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You’ll swear Buddy Guy has blues running through his veins on Born to Play Guitar
We didn’t get the chance to see Buddy Guy when he was in town recently for the latest offering of the Pittsburgh Blues Festival, but we did read about the controversy that ensued, with the festival organizer ending up offering … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Billy Cox, Billy Gibbons, Buddy Guy, Doyle Bramhall II, Joss Stone, Kim Wilson, Muscle Shoals Horns, Reese Wynans, the McCrary Sisters, Tom Hambridge, Van Morrison
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Elvin Bishop, Bobby Rush, and John Hammond big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards
His latest album may be titled Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, but recent Rock Hall of Fame inductee Elvin Bishop (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) seemed to do quite all right at last night’s Blues Music Awards in Memphis, taking home … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Music Awards, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Gary Clark Jr., Janiva Magness, Joe Bonamassa, John Hammond, John Nemeth, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kim Wilson, Lurrie Bell, Marcia Ball, Mud Morganfield, Ruthie Foster, Selwyn Birchwood
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Old Man Winter Blues (Blues Lyrics radio hour edition)
With Old Man Winter biting and blowing here in the northeast U.S., we thought you might enjoy this double dose of blues to help keep you warm, featuring a talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour as well as a … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour, Lyrics
Tagged Alastair Greene, Bob Stroger, Davina and the Vagabonds, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, Erin Harpe, Gary Clark Jr., Jeremy Baum, JW Jones, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Kim Wilson, Long John Baldry, Mud Morganfield, Sean Costello, Skyla Burrell Band, Thorbjorn Risager, Too Slim & the Taildraggers
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Wrapped Up and Ready for your listening pleasure, The Mannish Boys’ latest CD is another winner
The blues supergroup known as The Mannish Boys has done some pretty terrific stuff over the years, so to say that their newest CD Wrapped Up and Ready (Delta Groove Music) may just be their best yet is no small … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Candye Kane, Finis Tasby, Franck Goldwasser, Fred Kaplan, Jimi Bott, Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson, Kirk Fletcher, Laura Chavez, Monster Mike Welch, Randy Chortkoff, Ron Dziubla, Steve Freund, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys, Trenda Fox, Willie Campbell
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Twenty years on, Kenny Wayne Shepherd still quite at home playing the blues on Goin’ Home
Here at The BluesPowR Blog, we like Kenny Wayne Shepherd‘s stuff like “Blue on Black” or “True Lies” just as much as the next guy or gal, but for us, his band has never sounded better than when they’re fully … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Layton, Joe Walsh, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kim Wilson, Noah Hunt, Rebirth Brass Band, Riley Osbourn, Ringo Starr, Robert Randolph, Tony Franklin, Warren Haynes
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Ursula Ricks offers some down-home soul-blues on My Street
Okay, we admit it: we hadn’t really heard much about soul/blues singer Ursula Ricks either before receiving a copy of her debut album My Street (Severn Records), despite having spent quite a few years bouncing around the same Baltimore/D.C. suburbs where Ricks has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Johnny Moeller, Kim Wilson, Lou Pride, Monster Mike Welch, Ursula Ricks
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“New Orleans Blues Institution” Bryan Lee lets loose some funky old soul with Play One for Me
We’ve heard New Orleans bluesman Bryan Lee a number of times over the years, perhaps most memorably as part of Kenny Wayne Shepherd‘s 2007 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads project and then again on Shepherd’s follow-up Live! in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bryan Lee, Johnny Moeller, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Kim Wilson
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Bluesman Sugaray Rayford plays it Dangerous on new solo release
Last week, we told you about some of the great new blues releases coming out in September, a majority of them hitting the shelves this week. Perhaps our favorite of this most recent bunch comes from one from the best blues singers … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pete, Franck Goldwasser, Gino Matteo, Jimi Bott, Kid Andersen, Kim Wilson, Monster Mike Welch, Randy Chortkoff, Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys
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Quick takes: Volker Strifler, Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, and Mac Arnold & friends
We’ve had the pleasure of reviewing some pretty terrific albums in recent weeks, including new releases from Mud Morganfield, Curtis Salgado, the Phantom Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Janiva Magness, and Lurrie Bell, among others. But those aren’t the only ones worth adding to your blues music … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Chris James, Henry Gray, Kim Wilson, Mac Arnold and Plate Full o' Blues, Patrick Rynn, Tail Dragger, Volker Strifler, Willie Big Eyes Smith
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