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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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Blues for a Soldier
Get ready for the long weekend with the latest talk-free episode of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring music from Marcia Ball, the Nick Moss Band with Dennis Gruenling, Mud Morganfield, Marie Knight, and a pair of tracks from Joyann Parker, … Continue reading
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Tagged Breezy Rodio, Dennis Gruenling, Jon Spear Band, Joyann Parker, Lance Lopez, Marcia Ball, Mud Morganfield, Nick Moss Band, Rockwell Avenue Blues Band, Too Slim & the Taildraggers
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Elvin Bishop, Bobby Rush, and John Hammond big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards
His latest album may be titled Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, but recent Rock Hall of Fame inductee Elvin Bishop (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) seemed to do quite all right at last night’s Blues Music Awards in Memphis, taking home … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Music Awards, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Gary Clark Jr., Janiva Magness, Joe Bonamassa, John Hammond, John Nemeth, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kim Wilson, Lurrie Bell, Marcia Ball, Mud Morganfield, Ruthie Foster, Selwyn Birchwood
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Sugar Ray Norcia, Elvin Bishop and John Nemeth lead latest Blues Music Awards nominations
Last week, we told you about this year’s nominees for the annual Grammy Awards, where the type of music on which this blog focuses is often confined to a handful of categories at best, with now just one dedicated blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Foundation, Blues Music Awards, Bobby Rush, Eden Brent, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Gary Clark Jr., Janiva Magness, Jarekus Singleton, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Louis Walker, John Hammond, John Mooney, John Nemeth, Johnny Rawls, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Marcia Ball, Michael Mudcat Ward, Otis Clay, Rick Estrin, Rory Block, Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys, Vaneese Thomas
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With The Devil You Know, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers deliver one hell of a treat
Having spent the past few decades toiling in the blues, San Francisco singer and guitarist Tommy Castro is something of what you might call a “devil you know” in the genre. Whether seeing him live or listening to one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Holmes Brothers, Jim Pugh, Joe Bonamassa, Magic Dick, Marcia Ball, Mike Finnigan, Samantha Fish, Tab Benoit, Tasha Taylor, Tommy Castro
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