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Sky Arts to air High Voltage TV special featuring Black Country Communion
Sky Arts is pleased to announce the television transmission of this year’s High Voltage Festival on Saturday 20th August at 10pm. Filmed in Hi-Definition, the 90-minute TV special includes performances from Black Country Communion, Slash, Judas Priest, Dream…
Continue Reading »EDDIE KIRKLAND
Eddie Kirkland (August 16, 1923 – February 27, 2011) was an American blues guitarist, harmonicist, singer, and songwriter.Kirkland, known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" for his rigorous touring schedules, played and toured with John Lee Hooker from…
Continue Reading »Blow Wind Blow - Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his…
Continue Reading »I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin
"I Can't Quit You Baby" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chicago blues artist Otis Rush in 1956. The song, a slow twelve-bar blues, has been recorded by various artists, including Led…
Continue Reading »Rhythm Room 20th Anniversary Celebration announced! - Bob Corritore correspondent
It is quite a milestone for any music venue to make it for 20 years, and the Rhythm Room can boast that after all these years it remains a thriving and symbolic institution. The Rhythm Room opened on…
Continue Reading »I'm Goin' Back to Jiles County - Lucius Smith
89-year-old Lucius Smith (vocal and banjo) performs the minstrel tune "I'm Goin' Back to Jiles County," with accompaniment by Jessie Mae Hemphill (off-camera) on tamborine. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Smith's home in…
Continue Reading »Phillip Walker
Phillip Walker (February 11, 1937 – July 22, 2010) was an American contemporary blues guitarist, most noted for his 1959 hit single, "Hello My Darling", produced by J. R. Fulbright. Although Walker continued playing throughout his life, he…
Continue Reading »A-BAZOUKI VOLUME 1- A - Bazouki
A-Bazouki’s debut release on our own independent label Un-Gyve Records. BOSTON - A-Bazouki Volume 1 released digitally 3.3.11 is now available on iTunes. I must say that this is one of the most original and unusual recordings that…
Continue Reading »Man Trouble Blues - Hazmat Modine
Hazmat Modine is a blues/indie folk/world fusion musical group from New York. "Hazmat" is a portmanteau of "hazardous material" and "Modine" is the name of a company that manufactures commercial heaters but may be used to refer to…
Continue Reading »The King Hat Review
The King Hat Review (KHR) is a multi-media stage musical extravaganza that tells the amazing story of American popular music and traces it's origins and history from where and when it all started: in the blues and folk-blues…
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