Hudson River Music Festival Announces Artist Lineup, Bruce Springsteen to Play Minnesota No Kings Day Protest
Expanded Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration Schedule, Tom Waits to Release New Music
Relix Daily
March 25, 2026
March 25, 2026
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The Hudson River Music Festival has unveiled the full artist lineup for its second annual staging. Following its memorable debut last June, the upstate event sustaining the legacy of Toshi and Pete Seeger’s folk picnics will return to Croton, N.Y.’s riverfront Croton Point Park on June 21, featuring a stacked bill of 14 acts from the worlds of jam, folk, country, funk and more.
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On Saturday, March 28, the third nationwide No Kings protest will unite Americans from coast to coast in resistance to authoritarianism. Among those planning to participate in the mass refusal of complacency is Bruce Springsteen, who has announced a performance at the demonstrations in Minneapolis.
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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The Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration has expanded its live capacity going into the summer months. After previously announcing a singular experience on September 4, 2026, at the Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., featuring support from the National Symphony Orchestra, more dates have been added, creating a tour slated for the end of August and early September, following a late June performance.
Bob Weir was not only an inspiring artist, he was an inviting presence, a beloved figure and a friend to millions of fans. This edition has been lovingly crafted for fellow Deadheads, music lovers, collectors and everyone who misses their Bobby.
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Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson and More Cover Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan on Where the Willow and the Dogwood Grow Compilation
Tom Waits has announced Where the Willow and the Dogwood Grow, a compilation album of Waits and Kathleen Brennan songs covered by a cast of esteemed peers. Set to release on May 29 via Ace Records, the 19-track collection spans from Waits’ Asylum years to the early aughts and features contributions from giants like Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Marianne Faithfull, the Ramones and Solomon Burke.
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After a series of rogue additions to Bob Dylan’s website itinerary, tour confirmation finally came in the form of 11 new stops slated for June. Previously, the Greenwich Village bard had offered a slow, deliberate build toward his current full-course status, teasing a one-off gig in Oklahoma before the ensuing arrivals of pairs: two nights at Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery in Woodinville, Wash. [June 6-7] and Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va. [July 24-25]. The latest news fills the gaps between the aforementioned double features.
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium Contemplate “Meat Machines,” Previewing The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy
The Claypool Lennon Delirium have shared “Meat Machines,” the third single from their upcoming album The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy. Arriving on May 1 via ATO Records, the oddball psych duo of Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon’s third record, and first since 2019’s South of Reality, revives their wild hybrid sound with a narrative world of AI-powered optimization without conscience and revolution through untamable idiosyncracy. Like the title track, the latest cut comes coupled with an eye-popping visualizer, drawing on the project’s companion comic by Rich Ragsdale.
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Julien’s Auctions has announced a new lot of historic items sure to get Deadheads talking. On April 22, an expansive offering of items will be up for bid, giving fans of the Grateful Dead a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to procure band heirlooms and on-the-road rarities, currently in the possession of “Big Steve” Parish, “Ram Rod,” and Trixie Garcia. Dubbed Treasures From The Golden Road, the sale features more than 300 items, ranging from seminal instruments to personal keepsakes.
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After previously announcing the April 24 arrival of the new album, Graceland Way, commended harpist and wordsmith Mikaela Davis has issued the set’s third single, “Starlite Tonite,” the follow-up to the initial previews “(Looking Through) Rose Colored Glasses,” featuring Madison Cunningham and “11:11.” The new track presents Davis’ blossoming co-write status with partner John Lee Shannon, while canonizing her mainstream appeal by weaving elements of Laurel Canon’s folk-rock intimacy, spiced with a tinge of pop readiness.