Jon Langford

Book Review: Rob Miller “The Hours Are Long But The Pay Is Low: A Curious Life in Independent Music”

October 24, 2025 Paul Kerr 1

A hugely entertaining account of Chicago’s Bloodshot Records. An independent label that was “too rock for country, and too country for punk.” Bloodshot Records was one of the pioneering labels when Alt/Insurgent Country became a thing […]

Live Preview: Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park, Suffolk – 30th June – 2nd July 2023

May 16, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

If you love country and Americana, then at Maverick you’ll feel like your music has come home. These days we are blessed with a number of great festivals but there is something particularly special about the […]

Essentials: The top 10 Jon Langford related albums

September 9, 2021 Peter Tomkins 4

Jon Langford has lived in Chicago for the last thirty or so years, but is originally from Newport in South Wales. When I interviewed Jon over the phone – that’s a bit like Zoom but without […]

Waco Brothers “Resist!” (Bloodshot Records, 2020)

April 14, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Cash meets Clash! The Waco Brothers, a mash up of Jon Langford’s punk sensibilities and cowpunk twang, are probably the only band still around who merit the term “Insurgent Country,” a trademark on which Bloodshot Records […]

Jon Langford announces new album

July 26, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Jon Langford has announced details of his new record which comes out on September 22nd on the Bloodshot label. The record was recorded on November 8th, the day after the 2016 election where the Welsh-bred, Chicago-based […]