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Now posted: our pics from the inaugural Maple House Festival

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Mike

We’ve just posted a few (okay, a whole bunch of!) pics from the Maple House Festival that took place in Pittsburgh a few weeks back to our BluesPowR gallery, featuring dedicated albums for Eric Gales and the Ghost Hounds, as … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Murali Coryell unfurls Ukraine War Cries

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Mike

Guitarist and singer Murali Coryell, the son of late jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell, delivers a subdued but powerful message on his latest single, “Ukraine War Cries”. Along with Coryell’s usual emotive playing and soulful vocals, the slow blues grooves of … Continue reading →

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Ghost Hounds, Eric Gales help bring the blues to Pittsburgh’s first Maple House Festival

Posted on May 25, 2022 by Mike

We don’t know what Pittsburgh-based blues-rockers the Ghost Hounds might have had planned for the rest of their set at this past weekend’s inaugural Maple House Festival at Hartwood Acres Park, but we’re pretty sure it would’ve been good, judging … Continue reading →

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Ghost Hounds are anything but broken on blues album You Broke Me

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Mike

A few weeks back, we told you about the second single from Pittsburgh-based blues-rock sextet the Ghost Hounds‘ upcoming blues album You Broke Me (Maple House Records): an electrifying cover of the Howling Wolf classic “Smokestack Lightning“. So, while we … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Ghost Hounds unleash Smokestack Lightning, announce upcoming blues album

Posted on April 8, 2022 by Mike

We’ve been meaning to write something about the Pittsburgh-based blues-rockers Ghost Hounds for some time now, and for once procrastination may actually have worked in our favor: not only do we get to tell you about the band, with whom … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Joe Louis Walker remembers B.B. and Lucille with some Regal Blues

Posted on November 19, 2021 by Mike

Veteran blues guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker has a new album out this month on Cleopatra Records, which, as acknowledged by its title of Eclectic Electric, is indeed an eclectic collection of tracks ranging from originals like the chugging … Continue reading →

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Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Mike

If you didn’t tune in for the first weekend of this fall’s edition of WWOZ’s Jazz Festing in Place the past weekend (with the live, in-person version of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival once again cancelled due to … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Canadian bluesman Steve Hill’s take on Robert Johnson classic Hellhound on My Trail

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Mike

Probably one of the biggest highlights of our week was the release of this new single from one-man blues band Steve Hill: a splendid cover of the haunting Robert Johnson classic “Hellhound on My Trail”, available now through all streaming … Continue reading →

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Tune into the Weekend: Not just Dear America, but the Whole World’s Got the Blues on Eric Bibb’s latest album

Posted on September 17, 2021 by Mike

We can’t think of another bluesman or woman as consistently good at what they do as Eric Bibb; although his music may not always be the flashiest or provide for the most diverse of sets, there’s probably nothing that we’ve … Continue reading →

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Remembering Mike Finnigan

Posted on August 17, 2021 by Mike

Not just the blues — but the whole music — world lost one of its greatest living musicians last week with the passing of organist and singer Mike Finnigan, whose work we admired not only with bands we’ve reviewed here … Continue reading →

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