Austin, Texas has been the breeding ground of instrumental outlaws and various cosmic cowboys for nigh onto a decade now, ever since the cit...

The founder and guitarist of Shockabilly, a demented C&W influenced outfit that had several albums released by England’s Rough Trade lab...

With the release of Frenzy , Mojo Nixon insures his place among the pantheon of great rock eccentrics, among such strange stalwarts as Fran...

An often-bootlegged, fan-favorite performance(s) by classic rock legends Pink Floyd , the band’s four nights at the Roman Amphitheatre in Po...

It’s been 45 years since the release of singer/songwriter Willie Nile ’s self-titled debut album by Arista Records, and the mere fact that t...

Jim Lough a/k/a Old Town Crier got in touch to let me know that he has a brand spankin’ new album up on Bandcamp that I needed to check out...

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Rich Pagano & the Sugarcane Cups , which is our loss ‘cause Rich is a helluva singer, songwrite...

A general rule of thumb in rock ‘n’ roll is that auxiliary band members (i.e. drummers, bassists) and sidemen (ditto) shouldn’t even attempt...

A brilliant self-taught guitarist, Francis Hillman “Scrapper” Blackwell was a popular star in the isolated blues world of the late 1920s and...