Here it is! Ha Ha Tonka bringing the house down on CONAN last night!! (After finally getting Will Ferrell to stop singing The Carpenters.)
The band played "Race to the Bottom," the opening track from their new album Heart-Shaped Mountain, out now on digital, CD, and vinyl LP.
This is Ha Ha Tonka's late night debut, but...Read more
Last night William Elliott Whitmore was on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly! Watch his stark acoustic performance of "Fear of Trains" from his brand new Bloodshot album Kilonova RIGHT HERE.
Or watch the whole segment here.
Kilonova is out now on digital, CD, and vinyl LP.
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Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls performed on WGN Morning News today! In case you were still shaking the cobwebs, here's the full clip of "I Thought He Was Dead," from the band's new album.
Tomorrow night Jon & co. will celebrate the album release AND JON's 60TH BIRTHDAY at Hideout Inn!!...Read more
Those rowdy Ha Ha Tonka boys will make their late night TV debut on CONAN on TBS next month! Tune in June 22nd at 11/10c. The band will perform a song from their new album Heart-Shaped Mountain, which is out now.
Set your DVRs now so you don't forget! And see the Tonk on the...Read more
The nominees for the 59th Grammy Awards were announced this morning. While we've known it all along, The Grammys have gotten on the Fulks train. We are proud and delighted to announce that Robbie Fulks is nominated for two 2017 Grammy Awards! The 2016 Bloodshot album Upland Stories is nominated for Best Folk Album. "Alabama at Night," from the...Read more
In case you didn't hear us yelling it from the rooftops, Lydia Loveless performed on CBS This Morning today. If you didn't wake up in time, here are videos of all three songs! LL and her trusty band played new tracks "Same to You," "Longer," and "Out on Love." And you guessed it, the performances were tremendous.
This Saturday August 20th Lydia Loveless and her band will melt your TV screens on CBS This Morning! Saturday morning cartoons will have to take a backseat. She'll be performing songs from her album Real, which comes out this Friday! It's a Loveless weekend!
And yes, it's ok to put whiskey in your cereal when you tune in.
Here's Cory Branan's Last Call with Carson Daly segment from last night, in case you were a-snoozin': http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/cory-branan/2864108
Cory talks about his roots in roots music, his eclectic fanbase ("it's like Midnight at Ralph's"), and some of the inspiration behind his newest album The No-Hit Wonder, which is available on CD, vinyl LP, and digital here....Read more
Chicago TV station TouchVision was at our 20th Anniversary Blowout at Metro in Chicago and also interviewed our co-commanders Rob & Nan at our headquarters to put together this story on the past, present, and future (fingers crossed?) of Bloodshot. The piece also features snippets of live performances (and spirited banter) by Bobby Bare, Jr. and Banditos!
Watch HERE or on...Read more
Don't roll those Bloodshot eyes at me...
As 93XRT just announced, the Bloodshot Records 20th Anniversary Rhythm & Roots Ruckus featuring JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound and Barrence Whitfield & The Savages will be on Friday October 3rd at Mayne Stage in Chicago! The show will be taped for national broadcast on PBS.
That's right: this is your chance to shake it on...Read more
Last night JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound were featured on Chicago PBS WTTW Channel 11's flagship show Chicago Tonight! Click below to watch J.C., Billy, and Ben talk about the band's history, their creative process, and Chicago in the summer. Plus, you'll hear a few clips of some new tunes they're writing...
*Double-take* Was that Luke Winslow-King performing at the end of the new NCIS episode on CBS last night? Why, yes; yes it was.
Luke performed an original piece to close out the show as the crime team kicked back in a park in New Orleans...probably looking for meddling musicians up to no good.
The former White Stripes frontman has called upon our very own pedal steel playing, Danish singer/songwriter Maggie Bjorklund to join him on his first-ever solo headlining tour. The backing spot has thus far brought her in front of sold-out audiences in Nashville, Chattanooga, and onto the stage of Saturday Night Live. Watch the SNL performance of "Love Interruption" on...Read more
...well not her, but her music....
Her song "How Many Women" from her wicked debut album Indestructible Machine will be featured on Fox TV's show Alcatraz on Monday, January 16th. 9pm eastern, 8pm central.
They tell us it'll be the "background music in the gun shop." Sounds promising!
So, here's a sentence I'd never thought I'd type: Make sure to tune into...Read more
If you're a fan of the FX show Sons of Anarchy, you may have recognized Scott H. Biram's "Still Drunk, Still Crazy, Still Blue" playing during a very pivotal scene in last night's episode (there will be another SHB song on SOA in next week's new ep, as well).
It's not the first time a Bloodshot band has been featured...Read more
On the heels of the release of their Bloodshot debut, Want More, post-soul evangelists JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound virtually took over the Chicago airwaves today with morning appearances on Chicago Public Radio's "848" and ABC 7's "Windy City Live." If you didn't get to catch the broadcasts, never fear! Listen to the 848 appearance here, and...Read more
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