New artist, debut album

Live from Twin's

The Alternative Zen Blues Trial

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AZBT’s commitment to in-the-moment, blues-based improvisation delivers a singular combination of funky grooves, musical dexterity, psychedelic improvisations, and rough-hewn lyrical poetics—all the result of the far-reaching pedigree of its members. While the band is a power trio cut in the mold of legends like Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys,

AZBT’s commitment to in-the-moment, blues-based improvisation delivers a singular combination of funky grooves, musical dexterity, psychedelic improvisations, and rough-hewn lyrical poetics—all the result of the far-reaching pedigree of its members. While the band is a power trio cut in the mold of legends like Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, Cream, and ZZ Top, they also bring a funky modern edge that is in line with acts ranging from North Mississippi All-Stars and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion to The Black Keys and Jack White.

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Debut Release from The Recoils

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Debut two-song single from The Recoils. The Recoils are a bi-coastal underground rock n’ roll supergroup featuring members of The Lonesome Kings, Preacher Boy, and Slow Gherkin.

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Latest release from Preacher Boy

Six for Three

Preacher Boy

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Possibly the rawest and most immediate album of Preacher Boy's long career. An escape to a river in the mountains. 6 new songs written in 3 days, rich with the sights and sounds of the wild—rushing rapids, lone ghost pines, abandoned gold mines, gliding eagles, bleached white bones. Back in the city, the songs are tracked in a single day; all

Possibly the rawest and most immediate album of Preacher Boy's long career. An escape to a river in the mountains. 6 new songs written in 3 days, rich with the sights and sounds of the wild—rushing rapids, lone ghost pines, abandoned gold mines, gliding eagles, bleached white bones. Back in the city, the songs are tracked in a single day; all live, no overdubs. 4 mics. Funky little ribbon mic on the vocal. Another mic on a turn-of-the-century Washburn parlor guitar fitted with a 1960 DeArmond pickup. Third mic on a National amp putting out the pickup signal. Fourth mic, something for the stomping. "Six for Three" is country blues in the most literal of ways—raw, real, wild.

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New single from The Nob Hill Mariners

In Dreams I Move As Never When Awake

The Nob Hill Mariners

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California’s finest purveyors of hyper-literate garage rock return with their first new music since 2019’s debut release, “Black Rain.” Poet Robert Lavett Smith’s lyrics are as bittersweetly poignant as ever, and while Preacher Boy’s guitar sounds may be edgier than on the debut, they’re counterbalanced by the singular sound of a Vox Continental

California’s finest purveyors of hyper-literate garage rock return with their first new music since 2019’s debut release, “Black Rain.” Poet Robert Lavett Smith’s lyrics are as bittersweetly poignant as ever, and while Preacher Boy’s guitar sounds may be edgier than on the debut, they’re counterbalanced by the singular sound of a Vox Continental organ, keeping things firmly in classic garage rock territory. Most distinctive is the evolution of the band’s groove, made possible by the introduction of 13-year-old drum phenom Clara Bay Marinelli Watkins, who delivers 2 minutes and 34 seconds of percolating percussion to underpin the poetic proto-punk proceedings.

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New single from The Westside Sheiks

She's in the Fog

The Westside Sheiks

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The Westside Sheiks are: Jon Dryden: acoustic piano Christopher "Preacher Boy" Watkins: guitar and voice

also featuring: Holly Martins: drums Anna Schmidt: bass Harry Lime: harmonica

art direction: Amy Marinelli cover photo: Amy Marinelli

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Award Winners!

Eleven Rounds

The Westside Sheiks

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BEST ROOTS/BLUES ALBUM 2020 Manifesto Awards

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Acoustic Blues Summit

Coast Road Records

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Acoustic Blues Summit represents the coming together of three musical artists who are each in their own unique ways committed to both preserving and advancing the acoustic blues tradition. Little Jonny Lawton, Pete Madsen, and Preacher Boy bring decades of experience to the musical table, with dozens of albums released, and thousands of tour miles

Acoustic Blues Summit represents the coming together of three musical artists who are each in their own unique ways committed to both preserving and advancing the acoustic blues tradition. Little Jonny Lawton, Pete Madsen, and Preacher Boy bring decades of experience to the musical table, with dozens of albums released, and thousands of tour miles behind them

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In The River

RaIL

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Veteran Alt Blues/Americana troubadours Will Scott & Preacher Boy join together for a slide guitar-driven cover of The Call's epic 80s track "In The River."

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