Louisville’s Second Annual Bourbon & Beyond Festival promised to be the two-day event of the year, but Mother Nature had other plans. Check out Michelle Wilson’s full recap.

Red Hot: A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records (Americana Music Society Records). Review by James Mann.

A nicely packaged DVD/CD set of two live Stray Cats show from the early 80s.

Blast Off (Hep Cat) Review by Christopher Long.

Lucky 7 (Artemis). Review by Bettie Lou Vegas.

Adventures In Tokyo (Tooth & Nail). Review by Daniel L. Mitchell.

No Refunds (self-released). Review by Brian Kruger.

When the Jitterbug Bites (Boogietime). Review by David Lee Beowulf.

Linda & the Big King Jive Daddies (Slimstyle). Review by Julio Diaz.

Revealed at last: the source of Southern Cuture on the Skids’ chicken obsession! Rick Miller and Mary Huff share the secret of their “Eight Piece Box” with Christopher Weingarten.

Think the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies are all about the swing thing? Not so, says singer Steve Perry. As he tells Jason Feifer, the band is not only more diverse musically than that, they’re also more interested in spreading a message beyond the usual hipster daddy-o-isms.