When names like Baked Shrimp are mentioned, images of the delicious seafood dish often fill the mind, particularly for those who live on the coast of Long Island where shrimp are native. There is another Baked Shrimp in town, and they are the equally tasty, progressive funk trio from Long Island, NY.

After a successful Southern California road trip and tour, the San Francisco Bay Area’s Wreckless Strangers are excited to hit the road again and bring some “California Americana Soul“ to the Pacific Northwest. The band continues to grow its fanbase through its high-powered live performances and airplay of their 2022 debut album When the Sun and a Blue Star Collide, which landed Twangville’s “Readers’ Pick: Best Album of 2022” spot.

Seasoned event organizers Gem & Jam and 4 Peaks Presents have joined forces to produce the first-ever Cascade Equinox Festival, a new cross-genre camping festival set to take place at Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, OR from Friday, September 22 - Sunday, September 24, 2023.

Modern blues rock band DUSTIN DOUGLAS & THE ELECTRIC GENTLEMEN today (April 12) roll out the video for the moody acoustic ballad “Change” ahead of this Friday’s release of their third album BLACK LEATHER BLUES on MoMojo Records. Watch the video, directed by Jonathan Edwards and filmed on location in the band’s home state of Pennsylvania, HERE.

Maybe you are just like John Darnielle: In the depths of the pandemic winter at the end of 2020, the Mountain Goats frontman passed the time trapped at home in North Carolina watching pulpy action movies, finding comfort in familiar tropes and sofabound escapism. But you are not really like John Darnielle, unless the action movies you found comfort in included French thrillers like 2008’s Mesrine, vintage Italian poliziotteschi, or the 1974 Donald Pleasence mad-scientist vehicle The Freakmaker.

Fresh off their debut performance at SF Jazz’s “Americana Roots Week,” ISMAY announces additional Bay Area and Northern California shows, a new single, and a video. Recently featured as one of a select group of artists from around the world participating in the Apple TV+ Show My Kind of Country, produced by Kacey Musgraves and Reese Witherspoon, ISMAY is enjoying newfound fame and an expanding fanbase.