“When Randy and I started out playing blues joints and bars in San Francisco in the early 90s, we had no idea what kind of a ride we were in for. I’ve always been inspired by all the old blues guys and now I’m one of them. I look forward to the next 30 years!” – Tommy Castro

What Bob Wolfman does with his mentor isn’t a retreat, but rather an inspiration

Premiering exclusively today is the slow-burning “Red Mama Blues,” named for Watkin’s guitar. ‘In Paris’ out March 18 via Music Maker Foundation!

Neal Francis performs a triumphant hometown show at Chicago’s Thalia Hall!

For his latest long-player, the laid-bare ‘House to House,’ Matt Andersen brings it all back home with the sweet chemistry that only a voice and guitar alone, together, can conjure

“Here’s to taking a sad song and making it sadder.”

“’That’s What the Blues Are For’ is a retro, heavily blues influenced song with a Nashville lyric twist. It is a request for truth in a relationship, but in an ‘in your face’ kinda way.” – Mike T. Lewis of The Twangtown Paramours

Light in the Attic continues 50th anniversary celebration for Karen Dalton’s masterpiece ‘In My Own Time’ with new single featuring Angel Olsen covering singer’s iconic interpretation of “Something On Your Mind” (out today as part of LITA’s ongoing 7” vinyl and digital singles ‘Cover Series’)

More than 60 years after first helping to break the glass ceiling by defining the sultry siren in the all-male rock and roll bastion, Ronnie Spector remained a role model for contemporary artists like the late Amy Winehouse

“You can’t hide the truth forever/It eventually comes out…Facts are facts/There’s no spinning that/That’s the thing about the truth.”