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■ CMAT
CMAT is an Irish musician and singer. The Guardian wrote of her music, “Her songs are mournful yet accessible, emotionally literate and cleverly crafted, but, crucially, with a huge sense of humour”. She has released three studio albums, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead (2022), Crazymad, for Me (2023) and Euro-Country (2025).

CMAT

Irish pop sensation CMAT is releasing EURO-COUNTRY (Live at St Anne’s), a live recording capturing the energy of 20,000 fans in attendance, at the headlining show at St Anne’s Park in Dublin. Recorded with The Very Sexy Band.

The “homecoming” live EP will be available for purchase on August 27, 2026 (marking the one-year anniversary of the Euro-Country album).

CMAT at Fine Line

We saw CMAT a few times, the first in Sep 2025, writing, “CMAT and her band next took the stage. Actually, the band took the stage, and up in the balcony was CMAT peering over the crowd like sea captain, singing “Janis Joplining” while working herself back to the stage. It was quite the entrance for a person who knows how to entertain. CMAT stands for Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson. She is an Irish singer based in Dublin. She may not be known here, but across the pond she is causing quite a stir. Her three albums have been shortlisted for the Mercury Prize, her latest EURO-COUNTRY, was just nominated this week. She took Glastonbury by storm and just played Jimmy Kimmel before coming to the Fine Line. And when she launched into “Jamie Oliver Petrol Station”, frankly I was overwhelmed by the anthem-like song which was hilarious, passionate, angry and worked the crowd into a frenzy. “I feel like we’re in Dublin,” she said after the roars died down.”

Tour Dates

AUG 14 Grape Festival 2026 Trenčín District, Slovakia
AUG 15 Tøyenparken Oslo, Norway
Aug. 27 – 30, 2026 Electric Picnic 2026 Co. Laois, Ireland
AUG 28 Rock en Seine 2026 Saint-cloud, France
AUG 31 Custom House Square Belfast, United Kingdom
SEP 1 Custom House Square Belfast, United Kingdom
SEP 4 Crammerock 2026 Stekene, Belgium
SEP 6 End Of The Road 2026 Tollard Royal, United Kingdom
SEP 17 Brandi Carlile support! Vancouver, Canada
SEP 19 Brandi Carlile support! Stanford, CA
SEP 20 Brandi Carlile support! Santa Barbara, CA
SEP 22 Brandi Carlile support! San Diego, CA
SEP 23 The Bellwether Los Angeles, CA
SEP 26 All Things Go NYC 2026 Forest Hills, NY
SEP 27 All Things Go 2026 Columbia, MD
OCT 2 Austin City Limits Music Festival 2026 Austin, TX
Nov. 20 – 22, 2026 Corona Capitol 2026 Granjas México, Mexico
Nov. 28 – 29, 2026 Primavera Sound Buenos Aires 2026 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dec. 5 – 6, 2026 Primavera Sound Sao Paulo 2026 São Paulo, Brazil

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■ Sarah Shook
River Shook, known professionally as Sarah Shook, is an American country-punk and alternative country singer-songwriter from North Carolina. They lead the band Sarah Shook & the Disarmers and record solo indie rock music under the project name Mightmare

River Shook

Sarah Shook, now billed as River Shook, announced new West Coast tour dates, in support of their solo debut River Shook.

River Shook 2026 Tour Dates

Aug 18 – Washington, DC – Songbyrd Music House
Aug 19 – Elkton, MD – Elkton Music Hall
Aug 20 – Lowell, MA – Taffeta Music Hall
Aug 21 – Portland, ME – Portland House of Music
Aug 22 – Brattleboro, VT – Stone Church
Aug 23 – Providence, RI – The Met
Aug 25 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Aug 26 – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
Aug 27 – Cleveland, OH – The Winchester
Aug 28 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe
Aug 29 – Columbus, OH – Natalie’s Grandview
Sept 17 – Nashville, TN – The Basement (AmericanaFest)
Sept 19 – Glasgow, KY – The Grove
Sept 22 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
Sept 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Milkboy
Sept 24 – New York, NY – Bleecker Ball
Sept 25 – Rochester, NY – Abilene Bar & Lounge
Sept 26 – Troy, NY – Hangar on Hudson
Sept 27 – York, PA – Kable House
Oct 9 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Nov 3 – Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
Nov 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
Nov 6 – Boise, ID – The Shrine Social Club
Nov 7 – Baker City, OR – Churchill School Arts Center
Nov 9 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
Nov 10 – Portland, OR – The Get Down
Nov 12 – Healdsburg, CA – Little Saint
Nov 13 – Davis, CA – Odd Fellows Lodge
Nov 14 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
Nov 15 – Las Vegas, NV – Dustland
Nov 17 – Durango, CO – Animas City Theatre
Nov 19 – Austin, TX – 04 Center
Nov 20 – Houston, TX – Continental Club Big Top Lounge
Nov 21 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia

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■ Amelia Day
Amelia Day is a Seattle-born, Nashville-based queer folk-rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for intimate, confessional songwriting and high-energy live performances. Often performing with her backing band, The Cloves, she has carved out a space in the indie-folk scene, frequently compared to artists like Brandi Carlile and Sheryl Crow

Amelia Day

Nashville-based Amelia Day announced additional fall and winter tour dates to her current headlining U.S. tour as well as support dates for notable folk rock acts The Wood Brothers and Willi Carlisle on their upcoming fall and winter tours. Day’s latest EP Ego Trip is out now.

Amelia Day

We saw Amelia Day in Oct 2025 and wrote, “Amelia Day, a Washington state based artist, was the opener. A singer and songwriter, Day has several EPs, including 2023’s wonderfully named Therapist’s Wet Dream. Day, appearing solo with guitar, immediately asked who was excited for the headliner and after the expected cheer, quipped “that sounds like everyone”. Opening with Skipping on the Sidewalk, had Day nearly scatting vocally in that number. She mentioned this was the first appearance opening for Mei, and “I couldn’t be happier with the reception”. Day went into the above named album song, but stumbled slightly, saying “if you know me, this is a popular one; it’s called Therapist’s…you can look up the rest later”. I was impressed how she adapted to the crowd with her banter, but stuck to her Brandi Carlisle like vocals and able to slide genre wise between straight folk rock and Americana.”

Tour Dates:

August 15 – Bainbridge Island, WA @ Dahlia Farm Music Festival
September 10 – Healdsburg, CA @ Little Saint
September 11 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
September 12 – Redding, CA @ Redding Roots Revival Festival
September 13 – San Francisco, CA @ Make-Out Room
September 15 – Nashville, TN @ AmericanaFest
September 19 – Greensboro, NC @ North Carolina Folk Festival
September 30 – Lexington, KY @ The Burl
October 1 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
October 3 – Greer, SC @ Albino Skunk Music Festival
October 8 – Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Atti
October 9 – Live Oak, FL @ Suwannee Roots Reviva
October 10 – Live Oak, FL @ Suwannee Roots Revival
November 11 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater +
November 12 – Rocky Mount, VA @ The Harvester Performance Center +
November 13 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall +
November 14 – Fort Wayne, IN @ The Clyde Theatre +
November 15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom +
November 17 – Des Moines, IA @ Val Air Ballroom
November 18 – Wausau, WI @ Grand Theater +
November 19 – Stoughton, WI @ Stoughton Opera House +
November 20 – Rochester, MN @ Mayo Civic Center – Rochester Hall +
November 21 – Evanston, IL @ Cahn Auditorium +
December 3 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater #
December 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge #
December 6 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club Basement #
December 9 – Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl #
December 10 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern #
December 11 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios #
December 12 – Trout Lake, WA @ Trout Lake Hall
December 14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent #
December 15 – Felton, CA @ Felton Music Hall
December 17 – South Pasadena, CA @ Sid The Cat Auditorium #
December 18 – San Diego @ Soda Bar #
December 19 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s #
December 20 – Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar #

+ support for The Wood Brothers
# support for Willi Carlisle

Margo Cilker

American singer-songwriter from the Pacific Northwest, Margo Cilker will be touring in support of her third album, Little White Cross. We last mentioned her Minneapolis appearance in October 2023.

Tour Dates:

October 8 – Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT*
October 9 – Iron Horse Music Hall – Northampton, MA*
October 10 – One Longfellow Square – Portland, ME*
October 12 – Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY*
October 13 – MilkBoy – Philadelphia, PA*
October 14 – DC9 – Washington, DC*
October 16 – The Hangar – Troy, NY*
October 17 – Cafe 939 – Boston, MA*
October 28 – Polaris Hall – Portland, OR+
October 29 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA+
November 7 – Globe Hall – Denver, CO^
November 8 – The Marigold Room – Santa Fe, NM^
November 10 – Hotel Congress – Tucson, AZ^
November 12 – Dune Room – Indio, CA^
November 13 – The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, CA^
November 14 – The Chapel – San Francisco, CA^
November 15 – Felton Music Hall – Felton, CA^

*co-headline tour with Lilly Hiatt
+headlining album release shows
^supporting The Cactus Blossoms

Girl Tones

Bowling Green’s sisters act Girl Tones (Kenzie and Laila) announced their first-ever headline tour this November in support of their new Precious! album.

GIRL TONES

We saw Girl Tones in March 2025 and wrote, “Next up was buzzing sister duo Girl Tones, aka Kenzie and Laila Crowe, who have a handful of singles out, including latest, “I Know You Know” and last year’s “Fade Away” produced by Cage the Elephant’s Brad Schultz, who reached out to the pair on social media, wanting to work with them. Their sound is a raw bluesy mix of riot grrrl and garage rock, full of jagged riffs and pounding beats with guitarist Kenzie determined to work up the crowd into a lather. “Blame” is planned to be the next single (complete with a new music video) and the pair was happy to be playing, though admitted forty-seven days on the road (after opening for Cage in Europe) was a little tiring, though still managed to turn it up to eleven for the closing, “Fade Away”. ”.

Tour Dates

August 22 – Just Like Heaven Festival – Pasadena, CA #
November 14 – SubT – Downstairs – Chicago, IL
November 15 – Beachland Tavern – Cleveland, OH
November 17 – Nikki Lopez – Philadelphia, PA
November 18 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY
November 19 – DC9 – Washington, DC
November 21 – Evening Muse – Charlotte, NC
November 22 – Eddie’s Attic – Decatur, GA

# festival dates

Kylie Cantrall

Kylie Cantrall announced her first headline tour: The Valley Girl Problems Tour. The 15-city North American run kicks off in Minneapolis on September 25 and wraps in Los Angeles on October 22.

Tour Dates

September 25, 2026 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
September 27, 2026 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
September 29, 2026 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
October 1, 2026 – Boston, MA @ Citizen House of Blues
October 2, 2026 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
October 4, 2026 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
October 7, 2026 – Washington, D.C. @ The Fillmore
October 9, 2026 – Nashville, TN @ The Pinnacle
October 10, 2026 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
October 12, 2026 – Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
October 13, 2026 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
October 14, 2026 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall – Downstairs
October 18, 2026 – San Diego, CA @ The Sound
October 21, 2026 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
October 22, 2026 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

Tiiva

Producer and sound and game designer from the Lake District, Tiiva is releasing This Could Be A Start (out September 25, 2026, on CD and digital, and released on cassette).

Tiiva says

The story throughout the album is how we as humans navigate love, neurodivergence, AI interactions, and our desire to be everywhere all at once; in the mountains, in the city. Each song represents an internal character – the optimist, the party kid, the recovering addict, the loner, the nostalgic. Some of the songs could read as romantic but in reality we are all looking for connection, and we find it in not always the most obvious places.

To celebrate the launch of the album, Tiiva will headline Spanners, in London, on September 30, 2026. Support comes from A’bear and Tonguetied.