Category Archives: Shows

Coming soon: Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival coverage

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Mike

It may have been a bit warmer everywhere this weekend, but nowhere was it hotter than in Lancaster, PA, where thousands of fans converged for the inaugural offering of the Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival featuring more than 50 roots music artists … Continue reading →

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Tommy Castro & the Painkillers put on devilishly good CD release party at Moondog’s

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Mike

Any Pittsburghers who chose to spend their Sunday night watching figure skating from Sochi or the GRAMMY salute to the Beatles missed a show of olympic proportion from another fab four up in Blawnox, when Tommy Castro & the Painkillers returned to … Continue reading →

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True Blues in photos

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Mike

We’ve added an album of photos from last weekend’s True Blues show to our BluesPowR Gallery. If you missed our recap of the show, you can read it here, or head straight over to the gallery to view the pics.

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Corey Harris, Guy Davis, and Alvin Youngblood Hart bring True Blues to Pittsburgh

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Mike

Last summer, we told you about a multimedia blues project called True Blues featuring the likes of Taj Mahal, Shemekia Copeland, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Phil Wiggins, and Guy Davis. In addition to the true gem of a CD (of which everyone should … Continue reading →

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All routes lead to Lancaster for city’s inaugural Roots & Blues festival

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Mike

There’s an old saying from blues great Willie Dixon that “the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits”. Regardless of whether you happen to personally agree with that statement, you can rest assured that there’ll be … Continue reading →

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With fourth guitar festival, Clapton and friends deliver plenty of blues at the Crossroads

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Mike

Having attended two of the three previous Crossroads Guitar Festivals (the first in Dallas, as well as the most recent in Chicago), we weren’t all that sure what to think about last fall’s announcement of the 2013 installment of the renowned festival. … Continue reading →

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International Blues Challenge winners; Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival finalizes line-up

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Mike

The Blues Foundation’s annual International Blues Challenge took place in Memphis over the weekend, with the Selwyn Birchwood Band capturing the top band honor as well as Birchwood also being recognized as the competition’s best guitarist. Here’s the band doing “I Got Loaded” at last summer’s White … Continue reading →

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Blues Lyrics of the Week: Thank You for Giving Me the Blues

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Mike

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and some big name blues acts coming to town in the days just prior (Tommy Castro and his new band the Painkillers will be playing Moondog’s Tuesday night, while the King of the Blues himself, B.B. King, will grace … Continue reading →

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Longtime friends in the blues reunite for Tail Dragger, Bob Corritore CD release party

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Mike

We spent a few days in Phoenix for meetings last week, but you know what they say about all work and no play… So we were pretty pleased to learn that harmonica player Bob Corritore was having some friends in to his … Continue reading →

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This weekend: Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania’s CD release party – Blues from the Burgh III

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Mike

If you’re looking to take in some live blues around the ‘burgh this weekend, we can’t imagine a better place to be than Jergel’s Rhythm Grille in Warrendale Sunday afternoon. That’s where you can catch the Blues Society of Western Pennsylvania‘s … Continue reading →

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