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The King Brothers get on up with Get Up and Shake It
You can almost tell by listening to them that brothers Sam and Lee King have blues royalty in their blood. While Lee’s guitar licks might at times sound like those from Albert King – coming, as some of them do, … Continue reading
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Blues-rocker Devon Allman rides on with Ride or Die
Rock legend Gregg Allman had some good things to say about his son Devon Allman‘s musical abilities in the Allman Brothers Band co-founder’s biography My Cross to Bear a few years back, perhaps none more to the point than that … Continue reading
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Tagged Devon Allman, Gregg Allman, Kevin McKendree, Ron Holloway, Tom Hambridge
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Featuring both solo and collaborative tracks, latest record from blues master Taj Mahal is true Labor of Love
Last week, we gave you an early listen off blues legend Taj Mahal‘s newest album Labor of Love (Acoustic Sounds) in the form of a delightful “Shortnin’ Bread” that paired Mahal with the late one-armed harmonica player Neal Pattman, a … Continue reading
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Tagged Algia Mae Hinton, Cool John Ferguson, Cootie Stark, Etta Baker, John Dee Holeman, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Neal Pattman, Taj Mahal
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Guitarist Harvey Mandel slithers back onto scene with Snake Pit
Back in October, we gave you a preview of Chicago blues guitarist Harvey Mandel‘s new album Snake Pit (Tompkins Square) in the form of the tasty title track. Now, we’re happy to report that the rest of the album is … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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