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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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Go Way Down Inside the blues with new tribute album from Big Head Blues Club, honoring blues legend Willie Dixon
It’s been five years now since we told you about a Robert Johnson tribute album from an outfit calling itself the Big Head Blues Club, consisting of rock/jam band Big Head Todd & the Monsters joined by a rotating roster … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Head Blues Club, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Billy Branch, Mud Morganfield, Ronnie Baker Brooks
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Mojo Risin’: Fantastic Negrito pushes blues to the brink on Last Days of Oakland
Last summer, we told you about the Muddy Waters 100 project, on which former Waters band guitarist John Primer and a collection of friends paid tribute to the late blues master with a set of updated takes on a number of … Continue reading
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Versatile Nick Moss Band stretches From the Root to the Fruit on new double CD
They say you can’t have it all, but fans of the Nick Moss Band will be especially delighted with this double-disc set (Blue Bella Records) of new music that nicely embodies the Chicago guitarist’s musical career, starting with a soul- … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hidalgo, Jason Ricci, Michael Ledbetter, Nick Moss
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