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The Billy Joe Show: Billy Joe Shaver Video Tribute

The Billy Joe Show: Billy Joe Shaver Video Tribute

Some of our favorite artists from Los Angeles and Texas came together and turned Turnstyled Junkpiled into a Honky Tonk to pay tribute to Country Music’s biggest badass: Billy Joe Shaver. All videos were recorded […]

Shaver and His Maker: The TJ Interview

Shaver and His Maker: The TJ Interview

By Terry Roland Sometime in 1946 when legendary singer-songwriter, Billy Joe Shaver, was a child, he crawled out of the window of his grandmother’s house and followed the railroad tracks to downtown Corsicana, Texas.  Homer & Jethro […]

Cory Branan Live at The Mint

Cory Branan Live at The Mint

Review: Cory Branan Live at The Mint, July 7 2012 By Natalie Rahhal, Staff Writer Cory Branan is a difficult man to contextualize.  He’s a hard-cussing, whiskey-drinking rocker; he’s a self-deprecating, reluctant star; he doesn’t […]

MIKE + RUTHY: THE NYC EP

MIKE + RUTHY: THE NYC EP

                      MIKE + RUTHY: THE NYC EP By Ben Reddell, Staff Writer This month marked the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie, the patriarch of Folk […]

Low-Down & Dirty w/ Nick 13

Low-Down & Dirty w/ Nick 13

Low-Down & Dirty w/ Nick 13 By Jordan Blackburn, Contributing Writer California native Nick 13 racked up an impressive string of albums and a ceaseless tour schedule with his multi-hyphenate band Tiger Army (one hears […]

Gonzo Country: HST Edition

Gonzo Country: HST Edition

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. – Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) Gonzo Country: HST Edition By Courtney Sudbrink, Editor There’s a reason we’re Gonzo Country. So […]

Review + Giveaway: Rod Melancon

Review + Giveaway: Rod Melancon

Rod Melancon: My Family Name Born and raised in Wright, Louisiana, Cajun blooded Rod Melancon has come onto the LA scene with a debut album that equally captures his troubled life as it does his […]

Sonny & The Sunsets "Longtime Companion"

Sonny & The Sunsets “Longtime Companion”

Sonny & The Sunsets – “Pretend You Love Me” by Polyvinyl Records Sonny & The Sunsets: Longtime Companion By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer So with the beginning of Summer, Los Angeles is again basking in […]

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants Live

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants Live

Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants, The Far West & The Broken Numbers Band at the Satellite 6/20 By Gerry Gomez, Staff Writer Among those enjoying a rousing, high energy honky-tonk set  by Foo Fighter […]

Songs about Revolution and America

Songs about Revolution and America

American songs to celebrate Independence Day     “The Fightin’ Side of Me by Merle Haggard “If you don’t love it leave it.”   “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” by Townes Van Zandt   Roses […]

Live Review: Justin Townes Earle at The El Rey, LA 6/28/12

Live Review: Justin Townes Earle at The El Rey, LA 6/28/12

Justin Townes Earle: Live at the El Rey 6/28/12 By Natalie Rahhal, Staff Writer “This is the first song I ever wrote at somebody,” Justin Townes Earle confesses into the mic. But he doesn’t say […]

Cory Branan Ticket Giveaway

Cory Branan Ticket Giveaway

Badman by Cory Branan from Bloodshot Records Cory Branan Giveaway: Turnstyled Junkpiled has the hook up for two (2) tickets to see Bloodshot Records artist, Cory Branan at The Mint in Los Angeles on Saturday […]