One of the most popular blues and roots music artists performing today, acclaimed musician Tommy Castro with his band the Painkillers has been igniting audiences for more than 30 years. A 10-time ...

From the Who’s “Tommy” and “Quadrophenia” to Green Day’s “American Idiot” and Beyonce’s “Lemonade,” the pop music world has produced more than its fair share of rock operas and concept albums. But ...

Award-winning blues and rock artist Tommy Castro returns to World Records with his band, The Painkillers, for a show on Friday. This performance from the four-time Blues Foundation's B.B. King ...

Tommy Castro and the Painkillers might be more of a contemporary blues band with their original songs, but Castro really wanted to make an album that channeled his influences like Buddy Guy, B.B. King ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tommy Castro, Chris Cain and Tom Hambridge have earned the most nominations for this year’s Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. Nominations for the 43rd Blues Music Awards ...

Tommy Castro’s Alligator Records debut, “Hard Believer,” is solid proof that the guitarist/singer and winner of the 2008 Blues Music Award for Entertainer of the Year is in top form. His shows at the ...

Blues guitarist Tommy Castro will perform at the Heights Theater on Friday, February 14, in support of his new album, Closer to the Bone. Credit: Photo by Dragan Tasic Veteran blues guitarist Tommy ...

Bluesman Tommy Castro will perform at The District this fall in Sioux Falls. The all-ages show will be 7 p.m. Oct. 6. Castro’s music, which began in the '90s, is known for Southern rock, blues and ...

Poor Tommy Castro was born 40 years too late. He really should’ve been going to elementary school with folks like John Lee Hooker and Wilson Picket. That way he would’ve been in on that golden era of ...

The stage to Tinsley Ellis is not where he acts out his music. It’s life itself. More essential than breathing. I took my friend Vito Ciccarelli to Cohoes Music Hall Wednesday night, November 20, to ...

The three back-to-back concerts at Monterey’s Golden State Theatre this week each have something distinctively interesting about them. Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Thursday with Santa Cruz artist ...