gregory Hoepffner, announced the debut album WHEN THE WAR IS OVER, featuring lead single Reward with Perturbator on his label Music of the Void.

Orkney fiddler Louise Bichan will release her third solo album, BINNORIE, drawing on Samhain folklore, trowies and selkies, with an All Hallows' Eve tour across the East Coast.

Ashe announced her fourth studio album, marking her first release with Atlantic Records, as lead single 'STOP THE WEDDING!' continues to climb charts and streaming playlists.

Colombian producer and artist YO GANGSTA received a Best Latin nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards for "LA VILLA," a collaboration with Ryan Castro and Kapo that topped Billboard Latin Airplay.

The piano-driven rock act ABSOLUTE SILENCE is set to return for a run of transatlantic performances, according to a recent announcement.

Ella Hooper released her new single "Cowboy Man," a track from her upcoming album Overnight Success, recorded with Nashville collaborators including Jim Lauderdale and Steve Poltz.

Jeremy Short released UNTIL WE'RE DONE featuring guitarist Jared James Nichols, recorded at Pine Box Studio in Nashville and produced by Justin Francis, marking Short's new endorsement deal with Weymann Guitars.

Tracy Bonham will reimagine her debut album THE BURDENS OF BEING UPRIGHT with new album LIFT, featuring reworked versions of tracks including a new take on THE ONE and bonus songs.

Cory Branan released the track ahead of his forthcoming album YOU'LL LIVE, due digitally via Blue Élan Records. The song revisits an earlier war and its lingering relevance, Branan said.

Jim James' fifth solo album, WOWED OUT, is out now. The My Morning Jacket frontman will begin a solo acoustic headline tour November 28 in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

ABC's DANCING WITH THE STARS has announced its Season 35 celebrity cast and professional dancer pairings, with a two-night premiere set to air live on ABC and Disney+ and stream next day on Hulu.

SNACKTIME signed with Thirty Tigers and released the single "Can't Imagine Why You'd Stay," ahead of a fall tour with Devon Gilfillian kicking off September 14.

Jake Bugg will release his seventh studio album, ALAMO, his first as an independent artist, featuring the new single NEVER CAN TELL.

Israel Nash released a synth-driven reworking of "Pretty Boy Floyd" ahead of his full reinterpretation of The Byrds' 1968 album SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO on his label Desert Folklore Music.

Roland Leesker reimagined Soft House Company's 1990 house classic WHAT YOU NEED, releasing the track digitally under a new alias, Mysterious Eastern Force.

Brokentalkers and theatre-maker Andy Smith will present the world premiere of HEROES OF TOMORROW, a new play exploring art, power and protest through a fictional artist's story.

Cape Ann Symphony will launch its 75th season with THE 75TH FANTASTIQUE! at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, featuring a new work by composer Robert Bradshaw and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Collaboraction has revealed September programming at its House of Belonging in Chicago, including You Belong Here artists, its first events as a Destinos Festival host site, DJ Lady D's new salon series and Bilingual Improv School.