Maggie Bjorklund treated us to an exquisite performance of her song "Missing At Sea" right here at our headquarters. Watch her make the pedal steel guitar cry, whirr, and sing in ways you've likely never heard. In other words, prepare to have your musical mind blown...
Maggie's brooding and beautiful 2014 Bloodshot album... Read more
Banditos were featured today on AOL's Rise daily morning news show as an Artist on the Rise.
The feature starts at the 2:00 mark.
Since it's a short clip, here's the full video of Banditos playing "No Good":
We suggest you hop on the Banditos train, as these guys (and gal) are charging ahead. You...
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Robbie Fulks and his band performed on
Garrison Keillor's
A Prairie Home Companion this weekend in St. Paul, Minnesota. If you missed the live broadcast on
NPR, click below to listen. Robbie starts around the 40:00 mark. John Fullbright also performed.
Listen to the whole show (or skip ahead to Robbie's parts).
Video of "Sometimes the Grass Is Really Greener"... Read more
Bobby Bare, Jr. and his right-hand man Matt Rowland played NPR Music's
Tiny Desk Concert. Need we say more?
BBJ plays "Don't Wanna Know" and "The Big Time" from his 2014 Bloodshot album
Undefeated and his classic "Visit Me in Music City" from his 2004 Bloodshot album
From the End of Your Leash.
Enjoy the songs, the banter...and the...
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Cory Branan played the role of street performer and sang some of his tunes on Lower Broadway in Nashville for CMT's Concrete Country. Click HERE to watch Cory perform "Sour Mash" (his ode to whiskey) and "Daddy Was a Skywriter" from his latest Bloodshot release The No-Hit Wonder and the Branan classic "Prettiest Waitress... Read more
Lydia Loveless performed a Somewhere Else b-side at Bloodshot HQ and the video is now streaming via American Songwriter Magazine HERE.
It was a scorching summer day in Chicago before Lydia and her band played an outdoor festival in Wicker Park. We ate pizza and drank cheap beer before our friends Made of Chalk captured the stripped-down performance... Read more
Yahoo Movies just premiered the brand new trailer for Revenge of the Mekons! The outstanding (really, we've seen it) movie about one of punk's most important, yet unheralded, bands is premiering theatrically this fall and will be getting a wide(r) release via Chicago's Music Box Films (the folks who brought the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy to the U.S.) in 2015!
Bobby Bare, Jr. covered The Smiths' classic "What Difference Does It Make?" featuring some guitar solos from Cory Branan. We tried to get these guys to drop by Bloodshot HQ, but time was limited, so we just set up our gear at Schubas Tavern before their show and told Bobby and Cory to do their thing. Consider it an "Off-Site" edition of... Read more
Scott H. Biram skidded into the KEXP studios during his US tour to perform four songs from his new album Nothin' But Blood and share some Biram-isms. Though he says it was "too damn early for this," he sounds damn good.
(Scott does get a hair in his mouth during "Gotta Get to Heaven" - but don't worry folks - the... Read more
SPIN just posted a recap video of their Vans-sponsored SXSW party and it includes interview and live performance footage of Lydia Loveless. Watch it here.
Or below:
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BLOODSHOT HOLIDAY YOUTUBE SPECIAL: Watch a fireside reading of the newest holiday classic "'Twas a Bloodshot Christmas," read by Jon Langford:
... Read moreIn July, Andre went home to Detroit to play in a big fancy room in front of a lot of fancy people for the 210 Detroit Concert of Colors.
Check out THIS video of him doing his classic "Bacon Fat." Included in his band are Matthew Smith ( Volebeats, Outrageous Cherry, producer of Andre's last album), Don Was,... Read more
Yeah, sometimes we find out things about our artists that make our tiny little monkey brains spin. This would be one of them. Exene Cervenka and Kevin Costner made a movie together way back when, with Dave Alvin and John Doe and a load of others. Note the fundraising for Gulf Coast charities.
The Degree of Separation betwixt Bloodshot and Kevin... Read more
Don't Ask Me Questions, a documentary about our own in-house rock and roll legend Graham Parker, is nearing completion.
BUT (isn't there always a but...?), in this internet era of everyone wantin' everything for free, the producers are a little cash-strapped so they've set up a tip bucket kinda thing to finish it off. So, if you've ever dreamed of... Read more
Scott H. Biram popped by the studios of SugarHill in Houston to play some new songs and talk about what's in his mojo bag. The answer may disturb you.
He throws down some new songs as well.
"There comes a time when every man feels the urge to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and start slitting throats.
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