New Conversation with The Black Keys, Panic Returns to Oakland

Billy F Gibbons Live Premiere

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Relix Daily
July 17, 2026

July 17, 2026

FEATURE

Following an unusually dark few years, The Black Keys round up the gang and dig into their roots on a new set of raw and raucous blues covers.

RECAP

Widespread Panic last performed at the Fox Theater in Oakland a decade ago, when the band appeared for two nights, on July 14 and 15, 2016. On Thursday, the group returned to the venue, opening up a three-show run. In conjunction with these performances, a virtual food drive is underway to support the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings bring their take on the Dead's songbook to DC, Baltimore, Richmond and Roanoke this October. Four nights of roots music legends reworking the Dead catalog. Tickets on sale now at venues expected to sell out.

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Last year’s Antone’s: 50 Years of the Blues box set celebrated the iconic Austin nightclub. A new compilation will further honor the venue via a collection of remarkable performances from the club. Antone’s 50th Presents Chicago Bound: Honoring Muddy, Cliff & Blue presents an additional 11 live cuts from artists such as John Primer, Billy F Gibbons and the BFGS, Doyle Bramhall II, Kim Wilson & the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Anson Funderburgh, as well as Ivan Neville and CC Adcock with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood, featuring Jimmie Vaughan on harmonica.

This show features classics like “Sugar Magnolia,” “He’s Gone,” and what some heads consider the best version of “Shakedown Street” ever performed by the Grateful Dead.

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The latest album from Maggie Rose, Half Moon will be released on August 14. Co-produced by Lawrence Rothman (Amanda Shires, Margo Price) and Daniel Tashian (Leon Bridges, Kacey Musgraves), the album originated with Rose, Rothman and Tashian coming together every few weeks to work on new material in Tashian’s home studio. The process began when Rose was eight months pregnant, then six months after the birth of her son, the recording sessions took place at RCA Studio A in Nashville. The roster of musicians included Rose’s touring band, along with guest players such as guitarist Tom Bukovac (Emmylou Harris, Stevie Nicks), bassist Dennis Crouch (Elvis Costello, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss), and keyboardist Peter Levin (The Highwomen, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit).

REVIEW

In Relix’s glowing review of 2023’s Hackney Diamonds, The Rolling Stones’ first new studio album consisting primarily of original material since 2005, we commented that the release “wouldn’t be the worst way to go out” if it proved to be their grand finale, adding that they were already at work on a followup. That sequel is now here, and Foreign Tongues—the Stones’ 25th studio set by someone’s count—is just as impressive as its predecessor, at its best the equal of anything they’ve released since Some Girls nearly half a century ago. We can reprise what we said last time, but it’s never a good bet to count these guys out.

REVIEW

Before Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs played a note on the third date of their summer tour, the group’s frontman, and Heartbreakers co-founder, announced that over the course of the show he hoped it would be a refuge from the “wicked world outside” of the casino. To reference a Nobel Prize recipient he previously worked with, Campbell wanted everyone in the Center Stage to find shelter from the storm. Over a 26-song, two-and-a-half-hour set, the quartet did just that with a setlist that leaned heavily on Knobs material, while touching on his work with Tom Petty and tossing in a couple choice covers for good measure.

NEWS

The 25th Annual Americana Honors & Awards will take place September 16th at the Ryman Auditorium. The show is a signature element of AmericanaFest which will take place from September 15-19 in Nashville.

FEATURE

Early into our conversation, Skerik said, “I’ve always been a band person and recording band music. It’s only in the past few years that I’ve really been making a lot more solo records. There was no way to make a solo record in the ‘80s or ‘90s. It was just way too expensive. Now, we can experiment and make things. It’s a lot easier to put out. It’s really fun. I really like it.”