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New album from Willie Buck and Bob Corritore will have you, too, saying Oh Yeah!
We’re keeping things focused on Chicago after our last post with a look at the latest collaboration from harmonica ace Bob Corritore, who, although he’s called Phoenix, Arizona, (where he owns and frequently plays at the legendary Rhythm Room blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Geraci, Ben Levin, Big Jon Atkinson, Billy Flynn, Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, Jimi Primetime Smith, Willie Buck
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D.K. Harrell is Talkin’ Heavy about the blues on Alligator Records debut
Rising bluesman D.K. Harrell keeps on rolling with his sophomore album–and Alligator Records debut–Talkin’ Heavy. Released last week, the album includes another dozen extremely impressive original tracks that demonstrate why the 27-year-old Harrell is one of the hottest acts on … Continue reading
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Tagged D.K. Harrell, Jim Pugh, Kid Andersen
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Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ make Room on the Porch for everyone with sophomore album
There’s simply no better pairing in the blues today than when Taj Mahal and Keb’ Mo’ get together, as we heard and saw back in 2017 with their Grammy Award-winning debut collaboration TajMo, which also captured both the Album of … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal, TajMo
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Jus’ Blues Music Foundation celebrates 25 years with essential anniversary album
We haven’t talked about the Jus’ Blues Music Foundation much here over the years, but their 25th anniversary seems as good a time as any to tell you about the organization’s good works, especially when that anniversary is accompanied by … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Turner, Bobby Rush, Diunna Greenleaf, Jimmy Burns, Latimore, Lucky Peterson, Mr. Sipp, Theodis Ealey, Trudy Lynn, Zakiya Hooker
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Catfish blues: final act from UK blues-rock band concludes masterful run
Recently, we spotlighted the video for the title track from the final album from UK blues-rockers Catfish, Time to Fly. Today, we’re here to tell you about the rest of that album, a bittersweet project that stands as another terrific … Continue reading
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Tagged Burning Rope, Catfish
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Blues trio GA-20 is no stranger to our playlist with latest single “Stranger Blues” (and rest of their new EP!)
Anyone who may have thought that the departure of two-thirds of the original lineup of Boston blues trio GA-20 would set the Matt Stubbs-led band back would have been greatly mistaken, judging by the band’s new four-track EP (EP Volume … Continue reading
Every day can sound just like Jazz Fest with new album from Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
We’re down to just two sleeps away from the start of the annual New Orleans Jazz Festival, so if you’re beginning to look ahead for some music to hold you over between your Jazz Festival weekends (besides listening to any … Continue reading
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Janiva Magness will keep you coming back with latest album Back for Me
We recently spotlighted one of the singles off blueswoman Janiva Magness‘ new album Back for Me (Blue Élan Records), “a slinking, edgy, ‘you done lost your good thing now’-kind of track with some gritty vocals, grungy guitar, and terrific grooves” … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Darling, Janiva Magness, Jesse Dayton, Joe Bonamassa, Sue Foley
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Louisiana neighbors Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush show off their Young Fashioned Ways on superb joint album
Recently, we highlighted the lead song off the new album collaboration from blues-rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd and traditional bluesman Bobby Rush, a shuffling number with stinging guitar from Shepherd, gritty vocals and harmonica from Rush, and some swinging horns that, … Continue reading
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Limited edition LP offers further listen to American Folk Blues Festival’s earliest years with previously unreleased recordings of Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, John Lee Hooker, and more
American Folk Blues Festival Live in Paris 1962 • Bremen 1963 (The Lost Recordings) There are, fortunately for us all, a good number of recordings from the American Folk Blues Festival over the years, but we’re certainly not going to … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownie McGhee, Hubert Sumlin, John Lee Hooker, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Memphis Slim, Shakey Jake, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sonny Terry, Sunnyland Slim, T-Bone Walker, Willie Dixon
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