SEPTEMBER 2018
1st & 2nd - Bradstock XXV Camp Pa-Qua-Tuck Center Moriches, NY
For those of you who don't know it yet, Bradstock is one of the best hom… Read More
Paperback Writer: The Life and Times of the Beatles, the Spurious Chronicle of Their Rise to Stardom, Their Triumphs and Disasters, Plus the Amazing Story of Their Ultimate Reunion (Mark S… Read More
OCTOBER 2018
2nd - Squirrels From Hell KJ Farrell's Bellmore, NY
Widely known as "The Band That New York City Couldn't Kill", this hard-driving art punk combo ma… Read More
By Mike O'Cull
Stone Mecca is, without a doubt, one of the most original musicians you will encounter this year. He’s a guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer who… Read More
The Years
-Non-fiction by Julia Anne Miller –
May 2015
I am sitting on an exercise bike, slowly moving my feet, circling, circling, pushing just enough to barely move the pedals… Read More
Wanderlust
– Feirce Fiction by Habib Mohana –
Awais had a great thirst for adventure.
During his college days he toured several places with his classmates in a college bus. On t… Read More
Photo: Bob Delevante
By Tom O'Connor
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Stony Plain records has scheduled a February 8th release for Amour by acclaimed guitarists Colin L… Read More
MARCH 2019
1st – Weisman’s Warriors ALS Benefit CM Performing Arts Center Oakdale, NY
Come out and support this benefit for ALS Awareness.&nbs… Read More
We are pleased to premiere the video “Nothing” by multiple award-winners Harry Manx and Steve Marriner from their upcoming album, Hell Bound for Heaven out April 5 via Stony Pla… Read More
APRIL 2019
2nd - Emily Duff Band 11th St Bar NYC
Emily Duff's recent album release, Maybe in the Morning, is a brilliant piece of work that deserves your atten… Read More
By Tom O'Connor
Stony Plain Records shared something special with the release of Harry Manx and Steve Marriner’s new 10-song collection Hell Bound For Heaven. When two multi-award-win… Read More
MAY 2019
2nd - Dead Ringers The Warehouse Amityville, NY
This Dead meets Bluegrass combo, that features the following multi-talented players: Jimmy Flemin… Read More
EXHIBITION OVERVIEW
"For the first time, a major museum exhibition examines the instruments of rock and roll. One of the most important artistic movements of the twentieth century… Read More
On May 14th, the Republican Primary for the special election in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District takes place.
There are Ten Candidates running for the Republican Nomination:
*Ch… Read More
Multi-Award-Winning Guitarist Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters Deliver Deep Roots from Beyond the Blue Door on New Stony Plain Records Album Due August 30 Special Gue… Read More
JULY 2019
2nd - King Wellington Coastal Kitchen & Daiquiri Bar Bay Shore, NY
Catch an evening of calypso and reggae sounds as parlayed by the one and only King Wellin… Read More
Celebrating the diversity of the Long Island Music Scene
AUGUST 2019
1st - Nancy Atlas Good Ground Park Hampton Bays, NY
Nancy Atlas and her band of Journeymen hav… Read More
By Mike O'Cull Award-winning blues guitar master Ronnie Earl delivers the goods as only he can on his new record Beyond the Blue Door, a joyful noise that gets turned loose August 30th, 2019… Read More
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The Shenandoah national park is one of the places on the Blue Ridge Mountains that has been known to attract very many people, especially when they are in Virginia. Enjoying the… Read More
The Indian Government, smug in its belief that its stony inaction on a slew of anti-Muslim measures like ‘lynchings’, attacks on so called ‘Love Jehadis’, electronic… Read More
Rory Block Announces Second Release of Her “Power Women of the Blues” Series with Prove It on Me, Coming March 27 from Stony Plain Records TORONTO, ON – Six-ti… Read More
Photo: Derek Sharp We are pleased to premiere “Am I Wrong” by the Canadian JUNO and Billboard Best Female Rock Vocalist award winner, Sass Jordan from her upcoming album, R… Read More
By Mike O'Cull Canadian rock vocal queen Sass Jordan has a hot one to offer with her new record Rebel Moon Blues. It comes out March 13th, 2020 on Stony Plain Records and features Jordan fol… Read More
On Super Tuesday in North Carolina Voters weighed in on Primaries for Both President and Down-Ballot Offices. One, the GOP Primary in the Open 11th Congressional District, will head to a Run… Read More
Photo: Sergio Kurhajec We are very pleased to premiere the video “He May Be Your Man” by blues legend Rory Block, six-time Blues Music Award winner (including 2019 winner of Aco… Read More
By Mike O'Cull Six-time Blues Music Award-winner and supremely talented acoustic guitarist Rory Block takes us all to school once again on her new album Prove It On Me. The set comes out Mar… Read More
Chicago food trucks have become a staple of summers in downtown. Many restaurants around the city have found a way to reach a greater audience by putting their kitchens on four wheels. Offic… Read More
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne To Release New Album, Go, Just Do It! out June 12th via Stony Plain Records Summer 2020 Release will be JUNO Award-winning and Boogie Woogie Piano Hall of Famer's 11… Read More
Looking for someone in Chicago to do a great job on braids? Or someone who can do amazing work with wigs and weaves? These Chicago-based hair stylists and salons are ready to get their hands… Read More
Protests supporting the Black Lives Matter movement continue to occur peacefully across the city and the country. With these protests comes a surge to support Black-owned businesses.
P… Read More
"America" G.E. Smith LeRoy Bell Blues/Rock Guitar legend G.E. Smith & Soul/R&B singer LeRoy Bell share their new lead single and video “America” from their first… Read More
Christened Charlotte Eliza Lawson Cowan and known as Mrs J. H. Riddell in her later years, Charlotte Riddell (30th September 1832 – 24th September 1906) was a Victorian-era writer born… Read More
Stony Hill By Chris Wheatley It's hard to think of a musical meeting more fortuitous than that of former Dylan sideman, blues/rock guitarist G.E. Smith and renowned soul/R&B songwriter… Read More
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers By Chris Wheatley It's fair to say that releases such as The New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers' Vol 1 (available this September 4th on Stony Plain… Read More
Rise Up By Mike O'Cull Four-time Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Ronnie Earl gives the world another set of blockbuster blues on his new album Rise Up. The record comes out September 11… Read More
Photo: Duke Robillard by Pat Quinn We are excited to premiere the video for “Do You Mean It” by the great Duke Robillard, feat. Chris Cote, from his upcoming album, ‘Blues… Read More
Duke Robillard By Chris Wheatley The new album from legendary guitarist and songwriter Duke Robillard is as honest a record as you could ask for. Blues Bash With Duke Robillard And Friends… Read More
New Moon Jelly Roll Freedom Rockers Charlie Musselwhite, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Jimbo Mathus, the Late Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson Return as the New Moon Jelly R… Read More
First off, Congratulations! Wedding arrangements and preparations might be quite a task to handle, its preparations most times turn out stressful as a result of all the essential… Read More
Photo: Steve Marriner by Scott Doubt We are pleased to premiere Steve Marriner’s video “How High” from his new album, Hope Dies Last, out July 2, 2021 on Stony Plain Recor… Read More
By Mike O'Cull Multi award-winner Steve Marriner, who is quite possibly the hardest-working Canadian in the music business, raises his game yet again with his brand new solo album Hope Dies… Read More
Sue Foley Award-Winning Blues Guitarist Singer Sue Foley To Release New Album 'Pinkey's Blues' On October 22 Via Stony Plain Records Shares New Single "Dallas Man" WATERDOWN, ON – Sto… Read More
Colin James Colin James to Release Landmark 20th Album, Open Road On November 5th via Stony Plain Records Watch "Down To The Bottom" Video Vancouver, BC — From the rolling prair… Read More
Photo: Sue Foley by Danny Clinch We are pleased to exclusively premiere the video “Southern Men” by multi award-winning blues guitarist, singer, songwriter Sue Foley, from her f… Read More
Sue Foley By Nick Cristiano “I’m a force of nature,” Sue Foley declares on “Hurricane Girl,” one of the three originals on her blazing new album, Pinky’s… Read More
My friend told me last month that she was planning a vacation to Italy. I praised her for making the best decision of her life. But when we talked about cities to visit, she answered, &ldqu… Read More
Let us all learn how to put on the new man as we put off the old. In Ephesians 4 Paul tells us, “That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt accor… Read More
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, ev… Read More
Our lives can notably change with a single moment of clarity. “For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land… Read More
He is risen from the grave! Look, He is alive! This excellent news is much more welcome and reassuring than ever before after a year defined by so much agony and suffering. The tale of Passo… Read More
The world lacks tourist destinations indeed. It happens all the time when telling people they should visit KSA at least once in their life. Saudi Arabia is not a land of oil riches, kings an… Read More
People say, “when travelling to a new country, don’t leave any place behind. You don’t know if you could come again or not.” This thought rings so true for me. That&r… Read More
I don’t know your thoughts about Russia, but we need to know it’s an exciting place to visit. It’s a blend of cultural attractions, exhilarating outdoor activities, histori… Read More
Was it Mrs Thatcher’s dream to see pretty English beaches caked in fetid lumps of human excrement and untreated chemical waste?
When she said there was no such thing as society, did M… Read More
A Winnipeg man with a cocaine addiction has said that a federal prison sentence will give him a better chance of staying clean after he is released than a provincial jail sentence. Jason Wal… Read More
A recent deep-water expedition by the Schmidt Ocean Institute has discovered two pristine, cold-water coral reefs in the Galapagos Islands. These reefs, located over 1,000 feet below the sur… Read More