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2022 Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival pics now posted!
Revisit the first night of last month’s Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival through our photos of Shemekia Copeland, Fantastic Negrito, Ruthie Foster and Walter “Wolfman” Washington, now posted in our BluesPowR Gallery!
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2022 Blues & Heritage Festival scores high marks with performances from Fantastic Negrito, Shemekia Copeland, Ruthie Foster and more
We weren’t able to take in quite as much of the recent two-night Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival at Pittsburgh’s Highmark Stadium as we had hoped, but the bit we did catch was certainly impressive, thanks to the likes of … Continue reading
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Now posted: our pics from the inaugural Maple House Festival
We’ve just posted a few (okay, a whole bunch of!) pics from the Maple House Festival that took place in Pittsburgh a few weeks back to our BluesPowR gallery, featuring dedicated albums for Eric Gales and the Ghost Hounds, as … Continue reading
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Ghost Hounds, Eric Gales help bring the blues to Pittsburgh’s first Maple House Festival
We don’t know what Pittsburgh-based blues-rockers the Ghost Hounds might have had planned for the rest of their set at this past weekend’s inaugural Maple House Festival at Hartwood Acres Park, but we’re pretty sure it would’ve been good, judging … Continue reading
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Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more
If you didn’t tune in for the first weekend of this fall’s edition of WWOZ’s Jazz Festing in Place the past weekend (with the live, in-person version of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival once again cancelled due to … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Toussaint, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buckwheat Zydeco, Champion Jack Dupree, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, Earl King, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim Jr., Henry Butler, Irma Thomas, John Lee Hooker, Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Professor Longhair, Samantha Fish, Snooks Eaglin, Walter "Wolfman" Washington
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Eddie 9V sticks with impressing in Paste Studio session
If you still haven’t had a chance to check out young Atlanta soul/bluesman Eddie 9V as we’ve encouraged, or you just want to take in more from him after liking what you’ve heard on either his livestreams during the pandemic … Continue reading
If you can’t make it down to Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, bring the festival to you, via pay-per-view online or TV!
We’ve had the pleasure of attending and reporting back on three of Eric Clapton‘s four previous Crossroads Guitar Festivals: the inaugural festival in Dallas in 2004, its 2010 run in Chicago, and the most recent festival in 2013 at Madison Square Garden in … Continue reading
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Deva Mahal, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton join Bettye LaVette and others at inaugural Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival
We weren’t able to catch much of the inaugural edition of the Highmark Blues & Heritage Festival that took place at the August Wilson Center in downtown Pittsburgh this past weekend, but the few acts we did manage to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Billy Price, Deva Mahal, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, John Scofield, Rev. Shawn Amos, Rodd Bland, Teeny Tucker
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Columbus’ Project Blues Review attracts dollars, starpower as Eric Clapton joins headliner Jimmie Vaughan onstage
We’ve talked here before about the Project Blues Review fundraiser that takes place each summer in Columbus, Ohio, which has provided a few of the most memorable shows we’ve had the pleasure of seeing, first, a 2014 Tribute to Muddy … Continue reading
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Heritage BluesFest, Project Blues photos now posted to our gallery
We’ve just posted the full set of photos from our recent weekend roadtrip through West Virginia and Ohio, featuring pics from both the opening night of the Heritage Music BluesFest in Wheeling and the Project Blues Review in Columbus. With … Continue reading
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