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Harp ace Bob Corritore & friends blow through the crossroads with Don’t Let the Devil Ride!
We’ve talked here before about some of the terrific collaborations of which harmonica master Bob Corritore has been a part over the years, including recordings with the likes of piano great Henry Gray, guitarist John Primer, and Chicago bluesman Tail … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Mike, Big Jon Atkinson, Bob Corritore, Bob Stroger, Bob Welch, Chris James, Henry Gray, Oscar Wilson, Patrick Rynn, Sugaray Rayford, Tail Dragger, Willie Buck
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Blues supergroup The Proven Ones proves its mettle on Wild Again debut
With each person having already distinguished himself as an individual performer, sideman, or member of such accomplished blues bands as The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters, The Mannish Boys, and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, it should come … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Geraci, Brian Templeton, Jimi Bott, Kid Ramos, The Proven Ones, Willie Campbell
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Buddy Guy proves The Blues is Alive and Well on latest album
With mentors like Memphis Slim and Muddy Waters and contemporaries like B.B. King all having moved on to a better place, blues legend Buddy Guy is fully aware of the role he plays in music today, having been charged by … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Guy, Jeff Beck, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Muscle Shoals Horns, the McCrary Sisters, Tom Hambridge
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Award-winning bassist-singer Danielle Nicole gives much to smile about with Cry No More
We can’t recall why exactly we never got around to telling you about Danielle Nicole‘s 2015 debut solo album Wolf Den, but it’s certainly one worth checking out if you haven’t done so. Whether you like what you heard there … Continue reading
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Tagged Danielle Nicole, Johnny Lee Schell, Kelly Finnigan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Luther Dickinson, Mike Finnigan, Monster Mike Welch, Nick Schnebelen, Sonny Landreth, Tony Braunagel, Trampled Under Foot, Walter Trout
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Buddy Guy dishes cool new blues on Nine Below Zero
We couldn’t let you head into the long weekend without making sure you’ve heard the first single off Buddy Guy‘s upcoming (June 15) release The Blues is Alive and Well (Silvertone/RCA Records), a biting take on the Sonny Boy Williamson … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Guy, Tom Hambridge
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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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Tune into the Weekend: NJ duo Dharmasoul sounds like Chosen Ones on versatile debut recording
Here’s one to help take you into the weekend from a new, New Jersey-based duo that goes by the name of Dharmasoul. Featuring Jonah Tolchin on guitar and Kevin Clifford on drums (with the two trading off on lead and … Continue reading
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New recording from Steve Hill captures One-Man Blues Rock Band live
We’ve marveled several times before at Canadian blues-rocker Steve Hill‘s one-man act, as heard, for example, on Hill’s Solo Recordings volumes II and III. And while we’ve not yet had the opportunity to witness Hill onstage with our own eyes … Continue reading
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Love Light Orchestra, Blues Music Award winner John Nemeth shine on debut recording
Here’s one we’ve been meaning to tell you about for a while now, a soulful, swinging recording that harkens back to the Memphis big band sound of B.B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland, with the band, in fact, taking their … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Restivo, John Nemeth, Marc Franklin, The Love Light Orchestra
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