Month: May 2021

“I knew I had to do something cool with the next record.” Eddie 9V’s ‘Little Black Flies’ is out May 28 via Ruf Records!

‘Rock’s Backpages,’ an ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1940s to the present day — along with a collection of exclusive audio interviews — celebrates 100 episodes and 20 years!

“Uplifting this community is at the heart of our mission as a record label.”

‘Heartbreaker’ to be released Saturday, July 17!

“Bob could usually be found behind the counter. And he took hours over the years to answer my ceaseless barrage of questions — about blues artists, blues bars (which I was too young to enter legally), record labels, record distribution, record collecting.” – Cary Baker

“Potts is a stellar six-string strutter who plays with the confidence and maturity of a young man reaching the top of his game through relentless jamming and late night gigs in the clubs and bars of his native Edinburgh.” – American Blues Scene

“The fact is that he opened the door for a lot of people, and I don’t think he has ever got the recognition he deserves for being such a seminal figure.” – Bruce Iglauer

Chrissie Hynde has announced a brand new album of original Bob Dylan covers. Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings…

‘Click Click Domino’ will be released on July 16th through Thirty Tigers

“’Last of the Better Days Ahead’ is a way for me to refer to the times I’m living in. I’m getting on in years, experiencing a shift in perspective that was once described by my mom as ‘a time when we turn from gazing into the future to gazing back at the past, as if we’re adrift in the current, slowly turning around.’” – Charlie Parr