Churchwood is an avant-blues quintet from Austin, Texas known for its poetry-driven lyrics,[1] high-energy performances,[2] and eccentric approach[3] to making blues-based rock and roll.

[6] The band's self-proclaimed "dystopic blues"[7] style belies its reverence for the likes of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and other blues masters; however, many critics suggest that musical risk-takers like Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave are of equal importance to Churchwood's sound.

In 2016, original drummer Julien Peterson left the band to pursue other interests; he was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Eric Bohlke of Austin's Khali Haat in the spring of 2017.

Churchwood's future became uncertain if not imminently foreshortened when guitarist and founder Bill Anderson announced that he was moving from Austin to New Mexico in the spring of 2021.

However, an article by the late Michael Corcoran in March 2024 has Churchwood currently on hiatus" and teasing a possible return with an album of unreleased songs by Ballad Shambles, a 1980s project that featured the earliest incarnation of the Anderson-Doerr songwriting partnership.