-
Recent Posts
- Catfish releases title track video from band’s final album
- Janiva Magness will keep you coming back with latest album Back for Me
- Tony Holiday teams with guitarist/singer Eddie 9V on single “She’s a Burglar”
- Matt Schofield Trio unleashes fiery single Can’t Catch My Breath
- Louisiana neighbors Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Bobby Rush show off their Young Fashioned Ways on superb joint album
Tags
- Albert Castiglia
- Anthony Geraci
- B.B. King
- Billy Branch
- Billy Flynn
- Bobby Rush
- Bob Corritore
- Bob Margolin
- Bob Stroger
- Buddy Guy
- Charlie Musselwhite
- Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
- Doyle Bramhall II
- Eric Clapton
- Gary Clark Jr.
- Gregg Allman
- James Cotton
- Joe Bonamassa
- Joe Louis Walker
- John Mayall
- Johnny Winter
- John Primer
- Jonn Del Toro Richardson
- Keb Mo
- Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith
- Kenny Wayne Shepherd
- Kim Wilson
- Lurrie Bell
- Mike Zito
- Monster Mike Welch
- Muddy Waters
- Mud Morganfield
- Nick Moss
- Robert Cray
- Ronnie Earl
- Samantha Fish
- Shemekia Copeland
- Sugaray Rayford
- Sugar Ray & the Bluetones
- Taj Mahal
- Tedeschi Trucks Band
- Tom Hambridge
- Tommy Castro
- Walter Trout
- Willie Big Eyes Smith
Categories
Archives
Tag Archives: Jon Cleary
Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen keep things bouncing with new single “Uptown Downtown”
You may recall us telling you last month (to the day, in fact) about the first single off Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen’s upcoming album: a very uptempo take on the Cleary classic “So Damn Good”. The lyrics … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
Tagged Jon Cleary
Comments Off on Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen keep things bouncing with new single “Uptown Downtown”
Jon Cleary and band offer fresh, flying take on old favorite
Here’s another single we’ve been digging recently, released this week, and that will really get your feet moving and you feelin’ good…the lead track from New Orleans (by way of the U.K.) pianist Jon Cleary‘s upcoming The Bywater Sessions album, … Continue reading
Posted in Songs
Tagged Jon Cleary
Comments Off on Jon Cleary and band offer fresh, flying take on old favorite
Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more
If you didn’t tune in for the first weekend of this fall’s edition of WWOZ’s Jazz Festing in Place the past weekend (with the live, in-person version of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival once again cancelled due to … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Allen Toussaint, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buckwheat Zydeco, Champion Jack Dupree, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Dr. John, Earl King, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim Jr., Henry Butler, Irma Thomas, John Lee Hooker, Jon Cleary, Marcia Ball, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Professor Longhair, Samantha Fish, Snooks Eaglin, Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Comments Off on Latest Jazz Festing in Place offers classic performances from B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John and more
Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Jon Cleary snag blues, roots Grammys; Gary Clark Jr., Bonnie Raitt help pay tribute to B.B. King
It was a good night for the blues at Monday’s Grammy Awards, with Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, and Jon Cleary taking home awards for best blues album (Born to Play Guitar), best American roots performance (“See That My Grave is … Continue reading
Posted in Awards
Tagged B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Jon Cleary, Mavis Staples
Comments Off on Buddy Guy, Mavis Staples, Jon Cleary snag blues, roots Grammys; Gary Clark Jr., Bonnie Raitt help pay tribute to B.B. King
Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, John Primer among blues nominees for 58th Annual Grammy Awards
As usual, there weren’t nearly as many blues names as we would have liked when the nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced yesterday, but here’s a look at the few lucky blues men, women, and projects that … Continue reading
Posted in Awards
Tagged Bettye LaVette, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, John Primer, Jon Cleary, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copeland
Comments Off on Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, John Primer among blues nominees for 58th Annual Grammy Awards
A BluesPowR interview with Matt Schofield
We’ve talked about British blues guitarist Matt Schofield here a few times in recent months, from his new album to his appearances at the Western Maryland Blues Festival and at Pittsburgh’s Club Cafe. Tomorrow, he’ll be appearing at Wheeling’s Heritage Music BluesFest, with his latest album, Anything But … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Jon Cleary, Matt Schofield
Comments Off on A BluesPowR interview with Matt Schofield