Bob Dylan Plays First “Man in the Long Black Coat” Since 2013, Widespread Panic Resurrect Covers in St. Augustine
Tedeschi Trucks Band Welcome Guests, Grahame Lesh Puts on Unbroken Chain at The Fillmore
Relix Daily
March 23, 2026
March 23, 2026
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On March 21, Bob Dylan commenced the 12th leg of his Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Omaha, Neb. Saturday’s concert represented Dylan’s first public performance since November 2025, when he closed the European chapter of his unceasing run that backs the 2020 release of his 39th studio album for which the tour is named. The opener featured a handful of setlist surprises, including an Eddie Cochran debut, the first “Man In The Long Black Coat” since 2013, and updates to the stage setup that helped increase the crowd's visibility of the subject.
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Widespread Panic returned to St. Augustine, Fla. over the weekend for a highly anticipated residency at the St. Augustine Amphitheater. Back at their longtime favorite stage in the Sunshine State, the iconic Southern jam outfit, featuring guitarist Nick Johnson filling in for Jimmy Herring, tore through three stellar showcases of their catalog, highlighted by a few rare covers and proper bust-outs.
Limited Edition Vinyl Drop - Dogs In A Pile: Live at Garcia's Chicago 2LP
Dogs In A Pile, featuring Jimmy Law and Brian Murray on guitars, Jeremy Kaplan on keyboards, Sam Lucid on bass, and Joey Babick on drums, deliver the latest entry in the Relix Sessions Vinyl Series, recorded live at Garcia's Chicago during their six-night November 2025 residency. Their first run at the newly opened Chicago venue, these performances capture the band in full flight: Unspooling originals through long improvisational arcs and building room-wide momentum, which only deepened as the nights went on.
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On Friday at the Beacon Theatre, the mighty Tedeschi Trucks Band continued their March residency. This represented the official release date of Future Soul, the latest studio album from the TTB, who marked the occasion by performing the album during their first set. This group tracked the record from start to finish, offering the debut of “Ride On,” the lone selection from the record they had yet to play live. Following the 11 Future Soul tunes, the band revisited “I Want More” from 2016’s Let Me Get By, which segued into a set-closing cover of Santana’s “Soul Sacrifice.”
This is a rare and exciting complete set comprising a poster, handbill, and ticket from the November 1967 Pink Floyd, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Richie Havens shows at The Fillmore and Winterland, one of the most historically significant bills ever to grace either venue. All three pieces were designed by Bonnie MacLean and together represent a matched set that is exceptionally difficult to assemble.
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On Friday, March 20, Grahame Lesh & Friends commenced the West Coast iteration of Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The concert series, which rolled out nightly through Sunday, March 22, featured reflective song choices that nodded to the subject and to the best of the original band’s impactful catalog.
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Umphrey’s McGee’s West Coast leg on the Sky’s the Limit 2026 Tour has been a wild ride. Since they embarked on their latest live run from Southern California two weeks ago, the pioneering progressive jam ensemble, sans guitarist Jake Cinninger, has ornamented the trek up the coast with a litany of unexpected debuts and bust-outs. On Friday, March 20, the band upped the ante with the tour’s first sit-ins, tapping venerable saxophonist Skerik and percussionist Andee “Beats” Avila to bolster a cover of The Rolling Stones.
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Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck Preview LP The Fiddle and The Drum with First Single “In The Pines” Ft. Dolly Parton
Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck have announced the imminent release of their new collaborative album, The Fiddle and the Drum, which marries odes to Appalachian bluegrass and folk tendencies, due May 29 via Thirty Tigers. With the arrival of the first single, “In The Pines,” featuring Dolly Parton, the set delves into America’s rich musical heritage, encompassing mountain songs, stirring ballads, and folk hymns, while evoking a throughline from Fleming’s soprano vocals to Fleck’s virtuoso banjo skills.
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Taj Mahal has announced Time, a new studio album set to release on May 1 via his own Resonatin’ Records imprint with Thirty Tigers. The legendary singer-songwriter and blues firebrand’s next offering runs the range of the diverse styles he’s experimented with through his six-decade career, swirling soul, roots, reggae, loosely-defined Americana and more into another potent distillation of his life and legacy. To preview the set, he’s shared the title track, an unheard song written by the late Bill Withers.
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Previously, the Doobie Brothers signed on to participate in the Onesness Tour with Carlos Santana. Now, the band has extended their season under the spotlight to include stops in support of their new studio LP, 2025’s Walk This Road, and to mark the 50th anniversary of their milestone release, 1976’s Talkin’ It To The Streets, known for hits, “It Keeps You Runnin’” and the title track. The new slate of tour dates begins Sept. 26 at MGM Northfield Park in Northfield, Ohio.
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Bob Wagner will release his debut solo album, I’ve Been Down, on June 12 via RPF Records/Royal Potato Family. The announcement comes as the guitarist, who is based in the Burlington, Vt. area, is touring the country as part of Mike Gordon’s solo band. After sharing the stage with the Phish bassist at a variety of Vermont jam sessions during the past 15 years, Wagner joined Gordon’s outfit last year for their lone performance, which took place in New Orleans, and he has been on the road with him this March.
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CaveFest has set its fifth annual presentation for October 10 and 11. After four unforgettable stagings, the event will once again bring some of the biggest names in bluegrass and folk–including headliners Gillian Welch and David Rawlings and Peter Rowan and Sam Grisman Project–to the overlook and subterranean stage of Grundy County, Tenn.’s scenic The Caverns for a peerless immersive Americana experience.