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While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years Of Bloodshot Records

Friday, November 21, 2014 By Shawn Underwood

Insurgent country.  Twenty years ago, when Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock founded Bloodshot Records in a spare bedroom to promote the copulation of country and punk music, they chose that name over alternative country or Americana.  While their choice of nomenclature didn’t have the lasting impact of the other two, it’s a microcosm […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Alternative, Americana Tagged With: Bloodshot Records

Win Big: Signed Bloodshot Records Poster

Monday, August 31, 2009 By Mayer Danzig

The Bloodshot Records day party is a traditional highlight of every SXSW. Held behind the Yard Dog Folk Art Gallery in Austin Texas, it is a relaxed afternoon of filled with beer, food, merriment and, of course, great music. To celebrate their 15th anniversary, the folks at Bloodshot decided to take that experience on the […]

Filed Under: Alt-Country, Americana, Contests, News, SXSW Tagged With: Bloodshot Records, Chicago, Contests

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