Rhythm & Blues – James Howard
Award winning blues guitarist James Howard has been in love with playing music since the age of five, when he picked up his first instrument, a set of bongos.Howard played his first professional gig at fifteen and has honed his talent and developed his career as a...
Don’t Answer The Door – Ed Bowman and the Cruize Brothers
Welcome to the Cruize Brothers. Three of the current members of the Cruize Brothers are in the Blues Hall of Fame. A legendary band that started back in the 70's in San Diego, California, and has lasted over 40 years in one form or another. I've been really blessed to...
HARD LUCK BLUES – JOHNNY TURNER
Los Angeles musician Johnny Turner and his band, Blues With a Feeling. Texas born singer-guitarist Johnny Turner (1934) fronts the band along with his friend and playing partner Zaven Jambazian (1941-2004), a talented and idiomatic harmonica player. The quartet was a...
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Steve Hendershot, Clare Adella and Anti-Beyond August 25 $10 at the door but $8 if you RSVP on Facebook! Join three of Chicago's top singer-songwriters for a night of original music. Steve Hendershot's songs have been called "hauntingly gorgeous" (Maverick Magazine)...
my KaZoo artist: Randy Kaplan – Mr. Diddie Wah Diddie – New Release Review
mykaZoo Music in partnership with Universal Music Enterprizes has plans to develop and present quality family experiences. Randy Kaplan, a nationally acclaimed artist who was recently named as one of the nations top childrens performers has put together a blues record...
Blissed Out productions artist: David Ducharme-Jones – A Loud Guitar – New Release Review
I just received a new recording, A Loud Guitar, by David Ducharme-Jones. This album is certainly not mainstream blues but of course has blues attributes...what doesn't. Long Way To Fall is a straightforward rock track along the lines of Golden Earring but concludes...
Inventive & Timeless Jorma Kaukonen Goes Out on Fall Tour
Inventive and Timeless Jorma Kaukonen Goes Out on Fall Tour Jorma Kaukonen has been and continues to be an inventive player from his timeless music as member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band, Jefferson Airplane days, through out Hot Tuna, and his own dynamic...
Boogie Woogie Woman – Tommy McClennan – Robert Petway
Robert Petway was an African-American blues singer and guitarist.Very little is known about Robert Petway. His birthplace is speculated to have been at Gee's Bend, Alabama. There is only one known picture of Petway, a publicity photo from 1941. He only recorded 16...
“When You Kill The Chicken, Save Me The Head”
Carolina Chocolate Drops' Rhiannon Giddens judges Our State Magazine's NC Songwriting Contest Our State Magazine is looking for the quintessential North Carolina song by inviting singer/songwriters to submit their entries in the first-ever "Carolina Songs...
Blue Goose Blues – Jesse Thomas
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas (February 3, 1911 - August 15, 1995) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. Known at different times as "Baby Face" or "Mule", and occasionally billed as "The Blues Troubadour", Jesse Thomas popped up all over the blues map in his...