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Keb’ Mo’, Bettye LaVette, Warren Haynes and others pay tribute to King of the Slide Guitar on Strange Angels: In Flight with Elmore James
Recently, we told you about a 100th birthday set celebrating blues singer and guitarist John Lee Hooker. While that extensive collection consisted of Hooker’s own recordings from throughout his career, this centennial tribute to blues slide guitarist extraordinaire Elmore James … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettye LaVette, Billy Gibbons, Elmore James, Keb Mo, Mollie Marriott, Peter Parcek, Rick Holmstrom, Tom Jones, Warren Haynes
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Mojo Risin’: Tyler Morris steps up among blues-rockers with Next in Line
Recently, we told you about a rising young Massachusetts guitarist named Seth Rosenbloom. Tyler Morris is another, even younger guy from the same neck of the woods, but with a bit heavier of a style, as you can hear on … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, Paul Nelson, The Uptown Horns, Tyler Morris
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Blue and Lonesome
Fight the frigid winter temperatures with another scorching edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring doubleshots from Kim Wilson and Tweed Funk, as well as music from the Supersonic Blues Machine, Chris Pierce, Nick Schnebelen, The Harpoonist & the Axe … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Pierce, Kim Wilson, Nick Schnebelen, Robben Ford, Steve Howell & Jason Weinheimer, Steve Kozak Band, Supersonic Blues Machine, The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, Tweed Funk
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The Original Blues Brothers Band hits on Last Shade of Blue Before Black with latest recording
Although it’s been decades now since the Blues Brothers Band played together in its original and most popular form (with the death of John Belushi, a.k.a. “Joliet Jake” Blues, in 1982), the Blues Brothers legacy has carried on through a … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Brothers, Dr. John, Eddie Floyd, Joe Louis Walker, Lou Marini, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Steve Cropper
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Artists from around world rise to challenge on International Blues Challenge #33
Blues promotion and preservation member organization The Blues Foundation puts on a couple of big programs in Memphis each year: in May, a Blues Music Awards (BMA) gala celebrates the best of the blues from the past year, including performances … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Hill, Brody Buster, Dawn Tyler Watson Band, Felix Smith, International Blues Challenge, Johnny Fink & the Intrusion, King Bee, Rae Gordon & the Backstreet Drivers, Randy McQuay, Ruth Wyand, Sam Joyner, Sobo Blues Band, Souliz Band, Sugar Brown, Wes Lee
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Mojo Risin’: Gambling on the future of the blues with Seth Rosenbloom
Here’s some more sneaking slow blues for you, this time from a young guitarist and singer out of the Northeast U.S. named Seth Rosenbloom, who shows his chops both musically and vocally on this delightful cover of B.B. King’s “Gambler’s … Continue reading
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Tune into the Weekend: Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater’s Lowdown Lonesome Feeling
Here’s a great video we came across from one of the surviving masters of the Chicago blues, Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, who, at 82, is still knocking around both on stage and in the studio, with Clearwater currently in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Jimmy Johnson, Mud Morganfield
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John Lee Hooker again proves undisputed King of the Boogie on 5-disc centennial retrospective
This spring, we told you about a 16-song collection purporting to contain the finest recordings of guitarist and singer John Lee Hooker, a bold claim considering the multitude of recordings the native Mississippi bluesman made during his lifetime. As solid … Continue reading
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