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Mattson 2 Guitarist Jared Mattson Sets out on His Own, Touring his Debut Solo Record with a Stop in Jacksonville

Indie-Rock Stars Flipturn Return to Jax with Two-Night Stand at Intuition

New Music Friday | The best releases out on June 2

Unknown Mortal Orchestra | Tiny Desk Concert

Reissue of “My Black Race” Gives New Life, and Power, to UK Reggae Artist Rupie Dan

Diners Find “The Power” in a New Sound on Lead Single from New Album, ‘Domino’

#NowPlaying | Bill Orcutt, ‘The Anxiety of Symmetry II’

NIKI | Tiny Desk Concert

On the Madcap “Leaving the Light,” Genre-Defying Artist Genesis Owusu Powers His Own Creative Forcefield

On “Foreign Rain,” Jax Goth-Rockers Glass Chapel Channel ’80s Synth-Pop

Jazz Returns to the Jacksonville Symphony

Little Moon | Tiny Desk Concert

New Music Friday | The best releases out on May 26

Four Things I Learned at Shaky Knees 2023

Tina Turner, Rock and Roll Icon, Dead at 83

On “Howlin’,” Jacksonville’s Halfway Hounds Unleash a Primal Yowl

Kurt Cobain’s Broken Guitar Sells for Nearly $600,000

JME Staff Picks | 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Festival

Longtime Duval Musician Britt Traynham Authors and Illustrates New Book, ‘Portraits In Jazz’

PVRIS Shares New Single “LOVE IS A…” Ahead of Summer Show at Daily’s Place

Playlist | Jacksonville Jazz Festival 2023 Primer

With Jazz Fest After Dark and More, the City’s Music Scene Extends the Breadth, and hours, of the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Weekend
All That Jazz (And More)

New Music Friday | The best releases out on May 19

The Unexpected Essentials that Helped Jax Experimental Act golfer two Create ‘bl00db4th6000’

On “Hazy,” Gainesville Garage Rockers bed bug guru Share a Dreamy Pummel of Fuzz

Japanese Band, Experimental Psychedelic Rockers Acid Mothers Temple, to Play for Free at the Jessie

Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

Ulysses Owens Jr. On Who to See & Hear at the 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Fest
Jazz Fest with U

On “Backseat,” Jacksonville Singer-Songwriter Sun Child Untangles their Radiant Charms

In Support of New Album, ABB Scion Duane Betts to Play Jacksonville in July

Chicago Post-Punk Powerhouse Dehd to Play Jacksonville in October

On ‘Cedar Island Songs,’ Florida songwriter Laney Tripp Floats in a Vast, Sparkling Sea of Experimental Folk

New Music Friday: The best releases out on May 12

Comedy-Rock Gods Tenacious D Bring Spicy Meatball Tour to St. Augustine

MTV News Shut Down as Paramount Global Cuts 25% of its Staff

Playlist | Best New Music of May

Sudan Archives and Baby Rose pick their Tiny Desk Contest favorites

Watch Jacksonville Artists’ Tiny Desk Contest Submissions

Sing Out Loud 2023 Announces Francis Field Showcase with The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and More

Five Essential Mdou Moctar Tracks

JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are Here to Blow Up your Function

On “True,” Tidal Daze Offers their Own Brand of Post-Punk Sentimentality

Why Frank Ocean’s Long-Anticipated Coachella Performance was a Mixed Bag

Jax Rock Band Racewall Mosquitoes Share New Video for “Vagabond”

Duval Hip-Hop Artist Mecca thA Marvelous gets Contemplative on “Relapse”

Record Store Day 2023 | Here’s What To Expect on RSD in Jax

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

Feist holds a mirror up to her ‘Multitudes’

Fred again..: Tiny Desk Concert

Ultra Wrapped | Highlights from Miami’s Annual EDM Extravaganza

Popular Indie-Folk Rockers Fruit Bats to Play Intuition in April

On “lookin’,” Duval’s Broadway Louie Soundtracks the Perennial Search for Connection

On the Sunny, Textured “Surrender,” Jax Band Ducats Resists and Combats Emotional and Artistic Stasis

Wednesday’s ‘Rat Saw God’ is Fearlessly, Chaotically, Grimly American

With First New Single in 15 years, The Julius Airwave Returns to the Power-Pop Fore

Wilco Return to the St. Augustine Amphitheatre for 2023 Spring Tour

Shawny Binladen and the Rise of Sample Drill

Kassa Overall | Tiny Desk Concert

Rob Rase, Left On High and the Loud Art of Evolution and Survival

Playlist | April’s Best New Music
boygenius, Pearl & The Oysters, Sunny War, Angel Olsen and more.

Wynton Marsalis, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Samara Joy, Ulysses Owens Jr. and More to Play 2023 Jacksonville Jazz Festival

For the beloved trio’s return, Nickel Creek created its own world

Durand Bernarr | Tiny Desk Concert

On Eureka Springs’ “Nothing Quite Like,” Jax Singer-Songwriter Cory Driscoll Balances the Light and Dark

It Could Happen To You | Playing One Tune with Jazz Great Bunky Green

Ryuichi Sakamoto, a godfather of electronic pop, has died

Yves Tumor’s disruptive pop-cultural synthesis

The Beths | Tiny Desk Concert

On “King Kong,” Jax Duo Jawberry Unleashes a Monster Mashup of Indie, Grunge and Hip Hop

Jax Indie-Rock Band flipturn on the JME Soundstage

Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson on the family-inspired new album ‘V’

San Diego Surf-Jazz Duo Mattson 2 to Play Hotel Palms in Atlantic Beach

Preview | Jax rock quartet Skyview tells its celestial stories at Underbelly

After allegations against Win Butler, an existential crisis lingers for Montréal

Famed EDM DJ and Producer Deorro on His Ultra Music Festival Debut

Jacksonville Saxophonist and Improvisational Musician Jamison Williams’ Peels Away the Brass on the 38-Minute “Mary Blair”

Jax Indie-Folk Faves Bobby Kid Return Just In Time with the Tearjerking “Ten Minutes Late”

Celebrated Guitarist Eli Winter on his Early Influences, his Eponymously-Titled New Album and More

Electropop Duo LANNDS on the Creative Process Behind “Blueprint” from their Estimable Debut LP

Best Concerts in Jacksonville this Week | March 20-26
Widespread Panic, Kool Keith, Eli Winter, Guster and more

The St. Johns Meets the Seine on the Debut from Lonely Rose

On “Mistakes With The Bottle,” Singer-Producer Luci Lind Pours from His Deep Well of Melody and Empathy

On “On Your Line,” Jax’s Rambler Kane Dispenses Honky-Tonk Allegory Over a Country-Rock Stomp

Louder Than A Riot Returns Thursday, March 16
New season explores the sexist prejudice against Black women in hip hop.

Join us at SXSW as Thee Sacred Souls, DEBBY FRIDAY, Hermanos Gutiérrez Perform on Public Radio Stage

With “La La,” Jax Progressive-Soul Duo Bright Purpel has Preemptively Bloomed the Local Song of the Summer

Mama’s Broke | Tiny Desk Concert

Jax Guitar Heroes Discuss Their Fave Effects Pedals

Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dies at 71

Artsy Jax Noise Duo golfer two’s ‘bl00db4th6000’ is Four Minutes of Enjoyable Unorthodoxy
