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Admirers and friends such as Bob Margolin, Victor Wainwright, North Mississippi Allstars, and Amy Helm gather in tribute to late Sean Costello on Don’t Pass Me By
One of the biggest tragedies to hit the blues world over the last few decades — right up with the helicopter crash that killed Stevie Ray Vaughan, in our opinion — was the passing of another extremely talented young guitarist and singer named Sean Costello, who died of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Amy Helm, Bob Margolin, Candye Kane, Debbie Davies, Dennis Gruenling, Michael Ledbetter, Nick Moss Band, North Mississippi Allstars, Oliver Wood, Sean Costello, Seth Walker, Sonia Leigh, Steve Marriner, Victor Wainwright, Watermelon Slim
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Hey, fellow travelers: make sure to catch the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s new album The Traveler
We here at The BluesPowR Blog certainly don’t mind either some good ballads or all-out rockers from time to time, but the tendency of some blues-rockers to stick with much the same tempo and sound across most of or an entire album, whether putting listeners … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Layton, Joe Krown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt
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Earwig Music relays important part of Chicago music history through Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection
Chicago label Bea & Baby Records and its subsidiaries may never have achieved the same recognition as others like Chess, Alligator, Delmark and Vee-Jay, but listening to the new four-CD set Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, Bobby Saxton, Carey Bell, Detroit Junior, Earl Hooker, Earwig Music Company, Eddie Boyd, Eddie Taylor, Hammie Nixon, Homesick James, Hound Dog Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, L.C. McKinley, Lee Jackson, Little Mack Simmons, Michael Frank, Narvel "Cadillac Baby" Eatmon, Robert Lockwood Jr., Singing Sam Chatmon, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim, Tall Paul Hankins, Willie Hudson, Willie Williams
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Pittsburgh band The Commonheart overcomes Pressure of sophomore album with terrific new release
We don’t have as much of a chance to get out and see (or review albums from) local bands as we’d like, but here’s a Pittsburgh act that’s likely on the verge of a major breakout from the “local” scene, between … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton Clegg, The Commonheart
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Riding without the King, B.B. King Blues Band still captures The Soul of the King on new album, tour
It’s been four years now since “The King of the Blues” B.B. King moved on to the big blues gig in the sky and what some might consider the better world of which he frequently sang, but the band that backed him has … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, B.B. King Blues Band, Claudette King, Diunna Greenleaf, James Boogaloo Bolden, Joe Louis Walker, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Kenny Neal, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Michael Lee, Russell Jackson, Taj Mahal
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Grady Champion delivers some seriously Down Home Blues on Tribute to ZZ Hill
Although bluesman Grady Champion‘s soulful 2014 album debut on the Jackson, Mississippi Malaco Records label, Bootleg Whiskey, was a magnificent one, his latest recording finds Champion bringing things even closer to home for the longtime soul, blues and gospel label, … Continue reading
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Tagged Eddie Cotton Band, Grady Champion, Sam Brady, ZZ Hill
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Jimmie Vaughan offers one really worth bringing home with Baby, Please Come Home
Jimmie Vaughan may never achieve quite the same level of recognition from the general public as his late, great younger brother Stevie Ray, with Jimmie’s music generally tending to gravitate more towards the laidback, traditional side of the genre, closer to a T-Bone Walker or B.B. King than the world-famous blues-rocking sibling Jimmie helped … Continue reading
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Tagged Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigan, the Texas Horns
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Nobody Told Me that John Mayall would still be making such great albums at 85
When we told you about John Mayall‘s Three for the Road album last spring, you might recall our noting that Mayall’s next studio album would be one that, according to Mayall, “strongly feature(s)…guitar players who will be pretty well-known to all lovers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lifeson, Carolyn Wonderland, Eric Corne, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Larry McCray, Steven Van Zandt, Todd Rundgren
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Tony Holiday calls upon some talented friends with Porch Sessions
It’s been more than 75 years since Alan Lomax traveled to the Mississippi Delta to make his field recordings of bluesmen like Son House, Muddy Waters and David “Honeyboy” Edwards, and, while the internet and other technological advances have made … Continue reading
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Tagged Aki Kumar, Charlie Musselwhite, Jake Friel, James Harman, John Nemeth, John Primer, Kid Andersen, Kid Ramos, Landon Stone, Mitch Kashmar, Rockin' Johnny Burgin, Tony Holiday
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