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Keb’ Mo’ is living in the moment with post-surgery new album The Breakdown
2024 may not have been the best of years for Keb’ Mo’–already facing the end of a nearly 20-year marriage, Keb’ experienced shortness of breath while on tour and required open heart surgery–but we know that at least one good … Continue reading
Antone’s wraps up 50th anniversary celebration with golden collection of tracks on Chicago Bound
If you didn’t get enough of that Antone’s sound with the expansive 50th anniversary box set about which we told you earlier this year, you’ll be happy to hear about another great compilation just released to commemorate the club’s golden … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Antone's, Billy Flynn, Billy Gibbons, Chris Layton, Derek O'Brien, Doyle Bramhall II, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ivan Neville, Jay Moeller, Jimmie Vaughan, John Primer, Johnny Moeller, Kam Franklin, Keith Richards, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Kim Wilson, Lavelle White, Lil' Ed Williams, Lurrie Bell, Marcia Ball, Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, Mike Flanigan, Rodd Bland, Ronnie Wood, Sarah Brown, Steve Bell
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With help from Ground Zero Blues Club performers, Morgan Freeman orchestrates unique take on the Delta blues on Symphonic Blues Experience
“Symphonic blues” probably isn’t the first sound that comes to mind at the mention of the Ground Zero Blues Club, a self-described “raw, down-home” Clarksdale, Mississippi, venue co-founded by lifelong blues music lover and actor Morgan Freeman in 2001 that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Anthony "Big A" Sherrod, Ground Zero Blues Club, Keb Mo, Keith Johnson, Morgan Freeman, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal
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Janiva Magness brings Truth to the room (and our ears) with first major live album
If you’ve heard blues soulstress Janiva Magness at all during her decades-long career, you know that she’s one of the best in the business. And if you’ve ever been fortunate to see Magness live, well, that will only make you … Continue reading
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Blues-rocker Albert Castiglia not slowing down with release of new album recorded at Abbey Road
It’s been a while since we’ve talked here about Albert Castiglia as a solo act, with the Florida-raised blues-rocker doing quite a bit of collaboration in recent years, with the likes of fellow guitarist and singer Mike Zito (frequently joined … Continue reading
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Two decades after release on CD, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings’ Classic Blues compilation available on vinyl for first time
As much as we enjoy listening to the new blues music being released, occasionally we just have to go back and remind ourselves of some of the classic blues that helped to get the genre to where it is today. … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, Champion Jack Dupree, David Honeyboy Edwards, Elizabeth Cotten, Etta Baker, Henry Townsend, Josh White, Lead Belly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Little Brother Montgomery, Lonnie Johnson, Memphis Slim, Pink Anderson, Rev. Gary Davis, Roosevelt Sykes, Sonny Terry
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John Primer and friends remember one of Chicago’s great blues venues with Tribute to Theresa’s Lounge
Chicago’s Theresa’s Lounge has been closed for some four decades now, having shuttered back in 1985, but the club still very much lives on in the hearts and memories of those who got their starts playing there, learning from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Bob Stroger, Carlos Johnson, Harmonica Hinds, John Primer, John Watkins, Mary Lane, Willie Buck
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Harrell Davenport may be young, but he’s sure got a keen ear for the blues, as evidenced on debut album Young Rell
The annual Blues Music Awards just took place earlier this month but we’re pretty sure we’ve already heard next year’s winner in the Best Emerging Artist Album category (captured this year by Sean McDonald for his Have Mercy!) in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Harrell Davenport, Jim Pugh, June Core, Kid Andersen
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Taj Mahal and Phantom Blues Band have voodoo working again on first album together in two decades
There are few acts from whom we’ve enjoyed hearing more in the past decades than 1) the great Taj Mahal and 2) The Phantom Blues Band, a group with which Mahal is very familiar, having in fact assembled them as … Continue reading
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Tagged Jon Cleary, Phantom Blues Band, Taj Mahal
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Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guy Davis and Corey Harris fight on for, and with, acoustic blues on long-hoped-for second volume of True Blues
It’s been more than a dozen years now since we told you about the first True Blues album, featuring solo and joint performances from such blues greats as Taj Mahal, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, Guy Davis
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