This is a companion article to Roses are Red… just in time for a blue tsunami, this upcoming U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

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■ Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl is an English pop and electronic music duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, featuring Tracey Thorn (lead singer, songwriter, composer, and occasional guitarist) and Ben Watt (Guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer, and singer)

Everything But The Girl

It’s good to see UK duo Everything But The Girl back with Blue Reservoir… the eleventh studio album. The couple Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt have been around since 1982.

We managed to catch Watt on a solo tour in 2014 and described it as, “I cannot begin to tell you how lucky we were to have caught Ben Watt (one half of Everything But The Girl) with Bernard Butler (original Suede guitarist) at the very tiny Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater in Minneapolis, late Saturday night. Before I talk about the show, I wanted to briefly talk about Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater as it’s a venue that I’m sure many of you have not attended… The venue is entirely seated, with the seats in the back on a raised incline, so sightline is a non-issue. Maximum capacity is 82, making it one of the smallest venue in the city. My only complaint, especially if you’re seating next to the door, is that whenever someone leaves the venue (bathroom breaks or taking a phone call outside), you can definitely hear the crashing pins and the loud, excited bowlers. It may depend on the show, but for this Watt performance, the entire audience was completely quiet and highly respectful of the performances.”

Upcoming 2026 and 2027 Dates

• November 29, 2026: London – Union Chapel (Sold Out)
• November 30, 2026: London – Union Chapel (Sold Out)
• December 13, 2026: London – MOTH Club (Sold Out)
• December 14, 2026: London – MOTH Club (Sold Out)
• December 15, 2026: London – MOTH Club (Sold Out)
• May 21, 2027: London – Union Chapel
• May 22, 2027: London – Union Chapel
• May 25, 2027: Bristol – St George’s
• May 26, 2027: Manchester – Albert Hall

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■ Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and film director. He was in Nirvana until the band ended in 1994 following Kurt Cobain’s death. Grohl went on to form the Foo Fighters

Violet Grohl

Did you know Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters & Nirvana) has a daughter who is a musician? Her name is Violet Grohl and she’s the subject of Vevo’s latest DSCVR videos. The two songs (“Bug in the Cake” and “Often Others”) are taken from her debut album Be Sweet To Me (Auroura Records / Republic Records). Watch the video performance here.

Can’t get enough of Violet? She’ll be heading out on tour.

Tour Dates

• Nov 13, 2026: Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge (with Suzy Clue — Sold Out)
• Nov 14, 2026: Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad (with Suzy Clue)
• Nov 17, 2026: Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater (with Suzy Clue)
• Nov 20–22, 2026: Ciudad de México, Mexico – Corona Capital 2026
• Nov 30, 2026: Paris, France – Zénith Paris La Villette (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 2, 2026: Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 3, 2026: Amsterdam, Netherlands – AFAS Live (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 4, 2026: Forest / Brussels, Belgium – Vorst Nationaal / Forest National (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 6, 2026: Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 7, 2026: Düsseldorf, Germany – Mitsubishi Electric HALLE (supporting beabadoobee)
• Dec 10, 2026: Glasgow, United Kingdom – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut (Sold Out)
• Dec 11, 2026: Manchester, United Kingdom – Manchester Academy

Rayland Baxter

Nashville’s alternative country artist Rayland Baxter (son of Bucky Baxter) just released True Violet, last Friday, on ATO Records. This is Baxter’s first album in more than four years.

Baxter talks about the solitude of songwriting:

I sat in my chair alone for a year and wrote a bunch of songs, and what started off as an attempt to write a record got sideswiped by mediocre attempts I wouldn’t even sing to my dog. Then, like many times over the last three years, I called my sister. We talked about life and family and love and heartache, and our individual experiences with all of that. She simply encouraged me to write about what I was feeling, something I was avoiding in the early stages of writing.

Tour Dates

Jan 20 Atlanta, GA · King Plow Arts Center
Jan 21 Atlanta, GA · King Plow Arts Center
Jan 22 Saxapahaw, NC · Haw River Ballroom
Jan 23 Washington · The Atlantis
Jan 24 Ardmore, PA · Ardmore Music Hall
Jan 25 New York, NY · Racket NYC
Jan 26 Cambridge, MA · The Sinclair
Jan 28 Toronto, Canada · The Great Hall
Jan29 Lakewood, OH · Mahall’s
Jan30 Columbus, OH · Woodlands Tavern
Jan 30 Columbus, OH · Woodlands Apartments
Feb 1 Chicago, IL · Thalia Hall
Feb 2 Minneapolis, MN · Fine Line
Feb 3 Madison, WI · Majestic Theatre
Feb 5 Nashville, TN · The Basement East
Feb 25 Houston, TX · The Heights Theater
Feb 26 Austin, TX · Mohawk Austin
Feb 27 Fort Worth, TX · Tulips FTW
Mar 1 Phoenix, AZ · Crescent Ballroom
Mar 2 San Diego, CA · The Observatory North Park

Jess Woodland

Nashville native Jess Woodland will be heading out on tour with Blue October. I’ve seen Blue October in October (!) of 2019 and noted, “Blue October formed in Texas in 1995 and had over 20+ singles in the top 40 of the alternative rock charts, over their thirteen albums. Currently, the band is on a “Farewell 2019 Tour”, as part of their I Will Follow You tour (their last album came out in 2018 called I Hope You’re Happy.)”

Woodland will be coming to Jacksonville on November 19th, so I will be showing up early to check out her intimate, rootsy “goth-hick” sound.

Woodland officially signed with Rounder Records earlier this month, and released “Sling and Stone.”

Blue October tour dates:

Nov. 01 – Montreal, QC @ MTELUS^
Nov. 03 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre^
Nov. 04 – New York, NY @ Palladium Times Square^
Nov. 06 – Albany, NY @ Hart Theatre at The Egg^
Nov. 07 – Cleveland, OH @ The Agora^
Nov. 08 – Nashville, IN @ Brown County Music Center^
Nov. 11 – Buffalo, NY @ Riviera Theatre^
Nov. 12 – Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts^
Nov. 13 – Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues^
Nov. 14 – Wilkes-Barre, PA @ F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts^
Nov. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore^
Nov. 17 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore*
Nov. 19 – Jacksonville, FL @ FIVE*
Nov. 20 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall*
Nov. 21 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live*
Nov. 22 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle*
Nov. 25 – Nashville, TN @ The Truth*
Nov. 27 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
Nov. 28 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory*
Dec. 03 – Kansas City, MO @ The Midland Theatre*
Dec. 04 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore*
Dec. 05 – Omaha, NE @ The Astro*
Dec. 06 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion*
Dec. 09 – Little Rock, AR @ The Hall*
Dec. 10 – Beaumont, TX @ Jefferson Theatre*
Dec. 11 – Austin, TX @ Bass Concert Hall*
Dec. 12 – San Antonio, TX @ Boeing Center at Tech Port*
Dec. 13 – Hidalgo, TX @ Payne Arena*
Dec. 17 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Selena Auditorium*
Dec. 18 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall*
Dec. 19 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall*
Dec. 20 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall*

^w/ Danny Malone
*w/ Jess Woodland

James Felice

New York’s James Felice (of the Felice Brothers) will be releasing his sophomore album Homeworld Blue on November 13 via Conor Oberst’s Million Stars Records.

Next month, Felice will support Fantastic Cat for two shows in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and will close out 2026 with a New Year’s Eve performance in Boston supporting Deer Tick.

Tour Dates:

11/21 – Baltimore, MD – The 8×10 *
11/22 – Hummelstown, PA – The Farmhouse at Englewood Hershey *
12/5 – Key West, FL – Coast Is Clear Music & Arts Festival
12/31 – Boston, MA – City Winery #
1/23 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
1/28 – South Pasadena, CA – Sid The Cat Auditorium

* – Supporting Fantastic Cat
# – Supporting Deer Tick

Girl in Red

Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer girl in red is back with “blue”, out now on Columbia Records.

Officially, her Instagram is now officially @girlinblue – so does this mean there’s a name change in the works? Stay tuned for more details.

We saw Girl in Red in 2022 and said, “It’s fair to say area fans had been waiting more than two years to finally see Girl in Red live. The show was long sold out and had to be postponed a couple times, and it’s also fair to say when shrieks of joy are let out as techs tuned each instrument, and a dozen or so handmade signs were held high in the crowd all night long, that you’ve made it and also made a connection. Just twenty-three herself, Norwegian Marie Ringheim has quickly amassed a huge international fan base, and being an all-ages show, the audience was a diverse group- mostly female pre-teens, college-age, parents, LGBTQ+, and even middle-age and older folks.”

Gently Tender

Did you know when Palma Violets broke up in 2016, all the members of Palma Violets bar Chilli Jesson (Samuel Fryer, Jeffrey Peter Mayhew and Will Doyle) was in a band called Gently Tender. The South London six-piece also features Celia Archer of The Big Moon. The band just released their second album This Was Once Fields on TODO Records… and will be heading out on tour in November.

NOVEMBER Tour

2 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
3 – Norwich, UK – Norwich Arts Centre
4 – Sheffield, UK – Sidney & Matilda
5 – Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
6 – Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s (Upstairs)
8 – Glasgow, UK – The Rum Shack
9 – Newcastle, UK – The Cluny 2
11 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
12 – Manchester, UK – YES (Pink Room)
13 – Winchester, UK – The Railway Inn
14 – Bristol, UK – The Louisianna

Violet Blend

Italian metal trio from Florence, Italy, Violet Blend is heading to the UK for a brief tour in November. Their late release is called Talk or Stalk? a rock & roll card game, designed to raise awareness for stalking and abusive behavior.

You can listen to their song “The Reign of Sadness”, while playing the game.

UK DATES – NOVEMBER 2026

8th – The Dublin Castle, London
10th – Zephyr, Bournemouth (TALK OR STALK? presentation)
11th – Anvil Rock Bar, Bournemouth (with Willing Banshee)
13th – DreadnoughtRock, Bathgate (with Molly Karloff)
14th – Crow Fest, Club 83, Dundee (with Juliet’s Not Dead, The Soul Revival, Molly Karloff, Alabama Crow)

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