Wallace Stenger may have captured the spirit of the west in his 1971 novel Angle of Repose. Jim Thompson surely exposed the lurid underbelly of the Western experience. Cormac McCarthy [ … ]
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The Devil Makes Three Tour Dates
Here is an announcement about The Devil Makes Three tour dates from their website: What a long strange couple of years it has been for all of us! This forced [ … ]
Wovenhand’s David Eugene Edwards Solo Tour of Europe
Wovenhand’s David Eugene Edwards solo tour of Europe starts today in Berlin, Germany at Heimathafen. Edwards will also perform at next year’s edition of the Roadburn Festival taking place at [ … ]
The Rustic Stomp Festival – Gothic Western Hoedown
The Rustic Stomp, Dorset’s finest Roots Festival is bringing together a plethora of local, national and international artists to give you the finest bluegrass, gothic western hoedown, blues, swamp stomp, [ … ]
David Eugene Edwards Playing 16 Horsepower Songs Live
Performing solo, the new headline is David Eugene Edwards playing 16 Horsepower songs, as well as Wovenhand music, with a set spanning his entire discography at the Roadburn Festival on [ … ]
The Federale Band of Portland
The Federale band is a seven-piece ensemble based in Portland, OR. Spearheaded by longtime Brian Jonestown Massacre bassist Collin Hegna, the band was conceived as an outlet to channel inspiration [ … ]
Bambara – “Stray” Doesn’t Avoid Death
One thing you won’t be able to avoid on the Bambara album Stray is death. It’s everywhere and inescapable, abstract and personified – perhaps the key to the whole record. [ … ]
Heathen Apostles – New Murderfolk Music Video
The Heathen Apostles have released a new Murderfolk music video; Roots Run Deep is the first single from their new album Bloodgrass Vol. 3 & 4 (produced by Chopper Franklin), out now on Ratchet Blade Records. The video was directed [ … ]
“Halloween is Here” – One of the Strange and Obscure Halloween albums
Lonesome Wyatt and the Holy Spooks’ “Halloween Is Here” is a terrifying tribute to all those strange and obscure Halloween albums from the 1950s to the 1980s. It contains twelve [ … ]
Heathen Apostles New Gothic Western Release
2020 was a year of loss, reflection, and reevaluation. Trying as the times were to have a trio of tour cancellations both stateside and abroad as the live music industry [ … ]