Sun Records is releasing new rare archival recordings from David Allan Coe in August.

Coe’s Texas Moon (Deluxe) arrives Aug. 21, highlighting an important early chapter in the legendary outlaw artist’s career. Originally recorded in 1973 for Shelby Singleton’s Plantation Records, the album captured Coe performing songs by many of his biggest influences, including Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver and Jackson Browne, backed by Coe’s road band.

The recordings were not officially released until 1977, after Coe had moved to Columbia Records, but feature a key snapshot of his formative years as a recording artist. Pressed on vinyl for the first time in more than four decades, the deluxe edition adds previously unreleased demos from Coe’s earliest Nashville recording sessions with Singleton.

Sun Records will also release It’s Been So Long by The Gentrys on Sept. 4, showcasing a largely unheard chapter in the Memphis garage rock band’s history. Best known for their 1965 MGM Records hit “Keep On Dancing,” The Gentrys joined Sun Records as the label entered a new era under Shelby Singleton’s ownership.

“Finding previously unreleased recordings from David Allan Coe and The Gentrys in our tape vault is a reminder that the Sun Records story is still being written, one archive discovery at a time,” says Chase Gregory, Sr. Director of A&R/Sync for Sun Records. “Bringing lost music like this to fans is central to how we honor and expand the label’s legacy.”

Texas Moon (Deluxe) and It’s Been So Long are both available for pre-order now.

LOCASH will release their new EP Let The Country Music Play on Aug. 7 via their own Galaxy Label Group.

The duo, composed of Preston Brust and Chris Lucas, wrote the 5-track project alongside Ashley Gorley, John Byron, Brinley Addington and more. The duo previewed the project last month with the title track, a collaboration with Parmalee that reimagines Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).” “Talkin Bout,” written by the duo alongside Nate Kenyon and Blake Bollinger, will impact country radio on Aug. 24.

The project follows the band’s 2025 Bet The Farm which featured their multi-week chart topper “Hometown Home,” Country Aircheck/Mediabase’s No. 4 Overall Song of 2025.

LOCASH is currently amidst their “LET THE COUNTRY MUSIC PLAY TOUR” with upcoming dates in Missouri, Ohio, New York, California and more.

Let The Country Music Play Track List:
1. “Let The Country Music Play” (Rupert Holmes, Matt Thomas, Tommy Cecil, Brinley Addington) *
2. “Talkin Bout” (Nate Kenyon, Chris Lucas, Preston Brust, Blake Bollinger) +
3. “I Aint Goin Nowhere” (Preston Brust, Chris Lucas, John Byron, Maya Kurchner) ^
4. “YES” (Ben Johnson, Ashley Gorley, John Byron, Cole Swindell, Thomas Rhett, Preston Brust, Chris Lucas) •
5. “Love Always Wins” (Preston Brust, Chris Lucas, Nate Kenyon, Blake Bollinger) #
* Produced by Tommy Cecil and Jacob Rice
+ Produced by Sam Bergeson and Blake Bollinger
^ Produced by Ben Johnson and Aaron Zuckerman
• Produced by Ben Johnson
# Produced by Jacob Rice

Rhiannon Giddens has inked with WME for global representation in music.

Giddens is a Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-winning artist, composer, banjo player, fiddler and cultural advocate. A founding member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, she is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in American roots music. During her career, she has earned two Grammy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize for Music for Omar, a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship and more. Her work spans music, film, opera, literature and education while highlighting the African American roots of American music.

Giddens will release her seventh solo album, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, on Sept. 18 via Nonesuch Records. Recorded live with longtime collaborators and co-produced by Dirk Powell, the album celebrates community, collaboration, and the shared traditions of American music.

Beyond recording and touring, Giddens recently served as music supervisor, consultant and contributed original music to Sinners. She also wrote new music for Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS documentary The American Revolution, released the book Go Back and Fetch It: Recovering Early Black Music in the Americas with Kristina R. Gaddy, and stars in the upcoming film An Ode to Mary Jo alongside Ed Helms, Jason Isbell, Steve Earle, Regina Taylor and John Sayles.

She recently sold-out Carnegie Hall and played two sold-out shows at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is also launching American Tunes: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, a five-date concert series with Mavis Staples, Mary Chapin Carpenter and Hurray for the Riff Raff, with stops in Seattle, Bend, Bentonville, Asheville and The Caverns in Tennessee.

Giddens also recently launched the Biscuits & Banjos Foundation, which expands the mission of her festival through music education, instrument access, and programs celebrating the African diaspora’s influence on American culture.

Switchfoot made their Grand Ole Opry debut last Thursday (July 23).

Their three-song set earned a standing ovation and included a duet with Lainey Wilson on their new song, “Beautiful Life.” They also performed their hit “Dare You To Move” and “Only Hope,” which was famously covered by Mandy Moore in the 2002 film A Walk To Remember. After the show, Switchfoot headed to Studio A inside Opry House for a special performance and Q&A with 100 fans.

“We have many ties to Nashville, we have made many records out here,” shared lead vocalist Jon Foreman from the stage. “To be the kid who is couch surfing around Nashville and writing songs trying to figure out why they’re on the planet, and to be playing one of those songs years and years later, is a dream come true. Thank you so much for having us.”

The band recently released their new album Forever Now, which was produced by Mike Elizondo at his studio in Nashville. “Absolution” off the project is currently in the top 30 on alternative radio. Switchfoot will embark on their “Forever Now Tour” this fall, with stops in Nashville, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C. and more. Before the tour, they will make festival appearances at The Festival at Sandpoint, Afterburn Music Festival, Rock The Pines and more.