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Back into the Snake Pit with Chicago blues guitarist Harvey Mandel
A while back, we gave you this update on the great Chicago blues guitarist Harvey “The Snake” Mandel, who you may recall has played with and alongside such greats as John Mayall, Canned Heat, the Rolling Stones, Howlin’ Wolf, Michael … Continue reading
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Big Head Blues Club returns with tribute to another blues great on Way Down Inside
Recently, we told you about the upcoming release from Big Head Todd & the Monsters’ bluesy side project – what you might call the Dr. Jekyll to their Monster persona – the Big Head Blues Club, a follow-up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Head Blues Club, Billy Branch, Mud Morganfield, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Willie Dixon
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Talking to Myself
Summer may officially be coming to a close, but the blues roll on with this latest edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring new music from the likes of Joe Bonamassa, the Mike Wheeler Band, Gary Hoey, and Jane Lee … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Mama Thornton, Brothers Brown, Dylan Wickens, Gary Hoey, Jane Lee Hooker, Jeff Plankenhorn, Joe Bonamassa, Mighty Orq, Mike Wheeler Band, Ruthie Foster, Sonny Rhodes, Walter "Shakey" Horton
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Mighty Sam McClain explores Time and Change on soulful posthumous release
Recently, we told you about a new CD/DVD featuring the late David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Here’s another terrific posthumous release, this from soul blues master Mighty Sam McClain, who you may recall passed away last summer at age 72. We really … Continue reading
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Harmonica player Bob Corritore, rising singer/guitarist Big Jon Atkinson host House Party at Big Jon’s
We’ve told you here before about some of the terrific collaborations Chicago-born harmonica player Bob Corritore has recorded in recent years, teaming with industry veterans such as Tail Dragger, Henry Gray, and John Primer, to name just a few. Though … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Mike, Big Jon Atkinson, Bob Corritore, Dave Riley, Tomcat Courtney, Willie Buck
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First listen: Dipping into Cheese Finger Brown’s Low-Down People
Here’s one to help ease you into the weekend, the gritty, hypnotic title track from Dutch bluesman Cheese Finger (C.F.) Brown‘s upcoming Low-Down People (Humu Records) album that very much lives up to the description of Brown’s sound promised in his … Continue reading
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Final recording of David “Honeyboy” Edwards, new CD/DVD presents Mississippi bluesman tellin’ what he knew about the blues and some of its biggest legends
It’s hard to believe that next week already marks five years since the passing of Delta bluesman David “Honeyboy” Edwards. But a new CD/DVD package of a 2010 show from Honeyboy, joined by longtime manager and harmonica player Michael Frank … Continue reading
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Tagged David Honeyboy Edwards, Jeff Dale, Michael Frank, Robert Johnson
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Guest post: Buddy Guy – A Blues Experience Like No Other
UK writer/blogger Breton Towler offers these thoughts on a recent performance from one of blues’ greatest at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. Seven times a Grammy award winner and an inductee of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Yet he … Continue reading
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All I Ever Do is Sing the Blues
Here’s another talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour to help keep your summer sizzling, including music from the Knickerbocker All-Stars, Mike Zito & the Wheel, Fantastic Negrito, Davina and the Vagabonds, Tinsley Ellis, and more, as well as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Turner, Corey Dennison Band, Davina and the Vagabonds, Fantastic Negrito, Knickerbocker All-Stars, Mark May Band, Markey Blue, Mike Zito, Tinsley Ellis
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Happy International Blues Music Day!
Wherever in the world you happen to be, we hope you’ll celebrate International Blues Music Day by getting out to take in some live blues today! (And go ahead and mark your calendar for the years ahead, with IBMD always … Continue reading
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