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Blues trio GA-20 is no stranger to our playlist with latest single “Stranger Blues” (and rest of their new EP!)
Anyone who may have thought that the departure of two-thirds of the original lineup of Boston blues trio GA-20 would set the Matt Stubbs-led band back would have been greatly mistaken, judging by the band’s new four-track EP (EP Volume … Continue reading
Every day can sound just like Jazz Fest with new album from Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
We’re down to just two sleeps away from the start of the annual New Orleans Jazz Festival, so if you’re beginning to look ahead for some music to hold you over between your Jazz Festival weekends (besides listening to any … Continue reading
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Janiva Magness will keep you coming back with latest album Back for Me
We recently spotlighted one of the singles off blueswoman Janiva Magness‘ new album Back for Me (Blue Élan Records), “a slinking, edgy, ‘you done lost your good thing now’-kind of track with some gritty vocals, grungy guitar, and terrific grooves” … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Darling, Janiva Magness, Jesse Dayton, Joe Bonamassa, Sue Foley
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Louisiana neighbors Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush show off their Young Fashioned Ways on superb joint album
Recently, we highlighted the lead song off the new album collaboration from blues-rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd and traditional bluesman Bobby Rush, a shuffling number with stinging guitar from Shepherd, gritty vocals and harmonica from Rush, and some swinging horns that, … Continue reading
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Limited edition LP offers further listen to American Folk Blues Festival’s earliest years with previously unreleased recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, John Lee Hooker, and more
American Folk Blues Festival Live in Paris 1962 • Bremen 1963 (The Lost Recordings) There are, fortunately for us all, a good number of recordings from the American Folk Blues Festival over the years, but we’re certainly not going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownie McGhee, Hubert Sumlin, John Lee Hooker, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Memphis Slim, Shakey Jake, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sunnyland Slim, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon
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Longtime Clapton sideman Andy Fairweather Low sure to get noticed with new album The Invisible Bluesman
We wouldn’t say that British blues guitar slinger and vocalist Andy Fairweather Low has exactly been invisible until now, having spent much of the past few decades playing and touring with Eric Clapton. Keener observers among Slowhand fans might, for … Continue reading
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Tune into the Weekend: British guitarist/singer Mick Clarke still churning out Homework when it comes to the blues
We’ve come across a few tunes from British blues-rocker Mick Clarke over the decades and must say we’ve always liked what we heard, but, for whatever reason, have never seemed to get around to checking out Clarke’s work more fully. … Continue reading
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Tune into the Weekend: Curtis Salgado’s latest album much more than Fine By Me
There are plenty of things to like about soulman Curtis Salgado‘s latest album Fine By Me (Little Village), with some of the biggest highlights including a swinging, soulful cover of O.V. Wright’s “Gonna Forget About You” that has Salgado joined … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Curtis Salgado, Jim Pugh, Kid Andersen, Robert Cray
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Bluesman Lurrie Bell teams with fellow Chicago musician Frank Catalano on liberating Set Me Free
Although we’ve certainly been tempted enough over the decades, we’ve resisted crossing over into the jazzier side of things much on these pages, in part to keep things focused squarely on the blues, since — even during this blog’s heyday … Continue reading
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Blind Pig Records returns with smoking debuts from Jovin Webb and Sonny Gullage
We’re sure we weren’t the only ones disappointed to read the news of the sale of fabled blues record label Blind Pig Records in early 2015, having heard and purchased many of the label’s albums over the years from such … Continue reading
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Tagged Jovin Webb, Kevin "Sonny" Gullage, Tom Hambridge
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