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Guitarist Walter Trout turns away death, embraces the music with The Blues Came Callin’
Blues-rocker Walter Trout certainly has a lot to celebrate these days, with a new album, biography, and documentary all slated for release in the coming weeks as part of a long-planned celebration of Trout’s 25th year as a solo artist, … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, Walter Trout
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The BluesPowR Radio Hour is back!
Check out the spring edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring new music from the likes of Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, The Robert Cray Band, Downchild, Damon Fowler, Eden Brent, Matt Schofield, … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Damon Fowler, Dan Sowerby, Downchild Blues Band, Eden Brent, James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Josh Hoyer & the Shadowboxers, Lou Pride, Magic Sam, Matt Schofield, Muddy Waters, Nick Moss, Ray Fuller, Robert Cray, Tommy Castro, Trevor Sewell, Ursula Ricks
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Joe Louis Walker kicks up some stinging blues on Hornet’s Nest
After delivering all kinds of Hellfire on his 2012 album, blues singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker is back with another terrific offering on Alligator Records in Hornet’s Nest. Like that prior project, Hornet’s Nest was again produced by Tom … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, Reese Wynans, Tom Hambridge
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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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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Albert Cummings, Buddy Guy, Curtis Salgado, Elmore James Jr., Gary Clark Jr., Gary Hoey, Janiva Magness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, John Lee Hooker Jr., Liz Mandeville, Mighty Sam McClain, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, Oli Brown, Phantom Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Cray, Rolling Stones, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Nighthawks, Volker Strifler
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Heavenly new blues from Pinetop Perkins, Lurrie Bell
It’s been just over a year since the blues world bid farewell to one of its true masters in pianist Pinetop Perkins, who died at age 97 only weeks after receiving a Grammy Award for his Joined at the Hip project with former Muddy Waters … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Joe Louis Walker, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Lurrie Bell, Matthew Skoller, Otis Clay, Pinetop Perkins, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Willie Big Eyes Smith
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Joe Louis Walker unleashes some Hellfire on Alligator Records debut
The last we heard from the guitar-slinging Joe Louis Walker, he and some friends were caught up in quite a Blues Conspiracy aboard the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise. After the switch to a new label and a little time in studio with … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, Reese Wynans, Tom Hambridge
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Joe Louis Walker goes cruisin’ for some bluesin’
We at the BluesPowR Blog have never had the good fortune of being aboard the floating stage they call a blues cruise, but would imagine it’s difficult to get much closer to the musical part of the experience than Joe Louis … Continue reading
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Tagged Curtis Salgado, Duke Robillard, Jason Ricci, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Kenny Neal, Mike Finnigan, Nick Moss, Tommy Castro
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On the way to the Bay
There’ll be no holding the blues at bay this weekend when the ninth Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival takes place on the sandy shores of Annapolis’ Sandy Point State Park. As we noted in our earlier post, this festival consistently offers a solid lineup, … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bill Morganfield, Buddy Guy, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Chuck Berry, Joe Louis Walker
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