2025’s Americana Honors & Awards Winners, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Gov’t Mule Wrap Shared Tour
An Inside Look at Bender Jamboree
Relix Daily
September 11, 2025
September 11, 2025
NEWS
On Wednesday, Sept. 10, the Americana Music Association presented its 24th annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony. In a celebration of the vibrant variety of traditions and styles that inform this distinctly American folk genre, the now 26-year-old trade organization brought a dazzling lineup of stars to Nashville, Tenn.’s storied Ryman Auditorium. Six member-voted awards and several other honors were distributed through a program as eclectic as the music it celebrated.
RECAP
Last night, Sept. 10, Tedeschi Trucks Band and Gov’t Mule pulled into Clarkston, Mich., for one last stop in their end-of-season shared series. Onstage at Pine Knob Music Theatre, the two celebrated Southern rock and jam ensembles tore through sets that honored the musical legacy they carry and blazed trails into their future. After captivating performances in Toronto, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Mansfield, Mass. and Chicago, the longtime collaborators’ fifth and final split bill brought further opportunities to boldly fuse blues, country-rock, jazz, gospel and more as the artists pooled their experience with some surprise sit-ins.
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GALLERY
Bender Jamboree is back. Last night, the Sin City sensation returned to Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino to set off its thrilling 2025 festival, running through Saturday, Sept. 13. After last year’s presentation triumphantly resurrected the fan-favorite event from a five-year absence, Wednesday’s kickoff program matched high expectations with a warm welcome from The String Cheese Incident, who shared the first two of six sets booked through the coming days.
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FEATURE
In April, Spin Doctors released their first album in a dozen years. On Face Full of Cake, which was issued by Capitol Records, the band’s founding members—vocalist Chris Barron, guitarist Eric Schenkman and drummer Aaron Comess—are joined by new bass player Jack Daley for 12 tunes that capture their trademark energy and enduring gift for melodic hooks.
NEWS
Suwannee Hulaween 2025 is now just 50 days away, and to stoke anticipation for the annual jam summit, the festival has shared its official daily lineups and themes. Hulaween’s new dispatch divides its bill of more than 80 acts across its five stages and four days at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Fla., from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2.
FEATURE
Real Estate emerged from the DIY New York club scene sounding fully formed, dropping their self-titled Woodsist debut in 2009 to immediate buzz and blogosphere accolades. That momentum helped them sign with another top-shelf label, Domino, in time for their sophomore set Days in 2011, which cemented their status as a career band and national headliners. So, when the group entered Wilco’s fabled Loft studio in 2013 to track what would become their third LP, Atlas, they arrived with both a well-earned sense of confidence and the desire to expand their sound beyond its original descriptors—without losing the hallmarks of their early work.
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GALLERY
On Monday, Sept. 8, Rilo Kiley stepped into the spotlight at New York’s SummerStage for a historic and unforgettable revival performance. In May, after 17 years away from the stage, the pioneering quartet of Jenny Lewis, Blake Sennett, Pierre de Reeder and Jason Boesel reconnected for their long-awaited revival tour, which brought their beloved catalog of golden-age indie classics to stages across the country before finally touching down in the East Coast at the end of August. Taken alongside their Sept. 5 show at The Rooftop at Pier 17, Monday’s idyllic show in the heart of Central Park represented their first NYC appearance since 2008. The band rose to the occasion with a set that went above and beyond early aughts nostalgia.
NEWS
A mix of musical voices have been added to the annual Rosh Hashanah services and musical offerings at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl. As previously reported, the 14th annual suite of High Holiday services will take place at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl the evening of September 22 and the morning of September 23. Rabbi Daniel Brenner will once again lead both services, while Jeremiah Lockwood will serve as the services’ musical director, guitarist and cantorial soloist. Isaac Gardner, John Bollinger, Jordan McLean, Stuart Bogie, Yula Be’eri and Yusuke Yamamoto and Tim Allen will serve as the house band both days.