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Nobody Told Me that John Mayall would still be making such great albums at 85
When we told you about John Mayall‘s Three for the Road album last spring, you might recall our noting that Mayall’s next studio album would be one that, according to Mayall, “strongly feature(s)…guitar players who will be pretty well-known to all lovers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Lifeson, Carolyn Wonderland, Eric Corne, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Larry McCray, Steven Van Zandt, Todd Rundgren
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Tony Holiday calls upon some talented friends with Porch Sessions
It’s been more than 75 years since Alan Lomax traveled to the Mississippi Delta to make his field recordings of bluesmen like Son House, Muddy Waters and David “Honeyboy” Edwards, and, while the internet and other technological advances have made … Continue reading
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Tagged Aki Kumar, Charlie Musselwhite, Jake Friel, James Harman, John Nemeth, John Primer, Kid Andersen, Kid Ramos, Landon Stone, Mitch Kashmar, Rockin' Johnny Burgin, Tony Holiday
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Veteran bluesman Willie Buck still showing how it’s done on Willie Buck Way
Willie Buck may not have been born in Chicago, but he certainly sounds a lot like Chicago, at least the one made famous by the likes of fellow Mississippi natives such as Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, and Howlin’ Wolf. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Jimmi Mayes, Johnny Iguana, Mervyn Harmonica Hinds, Willie Buck
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Guitarist Joe Louis Walker, harp ace Giles Robson and piano man Bruce Katz team for Journeys to the Heart of the Blues
We’ve liked an awful lot of what we’ve heard from guitarist and singer Joe Louis Walker in recent years, but we’re not sure we’ve heard him sounding any better than on his latest project Journeys to the Heart of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Katz, Giles Robson, Joe Louis Walker
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Guitarist/singer Robben Ford works off diverse palette for Purple House
Although genre-melding guitarist Robben Ford describes his latest album as “a real departure from tradition in terms of the songwriting” (“tradition” referring to the strong blues and rhythm-and-blues elements that often serve as the basis of Ford’s music), Purple House … Continue reading
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Tagged Robben Ford, Shemekia Copeland
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Screenwriter John Fusco returns to the crossroads with superb self-titled debut recording
The first time New England native John Fusco came to this crossroads, as a young musician who had already had the honor of meeting and learning from blues masters such as Frank Frost and Sonny Terry, he ended up deciding to head back north to pursue another … Continue reading
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Tagged Cody Dickinson, John Fusco, Luther Dickinson
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Music Maker Relief Foundation celebrates silver anniversary with Blue Muse CD compilation featuring Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Dom Flemons & others, graphic novel, and more
Last fall, we gave you a preview of the Music Maker Relief Foundation‘s (MMRF) 25th anniversary compilation album in the form of a track from longtime MMRF supporter and board member Taj Mahal and promised we’d bring you more on the album upon its release. Although the names of many of the artists on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama Slim, Algia Mae Hinton, Boot Hanks, Cary Morin, Dom Flemons, Drink Small, Eddie Tigner, Eric Clapton, Guitar Gabriel, Guy Davis, Jimbo Mathus, Joh Dee Holeman, Music Maker Relief Foundation, Robert Finley, Taj Mahal, Tim Duffy, Willie Farmer
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6-CD box set reveals studio, live mastery of late, great harmonica player and singer Junior Wells
Here’s another blues box set worth checking out: a compilation of tracks from throughout the career of vocalist and harmonica player Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., better known by his stage name of Junior Wells. Born in West Memphis, Arkansas, Wells moved to Chicago at age … Continue reading
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Tagged A.C. Reed, Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Junior Wells, Lafayette Leake, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Phil Guy, Syl Johnson, Willie Dixon
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Harmonica player Mark Hummel delivers knockout instrumental album in Harpbreaker
We don’t write about a whole lot of all-instrumental albums here, but harmonica player Mark Hummel‘s latest release Harpbreaker (Electro-Fi Records) is one that’s really too good to let pass without mention. A mix of newly recorded, live, previously issued … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Billy Flynn, Kid Andersen, Little Charlie Baty, Mark Hummel, Rusty Zinn
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The Rolling Stones still Confessin’ the Blues with band-selected 2-CD compilation of classics
When it comes to the Rolling Stones, you needn’t look far for evidence of the band’s love and support for the blues throughout the decades, from taking their name from a Muddy Waters song, to some of their earliest recordings … Continue reading
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Tagged Rolling Stones, Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation
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