Tag Archives: Lurrie Bell

Antone’s wraps up 50th anniversary celebration with golden collection of tracks on Chicago Bound

Posted on September 12, 2026 by Mike

If you didn’t get enough of that Antone’s sound with the expansive 50th anniversary box set about which we told you earlier this year, you’ll be happy to hear about another great compilation just released to commemorate the club’s golden … Continue reading →

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Antone’s celebrates 50 Years of the Blues with killer five-disc box set featuring artists from throughout club’s history

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Mike

We’ve spent a bit of time here already  previewing the Antone’s 50th anniversary box set through listens to singles from Gary Clark Jr., Doyle Bramhall II, and Ruthie Foster. And yet, that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it … Continue reading →

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Bluesman Lurrie Bell teams with fellow Chicago musician Frank Catalano on liberating Set Me Free

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Mike

Although we’ve certainly been tempted enough over the decades, we’ve resisted crossing over into the jazzier side of things much on these pages, in part to keep things focused squarely on the blues, since — even during this blog’s heyday … Continue reading →

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Heartaches and Pain

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Mike

We couldn’t let the year come to a close without sneaking in another talk-free edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, this time featuring music from John Mayall with Larry McCray, Lurrie Bell & the Bell Dynasty, The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis … Continue reading →

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Delmark Records celebrates 65th anniversary with album paying Tribute to label’s past artists

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Mike

Recently, we told you about the latest album from Lurrie Bell, on which he and brothers Steve, James and Tyson (dubbing themselves The Bell Dynasty) paid tribute to their late, harmonica-blowing father Carey Bell. Now that same record label celebrates … Continue reading →

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Lurrie Bell and brothers celebrate harpmaster father on Tribute to Carey Bell

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Mike

Nearly 30 years after playing together with their father, harmonica ace Carey Bell, on the 1990 Dynasty! album, brothers Lurrie, James, Steve, and Tyson Bell are continuing to carry on their dad’s legacy as Lurrie Bell & The Bell Dynasty. … Continue reading →

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Tedeschi Trucks Band, Curtis Salgado big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Mike

The annual Blues Music Awards took place in Memphis last night, with the Tedeschi Trucks Band and soul man Curtis Salgado walking away as the night’s biggest winners with three awards each. Tedeschi Trucks won for both band and rock … Continue reading →

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Seeing really is Believing: Sugar Ray & the Bluetones rack up combined 10 nominations in 2017 Blues Music Awards

Posted on January 11, 2017 by Mike

Nominations for the 2017 Blues Music Awards were announced earlier this week, with New England blues institution Sugar Ray & the Bluetones and its members earning an impressive – and probably unprecedented – two handfuls of nominations, including nods for … Continue reading →

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Rush’n’ the Blues

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Mike

Slow things down a bit this Christmas season with another talk-free episode of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring music from Lurrie Bell, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Finley, the Bob Lanza Blues Band, a double-shot of Joanna Connor, and more! Playlist … Continue reading →

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Lurrie Bell just Can’t Shake This Feeling on latest release

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Mike

If the title of this post were a Jeopardy! clue, the question would of course be “What is the blues?”, not only because Lurrie Bell is one of the best-known of those second-generation blues players about whom we frequently talk … Continue reading →

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