Will Hoge announces fall 2015 tour, coming to Durham

Nashville singer-songwriter Will Hoge released a new album earlier this year titled Small Town Dreams and he will continue touring in support of it his fall with some new tour dates.

Hoge will make a stop at Motorco Music Hall in Durham on Friday, November 13. Sunday Best will open. Tickets are on sale now HERE for $15 (plus a $3 membership fee if you're not already a member of the club).

Check out Hoge's "Still a Southern Man," written condemning the confederate flag written and recorded after the tragic shooting in Charleston earlier this year, below.

E Street guitarist Nils Lofgren announces 2016 tour

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E Street Band guitarist and singer-songwriter Nils Lofgren will hit the road in 2016 for a few solo tour dates and one of his stops will be right here in the Triangle in January.

Lofgren will play the Carolina Theatre in Durham on Thursday, January 21. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 16, via the venue box office and Ticketmaster for $29 to $79.10. The venue pre-sale has already started via Ticketmaster using the code FACE.

Lofgren released a 10-disc career retrospective last year titled Face the Music and he will also release a new live album on November 13 titled UK2015 Face the Music Tour. Check out a video of Lofgren playing the songs "Man in the Moon," "Girl in Motion" and "Rusty Gun" in London earlier this year below.

New music video from Phil Cook - "1922"

Singer-songwriter Phil Cook's triumphant new album Southland Mission has been out for a month now and now a new music video has been released for the album cut "1922."

The video is a montage of studio footage, live performance footage, behind the scenes footage and more. It really seems to capture the community nature that surrounds the album and its live performances. Check it out below.

Cook will play Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Saturday, January 23. The Dead Tongues will open. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $12.

Benji Hughes to release first Merge full-length in January

Benji Hughes just released his first music via Merge Records last week in the form of two 7-inch singles and now he's gearing up for his first full-length on the label due out in early 2016.

Hughes's new album is titled Songs in the Keys of Animals and will be to on January 26. The Charlotte singer-songwriter recorded the album over a two-year period, mostly in New York. It will be released on one LP or two CDs (the two discs are to emulate the idea of the side break with vinyl).

Check out the a-side of one of the two aforementioned 7-inch singles, "Freaky Feedback Blues," below.

Brian Fallon recording solo album, announces winter tour

With The Gaslight Anthem now on an indefinite hiatus after wrapping their last tour earlier this year, frontman Brian Fallon has already hit the studio to record a solo album. The album, titled Painkillers, is being recorded in Nashville with singer-songwriter and producer Butch Walker and is expected to hit stores in early 2016, likely before he hits the road for his newly announced east coast tour.

Fallon and the Crowes will play the Haw River Ballroom in Saxapahaw on Saturday, January 16. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $25.

Check out Fallon's full set from the Newport Folk Festival earlier this year below.