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Second-generation bluesmen Mud Morganfield, Bernard Allison help keep genre groovin’ with stellar new releases

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Mike

There are few artists we look as forward to hearing new music from as those literal sons and daughters of the blues who have devoted their lives to helping to carry on the music — and thus the legacies — … Continue reading →

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R.I.P., guitarist and singer Lonnie Brooks

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Mike

The music world lost another true father of the blues this weekend with the passing of Chicago blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker, Jr.). We had the pleasure of seeing Lonnie – whose most recognizable songs included the likes … Continue reading →

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Big Head Blues Club returns with tribute to another blues great on Way Down Inside

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Mike

Recently, we told you about the upcoming release from Big Head Todd & the Monsters’ bluesy side project – what you might call the Dr. Jekyll to their Monster persona – the Big Head Blues Club, a follow-up to the … Continue reading →

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Go Way Down Inside the blues with new tribute album from Big Head Blues Club, honoring blues legend Willie Dixon

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Mike

It’s been five years now since we told you about a Robert Johnson tribute album from an outfit calling itself the Big Head Blues Club, consisting of rock/jam band Big Head Todd & the Monsters joined by a rotating roster … Continue reading →

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Chicago tribute show, latest album Step Back both good ways to remember blues guitar legend Johnny Winter

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Mike

If, like us, you weren’t able to make it to Chicago for the Johnny Winter remembrance show that took place at Buddy Guy’s Legends a few weekends back (or to a computer for the accompanying live webstream of the program), … Continue reading →

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Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater gets Soul Funky on first live album in quarter of a century

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Mike

We weren’t able to make it to the recent CD release party for Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater‘s new album Soul Funky at Buddy Guy’s Legends, nor have we yet had the chance to check out the video from the show … Continue reading →

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New releases: Billy Branch delivers Blues Shock; Damon Fowler shares Sounds of Home

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Mike

They say we’re in the Year of the Horse, but so far 2014 is looking a lot more like the year of a whole different kind of animal to us, like maybe an Alligator – with the recent release of … Continue reading →

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Generous servings of guitar, family-style blues help define 2012 Heritage BluesFest

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Mike

There was a whole lot of guitar-slinging in Wheeling a few weekends back, where the annual Heritage Music BluesFest took place – from the solo acoustic sounds of Samuel James and local act Adrian Niles to the triple threat of the Brooks … Continue reading →

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Chicago Blues: A Living History returns with another blues (R)evolution

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Mike

You may recall 2009’s much-acclaimed two-disc collection Chicago Blues: A Living History, which featured Billy Branch, Lurrie Bell, John Primer, and Billy Boy Arnold performing their interpretations of songs representing the evolution of the Chicago blues, from early 1940s tunes like Sonny Boy Williamson’s “My Little … Continue reading →

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