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John Mayall delivers one for the money on live Three for the Road
We’ve been fortunate to hear quite a bit from John Mayall in the past four to five years, between several new studio albums (A Special Life, Find a Way to Care and Talk About That) and two volumes that captured … Continue reading
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Tagged John Mayall
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Blues GRAMMY Award-winning duo Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite return with No Mercy in This Land
We weren’t the only ones who really liked Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite‘s 2013 collaboration Get Up!, judging by the GRAMMY Award it received for best blues album. Now the duo is back with another real kicker in No Mercy … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite
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Tune into the Weekend: Deva Mahal, daughter of legendary Taj Mahal, shows blues Run Deep on debut album
Last week, we told you about new albums from two real-life sons of the blues, Mud Morganfield and Bernard Allison, also promising to visit upon one from an offspring of Grammy Award-winning musician Taj Mahal soon. We’ve had the chance … Continue reading
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Doubling Down on the Blues
Sometimes, one track from an album just isn’t enough, which is why we’ve loaded up this episode of our BluesPowR Radio Hour with doubleshots from the likes of Oscar Wilson, the Tyler Morris Band, and a recent tribute collection to … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Hill, Eric Hughes Band, Joe Louis Walker, Keb Mo, Mike Ross, Mollie Marriott, Oscar Wilson, Souliz Band, Tyler Morris, Wes Lee
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Second-generation bluesmen Mud Morganfield, Bernard Allison help keep genre groovin’ with stellar new releases
There are few artists we look as forward to hearing new music from as those literal sons and daughters of the blues who have devoted their lives to helping to carry on the music — and thus the legacies — … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Allison, Billy Branch, Billy Flynn, Mike Wheeler, Mud Morganfield, Rick Kreher, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Studebaker John
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Mojo Risin’: Mike Ross explodes onto blues/roots scene with help of Dark Powder
We haven’t had the chance to check out UK roots musician Mike Ross‘ solo debut album Spindrift, but we certainly like what we hear on the follow-up to it in Jenny’s Place (Taller Records), out tomorrow. While the slow blistering … Continue reading
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I Can’t Stop the Blues
“Everything’s gonna’ be alright this mornin’…” when you’re starting it with the latest edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring music from Jimi Hendrix, Savoy Brown, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, and more, including a pair from the Original Blues Brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged Boogie Patrol, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Louis Walker, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, Marcelo Gagliotti, Matthew Curry, Original Blues Brothers Band, Steve Krase, Tedeschi Trucks Band
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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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