TJ WEST

TJWest’s 2019 AmericanaFEST Highlights

on October 1, 2019 at 5:18 pm ×

By Kim Grant I came to Los Angeles by way of Chicago 18 years ago. At the time, I could count on one hand the amount of people I knew in L.A. One of those […]

Muddy Roots Music Festival

on August 27, 2019 at 6:47 pm ×

By Kim Grant There is only one place you can find punk bands like The Dwarves and The Dead Kennedys mixing it up with country roots artists Mike and the Moonpies, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers and […]

By Kim Grant Roots Roadhouse is the kick off event to the Grand Ole Echo –The Los Angeles-based live roots music series. Roots Roadhouse is an all day festival taking place at Echo and Echoplex stages plus […]

TJ West: LA Roots Radar

on January 24, 2019 at 8:18 am ×

By Kim Grant I am lucky enough to live in a city where there is an abundance of live music, and where (if you have the stamina) you can see a different artist or band […]

TJ West Premiere: Joe Bourdet’s “El Capitan”

on January 3, 2019 at 8:20 am ×

By Kim Grant California singer-songwriter, Joe Bourdet is debuting twin singles, “Seamist” and “El Capitan” January 5th, 2019, on a limited run vinyl 45rpm disc along and on digital. Turnstyled, Junkpiled and TJ West have the exclusive video premiere […]

TJ West: Bonnie Whitmore

on April 17, 2018 at 8:05 am ×

By Kim Grant Bonnie Whitmore once asked of the Dallas Observer “Where is the Liz Phair of today?” The Austin-based musician answered that question with her 2016 album, Fuck With Sad Girls, her feminist album […]

TJ West Video Premiere: Calico the band’s “Fine Line”

on February 1, 2018 at 8:04 am ×

By Kim Grant “Living in Los Angeles, we’re surrounded by dreamers and are dreamers ourselves. There is a point where delusions become pitfalls on the path to fulfilling one’s dreams or worse, it can destroy […]

TJ West Video Premiere: The T Sisters “Woo Woo”

on November 20, 2017 at 8:13 am ×

By Kim Grant We have another video premiere produced by The Tomboy Sessions in Santa Cruz, CA! Introducing the 4th video in a 9 video series performed by Bay Area Band, The T Sisters and […]

TJ West Video Premiere: Willie Tea Taylor “Win This One”

on August 18, 2017 at 9:04 am ×

By Kim Grant TJ West first premiered a video from The Tomboy Sessions in May of last year with The Brothers Comatose City Painted Gold. Now we’re happy to be premiering another Tomboy Sessions video, […]

Fourth Annual “AGASTOCK” Benefit Concert

on July 13, 2017 at 10:31 am ×

By Kim Grant The Fourth Annual “AGASTOCK” benefit concert will be held Sunday, July 23 at, The Echo, in Los Angeles. The benefit includes live music and a silent auction, with the proceeds going to the Southern California […]

TJ West Video Premiere: Rough Johns by John Craigie

on May 18, 2017 at 10:42 am ×

By Kim Grant Portland-based Americana songwriter, John Craigie has just released No Rain, No Rose, which was “inspired by the folk torch bearers of the sixties and seventies” as per his bio. Bringing together his […]

TJ West: The Statesboro Revue

on March 1, 2017 at 10:53 am ×

By Kim Grant I first became acquainted with Stewart Mann, several years ago in Los Angeles when he was performing under his own name and I was booking bands in Los Angeles. Soon after that, […]