Tag Archives: Elmore James Jr.

The year in re-blues, part 2: presenting the BluesPowR Radio Hour

Just before the new year, you may recall we took a quick look back at some of the best of 2012. But since words themselves don’t always do justice to the great new music we heard and wrote about during … Continue reading

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Fathers and Sons (and daughters too)

Last week’s post regarding Elmore James, Jr., got me to thinking about some of the other children of blues greats who are helping to keep the genre alive through their own music. A few (in no particular order) who jump to mind: Shemekia … Continue reading

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Blues had a baby…

And they named it the BluesPowR Blog, where we’ll be confessin’ the blues and bringing you the latest and greatest from the blues music world. So without further ado – and in keeping with the theme of this inaugural post around … Continue reading

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