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Hard Rock Powerhouse Jasmine Cain Drops Fierce New Lyric Video for “Are You Ready”

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Jasmine Cain has a new lyric video out for “Are You Ready,” and it means business.

The hard rock powerhouse has built her reputation on gritty riffs, powerhouse vocals and a live presence that doesn’t leave room for half-measures, and “Are You Ready” is a direct extension of everything that’s made her a force in the rock scene. The track is a full-throttle anthem, crushing riffs up front, unapologetic attitude throughout, and a vocal delivery that drives every line home with authority.

The lyric video matches the song’s energy, bringing every word front and center with the same raw, rebellious spirit that runs through Cain’s catalog. It’s the kind of release that rewards volume, built for speakers pushed hard and listeners who want something with real conviction behind it.

Cain has spent years carving out her space in modern hard rock through relentless work and a growing catalog that balances strength with genuine emotional range. “Are You Ready” adds another sharp entry to that body of work.

Video: Post-Punk Firebrands Fontaines D.C. Tear Through a St. Patrick’s Day Set at Dublin’s The Complex

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Dublin’s own Fontaines D.C. played their hometown on St. Patrick’s Day 2022 at The Complex, and the result is exactly what you’d want from one of modern post-punk’s most electrifying live acts: raw, poetic, confrontational and deeply alive. Part of the Jameson Unplugged series, the set moves through “Too Real,” “Televised Mind,” the anthemic “Jackie Down The Line” and “A Hero’s Death,” with a standout cover of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” woven in, Grian Chatten’s distinctive delivery making it feel entirely their own.

Bluegrass Legends Boone Creek Return With Restored 1977 Debut and Four Unearthed Recordings

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The tapes were moldy, badly damaged, and missing for nearly five decades. What came back from that recovery is one of the most compelling archival stories in roots music this year.

Boone Creek’s self-titled 1977 debut arrives June 26 via Craft Recordings and HighTone Records, reissued on vinyl for the first time since its original pressing and making its CD and streaming debut. The album features four previously unreleased bonus tracks salvaged from session tapes that had been stolen by an engineer, tracked down decades later, and painstakingly restored. Lead single “I’m Gonna Settle Down,” a soul-stirring take on the Flatt & Scruggs classic, is streaming now. Pre-order now here.

Boone Creek formed in 1976 when Ricky Skaggs and Jerry Douglas, fresh off their tenure with J.D. Crowe & the New South, joined forces with guitarist Wes Golding and banjoist Terry Baucom. The band pulled from jam-band looseness, timeless pop craft and the soft-rock textures of the era, incorporating electric guitar, drums, piano, horns and synthesizers while keeping their tight bluegrass-inspired harmonies front and center. Rounder initially found portions of the debut “too commercial,” prompting additional sessions in a more traditional vein. The resulting album combined both sets of recordings into something that pushed well past the accepted boundaries of bluegrass in 1977.

The four recovered bonus tracks push even further. “Hitchhiking to California” is freewheeling and loose, while the horn-laced “Dream Song” drifts into subtly psychedelic territory. “Misty Wind” features a harmony vocal from a then-unknown bass player named Vince Gill. Grammy-winning reissue producer Scott Billington oversaw the restoration. “The recovery of the four new tracks was a years-long research and restoration project,” Billington says. “The end result was worth it, because we get a glimpse into the creative minds of these four outstanding musicians that will surprise and delight many listeners.”

Skaggs went on to earn 15 Grammy Awards and played a defining role in multiple waves of American roots revival. Douglas has collected 16 Grammys and remains one of the most influential instrumentalists of his generation, currently with Alison Krauss and Union Station. Baucom, a founding member of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and IIIrd Tyme Out, passed away in December 2023 and received a Distinguished Achievement Award at that year’s IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. “We thank everyone involved for their tenacity and forward thinking in bringing this remastered lost treasure back into the light,” Douglas says.

“It’s been over 50 years since Boone Creek made these recordings and it’s great to hear them remastered,” Skaggs adds. “They sound better than ever, and I never thought the previously unreleased cuts would see the light of day.”

Boone Creek is available for pre-order and pre-save now ahead of its June 26 release.

Vinyl Tracklist:

Side A

  1. Dixieland
  2. Dark Is The Night
  3. Walkin’ In Jerusalem
  4. Gonna Settle Down
  5. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
  6. White House Blues
  7. Boone Creek
  8. The Memory of Your Smile

Side B

  1. Intro
  2. Satisfy My Mind
  3. Sugar Daddy
  4. Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me
  5. Hitchhiking to California*
  6. Misty Wind*
  7. Georgia Sunrise*
  8. Dream Song*

*Previously unreleased

CD/Digital Tracklist:

  1. Dixieland
  2. Dark Is The Night
  3. Walkin’ In Jerusalem
  4. Gonna Settle Down
  5. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
  6. White House Blues
  7. Boone Creek
  8. The Memory of Your Smile
  9. Intro
  10. Satisfy My Mind
  11. Sugar Daddy
  12. Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me
  13. Hitchhiking to California*
  14. Misty Wind*
  15. Georgia Sunrise*
  16. Dream Song*

*Previously unreleased

Atlanta Alternative Hip-Hop Trailblazer BKTHERULA Takes the N5ON Tour Across Europe This Summer

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BKTHERULA is bringing her world to Europe, and the timing couldn’t be sharper.

The Atlanta artist has announced THE N5ON TOUR, a run of headline shows and major festival appearances across Europe and the UK this July. Paris, London and Amsterdam are all on the itinerary, alongside festival slots at Splash! Festival in Germany and Openair Frauenfeld in Switzerland. Artist presale opens Thursday, May 7 at 10pm local time, with general on-sale Friday, May 9 at 10am local time.

The tour arrives as BKTHERULA steps into a new era. Her upcoming single “I Go Punk,” produced by Whethan, is due soon, followed by her EP N5ON. The new music leans into a dance-forward, club-inspired energy, hip-hop, EDM and alternative sounds colliding in a live setting built for movement. Anyone who’s caught her on a festival stage already knows what that looks like in practice.

The numbers behind BKTHERULA are hard to argue with. Over 480 million global streams, a Forbes 30 Under 30 nod, and a footprint that now spans music, fashion and lifestyle. Her latest project ‘LUCY’ is streaming now and makes a strong case for where this new chapter is headed.

THE N5ON TOUR Dates:

Friday, July 3 — Gräfenhainichen, Germany — Splash! Festival

Sunday, July 5 — Paris, France — La Bellevilloise

Monday, July 6 — London, England — Scala

Thursday, July 9 — Amsterdam, Netherlands — Bitterzoet

Saturday, July 11 — Frauenfeld, Switzerland — Openair Frauenfeld

Grand Ole Opry Member T. Graham Brown Brings Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown to LIVE WIRE on SiriusXM

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T. Graham Brown’s monthly SiriusXM showcase just got a marquee guest. The latest episode of LIVE WIRE on Prime Country Channel 58 features an exclusive interview with Mark Miller, the longtime frontman of Sawyer Brown, the group that won Star Search in 1983 and went on to rack up more than 20 Top 10 hits including “Some Girls Do,” “Dirt Road” and “Six Days On The Road.” The episode airs May 6 at 10/9 p.m. CT, with additional airings continuing throughout May, and is available on demand anytime through the SiriusXM app and Pandora NOW.

Brown, a Grammy-nominated, CMA and Emmy Award-winner, has hosted LIVE WIRE since 2019, and this episode is one of the stronger lineups the show has assembled. Alongside the Miller interview, the episode features live cuts from The Kentucky Headhunters, EXILE, The Judds, Kenny Rogers, Hank Williams Jr. and America, plus Brown’s signature wild card closing song. “I’ll be visiting with brother Mark Miller of Sawyer Brown and playing some of the greatest live country music ever recorded,” Brown says.

This spring also marks two years since Brown’s induction as a Grand Ole Opry member, officially welcomed into the circle on May 3, 2024 by Vince Gill. “Becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry is one of the greatest honors of my life,” Brown shares, “and two years later, it still feels just as humbling as the night Vince Gill welcomed me into the family.” Brown has recorded 15 studio albums, charted more than 20 Billboard singles, and his Grammy-nominated album ‘Forever Changed’ featured collaborations with Gill, The Oak Ridge Boys and Jimmy Fortune. His most recent release, ‘From Memphis To Muscle Shoals,’ debuted at number one on the iTunes Blues Album Chart.

LIVE WIRE airs on SiriusXM Prime Country Channel 58 and streams via the SiriusXM app across smart TVs, mobile devices and connected home systems.

T. Graham Brown Upcoming Tour Dates:

May 9 — Berlin, OH — The Amish Country Theater

May 16 — Riverside, IA — Riverside Casino & Golf Resort (with Lorrie Morgan)

August 7 — Elizabeth, IN — Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana

August 8 — Elizabeth, IN — Caesars Event Center at Caesars Southern Indiana (with Lorrie Morgan)

October 9 — Branson, MO — Clay Cooper Theatre (with The Malpass Brothers)

October 17 — Dadeville, AL — Auburn vs. Georgia Party

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Juno-Nominated Harpist Lara Somogyi Announces Second Album ‘a [time] patterned’ With Lead Single “sojourn”

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Lara Somogyi has announced her second album, and it’s one of the most quietly ambitious records of 2026.

‘a [time] patterned’ arrives August 28 via Mercury KX, and lead single “sojourn” is out now with a video that makes an immediate case for the record’s world. Written for harp, strings and electronics, the track opens with extended pedal technique blurring tonality before a melodic thread gradually surfaces, granular processing fracturing and reconfiguring time around it while strings provide a subtle architecture underneath. It’s fluid, alive and deeply immersive.

Somogyi is a Juno nominee and Royal Academy of Music graduate, awarded an honorary Associate (ARAM) for her innovations in the field. Her credits include Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated Da 5 Bloods, Hans Zimmer’s Blue Planet II featuring Radiohead, and Ari Aster’s Eddington for A24. She’s collaborated with Bonobo, Ólafur Arnalds, the London Symphony Orchestra and Bat For Lashes, bringing a compositional range to the harp that consistently pushes past the instrument’s traditional boundaries.

‘a [time] patterned’ was written with producer Cyrus Reynolds and shaped through tape loops, delay and repetition, a process that became deeply personal following the loss of her father. The album reframes time as an emotional landscape rather than a linear sequence, examining how joy, grief and healing each carry their own structural logic. Somogyi describes the eleven compositions as “rooms” the listener moves through, with field recordings including birdsong from her birthplace of Kauai sitting alongside string arrangements and textural experimentation.

Featuring contributions from Rob Moose (Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens) and Clarice Jensen (Max Richter), the record draws on architectural theory and the idea of pattern as structure. “sojourn opens in the in-between,” Somogyi says, “in that first step forward, tracing a quiet shift toward something open and free. It’s not a beginning, even though it was the first piece I wrote for the record. To me, it feels like an opening to the next chapter.”

Somogyi brings the album to three headline shows this August and September. ‘a [time] patterned’ is available for pre-order now.

‘a [time] patterned’ Tracklist:

  1. fingerprints
  2. sojourn
  3. mirabel
  4. open fields
  5. elsewhere
  6. overture of
  7. highway nocturne 40 ft. Clarice Jensen
  8. sitting circle ft. Rob Moose
  9. intimacy gradient
  10. holding suite
  11. alloy IX

Lara Somogyi Live:

Sat. August 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Live at Glass Hill

Wed. September 9 – Chicago, IL @ Constellation

Fri. September 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ National Sawdust

Grammy-Nominated Toronto Powerhouse Jessie Reyez Announces Fourth Album ‘A Little Vengeance’

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Jessie Reyez has been moving fast in 2026, and she’s not slowing down.

The Grammy-nominated, 6x Juno-winning Toronto singer-songwriter has announced her fourth studio album ‘A Little Vengeance,’ due June 12 via FMLY / Island Records. The announcement lands in the middle of one of the most prolific stretches of her career, with two sharp new singles already out and an EP dropped as a surprise earlier this year.

“Ain’t U Tired?” featuring Muni Long is the most recent release, and it’s a stunning piece of work. Two of modern R&B’s most compelling voices, lush piano, and a shared emotional frequency that’s difficult to shake. It follows “N.Y.F.F.,” a rap-sung kiss-off to a lying ex that showcases exactly what makes Reyez so magnetic: raw, unguarded precision that makes her stories feel personal to anyone listening.

Before those two singles, Reyez surprised fans with the ‘$TILL PAID’ EP, a five-track expansion of her critically acclaimed 2025 album ‘PAID IN MEMORIES,’ featuring a remix with BRIT Award-winning rapper Stormzy. That album was already a milestone, spanning 20-plus tracks with collaborations alongside Ari Lennox, Big Sean, Miguel, Lil Yachty, 6LACK, Lil Wayne and Deyaz, and it followed a sold-out ‘PAID IN MEMORIES’ headline world tour that confirmed her status as one of the most compelling live artists working right now.

The Reyez catalog runs deep and keeps getting stronger. Her debut album ‘Before Love Came to Kill Us’ is RIAA Gold-certified. ‘Yessie’ was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. “Imported” featuring 6LACK and “Figures” are both RIAA 2x Platinum. She’s penned songs for Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Kehlani, LISA of BLACKPINK and Calvin Harris, won a Grammy for her contribution to the Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack, and was recognized by Billboard Canada with its Women in Music Trailblazer Award in 2024. That’s not a résumé, that’s a statement.

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Water Conservation in Recent Times: How Modern Treatment Systems Reduce Household Waste?

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By Mitch Rice

Today, new-age homeowners face increasing pressure to minimize their environmental footprint. Simultaneously, they also have to retain increased living standards. Advanced engineering has changed the way today’s households manage their domestic water supply to avoid pointless loss and foster sustainability.

Additionally, conventional systems waste several gallons of water during cleaning. However, advanced technologies concentrate on conservation and accuracy. By adopting these smart procedures, homeowners can minimize monthly utility expenses and secure crucial local water resources.

  • Accurate and smart engineering in filtration systems

Modern-day filtering devices use advanced sensors and valve systems that continuously monitor water consumption and maximize every drop. The intelligent systems will only start the cleaning cycle of the inner filter media when an actual need is calculated from current data. If you partner with a well-respected company like HQ Water Solutions, your home will be equipped with today’s highest-efficiency products. Such companies take a customized approach that avoids the enormous water waste associated with older systems that operate on predetermined schedules rather than actual requirements.

  • Importance of demand-driven regeneration

Traditionally run older treatment units frequently lead to unnecessary and redundant regeneration cycles. Modern-day systems incorporate demand-activated technology to identify how much water has been processed and regenerate water when required. This operational change saves thousands of gallons of water and hundreds of pounds of salt each year. Additionally, homeowners have access to consistent-quality water without concerns about excessive environmental runoff or unnecessary chemical discharge.

  • Effects on waste and appliance durability

Treating water to a high standard of quality protects dishwashers, washing machines, and expensive tankless water heaters from scaling. Mineral build-up on appliances means they use far less water and energy to perform everyday tasks when they’re operating as intended. By preventing the early failure of these appliances, the quantity of heavy mechanical waste created is reduced, which ultimately gets diverted from payment to the local landfills. Furthermore, providing a clear water supply enables optimal use of your home’s infrastructure for many years.

  • Minimizing plastic and chemical footprints

Whole-house filters eliminate the need for plastic bottles and are a major contributor to global pollution. High-quality drinking water delivered from your kitchen will give families another reason to use fewer environmentally harmful products. Cleaning clothes and dishes with soft water requires less soap and detergent. Reducing chemical use will also help prevent harmful surfactants from entering the local ecosystem through wastewater.

Final words: Future of advanced water management

Therefore, as technology continues to change and advance, you will experience a blend of leak detection and flow management within the treatment system. All these technological tools and features will notify homeowners of concealed pipe leaks that would otherwise go unnoticed, resulting in gallons of water waste. Instant monitoring enables immediate action to prevent all kinds of property damage. Furthermore, it ensures that each drop of water is used correctly and with intention.

That means investing in advanced systems will help you build a sturdy home well-equipped to face future regulatory and environmental challenges. Also, with an expert service provider, you can get your pain points addressed and choose a solution that’s apt for you and within your budget.