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With fourth guitar festival, Clapton and friends deliver plenty of blues at the Crossroads
Having attended two of the three previous Crossroads Guitar Festivals (the first in Dallas, as well as the most recent in Chicago), we weren’t all that sure what to think about last fall’s announcement of the 2013 installment of the renowned festival. … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, Andy Fairweather Low, B.B. King, Beth Hart, Blake Mills, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Cesar Rosas, Citizen Cope, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dan Aykroyd, 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, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Philip Sayce, Quinn Sullivan, Robbie Robertson, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes
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Guitar Week continues: Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters’ Just for Today more like one for the ages
We’ve had several instrumental blues albums cross our desk in recent weeks, including the latest releases from both guitarists Tinsley Ellis (Get Up!, Heartfixer Music) and Ronnie Earl (Just for Today, Stony Plain Records). As much as we enjoyed listening … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Diane Blue, Ronnie Earl, Tinsley Ellis
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Available now: The BluesPowR Radio Hour, episode 3
We’re pretty sure nobody really enjoys doing taxes, but they’re probably even less fun when you’d rather be recording your blues radio show. So even though it’s a week or two later than we had hoped (thanks to Uncle Sam), … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Andy T - Nick Nixon Band, Anson Funderburgh, Big Bill Morganfield, Big Papa & the TCB, Doug MacLeod, Eric Clapton, Hadden Sayers, Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Selfe, Long Tall Deb, Mike Eldred Trio, Rev. Jimmie Bratcher, Robert "Top" Thomas, The 4 Jacks, The Groove-a-Matics, Tinsley Ellis
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Blues Lyrics of the Week: Pittsburgh Blues
It’s been just over a year now since the passing of the Southern-born (some reports say Bessemer, Alabama; others, Vicksburg, Mississippi) but Pittsburgh-raised bluesman known as Louisiana Red. And although Red never did make it back to Pittsburgh after the … Continue reading
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Tagged Louisiana Red, Michael Frank
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All new! The BluesPowR Radio Hour, Episode 2
Thanks to those of you who checked out the inaugural edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour over the past month. We hope you enjoyed listening to it as much as we did recording it. Today, we’re pleased to bring you … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Ben Harper, Big Bones, Charlie Musselwhite, Dr. John, Grady Champion, Grammy Awards, International Blues Challenge, Little G Weevil, Lucky Peterson, Maple Blues Awards, Matt Andersen, Monkeyjunk, Murali Coryell, Paul Pena, Selwyn Birchwood, Simon McBride, Tas Cru, Wooden Horse
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Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite cool as all get-out on Get Up!
It may just be that we aren’t all that hip, but we have to admit we’ve never paid a whole lot of attention to Ben Harper. But when we heard last year that Harper was teaming with blues harmonica master Charlie Musselwhite on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Harper, Charlie Musselwhite, John Lee Hooker
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Blues Lyrics of the Week: Check Your Ego at the Door
This may not be quite what blues guitar great Luther Allison had in mind when he said “Leave your ego, play the music, love the people,” but here’s one we’ve been enjoying from John Lee Hooker, Jr., and a Polish band called Daddy’s Cash, … Continue reading
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Tagged Daddy's Cash, John Lee Hooker Jr.
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The year in re-blues, part 2: presenting the BluesPowR Radio Hour
Just before the new year, you may recall we took a quick look back at some of the best of 2012. But since words themselves don’t always do justice to the great new music we heard and wrote about during … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Albert Cummings, Buddy Guy, Curtis Salgado, Elmore James Jr., Gary Clark Jr., Gary Hoey, Janiva Magness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, John Lee Hooker Jr., Liz Mandeville, Mighty Sam McClain, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, Oli Brown, Phantom Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Cray, Rolling Stones, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Nighthawks, Volker Strifler
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San Fran harp player Big Bones helps remember Paul Pena with some vintage blues by the Bay
About a decade back during a visit to the world-famous Biscuits & Blues club in San Francisco (which, true to its name, offers up some tasty food as well as music), we picked up a Joe Louis Walker-produced CD compilation entitled Mean … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Big Bones, Francis Clay, Paul Pena, Steve Miller Band
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