Apple TV has announced a full summer slate of Peanuts programming, anchored by 4 new additions hitting the platform between June and July, plus a feature film in production.
“Camp Snoopy” returns for season two on June 26, sending Snoopy, the Beagle Scouts, and the Peanuts gang back to Camp Spring Lake for another round of outdoor adventures. Two classic series from Mendelson/Melendez Productions stream on Apple TV for the first time: “This Is America, Charlie Brown” (1988), the first animated miniseries in television history, arrives July 3, and “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show” (1983-1986), 18 episodes adapting classic Peanuts comic storylines, follows July 10. The new special “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy” premieres July 31, following Snoopy and Charlie Brown on a search for Snoopy’s doghouse after it’s accidentally sold at a yard sale.
Beyond the summer slate, Apple TV and WildBrain are in production on “Snoopy Unleashed,” a new animated feature film in which Snoopy runs away from home and Charlie Brown leads the Peanuts gang on a search through the Big City.
Apple TV holds exclusive streaming rights to the full Peanuts library through an expanded partnership with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions running through 2030. The existing catalog includes Emmy and Annie Award-nominated series “Snoopy in Space,” “The Snoopy Show,” and “Camp Snoopy,” alongside multiple Snoopy Presents specials and 2 Emmy Award-winning Peanuts documentaries.
Apple TV Peanuts Summer 2026 Premiere Dates:
June 26 – “Camp Snoopy” Season Two
July 3 – “This Is America, Charlie Brown”
July 10 – “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show”
July 31 – “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy”
Leon Thomas is receiving the ASCAP Vanguard Award on June 25 in Los Angeles at a private invitation-only event celebrating ASCAP’s top hip-hop, R&B, and gospel songwriters. The award recognizes ASCAP members whose innovative work is actively shaping the future of music. Previous recipients include Victoria Monét, Janelle Monáe, Migos, and Beastie Boys.
Thomas is a 3-time Grammy Award winner, singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist whose trajectory is one of the more remarkable stories in modern R&B. Raised in Brooklyn by a vocal coach mother and a stepfather who played guitar for B.B. King, he started on Broadway in The Lion King before rising to prominence on Nickelodeon’s Victorious. After the show ended in 2013, he built a reputation as one of the industry’s most in-demand behind-the-scenes creatives, writing and producing for Ariana Grande, Drake, Chris Brown, and Kehlani.
In 2024, Thomas stepped fully into his own spotlight with the album ‘Mutt.’ The title track climbed to number 1 on Billboard’s Radio Songs chart and achieved double-platinum status. “Yes It Is” earned RIAA Gold certification. The album won 2 Grammy Awards, for Best R&B Album and Best Traditional R&B Performance, and an iHeartRadio Music Award for Best New R&B Artist. He had already taken home the ASCAP R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Song of the Year Award in 2024 for co-writing the 11x platinum “Snooze.”
Thomas arrives at this recognition with a newly released EP, PHOLKS, and a tour with Bruno Mars in select markets on “The Romantic Tour.”
The Richmond Jazz and Music Festival returns August 8 and 9 for its 16th year, and the lineup is one of the deepest the festival has assembled. Festival passes go on sale May 22 at richmondjazzandmusicfestival.com.
Headlining is neo-soul icon and multi-Grammy winner Erykah Badu, a returning festival favorite. She’s joined by Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy, the 2023 Best New Artist Grammy winner, jazz great Peter White, R&B legend Johnny Gill, and Tony! Toni! Toné! The Legacy Continues.
The supporting lineup runs deep. Leon Thomas, Alex Isley, Noname, Tiana Major9, Doug E. Fresh, Talib Kweli, Grammy-winning Lupe Fiasco, Victor Wooten and The Wooten Brothers, The Blackbyrds, Free Nationals, and returning crowd favorite Hot Like Mars are all on the bill. Additional local and regional artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
Leading into festival weekend, Straight No Chaser returns with a week of straight-ahead jazz performances at restaurants and venues across the Richmond region, extending the celebration beyond the festival grounds.
Organizers have maintained the fan-informed updates introduced last year, including a compact festival footprint and a schedule with no overlapping sets, so every performance is fully accessible to every attendee. Curated food and beverage offerings, local artisans, and premium hospitality round out the experience.
Produced by JMI and powered by Dominion Energy, the Richmond Jazz and Music Festival has grown into one of the region’s premier live music events, drawing attendees from across the country each summer.
Rhiannon Giddens has announced a European autumn tour running from September through December, with a run of dates across the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the UK, and Ireland, followed by a Reflektor residency at Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, November 25 to 29, where Giddens will both perform and curate several events at the hall. The tour closes with 3 nights in London, Edinburgh, and Gateshead in early December.
The tour supports ‘What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow,’ Giddens’ 2025 Grammy-nominated album recorded with former Carolina Chocolate Drops bandmate Justin Robinson. Produced by Giddens and Joseph “joebass” DeJarnette, the album features Giddens on banjo and Robinson on fiddle across 18 North Carolina tunes, many learned from their late mentor Joe Thompson and one from the late Etta Baker. The pair recorded outdoors at Thompson’s and Baker’s North Carolina homes, accompanied by 2 simultaneously emerging broods of cicadas that had not appeared together since 1803. That recording exists nowhere else.
Rhiannon Giddens European Tour:
Sep 22 /// De Oosterpoort /// Groningen, Netherlands
SIENNA SPIRO first started to use TikTok to build her audience in 2024 when she released ‘MAYBE.’, which generated over a million creations. She followed this up in 2025 with ‘You Stole the Show’, which generated over 2 million creations and over 3 billion video views on TikTok, becoming her real breakthrough moment, and putting her firmly on the world stage.
She then released ‘Die On This Hill‘, which became an unequivocal global sensation, driven by the TikTok community, with over 6 million creations and 16 billion video views. It was the most-saved track over the last 12 months worldwide on TikTok, and sparked a wave of performance-led trends, inspired by the power of her lyrics and emotional storytelling, including memory montages and high-profile covers, with performances by P!NK, Demi Lovato, and SIENNA’s own duet with Sam Smith.
Fueled by this momentum, “Die On This Hill” translated into significant off-platform success, generating more than 385 million streams on Spotify and charting at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100. SIENNA has garnered critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Wonderland, Dazed, V Magazine, The New York Times,and many more, been tipped as an “Artist to Watch” for 2026 from the likes of Billboard, Stereogum, Pigeons & Planes, and shortlisted for the BRIT Awards’ highly esteemedCritics’ Choice of 2026 award. She was recently named on Forbes “30 Under 30” Europe list and received two American Music Awardnominations for Best Vocal Performance and Breakthrough Pop Artist.
SIENNA’s most recent fan-demanded hit single, ‘The Visitor‘, further built on that momentum. The track has been used in over 2 million TikTok creations and generated more than 3 billion video views, while her headline “The Visitor Tour” was met with widespread praise and sold out across North America, the UK, and Europe.
Behind The Breakthrough is a documentary-style series that captures TikTok breakout artists reflecting on how their music and careers have been transformed by the platform and its community. The series has already featured Gigi Perez’s ‘Sailor Song’, Malcolm Todd’s ‘Chest Pain (I Love)’,and Alex Warren’s huge hit smash ‘Ordinary’.
Apple TV has renewed “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” for a second season, with the Season 1 finale having debuted globally on May 20. Created and written by multi-Emmy Award winner David E. Kelley and based on Rufi Thorpe’s bestselling novel, the series earned a Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has been called “one of the best shows of the year” since its debut.
The cast is formidable. Elle Fanning stars as Margo, a recent college dropout and aspiring writer navigating a new baby, mounting debt, and a family that defies easy description. Michelle Pfeiffer plays her ex-Hooters waitress mother. Nick Offerman is her ex-pro wrestler father. Nicole Kidman, Marcia Gay Harden, Greg Kinnear, Michael Angarano, Rico Nasty, and Lindsey Normington round out an ensemble that critics have praised for “immaculate performances.”
Fanning, who also executive produces, described bringing the project to screen as “one of the greatest joys of my life,” and confirmed season two delivers “a wild, messy and beautiful ride.” Kelley was equally direct: “I fell in love with Rufi’s world and unpredictable characters, and it’s been rewarding to see audiences embrace this series.”
Eva Anderson joins as co-showrunner for season two. The series is produced for Apple TV by A24, with executive producers including Fanning, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari of Blossom Films, and BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Dearbhla Walsh, who directed the pilot. “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is streaming now on Apple TV.
Paul McCartney and actor Paul Mescal are sitting down together for “The Boys of Dungeon Lane,” an intimate conversation premiering exclusively on Amazon Live and Amazon Music today, Monday May 25. Set inside the fictional Dungeon Lane Cafe, the two Pauls trade stories behind the songs in a format that sounds as warm and unhurried as the setting suggests. McCartney teased it simply: “When McCartney met Mescal.” Amazon Music responded with equal economy: “We love Paul.” That about covers it for everyone’s view.
A women’s choir from the Emsland region of Germany performing “Chop Suey!” by System of a Down with a live band at a sold-out Stadthalle in Papenburg sounds like a fever dream, but Schola Surwold pulled it off with full commitment. Arranged by Jetse Bremer and directed by Patrick Schütte, the performance features violin, piano, guitar, bass, and drums alongside the choir’s full polyphonic vocal treatment, turning one of metal’s most visceral songs into something cinematic, ominous, and genuinely stunning.
Bose has announced the general availability of the Lifestyle Collection, a new modular home audio lineup that scales from a single speaker to a full 7.1.4 home theater configuration. The collection includes 3 products: the Lifestyle Ultra Speaker ($299), the Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar ($1,099), and the Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer ($899). All three are available now at Bose.com and select retailers in Black or White Smoke finishes. The Lifestyle Ultra Speaker is also offered in a limited-edition Driftwood Sand finish with a solid white oak base for $349.
The system is built around flexibility. A single Lifestyle Ultra Speaker handles everyday room-filling listening. Two can be paired for stereo. Add the Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar and Subwoofer alongside 2 additional speakers and the system expands into a full 7.1.4 multichannel home theater. Multi-room grouping is supported via Google Cast and Apple AirPlay, including with compatible speakers from other manufacturers. Bluetooth, Spotify Connect, and built-in Alexa+ round out the connectivity options.
The Lifestyle Ultra Soundbar represents the first major soundbar redesign from Bose in over a decade. Six full-range drivers, 2 up-firing and 4 front-facing, plus 2 proprietary PhaseGuide drivers and a center tweeter deliver Dolby Atmos-ready three-dimensional audio from a single enclosure. SpeechClarity technology uses AI-driven processing to isolate and enhance dialogue. CustomTune (formerly ADAPTiQ) analyzes the room’s dimensions and acoustics via a smartphone microphone and optimizes playback accordingly.
The Lifestyle Ultra Speaker uses a 3-driver design, 2 front-facing and 1 up-firing, with Bose’s TrueSpatial audio processing and CleanBass technology delivering deep low-frequency performance from a compact enclosure. The Lifestyle Ultra Subwoofer connects wirelessly and completes the system with controlled, cinema-grade bass at any volume.
Design across the collection features sculpted silhouettes, textured knit fabric, and curved frames with premium glass accents on the Soundbar and Subwoofer, built to sit naturally in living spaces rather than dominate them. The updated Bose app handles setup, equalization, source selection, and room optimization across the full system.
Cécile McLorin Salvant’s With Every Breath I Take is due June 26, 2026, on Nonesuch Records. The album, Salvant’s first with orchestra, features The Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley. Salvant and the ensemble perform timeless songs newly arranged by composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue. The album’s title track, written by Cy Coleman and David Zippel, is available today along with a lyric video, which may be seen here. Salvant tours internationally throughout the summer and fall.
Salvant, who has performed with orchestras regularly over the last decade-and-a-half and intended to make an album with one sooner in her career, but logistics and her abundant creative ideas led to other new projects intervening. Having finally found time to make this album, With Every Breath I Take is a different sort of record than it might have been even ten years ago.
“It is a rare opportunity to be able to make an album at this scale, which has been a dream of mine for many years,” Salvant says. “Darcy James Argue wrote stunning arrangements and the Metropole Orkest, conducted by the extraordinary Jules Buckley, gave these stories a cinematic dimension. We overcame quite a few obstacles to even get into the recording studio for this project; it took almost four years for us to do so, and I am so incredibly proud to share it.
“I did not choose these songs because they are beautiful, but because they are crucial to me,” she adds.
Cécile McLorin Salvant, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award winner, is a singer and composer bringing historical perspective, a renewed sense of drama, and an enlightened musical understanding to both jazz standards and her own original compositions. Classically trained, steeped in jazz, blues, and folk, and drawing from musical theater and vaudeville, Salvant embraces a wide-ranging repertoire that broadens the possibilities for live performance.
Salvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles. Her unreleased work Ogresse is an ambitious long-form musical fairy tale that is being made into a feature length animated film. She has performed at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard, and the North Sea Jazz Festival. Her previous Nonesuch albums, Ghost Song (2022), Mélusine (2023), and Oh Snap (2025) received critical accolades; the former two were both nominated for Grammy Awards. Salvant is also a visual artist, and Oh Snap was named a best album of 2025 by the Guardian, Jazzwise, JazzTimes, and the Francis Davis Jazz Critics Poll.
The Metropole Orkest, founded in 1945, regularly performs on well-known Dutch music stages such as Tivoli Vredenburg, Melkweg, and the Concertgebouw, as well as many other venues across the country and neighboring countries. Internationally, the Metropole Orkest is a sought-after guest at major festivals including the BBC Proms and Musikfest Bremen. It is also a regular guest at events like ADE, North Sea Jazz, and the Holland Festival. The orchestra has also performed at Pinkpop, Lowlands, Noorderslag, and the 3FM Awards, making it well known and loved by a younger audience.
The orchestra has shared the stage with legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Brian Eno, Herbie Hancock, and Bono. It also collaborates with contemporary talents like Kovacs, Within Temptation, Snarky Puppy, Gregory Porter, Jacob Collier, Cory Wong, and DOMi & JD BECK. Together with chief conductor Jules Buckley, the orchestra explores the boundaries of contemporary symphonic pop and jazz. In addition to the many concerts, the orchestra regularly records albums with international artists. It has also contributed to thousands of radio and TV broadcasts. Over the years, Metropole Orkest has received no less than twenty-four Grammy nominations and worked on four Grammy-winning productions.
Composer, orchestrator, and conductor Jules Buckley is a musical pioneer who pushes the boundaries of contemporary genres. In 2004 he co-founded the Heritage Orchestra, a flexible chamber ensemble, dedicated to performing new music with a daring approach to crossing and linking musical genres. Buckley has led numerous successful projects as a guest conductor with the Metropole Orkest since 2007; he was appointed chief conductor in 2013. At Metropole Orkest, Buckley has led projects with Snarky Puppy, Laura Mvula, Gregory Porter, Tori Amos, Markus Stockhausen, Michael Kiwanuka, Jonathan Jeremiah, and UK house music duo Basement Jaxx.
Darcy James Argue, “one of the top big band composers of our time” (Stereophile), is best known for Secret Society, an eighteen-piece group “renowned in the jazz world” (New York Times). Argue brings an outwardly anachronistic ensemble into the 21st century through his “ability to combine his love of jazz’s past with more contemporary sonics” and is celebrated as “a syncretic creator who avoids obvious imitation” (Pitchfork). Acclaimed as an “innovative composer, arranger, and big band leader” by the New Yorker, Argue’s accolades include multiple Grammy nominations and a Latin Grammy Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Doris Duke Artist Award, and countless commissions and fellowships.
Dynamic Maximum Tension, Argue’s latest album with Secret Society and his label debut on Nonesuch Records, has been called “his best to date: a work of stunning eclecticism and complexity, but thoroughly accessible, elastic with swing” by Fred Kaplan of Slate, and “simply some of the most exciting music being made right now” by Stereogum’s Phil Freeman. Dynamic Maximum Tension was named one of the best albums of 2023 by DownBeat, NPR, and numerous other outlets, and earned Argue his fourth consecutive Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.
