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UK Blues Awards finalists Let the Good Times Roll during online ceremony
The annual UK Blues Awards took place this past Sunday, again virtually due to the ongoing pandemic, with this year’s winners including When Rivers Meet for emerging artist of the year, band of the year, album of the year (We … Continue reading
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Tagged Connor Selby, Dom Martin, Elles Bailey, Emma Wilson, Giles Robson, Kyla Brox, Matt Long, Paul Long, Shemekia Copeland, Toby Lee, When Rivers Meet
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UK guitarist Will Johns rips it up on Bluesdaddy
We’ve talked quite a bit here over the years about some of the second generation blues men and women helping to carry on the tradition of their fathers, including the likes of Bernard Allison (son of Luther), Shemekia Copeland (daughter … Continue reading
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Tune into the Weekend: Mike Ross shakes on down a classic with debut single from new album
We had a chance to catch bluesman Mike Ross along with some other great UK blues artists as part of the Wrotham Arms online blues and roots festival back in February, during which Ross performed a number of songs from … Continue reading
Tune into the Weekend: Guitarists Johnny Burgin, Anson Funderburgh team for Valentine’s Day blues single
We know things have been pretty quiet around here as of late, but what better time than heading into a weekend to start to turn things around?! And those in any stage of a relationship will hopefully already have realized … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Johnny Burgin
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Reprise Records takes us back out Riding with the King with expanded, remastered 20th anniversary edition of King/Clapton collaboration
I guess you could say that we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus since the start of this coronavirus lockdown. It’s certainly not that we haven’t been paying attention to what’s been going on in the blues world during this … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Eric Clapton
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11 Guys Quartet delivers big sound on Small Blues and Grooves
While we’re on the topic of great new releases from the VizzTone Label Group, here’s another one well worth checking out. Although their names may not be as familiar as those in the band about which we told you in last week’s post, the members … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 Guys Quartet, Richard Rosenblatt
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Blues supergroup the Phantom Blues Band is Still Cookin’ with hot new album
There aren’t many blues bands today that can compare with the Phantom Blues Band in terms of either talent or longevity. They may be best known for their role backing the legendary Taj Mahal on several projects — earning two Grammy Awards along … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Sublett, Johnny Lee Schell, Larry Fulcher, Lenny Castro, Les Lovitt, Mike Finnigan, Phantom Blues Band, Tony Braunagel
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Tune into the Weekend: no need to wait ’til the Midnight Hour for Handsome Jack’s rocking cover of Wilson Pickett classic
You, like us, may not have known Jack… New York-based rock trio Handsome Jack, that is. But the latest single from the band has certainly helped put them on our radar, and will likely do the same for you. It’s an absolutely smashing version of … Continue reading
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Forrest McDonald Band puts some of its best Blues in a Bucket on latest release
We liked the Forrest McDonald Band‘s earlier album Turnaround Blues so much that we wondered if we’d ever hear another one quite that good from them. Not that the band’s 2017 follow-up album Stand My Ground was anything to sneeze … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Black, Becky Wright, Forrest McDonald
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