New year, new you, new calendar filled with rock ‘n’ roll, and New Orleans brass bands, Southern blues-soul-country hybrids, indie rock heroes, and Boston legends.

The winter 2026 music calendar is filled with kings, queens, and aces of every suite, sound, style, and genre. Holidays are over. Time to take some time for yourself and your new favorite band.

Rebirth Jazz Band, Jan. 23, City Winery

Once an upstart of the Crescent City brass band scene, Rebirth have become champs, the gold standard of the jazzy, funky horn-driven sound of the city.

Kashus Culpepper, Feb. 7, Sinclair

The debut album, “Act I,” drops Jan. 23 so by Feb. 7 Kashus Culpepper will be a star. The man – somehow – has a sound that Zack Bryan, Taj Mahal, and Ben Harper fans will all dig. Maybe it’s because his blend of country, blues, and old school rock feels so natural, never forced.

Brandi Carlile, Feb. 12, TD Garden

People wonder where all the rock stars went. But Brandi Carlile is right here. Sure, we can call her Americana. That’s not wrong. And also new album “Returning to Myself” reconfirms Carlile is as rock as the Killers in 2006, Melissa Ethridge in ’89, and Bob Dylan in ‘66 (Dance-y! Earthy! introspective!).

Peter Wolf, Feb. 13, Narrow Center for the Arts

The Woofa Goofa howls again! After taking a long, long time away from playing with a full band — see the 2025 book tour, 2024 acoustic tour — Wolf is back with his stringers including local guitar god Duke Levine. The Narrows gig kicks off half a dozen New England dates.

New Edition, Feb. 15, TD Garden

The OG Boston boy band brings all the hits to the Garden. And we mean all the hits! Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Michael, Ralph, and Johnny will be performing New Edition classics, choice covers, solo songs, and a few Bell Biv DeVoe smashes.

Margo Price, Feb. 21, Royale

Bust out the boots. Wear that jacket with the fringe. Dance, shout, and raise hell, and do some deep thinking. Price’s smart, forceful twang is good for square dancing even if you’re taking the T to the heart of the theater district.

Mariah the Scientist, Feb. 28, MGM Music Hall

Somewhere between a healthy’80s synths fetish, Laurel Canyon revival pop, and modern r&b, Mariah the Scientist spins out new album “Hearts Sold Separately.” Taking in all that slow-burn, big ballad energy live will be a catharsis for the lovelorn.

Mavis Staples, Feb. 28, Chevalier Theatre

Did Mavis Staples make her best album at ’86? Listening to the fiery, soulful, rollin’ and tumblin’ “Sad and Beautiful World” it’s hard to make the case she didn’t.

Gogol Bordello, March 25, Royale

It’s time for that gypsy punk underdog world strike that only Gogol Bordello provides. With punk rock, fiddles and accordion, and the energy of a typhoon, a band made up of a dozen members from a dozen countries is just what we need.

Wednesday, Roadrunner, April 1

Don’t be an April fool! Go see the Southern gothic, noise punk, Americana band Wednesday — who put out a Boston Herald Top 5 Album of 2025!

Kashus Culpepper plays the Sinclair on Feb. 7. (Photo Cedrick Jones Photography)
Catch Gogol Bordello on March 25 at the Royale. (Photo courtesy artist management)