Tag Archives: Jon Cleary

Every day can sound just like Jazz Fest with new album from Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Mike

We’re down to just two sleeps away from the start of the annual New Orleans Jazz Festival, so if you’re beginning to look ahead for some music to hold you over between your Jazz Festival weekends (besides listening to any … Continue reading →

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Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen keep things bouncing with new single “Uptown Downtown”

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Mike

You may recall us telling you last month (to the day, in fact) about the first single off Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen’s upcoming album: a very uptempo take on the Cleary classic “So Damn Good”. The lyrics … Continue reading →

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Jon Cleary and band offer fresh, flying take on old favorite

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Mike

Here’s another single we’ve been digging recently, released this week, and that will really get your feet moving and you feelin’ good…the lead track from New Orleans (by way of the U.K.) pianist Jon Cleary‘s upcoming The Bywater Sessions album, … 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

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Mike

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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Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Jon Cleary snag blues, roots Grammys; Gary Clark Jr., Bonnie Raitt help pay tribute to B.B. King

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Mike

It was a good night for the blues at Monday’s Grammy Awards, with Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, and Jon Cleary taking home awards for best blues album (Born to Play Guitar), best American roots performance (“See That My Grave is … Continue reading →

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Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, John Primer among blues nominees for 58th Annual Grammy Awards

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Mike

As usual, there weren’t nearly as many blues names as we would have liked when the nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday, but here’s a look at the few lucky blues men, women, and projects that … Continue reading →

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A BluesPowR interview with Matt Schofield

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Mike

We’ve talked about British blues guitarist Matt Schofield here a few times in recent months, from his new album to his appearances at the Western Maryland Blues Festival and at Pittsburgh’s Club Cafe. Tomorrow, he’ll be appearing at Wheeling’s Heritage Music BluesFest, with his latest album, Anything But … Continue reading →

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