The Bad News Blues Band has earned a well-deserved reputation for house-burning live performances all over the United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Romania, Ireland, the U.K. and even Moscow, Russia! With their latest ARV Records release, "Live at Hot Licks" produced by Steve Grams and Mike Blommer, they've been touring the West […]

The Greyhounds is an Austin, Texas, "old school" SOUL band fronted by guitarist Andrew Trube and keyboardist Anthony Ferrell, together since 1999. The soulful Austin band are making their  return to Hotel Congress, this time bringing their love for Memphis and soulful rock-infused tunes to the plaza stage.  Opening is  Tucson's own Ivan Denis, and […]

WALTER SALAS-HUMARA  A Cuban-American whose parents fled Castro’s Havana with him still in the womb, Walter Salas-Humara was raised bilingual in Fort Lauderdale. College in Gainesville and a residency with the Vulgar Boatmen left him with a lifelong habit of Mudcrutch/Tom Petty-style crunchy guitar riffs. Chasing the punk prairie fire to New York just in […]

Award-winning Americana singer-songwriter Kevin Pakulis is a master musician and story teller. Emerging in 2004 from Tucson's deep pool of talented musicans, his award-winning edgy, guitar-driven compositions, delivered with plenty of raw energy, earned him national and international attention with his debut release of Yeah Yeah Yeah. No Depression Magazine put it most succinctly in […]

Johnny Strasser and The Deep Rollers are all members of the ARIZONA BLUES HALL of FAME.  The band is: Larry Lee Lerma on bass, Marx Loeb on drums, Blake Matthies on guitar and Johnny Strasser on vocals, guitar and harmonica.  John, “Juke Joint Johnny” Strasser was born in Lakewood, Ohio. He joined the harmonica club […]

Vintage Nashville evokes Austin's Armadillo World Headquarters. Karl Blau is a Pacific Northwest staple, a prolific troubadour who defies genre. Outfitted with an unmistakable, deeply emotional voice that roams between baritone and falsetto with ease. He has performed solo and in bands (EARTH, Your Heart Breaks, Laura Veirs, Bright Black Morning Light, Maher Shalal Hash […]

The best of the best of Tucson’s guitar scene are coming together for an evening of back to back, doubleheader, triple whammy guitar rumbles! Hosted by Prison Band’s Mike Hebert, the night will feature performances from Pete Fine, Ed Delucia, Mitzi Cowell, Loren Dircks and a few more special guests to be announced!

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band has built its reputation the long, slow, hard way. After 12 years of playing as many as 300 shows each year, Rev. Peyton, the world’s foremost country blues finger-style picker, along with the biggest little band in the country has pieced together one of the most dedicated followings out there. […]