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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
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
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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Harmonica player Mark Hummel delivers knockout instrumental album in Harpbreaker
We don’t write about a whole lot of all-instrumental albums here, but harmonica player Mark Hummel‘s latest release Harpbreaker (Electro-Fi Records) is one that’s really too good to let pass without mention. A mix of newly recorded, live, previously issued … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Billy Flynn, Kid Andersen, Little Charlie Baty, Mark Hummel, Rusty Zinn
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Tune in: We’re “About to Start” the weekend with some bluesy soul from English band Cavey
We weren’t sure from where English alt/rock band Cavey got their name; we were secretly hoping it might have had something to do with the cartoon character Captain Caveman, who some might remember being called Cavey for short (and his … Continue reading
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Tagged Cavey
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The Rolling Stones still Confessin’ the Blues with band-selected 2-CD compilation of classics
When it comes to the Rolling Stones, you needn’t look far for evidence of the band’s love and support for the blues throughout the decades, from taking their name from a Muddy Waters song, to some of their earliest recordings … Continue reading
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Tagged Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
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Tune into the Weekend: Taj Mahal nails Spike Driver Blues on upcoming Music Maker Relief Foundation anniversary compilation
We’ve talked here before about the Music Maker Relief Foundation (MMRF) and its good works in helping Southern musicians in need. 2019 is shaping up to be a particularly exciting year for the organization, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary … Continue reading
Posted in Songs, Tune into the Weekend
Tagged Eric Clapton, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Taj Mahal, Tim Duffy
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