Announced today, the seventh studio album from the Grammy®-nominated artist KT Tunstall is the last in a trilogy of albums she began recording and releasing in 2016. NUT will be released on September 9, 2022 via her new partnership with Blue Élan Records. First single, “Canyons,” is available on all digital services today. The single follows a recent collaboration with Frank Turner on “Little Life”.

As part of Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we're highlighting a local non-profit: Lincoln Heights Tutorial Program (LHTP). They are a grassroots non-profit organization with a mission to serve the underserved and overlooked youth of East Los Angeles. LHTP focuses on making a local and significant community impact which they do through a combination of tutoring services to close the academic gap, and youth programs to prepare teens for life after high school.

The San Antonio-based iconic family, led by Santiago Jimenez, Sr, credited as the “Father of Modern Conjunto Music,” has been groundbreaking in and around their native Texas roots. Today, son Santiago “Jimmy” Jimenez Jr. releases Still Kicking!, a brand new album via his new partnership with the recently formed Austin-based Hardcharger Records/ Blue Élan Records. Hardcharger is an imprint founded by Austin-based guitarist, singer/songwriter and author, Jesse Dayton.

Gerry Beckley, the illustrious singer, songwriter, performer and co-founder of legendary band America, releases his new single, the album’s title track - “Aurora” - today! The song is culled from his fourth solo album for Blue Élan Records set for release on July 1, 2022.

Eric Johnson, the prolific Grammy-Award winning, Austin-based songwriter and guitarist releases his second set of two new singles today, “Sitting on Top of the World” and “Love Will Never Say Goodbye” from his forthcoming albums, The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today.

Two-time Grammy Award winning Los Angeles-based band, OZOMATLI, continues to release new music in 2022 – “Sunsets,” from the forthcoming album Marching On, is now available on all digital services.