New Pinetop Perkins & Karp/Foley titles from Blind Pig!
NEW RELEASES FROM BLIND PIG RECORDS! Noted roots music label Blind Pig Records will release new titles on April 17th by beloved blues piano icon Pinetop Perkins and the dynamic performing and songwriting duo of Peter Karp and Sue Foley. PINETOP PERKINS "HEAVEN"...
Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson
Luther Johnson (born April 11, 1939, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist, who performs under the name Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson.Johnson moved to Chicago with his family in 1955. During the 1960s, he performed...
“Mr. Johnnie” Billington
Johnnie "Mr. Johnnie" Billington is the primary teacher and artistic director of the DBEP. A master guitar player & singer, he returned to his Delta roots twenty years ago after playing with Chicago Blues greats Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Earl Hooker (also...
Hugh Cornwell unveils ‘Totem and Taboo’ album & ‘No More Heroes’ UK tour
AUTUMN 2012 UK TOUR Hugh will perform his new album ‘TOTEM AND TABOO’ followed by ‘NO MORE HEROES’ 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 478 0898Book Online: www.hughcornwell.com www.thegigcartel.com Hugh Cornwell is pleased to confirm a nationwide UK tour in October 2012. The...
Lord, Look Down On Me – Bessie Griffin
Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 – April 10, 1989) was an African American gospel singer.Born Arlette B. Broil in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was steeped in church music as a child. She sang for a while with the Southern Harps, had her own radio show in New Orleans, and...
See See Baby – Sean Costello and the Soul Shakers
Sean Costello (April 16, 1979 – April 15, 2008) was an American blues musician, renowned for his fiery guitar playing and soulful singing. He released five critically acclaimed albums before his career was cut short by his sudden death at the age of 28. Tinsley Ellis...
New Tweed Funk CD
Upcoming Shows and News Tweed Funk has some great shows starting out this Saturday night at the Horny Goat Hideaway in the BFT. BFT stands for the Big Fun Tent and if you have not seen it, you are missing one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern, Upper-Midwest, Engineering...
Delmark Records artist: Eddie C. Campbell – Spider Eatin’ Preacher – New Release Review
Eddie C. Campbell is back with his new recording, Spider Eatin' Preacher. Campbell has a unique blues style that incorporates the ingredients of a stew of Blues, R&B, Soul, and a number of other other flavors. Campbell wrote 12 of the 15 tracks on this release and...
Steamy Windows – Shemekia Copeland
At only 19, Shemekia stepped out of her father’s shadow with the Alligator release of 1998 debut recording, Turn the Heat Up!, and the critics raved. The Village Voice called her “nothing short of uncanny,” while the Boston Globe proclaimed that “she roars with a...
Blind Pig Records: Heaven – Pinetop Perkins- New Release Review
On April 17 Blind Pig Records will offer a previously unreleased set of 1986 "after hours" recordings by Pinetop Perkins called Heaven. Typically I think of posthumous recordings as a bunch of remastered junk that has been put together by a record company to squeeze...