-
Recent Posts
- Bluesman Lurrie Bell teams with fellow Chicago musician Frank Catalano on liberating Set Me Free
- Blind Pig Records returns with smoking debuts from Jovin Webb and Sonny Gullage
- Joined by Delmark All-Stars, Willie Buck still sounding great on Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends
- UK blues band Catfish offers stunning mini-album amid break in touring
- A bit more on that Three Kings tribute…
Tags
- Albert Castiglia
- Anthony Geraci
- B.B. King
- Billy Branch
- Billy Flynn
- Billy Price
- 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
- 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: Robert Randolph
If you can’t make it down to Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, bring the festival to you, via pay-per-view online or TV!
We’ve had the pleasure of attending and reporting back on three of Eric Clapton‘s four previous Crossroads Guitar Festivals: the inaugural festival in Dallas in 2004, its 2010 run in Chicago, and the most recent festival in 2013 at Madison Square Garden in … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Andy Fairweather Low, Billy Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Doyle Bramhall II, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, Keb Mo, Marcus King Band, Peter Frampton, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Tedeschi Trucks Band
Comments Off on If you can’t make it down to Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, bring the festival to you, via pay-per-view online or TV!
Latest releases from daughters of the blues Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker help keep blues, fathers’ legacies alive
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of blues history will be familiar with the names – and probably at least a few of the songs – of blues masters John Lee Hooker and Johnny Clyde Copeland. But with both bluesmen … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Billy Gibbons, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Copeland, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker
Comments Off on Latest releases from daughters of the blues Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker help keep blues, fathers’ legacies alive
Spring into the Blues
With the weather warming and signs of spring now all around, here’s a little something you can take with you when you go, whether that’s out and about on the trail, down the highway, or just to your favorite chair … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Blues Boy Kings, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Dana Fuchs, Eric Bibb, Eric Clapton, Eric Sardinas, Grady Champion, Jimmy Thackery, John Cephas, Johnny Rawls, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Liz Mandeville, Melinda, Mike Zito, Otis Clay, Phil Wiggins, Rob Stone, Robben Ford, Robert Randolph, Roly Platt, Rufus Thomas, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Sidestreet Reny, Steve Hill, Vaneese Thomas
Comments Off on Spring into the Blues
Guitarist Robben Ford looks Into the Sun with latest release
We probably don’t write as much about guitarist and singer Robben Ford as we should here, considering the nearly three dozen albums he’s put out over the years in both his own name and with a variety of bands. But … Continue reading
Posted in Albums
Tagged Keb Mo, Robben Ford, Robert Randolph, Warren Haynes
Comments Off on Guitarist Robben Ford looks Into the Sun with latest release
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
Posted in Shows
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
Comments Off on Heritage Music BluesFest 2014 in photos
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
Posted in Shows
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
Comments Off on Heritage Music BluesFest 2014 recap
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
Posted in Albums
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
Comments Off on Twenty years on, Kenny Wayne Shepherd still quite at home playing the blues on Goin’ Home
Coming up on the Crossroads; double DVD, CD sets capture some of world’s best guitarists at Clapton’s fourth Crossroads festival
Having been fortunate enough to attend both nights of Eric Clapton‘s Crossroads Guitar Festival this spring, we’ve been eagerly awaiting the highlights DVD that customarily follows, scheduled for release next Tuesday. For the first time, some of the music will … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Movies
Tagged Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, Andy Fairweather Low, B.B. King, Beth Hart, Blake Mills, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Cesar Rosas, Crossroads Guitar Festival, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Gregg Allman, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayer, Keb Mo, Keith Richards, Keith Urban, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Los Lobos, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Quinn Sullivan, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Steve Cropper, Taj Mahal, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes
Comments Off on Coming up on the Crossroads; double DVD, CD sets capture some of world’s best guitarists at Clapton’s fourth Crossroads festival
With fourth guitar festival, Clapton and friends deliver plenty of blues at the Crossroads
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
Posted in Shows
Tagged Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, Andy Fairweather Low, B.B. King, Beth Hart, Blake Mills, Booker T., Buddy Guy, Cesar Rosas, Citizen Cope, Crossroads Guitar Festival, Dan Aykroyd, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Gregg Allman, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, John Mayer, Keb Mo, Keith Richards, Keith Urban, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Philip Sayce, Quinn Sullivan, Robbie Robertson, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Sonny Landreth, Steve Cropper, Susan Tedeschi, Taj Mahal, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes
Comments Off on With fourth guitar festival, Clapton and friends deliver plenty of blues at the Crossroads
2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival Recap
To see more photos from the 2010 Crossroads Festival, please visit our BluesPowR Gallery. Eric Clapton and his friends sure are getting good at putting on a show, as they proved once again Saturday during the third installment of Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival at Chicago’s … Continue reading
Posted in Shows
Tagged Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, B.B. King, Bill Murray, Buddy Guy, Cesar Rosas, Crossroads Guitar Festival, David Hidalgo, Derek Trucks, Doyle Bramhall II, Earl Klugh, Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Honeyboy Edwards, Hubert Sumlin, James Burton, Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayer, Johnny Winter, Jonny Lang, Keb Mo, Michael Frank, Pino Daniele, Robert Cray, Robert Randolph, Ronnie Wood, Sheryl Crow, Sonny Landreth, Stefan Grossman, Steve Winwood, Susan Tedeschi, Vince Gill, Warren Haynes, ZZ Top
Comments Off on 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival Recap