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Concert recap: Robert Cray Band, John Hiatt & the Combo at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead
It’s not often that a stage gets a visit from two such respected names in music as Robert Cray and John Hiatt in one night, much less on the same bill, but that’s exactly what went down Thursday at the Carnegie … Continue reading
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Tagged John Hiatt, Richard Cousins, Robert Cray
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Joanne Shaw Taylor show in photos
Photos from the recent Joanne Shaw Taylor show at Moondog’s are now available for viewing in our BluesPowR Gallery, where you’ll also find albums capturing performances from the likes of Johnny Winter and James Cotton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Sugar … Continue reading
Joanne Shaw Taylor brings songs from the road to Pittsburgh
We’ve been looking forward to guitarist and singer Joanne Shaw Taylor making an appearance here in the ‘burgh now for some time, so we were pretty happy to be able to catch her at Moondog’s just before we set off … Continue reading
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Welcome to the redesigned site for The BluesPowR Blog, featuring a new look but the same great blues news and reviews we’ve been delivering for the past five years! We’re still working to migrate much of the content from the … Continue reading
June 19, 2014
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Royal Southern Brotherhood gives heartsoulblood on sophomore studio release
Just a month after picking up its first Blues Music Award for the DVD portion of its live Songs from the Road set, Royal Southern Brotherhood is back with its second studio release from Ruf Records, a little something called … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Jim Gaines, Mike Zito, Royal Southern Brotherhood
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Guitarist Walter Trout turns away death, embraces the music with The Blues Came Callin’
Blues-rocker Walter Trout certainly has a lot to celebrate these days, with a new album, biography, and documentary all slated for release in the coming weeks as part of a long-planned celebration of Trout’s 25th year as a solo artist, … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, John Mayall, Walter Trout
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Post-Bluesbreakers, John Mayall still leading A Special Life
It’s been five years now since British multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and singer John Mayall broke up his storied Bluesbreakers for good and put together a new five-piece line-up for his 2009 album Tough (which probably describes pretty well the decision to … Continue reading
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Tagged CJ Chenier, John Mayall, Rocky Athas
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Much-anticipated documentary B.B. King – The Life of Riley takes blues fans riding with the King
Earlier this week, we told you about some of the praise guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd had to offer concerning the great B.B. King in the liner notes of Shepherd’s new album Goin’ Home. In addition to telling us that he … Continue reading
Twenty years on, Kenny Wayne Shepherd still quite at home playing the blues on Goin’ Home
Here at The BluesPowR Blog, we like Kenny Wayne Shepherd‘s stuff like “Blue on Black” or “True Lies” just as much as the next guy or gal, but for us, his band has never sounded better than when they’re fully … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Layton, Joe Walsh, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kim Wilson, Noah Hunt, Rebirth Brass Band, Riley Osbourn, Ringo Starr, Robert Randolph, Tony Franklin, Warren Haynes
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