by The Torchbearer ~ DyingScene.com * The compilation includes bands such as The Peawees,Muck and the Mires,Duck & Cover, The Cheap Cassettes, The Right Here, Justine and the Unclean, and many more. 

by David Mac ~ Somewhere in California 🙂 March 2019 ~ RECOMMENDED Listening: Enjoy a whole new batch of new releases which we are spinning out here at the JUNCTION. Thanks always to Charlie Lange for sharing his insight on some of these recordings. As always by clicking on the album cover art or the […]

by Michelle Kim ~ Pitchfork.com Bob Mould has announced a new album. It’s called Sunshine Rockand it arrives on February 8 via Merge Records. Listen to the title track below. Mould also has also announced a 2019 tour. Find the dates at the Merge website; tickets are available here.

by CARENA LIPTAK ~February 22, 2019 ~ TheBoot.com Dale Watson founded the Ameripolitan Awards in 2014, in order to recognize artists whose music, according to the awards show’s website, “does not readily conform to the tastes of today’s ‘country’ or other music genres and organizations.” Each year, the show honors acts such as Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Lee Lewis, Cody Jinks, Nikki […]

by John Gentile on Punknews.org ~ Spotify is releasing an eight part podcast about The Clash. It’s called Stay Free: The Story of The Clash and will be narrated by Chuck D of Public Enemy. It’s out via Spotify on February 28 

American Blues Scene: by Lauren Leadingham Feb. 19th 2019 ~ Lauren talks to Chilton’s long time friend, band-mate, and collaborator René Coman.

40th Annual Blues Music Awards ~ May 9th 2019 ~ Memphis, TN

New Orleans, Louisiana ~ Chickie Wah Wah April 5 & 6 2019

SavingCountryMusic.com ~ March 18, 2019 Country Hall of Fame Makes “Joke” By Snubbing Hank Jr. / Jerry Lee Lewis

Pitchfork: by Rebecca Bengal ~ A powerful, iconic document of West Coast punk is reissued, warts and all. By the time the late ’70s rolled around, maybe it was more punk to be in Los Angeles. In California, the artists revolted against the easy feelings that pervaded FM radio and ripped apart the culture of […]