Honky Tonk Hell #116 Now Available On Demand
Honky Tonk Hell is a rockabilly, rock n’ roll, rhythm & blues review of the music and artists that shook the 20th Century and…
Articles
Review: ‘Sticking With It’, The Dip
The idea of an R&B/soul revival confounds: How did the old religion of frenetic stompers and greasy workouts– perhaps America’s greatest musical export– find…
New West to Release ‘Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy Joe Shaver’ on 11/11
On what would have been Billy Joe Shaver’s 83rd birthday, New West Records has announced the release of Live Forever: A Tribute To Billy…
Chasing Good Songs: Adam McIntyre Readies for The Pinx Album Release at Grant’s on 8/19
If there’s a golden rule or alchemical secret to rock n’ roll, Adam McIntyre’s spent the whole of his existence interpreting and perfecting the…
‘You can’t wait for things to happen; you have to do it yourself’: Marie Ortiz to Perform LIVE @ Grant’s Lounge on 8/18
The legendary blues and jazz vocalist Billie Holiday once said, “When you sing, always tell the truth.” Marie Ortiz sticks to that wisdom with…
Review: ‘Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson’
I’ve always loved tribute albums, the monster ensembles that stretch an artist’s influential footprint but deliver fresh worlds of interpretation and even introduce me…
‘Like the hands of God touching you’: Kelsey Waldon Talks New Album, Hank Williams Songs & the Legacy of John Prine
In Wallace Stevens’s poem “Sunday Morning”, the speaker comes to the realization that “Death is the mother of beauty,” which is one of the…
‘All we really need to do is show up and plug into the vibe’: Atlanta’s Mudcat to Perform 8/13 at Grant’s Lounge
Songwriter, guitarist, farmer, podcaster– all of these titles are appropriate when describing Atlanta-based bluesman Danny Dudek otherwise known as Mudcat. For the last thirty-plus…
Review: ‘Everywhere I Used To Be’, Mariel Buckley
Think small towns, and John Cougar’s anthem by the same name inevitably comes to mind. Or perhaps Joni Mitchell’s “Morning Morgantown” or The Michael…