JANUARY 2026 NEWSLETTER

Happy New Year, everyone!  

I know you don't need me to tell you that it feels like we just rang in 2025.  But to put things in context, it's been SIX YEARS since we went through a global pandemic. 

Anyway, a colleague told me recently that the years whizzing by as you get older is an actual scientific truth--that if you divide 1 year by every year you've been on the planet, the percentage gets smaller and smaller as we age.  It means that this coming year will be shorter than last year to all of us, based on our overall individual lives.  

To me, it's just another reminder that our time on earth is relatively short, and it's important to make the best of it.  Of course, this is something I think about with the start of each new year, but when you factor in that bit of age science, it's another kick in the pants to "do" rather than just "say".  

And so I'm going to repeat one of the best mantras I heard in 2025, from one of my clients who based an entire album on it--"Aging is inevitable; getting old is optional." 

With that, I wish you all a 2026 filled with all the things that make you happy and/or successful.  Thanks for reading and listening!--Mike @ MJM

Upcoming releases
Stew Cutler and Friends--Undercover (Mostly):Seasoned bluesman Stew Cutler, a scorching guitarist and composer, has proven that he could take a batch of familiar songs and reinvent them to fit his blues aesthetic. Cutler’s eighth recording escapade, to be released Feb. 6, is a collection of nine tracks – seven covers and two originals – that redefine his virtuoso dexterity on guitars and harmonicas. Seven cuts are entirely instrumental, while the other two feature the smoothly passionate vocals of Bobby Harden. 
www.stewcutler.com

Recent releases
The Wildwoods--"Echoes of Evergreen"
Website: www.thewildwoodsband.com
Tour dates: www.thewildwoodsband.com/shows

Will Kimbrough: "Gratitude and Grief (for Todd)"
Website: www.willkimbrough.com
Tour dates:www.willkimbrough.com/shows

Michael McDermott: "The Future" (No Kings Day)
Website: www.michael-mcdermott.com
Tour dates: www.michael-mcdermott.com/shows

Badfish: "Bad Things" 
Website: www.badfish.com
Tour dates: www.badfish.com/tour

Cowboy Junkies: More Acoustic Junk (Cooking Vinyl)
Website: www.cowboyjunkies.com
Cooking Vinyl website: www.cookingvinyl.com
Tour dates: www.cowboyjunkies.com/tour

David Wilcox: The Way I Tell the Story
Website: www.davidwilcox.com
Tour dates: www.davidwilcox.com/shows 

Companies we currently partner with:
Rounder/Concord Records—We are currently working tour press for Concord Records and Rounder Records --  including some of Rounder's rising stars such as Amythyst Kiah, Anderson East, Ken Pomeroy, John R. Miller, Katie Pruitt, JD Clayton, Judy Blank, Bella White, Ruston Kelly, and Sierra Ferrell.  On the Concord side, we are working with Cat Clyde, Spacey Jane, The Revivalists, Boney James, esperanza spalding, Hiromi, Butcher Brown, Lindsey Stirling, and John Vincent III.  There are always recent releases that these artists are supporting, so we have hyperlinked their respective online media kits.

Also on tour
gutter sinatra
www.guttersinatra.com/#tour-dates

Church of Cash
www.churchofcashmusic.com/shows

Chris Knight
www.chrisknight.net/tour

Red Wanting Blue
www.redwantingblue.com/tour

Pure Prairie League
www.pureprairieleague.com/tour-dates

Brian Lisik
www.brianlisik.com/shows

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