Fifteen-year-old Roman Barten-Sherman has been playing blues guitar since the age of four. His repertoire has been inspired by the deep traditions of pre-war delta, piedmont, hill country blues and primitive American folk. Now 2018 brings the release of Barten-Sherman’s fifth album, simply titled Roman Barten-Sherman. Featuring thirteen acoustic, original instrumental compositions, this album finds […]

Dale Watson, keeper of the true country music flame, carries on in the tradition of Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson with his “Ameripolitan” brand of American roots music. His latest album Call Me Insane, was recorded in Austin with veteran producer Lloyd Maines (Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, etc.). “Having known Lloyd […]

Get out your boots and get into the Cowboy Sprit with THE TUCSONIC'S! The TUCSONICS play their way from the origins of early fiddle and dance hall bands to chart-topping hits of the 1930's and 40's, playing the legendary music of Bob Wills, Tex Williams, Spade Cooley and Merle Haggard. Other artists they often play are […]

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 […]