So there I am, thrashing about the stage when suddenly, smack dab in the middle of Michael Stingle’s soaring guitar solo, my arm just stops moving....

The past few weeks have been a blur, an intense flurry of tying up loose ends, of booking hotel rooms, arranging van rentals, lining up interviews, ordering merch, designing tour posters and directing...

Mighty Joe Castro shares photos from a recent trip to Nova Scotia and PEI, plus new collage art, his interview on the “Unhurried" podcast and more

Mighty Joe Castro shares his latest piece of collage artwork, plus a sneak peek at an upcoming book release, a haunted music video and more.

spending warm summer days indoors with Marr’s Guitars

Scenes from the hard rocking Hamburg Music Festival in Pennsylvania.

A storm had just ripped through Pennsylvania, littering the streets with branches and debris, turning my drive through the city of brotherly love into an obstacle course.

Here’s an acoustic at-home performance of my song Gone (When the Morning Comes) which was officially released on Between the Lightning and the Thunder by Mighty Joe Castro and the Gravamen

Mighty Joe Castro gets weird at Otto’s Shrunken Head NYC plus Music of America podcast interview, collage artwork and more.

A Rockabilly Against Racism Recap

Still sweaty from our live set a few hours earlier, Michael Stingle and I are now standing outside the doorway of Kelly’s Logan House, calmly trying to explain to a pair of imposing bouncers that we n...

Still sweaty from our live set a few hours earlier, Michael Stingle and I are now standing outside the doorway of Kelly’s Logan House, calmly trying to explain to a pair of imposing bouncers that we n...

No one in the band was looking forward to our show that night, each of us dreading the prospect of dragging our gear through the cold to play to an empty club.

Maryland punk rockers The Downstrokes are halfway through their set, taking a short pause to retune their guitars on stage, when I hear frontman Gerry LaFemina mumble into the mic…

YouTube video by Joe Castro

Mighty Joe Castro performs at the World Cafe Live with Lily Vakili, wanders through the American Treasure Tour, performs live on WDVR, shares new watercolor artwork and more.

Stepping from the bright sidewalk sunshine into the dimly lit confines of 110 W Main Street, my first thought was “wow, this place smells exactly the same” - a distinct mix of incense and musty cardbo...

30 Minutes into a barnstormer of a set, Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys are firing on all cylinders, and I'm soaking it in with a big smile, posted in a darkened corner near the sound booth.

Watch now | Mighty Joe Castro performs an acoustic version of his song, "Norfolk Street" and discusses its background and The Lift Up.

Mighty Joe Castro spends a night with Thee Scarecrows AKA, then performs a live acoustic set in a movie theater and more.

Back in 2010, when podcasts were just beginning to make waves in the mainstream, I dabbled for a hot minute with creating my own.

new collage artwork, two interviews, a new song from Bullette and more...

A welcomed post summer shower breeze hits my hair as I watch a kid in the crowd, not more than 9 years old, fully decked out head to toe in stars and stripes, masked in the luchador style and carrying...

Cinematic noir and poetic storytelling with a rockabilly Ameripolitan edge. Making their début in 2020 with their first full-length album, “Come On Angels”, the Philadelphia-based Mighty Joe Castro…

Dripping with post gig sweat and swimming upstream against adrenaline filled members of the next band who are franticly trying to navigate the narrow steps down to the awaiting Bowery Electric stage, ...

A collage for Esquire, an experiment in watercolor and more