Clarksdale, Mississippi’s Cat Head blues store celebrates 10 years of success
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi, celebrates 10th anniversary with free blues events – August 10-12, 2012 (Cat Head store in Clarksdale. Photo art by Chuck Lamb.) (CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI) – 10 years ago, marketing executive Roger Stolle...
Boom Boom – Mark Naftalin Band with John Lee Hooker
Mark Naftalin (born August 2, 1944) is an American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer.Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Naftalin is the son of former Minneapolis mayor Arthur Naftalin; he is married to third wife Ellen Naftalin. His son is...
Ophelia – Garth & Maud Hudson
GARTH HUDSON was born August 2nd, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Fred James Hudson and Olive Louella Pentland. His mother played piano, accordion and sang; his father played drums, C melody saxophone, clarinet and flute, and would play piano on Christmas Eve....
Old Judge Jones – Les Dudek
Les Dudek was born in a Naval air station hospital on the coast of Quonset Point, just north of Wickford, Rhode Island. His father Harold, from Campbell, Nebraska, was a radioman in the Navy who served on the U.S.S. Wright and the U.S.S. UTAH before it was laid to...
Robert Cray streams new single “(Won’t Be) Coming Home”
Pre-order the album from the Robert Cray Shop Five-time Grammy award winning legend and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Robert Cray is pleased to announce that his brand new studio album Nothin But Love will be released in the UK by Provogue Records on Monday August 27th....
Red House – Gyan Dookie & The Dookie Knights
Gyan Dookie is a multitalented singer, songwriter, musician and martial artist. He was born in London, but moved to Finland at the age of five. In Gyan's music you can hear his main influences: blues, funk, rock, jazz, 60's hippie psychedelia and eastern...
Sugar Man – Doug Finnell
Douglas Finnell was born in Dallas, TX. in 1903. In the late 1920's he worked with T-Bone Walker as his pianist. Finnell recorded two sides in November of 1929 in Dallas with his group The Royal Stompers, featuring his brother Eddie on Vocals, Sam Price on piano, Bert...
MARTY STOKES & THE CAPTIVA BAND
Marty Stokes was originally raised on Sanibel & Captiva Islands, Florida and has been playing different variations of Blues Music since he was a kid. Raw and melodic, original, and reaching to the emotional core, Stokes will not disappoint the rocker who digs Blues...
Billie’s Blues – the Bel-Airs
Laura-May Gibson - VocalLovat Fraser - SlideRichard Young - PianoRod Philip - GuitarPete Rabjohns - DrumsIan Holmes-Lewis - PercussionIf you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience...
Cali Bee Music artist: Brad Wilson – Blues Magic – New Release Review
I just received the new recording, Blues Magic, by Brad Wilson. Wilson has assembled 11 original tracks with strong airplay appeal. Blues Magic is a smooth rocker with light latin Rhythms not unlike contemporary Santana. Raining In My Heart has a R&B feel along...