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PROFILES: MICHAEL AND THE LONESOME PLAYBOYS

PROFILES: MICHAEL AND THE LONESOME PLAYBOYS

  TURNSTYLED JUNKPILED’S PROFILES MICHAEL and THE LONESOME PLAYBOYS HOME:   Nowhere’s-ville  California PROFESSION: Singin’,Songwritin,’Songster& guitar player HOBBIES:  Cheap motels, old 78 records , Carneys& Gypsies LAST ALBUM PURCHASED:  Robert Johnson “King of The Delta Blues” LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT:  A second edition of my Book ‘LOST AMERICAN NIGHTS –Lyrics & Poems’ published by Moontide Press  in 2012 [...]

The Walcotts: A Congregation of Sinners & Saints

The Walcotts: A Congregation of Sinners & Saints

The Walcotts: A Congregations of Sinners & Saints By Terry Roland The L.A. Americana scene is a funky mish-mash of styles, talents and inspirations where streams of veteran celebrities casually rub shoulders with local artists in much the same way that used to occur in Greenwich Village a half a century ago.  Ask anyone on Americana [...]

Jim Lauderdale Ticket Giveaway

Jim Lauderdale Ticket Giveaway

Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts official TrailerJim Lauderdale Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for two (2) tickets (one pair) to see a screening of the Jim Lauderdale documentary, “The King of Broken Hearts” (Q&A with Jim Lauderdale to follow) at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on  Tuesday, December 11, 2012; [...]

Song of The Day – Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”

Song of The Day – Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”

Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” Take a trip back to the 80′s with our Song of the Day by Kenny Rogers. This classic tune about a gambler is one of the most catchy  country songs ever recorded. It makes the perfect soundtrack for playing online casino games, like the ones on partycasino.com Check out the website, [...]

Sin City Spotlight: Greater Pacific

Sin City Spotlight: Greater Pacific

  Sin City Spotlight:  Greater Pacific A Turnstyled Junkpiled Interview by Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer A cousin on-line publication has taken to calling what TJ’s Terry Paul Roland termed the Insurgent Country Movement and calls it Concrete Country. Interestingly, rather than box in the “alternative” country sound, Concrete Country seems to throw in all other [...]

Sera Cahoone & Parson Red Heads Giveaway

Sera Cahoone & Parson Red Heads Giveaway

Sera Cahoone / Parson Red Heads Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for two (2) tickets (one pair) to see Sera Cahoone (Sub Pop) and The Parson Red Heads at THE SATELLITE in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 10. Doors: 8:30 pm / Show: 9:00 pm Contest Rules: To enter for your chance to win the tickets from Sera Cahoone [...]

Profiles: Merle Jagger

Profiles: Merle Jagger

  TURNSTYLED JUNKPILED’S PROFILES MERLE JAGGER HOME: Los Angeles PROFESSION: Progressive Expressionists posing as Country Rock musicians. HOBBIES: Classic Cars, Motor Bikes, Pin Up Girls, Collecting Mountain Dew bottles from around the world. LAST ALBUM PURCHASED: Captain Beyond’s debut record from 1972 LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Just finished self made video for our new track “Best Western”. [...]

The Record Company Giveaway

The Record Company Giveaway

The Record Company Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for two (2) tickets (one pair) to see The Record Company at The Bootleg Theater  in Los Angeles on Oct. 18, 2012 (10pm) with Criminal Hygiene (9pm) and The Whigs (11pm). Doors open at 8pm. Contest Rules: To enter for your chance to win the tickets [...]

Jerry Jeff Walker: Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop

Jerry Jeff Walker: Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop

Jerry Jeff Walker Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop-Live From Austin By Terry Paul Roland, Staff Writer Jerry Jeff Walker is one of the founding fathers of Americana music whose face probably belongs on the Mt. Rushmore of the genre. He was inventing music that would define the form and inspire its artists over 30 years [...]

Birds of Chicago / Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival Giveaway

Birds of Chicago / Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival Giveaway

  Birds of Chicago / Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for a free copy of Birds of Chicago‘s self-titled debut, two (2) three day passes for the Joshua Tree Roots Music Festival in Joshua Tree California on October 12-14, 2012. Birds of Chicago will be play Sunday (1:25 – [...]

The Bordertown Saints: The Bordertown Saints

The Bordertown Saints: The Bordertown Saints

The Bordertown Saints: The Bordertown Saints By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer Imagine a run away train barreling through a Tex-Mex bordertown landing right in the middle of a dusty, olde-timey saloon brawl and you’ve got the Bordertown Saints. Their debut offering, Bordertown Saints, is full of some really good honky-tonking insurgent country rock among the best [...]

Bob Dylan “Tempest”

Bob Dylan “Tempest”

Bob Dylan Tempest The effortless shuffle, standup bass and Louis Armstrong-esque vocals on “Duquesne Whistle” open up Bob Dylan’s 35th album, Tempest with a train ride through Pennsylvania in the days of old, proving that if your name is Bob Dylan, you are one of the few people alive who can get away with writing [...]