• Our managing editor gives final word on HN’s news column; Concert Round-Up features See Through Dresses/Twinsmith, Criteria, gOo Year’s Eve and more

• The Way Out pre-release new record; blét, Virgin Mary Pistol Grip announce albums; Weekend photo coverage

• Concert Coverage: 2017 Maha Music Festival | Review & Photos

• Concert Guide: The 2017 Maha Music Festival

• Good Living Tour avoids weather, enjoys Saturday night in McCook; Hullabaloo takes over Falconwood Park this weekend; Interactive ‘Soundscapes’ performance to debut at KANEKO

• McCook hosts Good Living Tour concert Saturday; Benson First Friday Femme Fest releases 2017 schedule, adds second date; Umm debut LP ‘Double Worshipper’ out today

• KZUM releases Stransky Park series lineup; Slowdown hosts concert benefitting Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, The Nebraska Cultural Endowment; Unmanned album release show, Nebraska Folk & Roots launch party this weekend

• Maha Music Festival schedules dates for ticket sales, lineup reveal party; Unmanned announces new LP ‘Favorites,’ shares new track; Weekend photo coverage features Closeness, Marah In The Mainsail, L Eugene Methe and more

• Sower Records contingent heads to Folk Alliance International; Edem Soul Music, Cat Deluca release new videos; Hippo Campus, Off With Their Heads tonight

• Black Circle Records rides renewed vinyl interest, serves downtown Lincoln; New releases by Halfwit, Indigenous AK; See Through Dresses, Twinsmith announce tours