Bay Area guitarist Tommy Castro was the big winner at the annual Blues Music Awards, held Thursday night in Memphis. Castro took home three top prizes including the coveted B.B. King Entertainer of ...

Four songs into Saturday night’s concert by Tommy Castro and The Painkillers, headlining ArtsQuest’s eighth Blast Furnace Blues festival, the two-time Blues Foundation King Entertainer of the Year, ...

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 ...

Tommy Castro swept three major awards at the 43rd Blues Music Awards, which were held at the Renasant Convention Center in downtown Memphis on Thursday (May 5). Castro, 67, took the B.B. King ...

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 ...

Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, the acclaimed blues and soul act that will return to the World Records stage on Dec. 31, isn't one to repeat itself. As Castro stated on his website, "I try to keep my ...

Tommy Castro has taken a 16th-century art form, opera, and crafted a musical journey not with classical music but with 21st-century blues and incisive lyrics found on his latest album, “Tommy Castro ...

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 ...

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 ...

Somewhere, there must be a teenage guitar novice who’s going to be inspired to play the blues after getting hooked on a Tommy Castro CD. That’s what happened to Castro after hearing B.B. King’s 1971 ...