Leftover Salmon Welcomes John Bell, All-Star Bluegrass Players to Honor Peter Rowan’s Eras at The Ryman

Larry Campbell Talks Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Live Sessions

October 7, 2025

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Last weekend, Mempho Music Festival took over Radians Amphitheater at Memphis Botanic Garden. The event was divided into three days, led by Friday’s roster of artists, which included the late-afternoon arrival of Leftover Salmon. The Boulder, Colo. bluegrass institution was billed ahead of Widespread Panic, allowing select members of the two groups time and space to rekindle a flame that was eventually stoked during Leftover Salmon’s frame, through the inclusion of Widespread Panic’s John Bell.

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Each era of bluegrass symbol, Peter Rowan’s career will be honored in song on January 23, 2026, at the Mother Church in Nashville. The evening has been titled Decades in Song: Celebrating the Eras of Peter Rowan, and is billed to feature Sam Grisman Project, special guests Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan and Bryan Sutton, and more lauded players from the region who have signed on to take the stage and stand beside one of the greats while honoring his bank of originals, which include standards, “Panama Red,” Bill Monroe co-write “Walls of Time,” “Midnight Moonlight” and more.

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Larry Campbell’s list of performance and recording credits can hold its own next to any other. In five decades of performance, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer has lent his talents to ventures from some of rock’s most iconic artists of all time, including Levon Helm, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, Linda Thompson, Little Feat, Mavis Staples and Bob Dylan, with whom he spent seven years on the Never Ending Tour. Now, he’s added Bruce Springsteen to that list by his part in the long-awaited live recreation of Nebraska.

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It’s been five years since the world lost Neil Peart, the legendary drummer and primary lyricist for Rush. The musical polymath and hard rock icon’s 2020 passing after a battle with brain cancer was a devastating blow for the band and their legions of fans, representing not only the loss of a beloved, peerless talent, but also the certain end of all possibility for a reunion. Today, Peart’s bandmates Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson have defied those expectations by announcing their first tour in 11 years.

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Theatrical disruptor, Abramorama, has received the film rights to the RadicalMedia and Oh Boy Pictures’ production, You Got Gold – A Celebration of John Prine. The impending release will begin with a week-long engagement at the QUAD in New York on November 28, 2025, followed by events across the country.

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The Rex Foundation’s Annual Benefit will return on December 6, 2025. The giveback event, centered around raising awareness and funds through the Grateful Dead’s 1983-launched charity, which is committed to empowering the arts, extending necessary social services, and protecting the rights and dignity of indigenous peoples through community and educational efforts, will present musical contributors and event headliners, Grateful Shred.

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Eric Krasno, Cory Henry and Robert “Sput” Searight have joined forces to form The Heavyweights on a new Relix Sessions vinyl release. Captured during their debut staging at Los Angeles’ The Mint on July 29, the supergroup of funk firebrands’ first recording features ripping takes on iconic songs, reinvented in their distinctive emerging language of guitar, keyboard and drums. The trio’s live recording is only the beginning of a promising run, extended today with the announcement of new dates in 2026.