Neil Young Plays Squires Gretsch 6120 Guitar for First Time in 60 Years, Soulshine at Sea Festival Cancelled After Michael Franti Allegations Surface
My Morning Jacket Debut Steely Dan’s “Do It Again”
Relix Daily
August 18, 2025
August 18, 2025
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
The July/August 2025 edition of Relix features Goose, whose relentless touring, sold-out club rooms and breakout festival moments have made them one of the defining acts of today’s live-music scene. In our exclusive cover story, we ride along with the band from intimate stages to Madison Square Garden and summer festival fields to capture the chemistry, momentum, and communal energy behind their rise.
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On August 15, Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts embraced a feature from their 2025 record, Talkin to the Trees, at the open-air Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Friday night’s stop on the Love Earth Tour saw a mid-set placement of “Silver Eagle,” a track originally included on the band’s latest studio effort, and performed for the first time during their Buckeye State gig. Three moves ahead of the song premiere, Young led a tour debut of “Mr. Soul,” while using his original Squires Gretsch 6120 live for the first time since 1965, after reacquiring the instrument this year after a 60-year hiatus.
Because every miracle starts with baby steps.
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NEWS
On Sunday, August 17, Michael Franti’s Soulshine at Sea Festival was officially canceled. It was initially intended to take place from Nov. 4-8, 2025. In a post addressing the decision, the organizers, Sixthman, referenced “recent events” as the catalyst behind the dropped occasion. Before the festival made its choice to end it for all, select acts publicly dissociated from Franti’s performance endeavors, on tour, and the festival at large.
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For true collectors and fans of the Grateful Dead, few artifacts carry the weight of their final shows. This rare ticket & backstage pass set from Soldier Field, July 8–9, 1995, offers an unparalleled opportunity to hold history in your hands. Featuring vibrant, unused backstage passes and pristine tickets from both nights, this set captures the emotion of the band’s farewell with Jerry Garcia.
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My Morning Jacket Celebrate 20 Years of Z, Debut Steely Dan’s “Do It Again” and Resurrect Black Sabbath Cover at Red Rocks
Over the weekend, My Morning Jacket finally arrived in Morrison, Colo., for their long-awaited two-night return to the hallowed Red Rocks Amphitheatre. On Aug. 15 and 16, the revered roots-rock ensemble brought two concerts so packed with surprises that they instantly earned recognition among the band’s finest of 2025; building off the momentum of their new late summer is tour and imminent 20-year anniversary of their fourth studio album Z, My Morning Jacket’s sets on the storied outdoor stage were at once an electrifying return to their origins and a statement of their continued vitality.
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Billy Strings’ Summer Tour proceeded West over the weekend, pausing at two stops in Big Sky Country, Brick Breeden Fieldhouse in Bozeman, Mont., on Friday, August 15, and the Adams Center in Missoula, Mont., on August 16. During both occasions, the four-piece ensemble paid homage to classics from the bluegrass catalog, in traditional style, which required the assembly around a single mic in practice of the old school approach. As another threaded connection between gigs, both included revived material that had previously been put on pause, in addition to playful teases that kept attendees on their toes and guessing as to what the band’s next move would bring.
FEATURE
“I always say that music is my first language. From a very young age, it felt like music was speaking to me. I know that sounds cheesy and hokey, but in a world full of can’ts, music was my one can,” Brittany Davis reflects, as the blind-from-birth artist describes her initial engagement with the medium. “I started experiencing ambiguous grief really early because I began to realize there were going to be some limitations,” she adds. “But I didn’t want to live like that, I didn’t want to live in that, so I chose to live in the beat instead. I was like, ‘As long as I keep the rhythm going, I can keep going.’”
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From Aug. 14-16, titanic acts from the worlds of Americana, indie-rock and jam congregated at 7000 above sea level for Park City Song Summit, the innovative music and wellness event quickly becoming a mainstay of the summer festival circuit. At the intimate and inspiring program’s fourth annual presentation, fans experienced powerful sets and rare behind-the-scenes conversations with artists like Marcus King, Eric Krasno, Duane Betts, LP Giobbi, Cimafunk and the Terrapin Family Band, alongside headline sets from scene leaders Greensky Bluegrass and Goose. No performers in the three-day bill exemplified the festival’s collaborative and genre-bending atmosphere as well as Dawes, who pointed to the past and future of improvisational rock with support from some very special guests.
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This evening, Monday, August 18, George Porter Jr. will resume his Monday night tradition of playing at New Orleans’ Maple Leaf Bar. Tonight’s appearance has been billed as a trio performance and will feature the bandleader alongside Mike Lemmler on keys and Terrence Houston on drums. Porter Jr. has been on a hiatus from live shows after undergoing back surgery in June 2025.
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The String Cheese Incident kicked off their Campout in the Pines weekend last evening in Eau Claire, Wis. The Del McCoury Band opened the show while STS9 joins SCI on the bill tonight, after which experimental jamgrass quartet Feed The Dog will present a late night Talking Heads tribute.