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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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Keb’ Mo’ serves up slice of BLUESAmericana
Last week, we gave you something of a preview of singer/songwriter Keb’ Mo’s new album BLUESAmericana (Kind of Blue Music) with a Blues Lyrics of the Week post on the project’s opening track, “The Worst is Yet to Come”. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Linden, Keb Mo, Steve Jordan, Tom Hambridge
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Tedeschi Trucks Band, Charlie Musselwhite, Trampled Under Foot, Doug MacLeod big winners at 2014 Blues Music Awards
The annual Blues Music Awards took place in Memphis last night, and although the ceremony wasn’t broadcast live on SiriusXM as in years past and the results haven’t yet been posted to the Blues Foundation’s website, here are the winners … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Music Awards, Charlie Musselwhite, Doug MacLeod, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Trampled Under Foot
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Blues Lyrics of the Week: The Worst is Yet to Come
There are plenty of reasons to like singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Keb’ Mo’s latest album BLUESAmericana, and we’ll tell you all about them in our review of the album coming up here on The BluesPowR Blog. But in the meantime, we couldn’t resist … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Linden, Keb Mo
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Harping on the Taboo: Bob Corritore offers up album of blues harmonica instrumentals
We’ve written here before about a few projects involving harmonica ace Bob Corritore, including some pretty impressive recent collaborations with the likes of one-time Muddy Waters Band guitarist John Primer (Knockin’ Around These Blues) and veteran blues singer Tail Dragger … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmie Vaughan, Junior Watson
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Canada’s Matt Andersen soars again on Weightless
If, as he sings so soulfully on the opening track of his new album Weightless (True North Records), Canadian singer and guitarist Matt Andersen has indeed lost his way, you wouldn’t be able to tell it by this project, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Matt Andersen, Steve Berlin
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Johnny Winter box set chronicles nearly 50 years of blues rock legend keeping True to the Blues
With five decades worth of hard-driving rock and blues under his belt, it’s hard to believe that there hasn’t been a definitive box set of Texas blues-rocker Johnny Winter‘s music before now. Perhaps it was precisely the daunting nature of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Margolin, Derek Trucks, Dr. John, Edgar Winter, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Michael Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Paul Nelson, Pinetop Perkins, Vince Gill, Walter Horton, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Willie Dixon
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The BluesPowR Radio Hour is back!
Check out the spring edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring new music from the likes of Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, The Robert Cray Band, Downchild, Damon Fowler, Eden Brent, Matt Schofield, … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Damon Fowler, Dan Sowerby, Downchild Blues Band, Eden Brent, James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Josh Hoyer & the Shadowboxers, Lou Pride, Magic Sam, Matt Schofield, Muddy Waters, Nick Moss, Ray Fuller, Robert Cray, Tommy Castro, Trevor Sewell, Ursula Ricks
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Robert Cray Band digs deep on In My Soul
One of the most accomplished blues guitarists over the past three decades, five-time Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer Robert Cray sometimes gets a bit of a bad rap. While no one can argue his technical abilities on guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Cousins, Robert Cray, Steve Jordan
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Blues Lyrics of the Week: April Fool Blues
It’s been a while since we’ve featured a Blues Lyrics of the Week but we think you’ll agree that this is a good one considering the date on the calendar. From the self-dubbed “UK’s most experienced emerging R&B blues band” … Continue reading