Willie Nile, American Ride (River House/Loud & Proud Records): This veteran singer/songwriter is a journeyman in the most honorable sense of the word, a man true to his musical roots and vision, and devoted to following wherever it takes him, from his hometown Buffalo to the stree

As his PledgeMusic campaign recently topped 200% of his original goal, Joe Grushecky posted this update: “Thanks to all your support we have been able to bring in our own press person, Chip Ruggieri, who has worked with artists like Neil Young, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Thin

The death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman was announced just hours before Revolver Magazine’s 2013 Golden Gods Awards, so it certainly cast a somber pall over the proceedings. But just as with the tragic deaths of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, Ronnie James Dio, Slipknot&