​In a career defined by evolution, Joe Bonamassa is ready to turn the page once again. The blues-rock virtuoso has announced Breakthrough, his most adventurous and genre-blending studio album to date, out July 18th via his own J&R Adventures.
  
Crafted across multiple continents and infused with a world’s worth of inspiration, Breakthrough marks a bold new chapter for Bonamassa—one that leans less on fiery solos and more on emotionally rich storytelling, groove-driven arrangements, and stylistic exploration. Produced by longtime creative partner Kevin Shirley (Iron Maiden, The Black Crowes, Journey), the album was shaped by sessions in Greece, Egypt, Nashville, and Los Angeles, resulting in a vibrant sonic tapestry that shifts effortlessly from Little Feat-style funk and Texas swing to acoustic ballads and swaggering hard rock.
  
 “I think this album, Breakthrough, marks a shift in the styling of Joe Bonamassa’s recording output,” says Shirley. “While there are plenty of guitar solos on this record, his emphasis has been on songs primarily. Each time Joe undertakes a new recording project, he seems to access a different part of his vast library of music genre of the jukebox-in-his-head! This album is a round-the-world musical trip—from Little Feat funkiness to Texas swing, from hard rock power to acoustic singer/songwriter-style songs.”
  
 The single “Breakthrough,” co-written with longtime collaborator Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd), captures the emotional core of the record—an uplifting anthem about transformation, persistence, and letting go of the weight that holds us back. With gritty vocals, melodic guitar lines, and lush instrumentation, the track embodies Bonamassa’s signature blend of power and finesse while ushering in a bold new direction.
 

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​ “Breakthrough” follows the success of Bonamassa’s recent singles “Still Walking With Me” and “Shake This Ground,” both of which hinted at the adventurous spirit behind the full album. “Shake This Ground” delivered a moody, introspective edge, while “Still Walking With Me” leaned into warmth, gratitude, and classic soul. Each track reflects a different facet of Bonamassa’s evolving songwriting approach, rooted in emotional honesty and anchored by his unmistakable guitar work.
  
 The album announcement caps a stretch of extraordinary momentum for Bonamassa. Next up, Bonamassa recently began his extensive European Spring Tour, followed by a June run with his powerhouse supergroup Black Country Communion (featuring Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian). After another round of summer dates across Europe—including sold-out shows in Ireland—he’ll return stateside for his just-announced 2025 U.S. Summer Tour, a limited amphitheater run featuring stops at The Greek Theatre, Red Rocks, and more iconic venues.
  
 With over 50 albums, 28 #1 Billboard Blues albums, and a lifelong commitment to evolving the genre, Bonamassa shows no signs of slowing down. Whether headlining iconic venues, mentoring rising artists through Journeyman Records, or supporting music education via his Keeping the Blues Alive Foundation, Bonamassa continues to shape the future of blues-rock with every note.

CD Track list
 1. Breakthrough
 2. Trigger Finger
 3. I'll Take The Blame
 4. Drive By The Exit Sign
 5. Broken Record
 6. Shake This Ground
 7. Still Walking With Me
 8. Life After Dark
 9. You Don't Own Me
 10. Pain's On Me

Website:
 jbonamassa.com

Hailed by The Globe and Mail as "an Americana wunderkind to watch out
for," Joe Nolan is proving that praise well-deserved with his upcoming
album, produced by Grammy Award-winner Tyler Chester.

Luv in the New World was recorded live off the floor in Los Angeles with an
all-star lineup, including Jay Bellerose on drums (Robert Plant & Alison
Krauss, Willie Nelson) and Sebastian Steinberg on bass (Phoebe Bridgers,
Lucinda Williams). Set for release in September, get ready - Joe Nolan is
about to become a name everyone’s talking about.

Luv in the New World is a 10-track expedition, trespassing through the wild
terrain of the heart. At its core is a primal hunger for love in its rawest, most
human form - the kind that's truly unconditional. I wanted the lyrics to stand
on their own, confronting uncomfortable truths: our uncertain future, the
vast unknowns of the stars, and the realization that some answers I’ve spent
my life chasing may never come.

The album was produced in Los Angeles by Grammy Award-winning
producer Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham) and features a powerhouse
line-up of musicians: Griffin Goldsmith (Dawes) and Jay Bellerose (Robert
Plant & Alison Krauss) on drums, Sebastian Steinberg (Phoebe Bridgers,
Lucinda Williams) on bass, Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) on fiddle and backing
vocals, and Dylan Day (Selena Gomez, Jackson Browne) on guitar.
Most of the album was recorded live off the floor to 1-inch tape, capturing
the pulse and immediacy of these songs.

A virtuoso guitarist, elusive poet, and musical chameleon, Nolan was raised
in the rural community of Sturgeon County, Alberta. Caught between two
small northern towns, he found his place in this world at an early age,
growing up alongside the North Saskatchewan River. Nolan has always lived
on the outskirts and can be a hard one to pin down. Breaking genres and
defying labels, he defines his sound as "These are my caravan diaries,"
claiming to go "wherever the muse takes me." He has garnered many
accolades upon his shelf, including last year’s Canadian Folk Music Award nod for his 2023 release Lost Verses.
However, he’d rather let those awards collect dust than bask in the limelight.

Known for his scrappy solo shows and arresting stage presence, Nolan’s songs are sometimes fragile and fractured,
yet winningly wistful. In the next moment, he'll throw on his weathered newsboy cap and crank out a grit-soaked
howl, paying homage to the Delta Blues. For a solo act, Nolan is a mountain, and audiences are his lifeblood.
He continues to dazzle fans across North America and Europe, performing around 150 shows a year. Wherever he
goes, you’ll likely find him accompanied by his 2003 Dodge Caravan, named Rocco, and his trusty parlor guitar - small
in size but mighty in sound.
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His lyrics draw a harrow over the human condition, revealing secrets that only those daring enough to cross into
uncharted territory could uncover. Nolan wears the highway on his sleeve, and if you look just far enough, you might
catch a glimpse of him, barrelling down the one, in big sky country.
The Prince of Sturgeon County is on his way!

​Seasoned blues duo Long Tall Deb & Colin John return with Light It Up, their latest release on the VizzTone Label Group. Celebrated for their genre-blending sound and global musical explorations, the pair deliver a powerful collection steeped in blues-rock grit and deep soul grooves.

Long Tall Deb’s powerhouse vocals blend seamlessly with Colin John’s dynamic, shape-shifting guitar across a lineup of originals and two standout covers: a fiery take on Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” and a bold, Texas-shuffle reimagining of the Eurythmics' “Sweet Dreams.” The album was co-produced and co-written with Chris Butler (The Waitresses), who also contributes drums and bass on several tracks.

Adding further depth are guest appearances by harmonica virtuoso Steve Marriner, drummer Jason Edwards, guitarist Alastair Greene, French bluesman Pascal Fouquet, and backing vocalist Jennifer Milligan.
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The title track lays down the mission loud and clear—Long Tall Deb & Colin John are here to "start a new kind of fire." With searing lyrics and a blues-driven video, the song confronts today’s all-too-familiar villains: misinformation, corporate greed, and the prioritization of profit over people. These themes may feel urgent now, but as the duo reminds us, the blues has always had the courage to speak truth to power.
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NEW SINGLE “LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH” (live)
RELEASED FRIDAY JULY 11th, 2025
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NEW LIVE ALBUM – “SUNSHINE”
COMING AUGUST 22nd, 2025

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On Friday July 11th, Canadian Roots, Rock, and Soul band Bywater Call will release LOVE THE ONE YOU’RE WITH, their second single of 2025 and second official live release.  The recording is a dynamic, extended cover of the beloved Stephen Stills tune and a favourite of Bywater Call concert goers.  The live take comes from one the band’s two sold out shows at the historic Rivoli in Toronto, Canada in December 2024.
 
“This is song a great representation of our live show and the chemistry between all the band members,” says lead singer Meghan Parnell.  “You really get to hear the power of the vocal and then the craftsmenship of the instrumentalists as I step away from the mic and really let them do their thing.  No live version of this song is the same, every version is a journey.” 
 
This release accompanies the official announcement that a new live album titled SUNSHINE will be released on Friday August 22nd.  The album will be available on all digital streaming platforms as well as in CD and Vinyl formats.  
 

​SUNSHINE is the first live album from Bywater Call.  A mix of newly released music including the cover of Stephen Stills' LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH and the funky new original title-track SUNSHINE (previously released as a single in May), fan favourites AS IF, SIGN OF PEACE and EVERYBODY KNOWS from 2024's SHEPHERD Album and BRING ME DOWN from their 2019 Self-Titled Debut Album, SUNSHINE the album is an epic, energetic peek into the band’s live show. 
 
Songs feature extended one-of-a-kind jams, fiery solos, and haunting introductions from shows in Toronto, Canada, Woodstock, New York, USA and Newbury, UK. 
 
On this album, the band’s (Dave Barnes – Guitar/ Slide, Mike Meusel – Bass, Bruce McCarthy – Drums, John Kervin – Keys, Julian Nalli – Sax, Stephen Dyte – Trumpet) ability to improvise, innovate and play off each other shines through, all the while showcasing the gritty, dynamic and emotive vocals of lead singer Meghan Parnell.  It is a true reflection of the heart and sweat poured out on stage every night.  SUNSHINE was captured and mixed by drummer Bruce McCarthy and mastered by Kristian Montano (Montano Mastering).

​Often transcending genres, Bywater Call is known for their dynamic, emotional live shows, featuring powerful vocals and exciting interplay between all band members. 

In their August 2024 issue, Henry Yates of Classic Rock Magazine made 2024’s Shepherd his Album of the Month in his Blues Roundup, and said it was “an inventive and uncommonly catchy record,” and added, “the sense of a band on the brink is unmistakable.”  The album was also selected as the Top Blues Album of the Year in the magazine’s year end round up.
 
In October/November 2025, they will return to Europe for their second tour of the year.  Tickets available at BYWATER CALL
 

KINGFISHR SHARE THE NEW SINGLE ‘NEXT TO ME’
 
DEBUT ALBUM ‘HALCYON’ IS OUT AUGUST 22ND 
 

​The chart-topping, arena-filling Kingfishr are firmly established as Ireland’s biggest breaking artist of 2025. Already stars in their homeland, they’re quickly going global too. They’ve joined the lineage of bands whose Irish roots have helped them connect with an ever-growing North American audience, as demonstrated by their recent sold-out debut headline tour - and with another now confirmed. They’re quickly scaling up in the UK, with their two biggest London shows so far scheduled for the autumn. And they’re also progressing across mainland Europe too. The August 22nd release of ‘Halcyon’ will cement their rise, which they now preview with the new single ‘Next To Me’.
 
With ‘Next To Me’, Kingfishr have crafted a love song with a timelessness that feels as if it has always existed. Beating with an Irish heart and a broader contemporary folk-pop sound, its lyrics are sincere and unambiguous with words of devotion. But as with the best of love songs there’s an undercurrent of uncertainty: will doing my best be enough to keep this love alive? Eddie Keogh’s vocal also comes from a different place to what we’ve come to expect, his gritty tone now complemented by the pure, soulful feeling that he expresses. 
 
Eddie says, “It’s a love song, we’ve never really done a love song. It’s very, very hard to do something that’s been done a million times in a legitimate way, but we’ve given it our best. We’re all now in relationships so we have a little bit of experience on the topic.”
 
Completed by bandmates Eoghan "McGoo" McGrath and Eoin "Fitz" Fitzgibbon, KIngfishr have maximised anticipation for the release of their debut album ‘Halcyon’. They’ve become a huge live draw, able to connect with everyone in the room at arenas while also bringing the party to late night pub jam sessions and impromptu public singalongs. But that life-affirming energy also translates to the intimacy of listening on headphones, too, with 130 million+ streams to date. Every track that has previewed ‘Halcyon’ has been impactful, from the multi-Platinum Irish #1 smash ‘Killeagh’ through to ‘Diamonds & Roses’, ‘Man On The Moon’ and ‘Gloria’.

‘Halcyon’ tracklist:
 
1. ‘Man On The Moon’
2. ‘21’
3. ‘Gloria’
4. ‘I Cried, I Wept’
5. ‘Next To Me’
6. ‘Diamonds & Roses’
7. ‘Flowers-Fire’
8. ‘Caroline’ (rework)
9. ‘Killeagh’
10. ‘Ways To Change’ (digital/CD only)
11. ‘Shadow’ (digital/CD only)
12. ‘Blue Skies’
13. ‘Shot In The Dark’
14. ‘Eyes Don't Lie’
15. ‘Someday’
16. ‘Schooldays’

‘Halcyon’ is now available to pre-order / pre-save HERE.


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Na zijn uitverkochte concerten in Vorst Nationaal in 2022 en in de Lotto Arena in Antwerpen in 2024, keert Bob Dylan dit najaar terug naar ons land voor drie concerten in een meer intieme setting. Op 26, 27 en 28 oktober vormt het historische Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Bozar) in Brussel het verfijnde en sfeervolle decor voor wat ongetwijfeld een niet te missen concert belooft te worden. Het is een unieke kans om Dylan’s artistieke vakmanschap van dichtbij te beleven — een zeldzaam moment om de muzikale legende in een intieme setting aan het werk te zien.

De algemene ticketverkoop start op vrijdag 18 juli om 11 uur via gracialive.be en bobdylan.com

Voor een vlotte en snelle aankoop van tickets is het aangeraden om een account aan te maken op de website van het Paleis voor Schone Kunsten (Bozar) via deze link, vóór de start van de ticketverkoop, op vrijdag 18 juli om 11 uur.

De concerten maken deel uit van Dylan’s lopende “Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour”, die begon in 2021 en sindsdien publiek over de hele wereld heeft weten te raken.
 
Belgische Bob Dylan-fans kunnen zich opmaken voor een onvergetelijke terugkeer van hun muzikale icoon, live in het hart van Brussel!


​Een telefoonvrije avond voor de ultieme concertervaring: Hoe gaat dit in zijn werk?

 
Dit concert is een telefoon-vrij concert, wat wilt zeggen dat telefoongebruik niet in de concertzaal is toegelaten gedurende de show.
 
Hoe werkt het? Zodra je in de zaal aankomt, zal Yondr (het telefoonhoesjesbedrijf) zijn medewerkers inschakelen om je te helpen je telefoon in een vergrendeld en veilig hoesje te steken, dat je de hele avond bij je houdt.
 
De reden achter deze telefoonvrije ervaring? Het creëren van telefoonvrije concerten tijdens eerdere Bob Dylan tours toont aan dat dit voor een betere concertervaring zorgt: Wanneer we de technologische prikkels waar we vandaag de dag gewoon aan zijn geworden achterwege laten, zijn onze ogen terug meer gefocust op de omgeving en onze zintuigen alerter.

​American blues guitarist and singer Kent Burnside, grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside, returns to his musical roots with the release of Hill Country Blood  a powerful blend of hypnotic grooves, gritty vocals, and the unmistakable spirit of Mississippi Hill Country blues.

With Hill Country Blood, Kent not only honors his family legacy but pushes it forward. The album pulses with the signature rhythms of the Hill Country style – fewer chord changes, more trance-inducing drive. Each track breathes the muddy soul of juke joints, late-night jam sessions, and the deep Southern spirit.

Kent Burnside on the album:
"This music is in my blood. It’s my family, my past, and my future. With this album, I want people to hear where I come from and where I’m going."
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Featuring contributions from acclaimed musicians and production that captures the raw energy of his live performances, Hill Country Blood is a must-hear for fans of authentic blues, soulful guitar, and roots music with a pounding heart.

Tracklist:

1. Daddy Told Me
2. Hill Country Blood
3. Crawling King Snake
4. I Heard
5. I Go Crazy
6. One More Chance
7. Rob and Steal
8. I Can Feel It
9. You Better Run
10. I Miss You

Website:
burnsidekent.com

​Celebrating six decades since their incendiary arrival, this double LP brings together two distinct yet complementary snapshots of The Pretty Things’ raw power and unfiltered spirit.

Disc one revisits their eponymous 1965 debut - urgent, swaggering and unapologetically loud - a record that sidestepped polish in favour of presence, capturing the band just as they were: sharp-edged, determined, and miles ahead of the curve. From the pounding drive of “Road Runner” to the ragged charm of “13 Chester Street,” this is where their reputation was forged.
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The second LP shifts to the heart of London, 2010: The 100 Club. Still charged, still uncompromising, the band tore through a set that balanced reverence with rebellion. Live At The 100 Club is a snapshot of The Pretty Things still locked into the sound and spirit they helped define, with original members Phil May and Dick Taylor leading the charge.
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​Renowned North Carolina bluesman Big Daddy Wilson, known for acclaimed albums like Love Is The Key (2009), Thumb A Ride (2011), I’m Your Man (2013), Time (2015), Neck Bone Stew (2017), Deep In My Soul (2019), Hard Time Blues, and Plan B, returns with his latest release, Smiling All Day Long — a milestone on his long and winding musical journey.

After 2019’s Deep In My Soul, Wilson felt he had come full circle: “It’s the journey of a man who found himself deep in this beautiful music called the blues and finally, after 25 years, made it back home.” But his story didn’t end there.

Smiling All Day Long takes his artistry to new heights, showcasing his most versatile collection yet. Featuring special guests Eric Bibb (3x Grammy nominee) and blues legend Hans Theessink, the album highlights Wilson’s growth as both a producer and songwriter.
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“Creating this album has been an incredible journey,” Wilson says, “and it simply wouldn’t have been possible without the talent, passion, and spirit of the extraordinary musicians who joined me along the way.”
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Tracks:
01. Smiling All Day Long
02. Hard Time Done Come
03. Lulabelle
04. Way Down South
05. Still Counting Down
06. She Don’t Love Me No More
07. Walking
08. Can We Live In Peace
09. By Your Side
10. My Imagination
11. Old School
12. Trying To Find My Way Home
13. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me
14. Anna Mae
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Website: 
bigdaddywilson.com

This original album blends traditional blues with Misty Blues' signature genre-crossing style, honoring the roots of the blues while weaving in elements of jazz, roots, Americana, folk, funk, and tent revival sounds crafted to delight fans of both classic and adventurous blues.
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Tracks:
01. I’ve Got Vices – Gina Coleman
02. Maybe I Could – Gina Coleman
03. Trust Ain’t Given – Gina Coleman
04. Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It – Gina Coleman
05. Easy Peasy – Gina Coleman, Seth Fleischmann
06. Three Mississippi’s – Gina Coleman, Diego Mongue
07. Yes I Will – Gina Coleman
08. You’ll Never Feel My Blues – Gina Coleman
09. Carry On This Way – Gina Coleman
10. Saving Grace – Gina Coleman
11. I Ain’t Buying (feat. Bob Stannard) – Gina Coleman
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Website: 
mistybluesband.com