Get Off Your Ass: June Is Busting Out All Over

Paul Simon // Hollywood Bowl // June 1

Junior Brown // McCabe's Guitar Shop // June 3

Elizabeth Cook // Hotel Café // June 7

The Wild Reeds // Bootleg Theatre // June 10

Robbie Fulks // The Mint // June 11

Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples // Shrine Auditorium // June 16

Sarah Jarosz // The Troubadour // June 16

Mike + Ruthy // Hotel Café // June 18

Moses Sumney // Getty Center // June 18

case/lang/veirs // Greek Theatre // June 23

The Weepies // City Winery // June 8

Brandy Clark // CMA Fest // June 10

Ray Wylie Hubbard // 3rd & Lindsley // June 10

Aubrie Sellers & Dylan LeBlanc // 3rd & Lindsley // June 12

Hurray for the Riff Raff // Centennial Park // June 18

The Cactus Blossoms // 3rd & Lindsley // June 19

Eagle Rock Gospel Singers // High Watt // June 21

Vince Gill // Ryman Auditorium // June 23

Bob Dylan & Mavis Staples // Carl Black Chevy Woods Amphitheater // June 26

Ani DiFranco // City Winery // June 29-30

Bryan Sutton Band // Rockwood Music Hall // June 1

Steep Canyon Rangers // City Winery // June 2

Gary Clark, Jr. // Randall's Island // June 5

Son Little // Bowery Ballroom // June 9

Colvin & Earle // City Winery // June 10

Billy Joe Shaver // City Winery // June 12

Eli Paperboy Reed // Union Pool // June 16

The Stray Birds // Jalopy Theatre // June 21

Robert Ellis // Bowery Ballroom // June 22

Lonely Heartstring Band // Hill Country Barbecue // June 23-24

Watch Traveller Perform “Western Movies”

Traveller may be a supergroup, but the trio (which features Robert Ellis, Cory Chisel and Jonny Fritz) is more than the sum of its parts. Case in point: this excellent, humorous live video of their new tune "Western Movies," which they put together for NPR Music. Like what you hear below? Listen to their debut tune, "Nobody Makes It Out," here

Other Roots Music News:

• Famed steel guitar player Buddy Emmons passed away. [Rolling Stone

• "Happy Birthday" may be in the public domain. [Consequence of Sound

• A Kentucky distillery plays music for its booze. [A.V. Club

• The IBMA Awards nominees will be announced August 12 on SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction. [Bluegrass Today

• Watkins Family Hour covered Ella Fitzgerald's "When I Get Low, I Get High" at Newport.