This series has received widespread critical acclaim since its premiere and had been nominated for two Writers Guild of America Awards and won a Golden Globe for best Dramatic Series. Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, who are Boardwalk Empire’s “house band” have been playing vaudeville, jazz, and other styles of the era since the early ‘70s, and faithfully re-create the ricky-ticky rhythms and swooning brass and woodwinds of the era (they get all of the spotlight on the numerous instrumentals, including “Livery Stable Blues” and “Darktown Strutters' Ball”). allmusic.com

New Elektra (2011)