The Beatles Share Remastered “Free As A Bird," Billy Strings Debuts “Dawg’s Rag”
The Barr Brothers, Jim James and Arc Iris Share “English Harbour”
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August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025
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The Beatles Announce Updated Anthology Series, Share Remastered “Free As A Bird” and New Music Video
Three decades after the release of The Beatles’ eight-part Anthology series inflated the capacity of what a music documentary could be, the group is back with an expanded look at their history, which informs their ever-present popularity. The Beatles Anthology incorporates a multi-media approach to celebrating the music and the Beatles’ brand, spanning film, audio, and print. As the first sonic preview, a remastered single and restored video for “Free As A Bird” is out now.
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On Wednesday evening, Billy Strings took the stage at the intimate 990-capacity Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, B.C. After settling into the location on Tuesday evening, performing the first concert in a two-night run, the band was back and primed for their Rain City finale. Last night’s performance saw the bluegrass ensemble pay homage to an influential figure of the genre and Strings’ own career, David Grisman, by putting on a masterclass in regulated mayhem, during the finger-pickin’ debut of instrumental, “Dawg’s Rag.”
Six Nights. Six Posters.
Celebrate the Grateful Dead’s six-show run at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY (February 1971) with a new six poster series by Brian Steely. Each print reimagines the classic skeleton-and-roses motif in a crisp, architectural frame, available in six distinct screen-printed colorways that echo the era’s psychedelic palette.
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The Barr Brothers Welcome Jim James and Arc Iris for “English Harbour,” Previewing Reunion Album Let It Hiss
The Barr Brothers have shared “English Harbour,” the third single from their long-awaited revival project Let It Hiss. Due to arrive on Oct. 17 via Secret City Records, the folk duo of Andrew and Brad Barr’s fourth studio album is their first since 2017’s Queens of the Breakers and a record of the long process of embracing vulnerability, honesty and personal transformation that allowed the brothers to create together again. For their latest preview, the brothers called on old friends Jim James and Arc Iris to lend their voices to a powerful story of reminiscence.
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Since Tuesday, Aug, 19, The Disco Biscuits have been working through their long-awaited residency at the Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore, Pa., and the series so far has been a testament to their creative vigor and instrumental prowess thoroughly honed through months on tour. 2025 his been a big year for the livetronica innovators, who have turned in more than 50 shows since January and are staring down a packed slate of fall and winter dates for a proper 30th anniversary celebration. Just outside their Philadelphia home base, the band’s first two nights in Ardmore reminded fans that despite their pursuit of new horizons, The Disco Biscuits never stray far from their roots.
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This December, Primus will ring in 2026 from their home city with a patently freaky two-night New Year’s Eve series. Returning to The Fox Theatre in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 30 and 31, just down the coast from their original El Sobrante stomping grounds, the alt-metal pioneers’ holiday celebration continues a longstanding tradition of winter bashes in the Bay for Les Claypool’s myriad combos.
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Leftover Salmon will return to the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colo., for their annual Thanksgiving Weekend concerts, Friday, November 28, and Saturday, November 29. The live shows are slated to arrive during the jamgrass ensemble’s 35th anniversary and are billed to include notable guest additions and opening acts selected for each evening.
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Dark Star Orchestra have announced a 13-date fall tour, spanning six states in the Northeast and beginning on November 13 at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vt. On the back of the tour opener, the Grateful Dead tribute act, known for interpreting complete sets of music conceived initially by the original San Francisco jamband, will perform in Boston the following evening.
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