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Sugar Ray and the Bluetones offer reason to believe with Seeing is Believing
They say that “seeing is believing”, and far be it for us to argue that seeing Sugar Ray and the Bluetones perform live when you have the chance is the smartest way to go. But the good news for blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Geraci, Michael Mudcat Ward, Monster Mike Welch, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Sugar Ray Norcia
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Lurrie Bell just Can’t Shake This Feeling on latest release
If the title of this post were a Jeopardy! clue, the question would of course be “What is the blues?”, not only because Lurrie Bell is one of the best-known of those second-generation blues players about whom we frequently talk … Continue reading
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Tagged Carey Bell, Lurrie Bell, Matthew Skoller
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Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters take sentimental stroll down Maxwell Street
Guitarist Ronnie Earl and his band The Broadcasters deliver another superb offering in this latest release, dedicated to the memory of their longtime friend and former Broadcaster, keyboardist David Maxwell, who died in February 2015. Like previous albums from The … Continue reading
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Tagged David Maxwell, Diane Blue, Ronnie Earl
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Mojo Risin’: Robert Finley evokes old soul on debut Age Don’t Mean a Thing
It doesn’t matter what other soul-blues albums you’ve heard this year; chances are, Robert Finley‘s debut Age Don’t Mean a Thing (Big Legal Mess Records) will have most, if not every single one of them, beat, with the 62-year-old Louisianan … Continue reading
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Tagged Howard Grimes, Jimbo Mathus, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Reba Russell, Robert Finley
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Big Head Blues Club returns with tribute to another blues great on Way Down Inside
Recently, we told you about the upcoming release from Big Head Todd & the Monsters’ bluesy side project – what you might call the Dr. Jekyll to their Monster persona – the Big Head Blues Club, a follow-up to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Head Blues Club, Billy Branch, Mud Morganfield, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Willie Dixon
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Mighty Sam McClain explores Time and Change on soulful posthumous release
Recently, we told you about a new CD/DVD featuring the late David “Honeyboy” Edwards. Here’s another terrific posthumous release, this from soul blues master Mighty Sam McClain, who you may recall passed away last summer at age 72. We really … Continue reading
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Harmonica player Bob Corritore, rising singer/guitarist Big Jon Atkinson host House Party at Big Jon’s
We’ve told you here before about some of the terrific collaborations Chicago-born harmonica player Bob Corritore has recorded in recent years, teaming with industry veterans such as Tail Dragger, Henry Gray, and John Primer, to name just a few. Though … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Mike, Big Jon Atkinson, Bob Corritore, Dave Riley, Tomcat Courtney, Willie Buck
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Final recording of David “Honeyboy” Edwards, new CD/DVD presents Mississippi bluesman tellin’ what he knew about the blues and some of its biggest legends
It’s hard to believe that next week already marks five years since the passing of Delta bluesman David “Honeyboy” Edwards. But a new CD/DVD package of a 2010 show from Honeyboy, joined by longtime manager and harmonica player Michael Frank … Continue reading
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Tagged David Honeyboy Edwards, Jeff Dale, Michael Frank, Robert Johnson
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Video: Joe Bonamassa not just Pretending on this cover of Clapton hit
While we’re on the subject of tributes to blues greats, you may have heard that blues-rocker Joe Bonamassa has done a few of his own recently, following up last spring’s spectacular Muddy Waters/Howlin’ Wolf recording from Red Rocks with first … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert King, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Freddie King, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Joe Bonamassa
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