The Shack Up Session – Ross Neilsen – New Release Review
I have just the new release, The Shack Up Sessions by Ross Neilsen. Neilsen has taken his gear to the notorius Shack Up Inn outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi to make some music and this is the result. Thirteen tracks, many of them covers of traditional blues tunes...
Eric Johnson returns to UK for nationwide tour
PLANET ROCK PRE-SALE STARTS WEDNESDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2012 GENERAL ON-SALE: FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2012 24 HOUR BOX OFFICE: 0844 478 0898 BOOK ONLINE: www.thegigcartel.com All Tickets £25 (except £30, London) Eric Johnson, the celebrated American electric guitarist,...
Some Cold, Rainy Ray – Tarheel Slim
Talk about a versatile musician: Alden Bunn (aka Tarheel Slim) recorded in virtually every postwar musical genre imaginable. Lowdown blues, gospel, vocal group R&B, poppish duets, even rockabilly weren't outside the sphere of his musicianship. However, spirituals were...
IT AIN’T NECESSARY – MAMIE GALORE
Born Mamie Davis in Erwin, MS, Mamie Galore started singing as a young girl in church. By the end of the 1950s, she was singing with Herman Scott & the Swinging Kings, and later joined the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. A big (but attractive) woman with a voice to match,...
The Things That I Used To Do – PEPE AHLQVIST
A distinguished member of the European blues elite, PEPE AHLQVIST (born on 4th of July 1956) is an internationally known Finnish blues artist. During his 40-year-long career he has frequently performed with many legendary blues artists.He has managed to maintain his...
Don’t Let the Devil Ride – Bishop Dready Manning
Bishop Dready Manning You may have been going to church all your life, but chances are you have never attended a church with as much spirit as Bishop Dready Manning’s St. Mark Holiness Church outside Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Born in 1934, Bishop Manning, a...
Help Me – Blues Cousins
In 2000 the Blues Cousins was awarded the best blues band at “Blues Sur Seine” festival in France among 57 bands from all over the globe. Few weeks later Levan Lomidze (lead guitarist and the singer ) was awarded by the Moscow government for the gig –“Blues Against...
Texas Blues Man – Aunt Kizzy’z Boyz
Aunt Kizzy'z Boyz is a diverse group of musicians from Southern California, who perform high-energy blues, rock & soul. The core band members are Jim King / Lead Guitar, Sugaray / Lead Vocals, Dwane Hathorn / Drums, Joe Schiavone / Bass and Bastos Moenho / Percussion....
HAMILTON LOOMIS — October 2012 Schedule
Hamilton is now on Twitter! CLICK HERE to follow @hamiltonloomis...also, "like" Hamilton on Facebook -- CLICK HERE... Hamilton and Band head to Europe for the month of October -- see www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.htm for details! OCTOBER 2012 OCT 1 - OCT 26:...
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight – NORTH 2UNES WOODALL
With “2unes” as your stage name, and if I were a betting woman, I would put money on the theory that jazz guitarist North Woodall can play his hind parts off. Mmmm, I’m feeling lucky right about now… any takers? On the real tip, my point of view is much more than...