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Guitarist Joe Louis Walker, harp ace Giles Robson and piano man Bruce Katz team for Journeys to the Heart of the Blues
We’ve liked an awful lot of what we’ve heard from guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker in recent years, but we’re not sure we’ve heard him sounding any better than on his latest project Journeys to the Heart of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Katz, Giles Robson, Joe Louis Walker
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Tune into the Weekend: Nat Myers offers sweet, old-time sound with Honey Bunny Blues
Here’s a neat, vintage-sounding track to help ease you into the weekend, a little treasure from a young Kentucky bluesman named Nat Myers, who describes himself as “the son of a revenue man” and a self-taught guitarist and singer who … Continue reading
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I Got the Blues
If this week’s weather isn’t quite doing it for you, then we can at least help put some Spring in your step with this latest talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring a pair of tracks from both Junior … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Slim, Buddy Guy, Ian Parker, Junior Wells, Liam Ward Band, Mark Hummel, Sugaray Rayford, Willie Farmer
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Guitarist/singer Robben Ford works off diverse palette for Purple House
Although genre-melding guitarist Robben Ford describes his latest album as “a real departure from tradition in terms of the songwriting” (“tradition” referring to the strong blues and rhythm-and-blues elements that often serve as the basis of Ford’s music), Purple House … Continue reading
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Shake That Thing
Here’s another talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour to help close out your February. This one starts and finishes with tracks from the Ally Venable Band, in addition to another pair of songs from Western PA’s Dan Bubien & … Continue reading
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Tagged Ally Venable Band, Bad Touch, Bob Margolin, Dan Bubien, Deathhouse Blues, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Conn
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Screenwriter John Fusco returns to the crossroads with superb self-titled debut recording
The first time New England native John Fusco came to this crossroads, as a young musician who had already had the honor of meeting and learning from blues masters such as Frank Frost and Sonny Terry, he ended up deciding to head back north to pursue another … Continue reading
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Tagged Cody Dickinson, John Fusco, Luther Dickinson
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Music Maker Relief Foundation celebrates silver anniversary with Blue Muse CD compilation featuring Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Dom Flemons & others, graphic novel, and more
Last fall, we gave you a preview of the Music Maker Relief Foundation‘s (MMRF) 25th anniversary compilation album in the form of a track from longtime MMRF supporter and board member Taj Mahal and promised we’d bring you more on the album upon its release. Although the names of many of the artists on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Slim, Algia Mae Hinton, Boot Hanks, Cary Morin, Dom Flemons, Drink Small, Eddie Tigner, Eric Clapton, Guitar Gabriel, Guy Davis, Jimbo Mathus, Joh Dee Holeman, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Robert Finley, Taj Mahal, Tim Duffy, Willie Farmer
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6-CD box set reveals studio, live mastery of late, great harmonica player and singer Junior Wells
Here’s another blues box set worth checking out: a compilation of tracks from throughout the career of vocalist and harmonica player Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., better known by his stage name of Junior Wells. Born in West Memphis, Arkansas, Wells moved to Chicago at age … Continue reading
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Tagged A.C. Reed, Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Junior Wells, Lafayette Leake, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Phil Guy, Syl Johnson, Willie Dixon
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Blues All for Myself
Contrary to the title, we aren’t about to keep these fine blues all for ourselves, and are pleased to share with you this latest talk-free episode of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring double shots from both Watermelon Slim and Professor Louie … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Geraci, Cary Morin, Jawbone, Michot's Melody Makers, Sandy Carroll, Sari Schorr, Watermelon Slim
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Christmas Tears
Ring in the holidays with the latest talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring sounds of the season from the Paul Nelson Band and the Rev. Jimmie Bratcher plus music from Colin James, Muddy Gurdy, Matt Andersen, real-life son of the blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin James, Joseph "Mojo" Morganfield, Kevin Gordon, Matt Andersen, Muddy Gurdy, Paul Nelson, Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, Rich Hope
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