Rock & Roll Voodoo Queen
Rock & Roll Voodoo Queen Funkyjenn and the Fringe Benefits By Gerry Gomez Staff Writer Jennifer Gibbons’ strong soulful vocals front Funkyjenn and the Fringe Benefits on the debut six-song romp Rock & Roll Voodoo Queen. With producers/collaborators John Schreffler Jr. and Ted Russell Kamp, Funkyjenn and the Fringe Benefits cruise through rock n’ soul, […]
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TURNSTYLED: Haymaker, The Wood Brothers, Emily Herring, Erich McMann, Sam Hadfield
TURNSTYLED: Haymaker, The Wood Brothers, Emily Herring, Erich McMann, Sam Hadfield Written by Jonathan Shifflett Haymaker Now Now Now (Self) On their new album Now Now Now, Haymaker channels the bright sound of Tom Petty and the country-fried blues of the Black Crowes. The veteran rockers hail from Long Beach, Ca and owe their repertoire […]
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Brett Detar: Too Free To Live
Brett Detar: Too Free To Live By Mark Lennon Life after a successful indie rock band in an ever evolving music industry has been good to Brett Detar. Finding a unique county roots sound of his own with the release of 2010’s Bird In the Tangle, Detar continues his evolution with his latest release, Too […]
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Brian Wright: Rattle Their Chains
Brian Wright: Rattle Their Chains By Terry Roland In the world today, what’s new is new. If it shines, we love it. But, what’s new becomes gradually and increasingly old, by the minute. In the world of popular music this is numbingly true. Trends are created by corporate nobodies then marketed, followed as bridges […]
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Features
Willie Nile’s American Ride: The TJ Interview
Willie Nile’s American Ride By Courtney Sudbrink, Editor www.willienile.com It was once a place where writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Mark Twain spent time honing their craft, but these days, Buffalo, NY is a city best known for blizzards, the invention of chicken wings and a football team that lost four consecutive Super […]
Reviews
Brett Detar: Too Free To Live
Brett Detar: Too Free To Live By Mark Lennon Life after a successful indie rock band in an ever evolving music industry has been good to Brett Detar. Finding a unique county roots sound of his own with the release of 2010’s Bird In the Tangle, Detar continues his evolution with his latest release, Too […]
Gonzo Country
Turnstyled Junkpiled Profiles: Ted Russell Kamp
Ted Russell Kamp HOME: Los Angeles PROFESSION: Musician. I go between touring to promote my own music – sometimes traveling solo and sometimes hiring bands to back me up, playing bass with other artists, songwriting in Nashville and L.A. and producing records. HOBBIES: Reading. Playing with my 5 year old son. LAST ALBUM PURCHASED: Val […]
Legends
Americana Music Association Awards Nominations Rundown
AMA Nominations Rundown By Terry Paul Roland There is a subtle difference in the nominating categories for the Americana Honors & Award Nominations from the rest of the awards in the music industry. Most give a ranking, which usually begins with ‘best.’ No where in the nominations for the Americana Honors & Awards does the word ‘best’ […]
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Recent Articles
Van Morrison Giveaway
In the fall of 1969, Van Morrison entered the studio to record MOONDANCE, the album that would soon become his commercial breakthrough and one of the most beloved recordings of all time. Fans will soon have the rare opportunity to experience this classic album like never before with the newly remastered deluxe edition featuring 50 unreleased tracks including […]
J.R. Shore, Howlin Brothers, Michael and The Lonesome Playboys, Smooth Hound Smith, Along Came Jones
J.R. Shore, Howlin Brothers, Michael and The Lonesome Playboys, Smooth Hound Smith, Along Came Jones Written by Jonathan Shifflett J.R. Shore State Theater Website: www.jrshore.com Calgary, Alberta native, J.R. Shore, blends the sounds of the American South from Honky Tonks to steel guitar swathed Country ballads to create stories that move and characters that live […]
Vince Gill & Paul Franklin Signed Bakersfield CD Giveaway
Bakersfield Tribute CD Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for two (1) signed copy of the Bakersfield tribute CD by Vince Gill and Paul Franklin. We also have 2 unsigned copies, for second and third place winners. Contest Rules: To enter for your chance to win: 1. Re-post/share contest on Facebook 2. Like Turnstyled […]
The Dustbowl Revival – Carry Me Home
The Dustbowl Revival Carry Me Home By Gerry Gomez Staff Writer On Carry Me Home, Zachary Lupetin leads his Venice, CA based band, The Dustbowl Revival, through 11 songs that remind one of a New Orleans second line party strolling up the French Quarter during the height of Mardi gras adding a bit of mountain […]
Bob Schneider – Burden of Proof Interview
Bob Schneider Interview by Dixon Milner Bob Schneider usually doesn’t act his age. He often curses and raps in his songs and does not deny rumors of habitual promiscuity. This makes sense for someone who achieved success later in life than most musicians, whose beginning involved harnessing a fleeting music fad (funk rap), and who […]
Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale at the Troubadour 5/14/13
Buddy & Jim Bring It All Back Home to L.A. By Terry Paul Roland One thing becomes clear as you watch two artists like Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale share the stage as they did last month at West L.A.’s famous Troubadour, when ego is set aside in favor of friendship and music, there is […]
Interview – Jim Lauderdale: Americana’s Country Journeyman Returns to L.A.
Jim Lauderdale: Americana’s Country Journeyman Returns to L.A. By Terry Paul Roland With a career as diverse as the emerging genre we call ‘Americana,’ Jim Lauderdale continues on the same track toward collaboration, generosity and an imagination fused with the influence of Country and Bluegrass traditions. His December, 2012 release with musical cohort, Buddy Miller, is a […]
Willie and Lukas Nelson – Just Breathe
Just Breathe By Terry Roland Last June, with what felt like a last breath of grief, my brother, sister-in-law and I drove down the Abilene Highway that runs between Dallas and Abilene, Texas. With the hot summer wind on our backs, we rolled toward a small town, Winters, where my mother’s casket waited for burial […]
Willie 80 TJ Video Tribute
Turnstyled Junkpiled pays tribute to Willie Nelson in honor of his 80th Birthday. The SouthernTier – Good Hearted Woman / Mike and The Moonpies – Shotgun Willie / The Far West – What a Way To Live / Rod Melancon – I’ve Just Destroyed The World I’m Living In / Jason Heath – 7 […]
Ronnie Fauss – “I Am the Man You Know I’m Not”
Ronnie Fauss I Am the Man You Know I’m Not By Gerry Gomez Staff Writer Raised in the brutal heat of Texas, the rough hewn voice that Ronnie Fauss possesses takes its earnestness from life lived in sweaty watering holes and on baked country roads destined to the next gig in the next dirty town. […]
Q&A: Bruce Molsky
Q&A: Bruce Molsky Bruce Molsky stands today as the premier old-time fiddler in the world, the defining virtuoso of Appalachia’s timeless folk music traditions. That must feel odd for a former engineer from the Bronx, who didn’t begin a music career until he was forty. But folded into those strange facts is the secret to […]
Escondido “The Ghost of Escondido”
Escondido The Ghost of Escondido By Gerry Gomez Staff Writer Escondido is a Nashville formed duo of Jessica Maros and Tyler James. Their vibey Spaghetti Western sound has a Southwestern desert sway to it, somewhat reminiscent of the Friends of Dean Martinez, Calexico and parts of Son Volt infused with Ennio Morricone. They create a […]
