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Steal Your Joy
This latest edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour is loaded with helpful advice, mostly of the what-not-to-do variety, from “don’t let the devil ride” to “don’t you dare judge me” to “don’t you let people steal your joy”, with music from the likes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Imperial Jade, Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers, Oscar Wilson, Rick Vito, Scott Sharrard, Sugaray Rayford, Taj Mahal, The Lee Boys, Tim Gartland, Tony Holiday
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Jimmie Vaughan offers one really worth bringing home with Baby, Please Come Home
Jimmie Vaughan may never achieve quite the same level of recognition from the general public as his late, great younger brother Stevie Ray, with Jimmie’s music generally tending to gravitate more towards the laidback, traditional side of the genre, closer to a T-Bone Walker or B.B. King than the world-famous blues-rocking sibling Jimmie helped … Continue reading
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Tagged Jimmie Vaughan, Mike Flanigan, the Texas Horns
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Nobody Told Me that John Mayall would still be making such great albums at 85
When we told you about John Mayall‘s Three for the Road album last spring, you might recall our noting that Mayall’s next studio album would be one that, according to Mayall, “strongly feature(s)…guitar players who will be pretty well-known to all lovers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lifeson, Carolyn Wonderland, Eric Corne, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Larry McCray, Steven Van Zandt, Todd Rundgren
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Tony Holiday calls upon some talented friends with Porch Sessions
It’s been more than 75 years since Alan Lomax traveled to the Mississippi Delta to make his field recordings of bluesmen like Son House, Muddy Waters and David “Honeyboy” Edwards, and, while the internet and other technological advances have made … Continue reading
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Tagged Aki Kumar, Charlie Musselwhite, Jake Friel, James Harman, John Nemeth, John Primer, Kid Andersen, Kid Ramos, Landon Stone, Mitch Kashmar, Rockin' Johnny Burgin, Tony Holiday
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Tax Man Blues
With this coming Monday being the deadline for those in the U.S. to file their annual federal income taxes, we thought some of you might enjoy another talk-free episode of our BluesPowR Radio Hour to help put you over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Big Maceo Merriweather, Colin Linden, Delta Wires, Howlin Wolf, John Fusco, Luther Dickinson, Mike Zito, Nick Schnebelen, Watermelon Slim
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Veteran bluesman Willie Buck still showing how it’s done on Willie Buck Way
Willie Buck may not have been born in Chicago, but he certainly sounds a lot like Chicago, at least the one made famous by the likes of fellow Mississippi natives such as Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, and Howlin’ Wolf. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Jimmi Mayes, Johnny Iguana, Mervyn Harmonica Hinds, Willie Buck
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Guitarist Joe Louis Walker, harp ace Giles Robson and piano man Bruce Katz team for Journeys to the Heart of the Blues
We’ve liked an awful lot of what we’ve heard from guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker in recent years, but we’re not sure we’ve heard him sounding any better than on his latest project Journeys to the Heart of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Katz, Giles Robson, Joe Louis Walker
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Tune into the Weekend: Nat Myers offers sweet, old-time sound with Honey Bunny Blues
Here’s a neat, vintage-sounding track to help ease you into the weekend, a little treasure from a young Kentucky bluesman named Nat Myers, who describes himself as “the son of a revenue man” and a self-taught guitarist and singer who … Continue reading
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I Got the Blues
If this week’s weather isn’t quite doing it for you, then we can at least help put some Spring in your step with this latest talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring a pair of tracks from both Junior … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Slim, Buddy Guy, Ian Parker, Junior Wells, Liam Ward Band, Mark Hummel, Sugaray Rayford, Willie Farmer
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