Based way down in Chicago town, the Howlin’ Tumbleweeds play high-energy rhythm and blues with Southern-fried sensibility. Their world is half circus and half tent revival, where heartbreak and revenge roam free and the threat of hell is never far away.

The Tumbleweeds recently completed their debut album, Trouble With The Man Downstairs, featuring stout helpings of rockabilly and blues, with healthy traces of bluegrass, country western, and gospel.

The four-piece band offers a d...