Rock This Joint – Jimmy Preston
Jimmy Preston (b 18 August 1913, Chester, Pennsylvania – d December 1984, Philadelphia, PA) was an R&B bandleader, alto saxophonist and singer who made an important contribution to early rock and roll.His first R&B hit was with "Hucklebuck Daddy", but his main claim...
Let Me Play With Your Poodle – Hank Penny
Herbert Clayton Penny (September 18, 1918 – April 17, 1992) was an accomplished banjo player and practitioner of western swing. He worked as a comedian best known for his backwoods character "That Plain Ol' Country Boy" on TV with Spade Cooley. He was married to...
Tin Pan Alley – Curtis Jones
Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906, Naples, Texas – September 11, 1971, Munich, Germany) was an American blues pianist.Jones played guitar whilst young but switched to piano after a move to Dallas. In 1936 he relocated to Chicago, where he recorded between 1937 and 1941 on...
See What You Done Done – BABY TATE
Baby Tate (January 28, 1916 – August 17, 1972) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning five decades, worked variously with guitarists Blind Boy Fuller, Pink Anderson, and Peg Leg Sam. His playing style was influenced by Blind Blake,...
Medley – Blues Delight
Five experienced blues musicians fan the flames, blowing in gusts on the glowing members of their shared passion. Under the artistic direction of producer Vincent Beaulne (vocals, guitar, slide guitar), Marco Desgagné (bass), Gilles Schetagne (drums), Laurent Trudel...
I Just Want You to Understand – Blues Dragon
The members of Blues Dragon have been a constant on the South Florida music scene for over a decade. A real home grown find, their musical associations with each other go back over ten years. Each member having learned their craft, honed their skills with some of the...
The Mysterious Blues Experience – Kiss Me Goodbye
Hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, Kevin S Flee, has spent the last few years spreading their infectious grooves from the seediest bars to the most prestigious of festivals with the now infamous Death Valley Blues Band.He now appears as the "resplendent...
Wicked Tongue – Fife and Drom
Fife & Drom is the collaborative endeavor of NYC-based musicians Abby Ahmad and Mark Marshall. Established in early 2012, FIfe & Drom pen original songs inspired by the works of blues pioneers Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Son House and beyond. Their name...
Joanne Shaw Taylor’s new album “Almost Always Never”?
"ALMOST ALWAYS NEVER" THE NEW ALBUM RELEASED SEPTEMBER 17th Following her acclaimed performance alongside Annie Lennox at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee concert in June, blues rock sensation Joanne Shaw Taylor will release a brand new studio album Almost Always Never on...
Somewhere Down The Line – Albert Washington
Singer and songwriter Albert Washington spent most of his career singing in the blues clubs around Cincinnati, Ohio and his home in Long Island, N.Y. Washington, who is blind, released two recordings for Iris Records in the 1990s, Step It Up and Go in 1993 and A...