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Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues pay homage to harp great Little Walter with Roots and Branches
There have been plenty of projects paying tribute to the music of legendary harmonica player and singer Little Walter (Walter Jacobs) over the years, but that didn’t stop modern-day harp master Billy Branch and his band The Sons of Blues from undertaking the task as well on their newest … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Giles Corey, Little Walter, Sumito "Ariyo" Ariyoshi
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Admirers and friends such as Bob Margolin, Victor Wainwright, North Mississippi Allstars, and Amy Helm gather in tribute to late Sean Costello on Don’t Pass Me By
One of the biggest tragedies to hit the blues world over the last few decades — right up with the helicopter crash that killed Stevie Ray Vaughan, in our opinion — was the passing of another extremely talented young guitarist and singer named Sean Costello, who died of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Amy Helm, Bob Margolin, Candye Kane, Debbie Davies, Dennis Gruenling, Michael Ledbetter, Nick Moss Band, North Mississippi Allstars, Oliver Wood, Sean Costello, Seth Walker, Sonia Leigh, Steve Marriner, Victor Wainwright, Watermelon Slim
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Hey, fellow travelers: make sure to catch the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band’s new album The Traveler
We here at The BluesPowR Blog certainly don’t mind either some good ballads or all-out rockers from time to time, but the tendency of some blues-rockers to stick with much the same tempo and sound across most of or an entire album, whether putting listeners … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Layton, Joe Krown, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt
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Earwig Music relays important part of Chicago music history through Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection
Chicago label Bea & Baby Records and its subsidiaries may never have achieved the same recognition as others like Chess, Alligator, Delmark and Vee-Jay, but listening to the new four-CD set Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, Bobby Saxton, Carey Bell, Detroit Junior, Earl Hooker, Earwig Music Company, Eddie Boyd, Eddie Taylor, Hammie Nixon, Homesick James, Hound Dog Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, L.C. McKinley, Lee Jackson, Little Mack Simmons, Michael Frank, Narvel "Cadillac Baby" Eatmon, Robert Lockwood Jr., Singing Sam Chatmon, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim, Tall Paul Hankins, Willie Hudson, Willie Williams
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If you can’t make it down to Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, bring the festival to you, via pay-per-view online or TV!
We’ve had the pleasure of attending and reporting back on three of Eric Clapton‘s four previous Crossroads Guitar Festivals: the inaugural festival in Dallas in 2004, its 2010 run in Chicago, and the most recent festival in 2013 at Madison Square Garden in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fairweather Low, Billy Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Keb Mo, Marcus King Band, Peter Frampton, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Pittsburgh band The Commonheart overcomes Pressure of sophomore album with terrific new release
We don’t have as much of a chance to get out and see (or review albums from) local bands as we’d like, but here’s a Pittsburgh act that’s likely on the verge of a major breakout from the “local” scene, between … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinton Clegg, The Commonheart
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Riding without the King, B.B. King Blues Band still captures The Soul of the King on new album, tour
It’s been four years now since “The King of the Blues” B.B. King moved on to the big blues gig in the sky and what some might consider the better world of which he frequently sang, but the band that backed him has … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, B.B. King Blues Band, Claudette King, Diunna Greenleaf, James Boogaloo Bolden, Joe Louis Walker, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Kenny Neal, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Michael Lee, Russell Jackson, Taj Mahal
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Tune into the Weekend: Get your mojo working with this alternate version of Mother Mojo from Satan and Adam
If you haven’t yet watched the Satan & Adam documentary on Netflix or elsewhere, we highly recommend you make a point to do so when you have the chance. This isn’t, as its name might imply to the uninitiated, a film concerning the Garden of Eden, but it … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Gussow, Satan and Adam, Sterling Magee
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Break in the Chain
We might have taken a short break from our music podcast in June, but we’re back now with another smoking talk-free edition (our 50th episode!) for you, featuring music from Robben Ford and Shemekia Copeland, Selwyn Birchwood, Albert Castiglia, the Duke Robillard Band, AG Weinberger and … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged AG Weinberger, Albert Castiglia, Bruce Bears, Carlo Ditta, Duke Robillard, Robben Ford, Selwyn Birchwood, Shemekia Copeland, Sunny Crownover, The Achievers, The Lucky Losers
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Grady Champion delivers some seriously Down Home Blues on Tribute to ZZ Hill
Although bluesman Grady Champion‘s soulful 2014 album debut on the Jackson, Mississippi Malaco Records label, Bootleg Whiskey, was a magnificent one, his latest recording finds Champion bringing things even closer to home for the longtime soul, blues and gospel label, … Continue reading
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Tagged Eddie Cotton Band, Grady Champion, Sam Brady, ZZ Hill
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