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Blues Blues Lovin’
We haven’t done quite as good a job of keeping up with our BluesPowR Radio Hour as we would have liked in recent months, but the upside is that we’ve got a slew of great music to send your way! … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Angela Lewis Brown, Bernard Allison, Billy Price, Bnois King, Brandon Santini, Clarence "The Blues Man" Turner, Corte', D'Mar & Gill, Deb Ryder, Fantastic Negrito, Ian Siegal, Ironing Board Sam, James Day & the Fish Fry, Joe Stanley, John Mayall, Lara & the Bluz Dawgz, Lead Belly, Markus James, Otis Clay, Ronnie Earl, Samantha Fish, Shemekia Copeland, Smokin Joe Kubek, Sugaray Rayford, TBelly, The Nighthawks, the Texas Horns, Urban Hill, W.C. Clark
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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
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Billy Gibbons, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Copeland, Robert Randolph, Shemekia Copeland, Zakiya Hooker
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Former Muddy Waters guitarists John Primer, Bob Margolin lead all-star centennial birthday tribute to the master on Muddy Waters 100
A 100th birthday tribute album to Muddy Waters that features former Waters band members and collaborators John Primer, Bob Margolin, James Cotton, and Johnny Winter as well as such other guests as Shemekia Copeland, Billy Branch, Keb’ Mo’, Gary Clark … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Billy Flynn, Bob Margolin, Derek Trucks, Felton Crews, Gary Clark Jr., James Cotton, John Primer, Johnny Iguana, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Larry Skoller, Leanne Faine, Matthew Skoller, Muddy Waters, Shemekia Copeland, Vincent Bucher
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New to the Gallery: Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival in photos
If you missed our earlier recap of this year’s Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival and its numerous tributes to the recently departed B.B. King, you can read it here. Or, for a quick and dirty look at the weekend, check out … Continue reading
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Tagged Beth Hart, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Gregg Allman, Jarekus Singleton, Jonny Lang, Mingo Fishtrap, Shemekia Copeland, Tommy Castro
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Buddy Guy, Gregg Allman, Charlie Musselwhite, others remember King of the Blues during Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival
As far as we can recollect from both our own attendance over the years and the listing of past performers on the event’s website, the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival never had the honor of having B.B. King play their stage … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Beth Hart, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Charlie Musselwhite, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Dean Rosenthal, Gregg Allman, Jarekus Singleton, Jonny Lang, Mark Stutso, Mark Wenner, Mingo Fishtrap, Quinn Sullivan, Shemekia Copeland, Tommy Castro
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Taj Mahal, Shemekia Copeland, other blues faithful team to present True Blues
Not since the designation of 2003 as the “Year of the Blues” has the genre been more celebrated than it is on the newTrue Blues CD from Telarc, featuring solo and joint performances from blues greats Taj Mahal, Corey Harris, Guy … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, Guy Davis, Phil Wiggins, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal
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The year in re-blues, part 2: presenting the BluesPowR Radio Hour
Just before the new year, you may recall we took a quick look back at some of the best of 2012. But since words themselves don’t always do justice to the great new music we heard and wrote about during … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Castiglia, Albert Cummings, Buddy Guy, Curtis Salgado, Elmore James Jr., Gary Clark Jr., Gary Hoey, Janiva Magness, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, John Lee Hooker Jr., Liz Mandeville, Mighty Sam McClain, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, Oli Brown, Phantom Blues Band, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Cray, Rolling Stones, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Shemekia Copeland, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Nighthawks, Volker Strifler
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2012 Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival recap
We told you earlier this week how the stars aligned to make this year’s Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival another truly terrific one, with superb performances from the likes of The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Janiva Magness, Lurrie Bell and Bernard Allison, Shemekia Copeland, and Philipp … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Cummings, Bernard Allison, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Hadden Sayers, Honey Island Swamp Band, Janiva Magness, JJ Grey & Mofro, Johnny Copeland, Jonny Lang, Lurrie Bell, Lydia Pense and Cold Blood, Michael Burks, Michael Williams, Philipp Fankhauser, Ron Holloway, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Tedeschi Trucks Band
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Sun, stars shine bright at 2012 Chesapeake Bay Blues Fest
Once again, the stars aligned nicely for the annual Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, bringing beautiful weather and another superb mix of established and up-and-coming acts to Annapolis’ Sandy Point State Park this past weekend. We weren’t able to stick around long … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Allison, Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival, Johnny Copeland, Jonny Lang, Lurrie Bell, Michael Burks, Michael Williams, Philipp Fankhauser, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Tedeschi Trucks Band
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