Showing posts with label Tommy Castro. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy Castro. Show all posts
Friday, October 3, 2025

Archive Review: Tommy Castro’s Painkiller (2007)

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Since his electrifying live 1994 debut album, Tommy Castro has rocked the blues music world with his powerful vocals, fiery fret-bashing, a...
Monday, January 27, 2025

The Reverend's Winter 2025 Playlist (The Continental Drifters, Old Town Crier, The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers)

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It’s cold as a penguin’s patootie outside as I write this – a measly four degrees with a minus seven wind chill here in WNY – so it’s t...
Friday, April 28, 2023

The View On Pop Culture: Wendy Carlos, Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary (2001)

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V1.14 Although not often credited as such, Wendy Carlos was a major innovator in the field of electronic music. Her groundbreaking efforts ...
Friday, July 10, 2020

Archive Review: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers' The Devil You Know (2014)

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At this point in time, bluesman Tommy Castro is pretty much a familiar face, as big a superstar one can be in the blues genre for anyone ...
Sunday, March 24, 2019

Short Rounds: Tommy Castro, Gary Clark Jr, R. Stevie Moore, Jason Ringenberg, 3x4 (2019)

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New album releases in 150 words or less… Tommy Castro & the Pain Killers – Killin’ It Live ( Alligator Records ) Twice-named “B.B....
Friday, March 1, 2019

New Music Monthly: March 2019 Releases

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Hey now, this is more like it! The floodgates open in March and no matter your taste in music, there's something here to satisfy, pacify...
Friday, February 1, 2019

New Music Monthly: February 2019 Releases

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It may be cold as the dickens outside your window, but the spring thaw could come up quickly in the wake of February’s red-hot slate of new ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Short Rounds: Tommy Castro, NRBQ, Radio Moscow & the Replacements (2017)

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New album releases in 150 words or less... Tommy Castro & the Painkillers – Stompin’ Ground (Alligator Records) Blues veteran Tomm...
Sunday, August 27, 2017

New Music Monthly: September 2017 Releases

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Talk about a wealth of choices, the month of September has it all – blues-rock (Walter Trout, Tommy Castro), indie rock (Mogwai, Ted Leo), h...
Friday, September 25, 2015

CD Preview: Tommy Castro & the Painkillers’ Method To My Madness

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Tommy Castro is one of the most popular bluesmen on the scene today – a six-time Blues Music Award winner, Castro has twice been honored ...