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All routes lead to Lancaster for city’s inaugural Roots & Blues festival
There’s an old saying from blues great Willie Dixon that “the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits”. Regardless of whether you happen to personally agree with that statement, you can rest assured that there’ll be … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Big Joe & the Dynaflows, Bill Wharton the Sauce Boss, Chris Thomas King, Clarence Spady, Dr. Harmonica, Gennaro Porcelli, Heritage, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Lonnie Shields, Loudon Wainwright III, Samantha Fish, Steve Guyger, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Tom Principato
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Charlie Musselwhite preaches the blues on Juke Joint Chapel
It’s been one hell of a year for blues harmonica journeyman Charlie Musselwhite. With two albums recently nominated in both the coming year’s Grammy and Blues Music awards, the Mississippi-born Musselwhite is showing no sign of letting up just yet, with his newest project Juke Joint … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Musselwhite
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Ursula Ricks offers some down-home soul-blues on My Street
Okay, we admit it: we hadn’t really heard much about soul/blues singer Ursula Ricks either before receiving a copy of her debut album My Street (Severn Records), despite having spent quite a few years bouncing around the same Baltimore/D.C. suburbs where Ricks has been … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Johnny Moeller, Kim Wilson, Lou Pride, Monster Mike Welch, Ursula Ricks
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Joanne Shaw Taylor lets it burn on Songs from the Road live CD/DVD set
We’ve written here a few times before about the British-born, now U.S.-based blues rocker Joanne Shaw Taylor. And we’ve also told you about Ruf Records’ popular Songs from the Road series, including a recent set from fellow Brit guitar slinger … Continue reading
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Tagged Jim Gaines, Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Coming up on the Crossroads; double DVD, CD sets capture some of world’s best guitarists at Clapton’s fourth Crossroads festival
Having been fortunate enough to attend both nights of Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads Guitar Festival this spring, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the highlights DVD that customarily follows, scheduled for release next Tuesday. For the first time, some of the music will … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Movies
Tagged Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, Andy Fairweather Low, B.B. King, Beth Hart, Blake Mills, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Cesar Rosas, Crossroads Guitar Festival, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Gregg Allman, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayer, Keb Mo, Keith Richards, Keith Urban, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Los Lobos, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Quinn Sullivan, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Steve Cropper, Taj Mahal, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes
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BluesPowR Radio Hour Episode 7
Check out the all new edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring music from Cyril Neville, Jonny Lang, Bryan Lee, the Spin Doctors, Sugaray Rayford, MonkeyJunk, Shawn Holt & the Teardrops, Samantha Fish, Toronzo Cannon, Oli Brown, Sean Chambers, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bnois King, Bob Corritore, Bryan Lee, Chris James, Cyril Neville, Dave Riley, Johnny Rawls, Jonny Lang, LIghtnin Malcolm, Monkeyjunk, Nuno Mindelis, Oli Brown, Patrick Rynn, Port City Prophets, Roosevelt Sykes, Rory Block, Samantha Fish, Sean Chambers, Shawn Holt, Smokin Joe Kubek, Spin Doctors, Sugaray Rayford, Toronzo Cannon, Will Wilde
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Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon fires shot heard ’round the world with sophomore release John the Conquer Root
If it’s true what they say about being able to measure a man by the company he keeps, then we’re guessing that blues drummer Brian “BJ” Jones has to be one pretty good guy. In addition to being a member … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian "BJ" Jones, Joanna Connor, Mike Wheeler, Omar Coleman, Toronzo Cannon
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Nick Moss kickstarts 2014 album with soulful single I Want the World to Know
Between a pretty nasty cold, the first Pirates playoff run in more than two decades (way to go, Bucs!), and the addition of a new puppy to the BluesPowR household (who we personally wanted to name Mojo but somehow got … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Ledbetter, Nick Moss
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Bluesman Sugaray Rayford plays it Dangerous on new solo release
Last week, we told you about some of the great new blues releases coming out in September, a majority of them hitting the shelves this week. Perhaps our favorite of this most recent bunch comes from one from the best blues singers … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pete, Franck Goldwasser, Gino Matteo, Jimi Bott, Kid Andersen, Kim Wilson, Monster Mike Welch, Randy Chortkoff, Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys
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The BluesPowR Radio Hour, episode 6
With Labor Day just behind us and autumn right around the corner, it’s a great time to fall into the latest edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour. Enjoy new music from Buddy Guy, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Moreland & Arbuckle, … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddy Guy, CD Woodbury Band, Dana Fuchs, David Egan, Don Vappie, Hank Mowery, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, J.T. Lauritsen, Jon Zeeman, Ken Valdez, Kirsten Thien, Little G Weevil, Little Mike & the Tornadoes, Moreland & Arbuckle, Randy Scott, Snarky Dave & the Prickly Bluesmen, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Too Slim & the Taildraggers
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