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Keb’ Mo’ serves up slice of BLUESAmericana
Last week, we gave you something of a preview of singer/songwriter Keb’ Mo’s new album BLUESAmericana (Kind of Blue Music) with a Blues Lyrics of the Week post on the project’s opening track, “The Worst is Yet to Come”. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Linden, Keb Mo, Steve Jordan, Tom Hambridge
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Harping on the Taboo: Bob Corritore offers up album of blues harmonica instrumentals
We’ve written here before about a few projects involving harmonica ace Bob Corritore, including some pretty impressive recent collaborations with the likes of one-time Muddy Waters Band guitarist John Primer (Knockin’ Around These Blues) and veteran blues singer Tail Dragger … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Charlie Musselwhite, Jimmie Vaughan, Junior Watson
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Canada’s Matt Andersen soars again on Weightless
If, as he sings so soulfully on the opening track of his new album Weightless (True North Records), Canadian singer and guitarist Matt Andersen has indeed lost his way, you wouldn’t be able to tell it by this project, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Matt Andersen, Steve Berlin
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Johnny Winter box set chronicles nearly 50 years of blues rock legend keeping True to the Blues
With five decades worth of hard-driving rock and blues under his belt, it’s hard to believe that there hasn’t been a definitive box set of Texas blues-rocker Johnny Winter‘s music before now. Perhaps it was precisely the daunting nature of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Margolin, Derek Trucks, Dr. John, Edgar Winter, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Michael Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Paul Nelson, Pinetop Perkins, Vince Gill, Walter Horton, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Willie Dixon
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Robert Cray Band digs deep on In My Soul
One of the most accomplished blues guitarists over the past three decades, five-time Grammy winner and Blues Hall of Famer Robert Cray sometimes gets a bit of a bad rap. While no one can argue his technical abilities on guitar … Continue reading
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Tagged Richard Cousins, Robert Cray, Steve Jordan
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Nick Moss’ time has come today with Time Ain’t Free
Last fall, we gave a little preview of Chicago guitarist Nick Moss‘ latest project Time Ain’t Free when we told you about a Kickstarter campaign aimed at helping to defray the costs of the album. That campaign never did see … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Ledbetter, Nick Moss
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Joe Louis Walker kicks up some stinging blues on Hornet’s Nest
After delivering all kinds of Hellfire on his 2012 album, blues singer and guitarist Joe Louis Walker is back with another terrific offering on Alligator Records in Hornet’s Nest. Like that prior project, Hornet’s Nest was again produced by Tom … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Louis Walker, Reese Wynans, Tom Hambridge
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Matt Schofield shares keen vision for the blues on Far As I Can See
If you’ve somehow missed reading – either here on our blog or elsewhere – about the immense talents of UK guitarist and singer Matt Schofield, this week presents a terrific opportunity to catch up, with the release of Schofield’s fifth … Continue reading
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New releases: Billy Branch delivers Blues Shock; Damon Fowler shares Sounds of Home
They say we’re in the Year of the Horse, but so far 2014 is looking a lot more like the year of a whole different kind of animal to us, like maybe an Alligator – with the recent release of … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Damon Fowler, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Tab Benoit
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With The Devil You Know, Tommy Castro & the Painkillers deliver one hell of a treat
Having spent the past few decades toiling in the blues, San Francisco singer and guitarist Tommy Castro is something of what you might call a “devil you know” in the genre. Whether seeing him live or listening to one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Holmes Brothers, Jim Pugh, Joe Bonamassa, Magic Dick, Marcia Ball, Mike Finnigan, Samantha Fish, Tab Benoit, Tasha Taylor, Tommy Castro
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