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Chicago tribute show, latest album Step Back both good ways to remember blues guitar legend Johnny Winter
If, like us, you weren’t able to make it to Chicago for the Johnny Winter remembrance show that took place at Buddy Guy’s Legends a few weekends back (or to a computer for the accompanying live webstream of the program), … Continue reading
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Tagged Earl Slick, Edgar Winter, Jay Stollman, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Brooks, Mike Zito, Paul Nelson, Ronnie Baker Brooks
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New CD, star-studded Chicago benefit to honor memory of late bluesman Sean Costello
It’s been just over six years now since the blues world lost singer, guitarist, and rising star Sean Costello. In that time, we’ve seen several new CDs of Costello material – including a good number of previously unreleased tracks on … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Boy Arnold, Colin John, Jody Williams, Kate Moss, Long Tall Deb, Richard Rosenblatt, Sean Costello, Tom Holland
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Muddy Waters Tribute caps off stellar night of blues focused on fighting cancer
It’s not every day that you get to see two former guitarists with Muddy Waters‘ band perform together on the same stage, backed by an all-star band of some of the top names in the blues music world. And while … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, David Maxwell, Deuce 'n a Quarter, John Primer, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Karen Lovely, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Muddy Waters, Project Blues, Sean Carney, Tom Holland
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A first look at Project Blues Review 2014
The late, great Muddy Waters once sang about a dream he had on his mind and when he woke up the next morning, not a thing could he find. Saturday night’s Project Blues Review was so good, we thought we … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, David Maxwell, John Primer, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Project Blues, Sean Carney, Tom Holland
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One night only Muddy Waters Tribute to assemble Waters band members John Primer and Bob Margolin, other top names in the blues
Yesterday, we told you about the latest releases from second generation bluesmen Mud Morganfield and Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith – in Mud’s case, a tribute to his father McKinley Morganfield, a.k.a. Muddy Waters, on which he paired with esteemed harp player … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, David Maxwell, John Primer, Jonn Del Toro Richardson, Karen Lovely, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Project Blues, Sean Carney, Tom Holland
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Heritage Music BluesFest 2014 in photos
We’ve posted more than 250 photos from last weekend’s Heritage Music BluesFest to our BluesPowR Gallery, including new folders spotlighting Ana Popovic, Lurrie Bell & Billy Branch, Jarekus Singleton, Matt “Guitar” Murphy and the Nouveaux Honkies, and Damon Fowler, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Ana Popovic, Billy Branch, Billy the Kid & the Regulators, Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band, Hadden Sayers, Heritage Music BluesFest, Indigenous, Jarekus Singleton, Lurrie Bell, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Nouveaux Honkies, Robert Randolph, Spin Doctors, Tab Benoit, Tim Williams
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Heritage Music BluesFest 2014 recap
If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook, you know that we spent much of the past weekend at the annual Heritage Music BluesFest in Wheeling, WV, now in its 14th year, the line-up for which included Tab Benoit, Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged Ana Popovic, Billy Branch, Billy the Kid & the Regulators, Damon Fowler, Gracie Curran & the High Falutin' Band, Hadden Sayers, Heritage Music BluesFest, Indigenous, Jarekus Singleton, Lurrie Bell, Mato Nanji, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Nouveaux Honkies, Robert Randolph, Spin Doctors, Tab Benoit, Tim Williams
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Concert recap: Robert Cray Band, John Hiatt & the Combo at Carnegie Library Music Hall of Homestead
It’s not often that a stage gets a visit from two such respected names in music as Robert Cray and John Hiatt in one night, much less on the same bill, but that’s exactly what went down Thursday at the Carnegie … Continue reading
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Tagged John Hiatt, Richard Cousins, Robert Cray
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Joanne Shaw Taylor show in photos
Photos from the recent Joanne Shaw Taylor show at Moondog’s are now available for viewing in our BluesPowR Gallery, where you’ll also find albums capturing performances from the likes of Johnny Winter and James Cotton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Sugar … Continue reading
Joanne Shaw Taylor brings songs from the road to Pittsburgh
We’ve been looking forward to guitarist and singer Joanne Shaw Taylor making an appearance here in the ‘burgh now for some time, so we were pretty happy to be able to catch her at Moondog’s just before we set off … Continue reading
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