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Willie Jitterbug Webb
What ho, another great Texas bluesman? The largest state has produced quite a few great players in this genre, and fans of Jitterbug Webb can only hope that one day he will receive the recognition and status of…
Continue Reading »Willie Kent featuring Guy King
Listen to the music: when he sings, Willie Kentβs voice blazes out from the heart of the blues. Below the singing, you hear his bass guitar, flawless and rich. Between these two runs the music, a deep, honest…
Continue Reading »Willie Mae Ford Smith
Willie Mae Ford (1904 β 1994), also known as Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, was an American gospel singer. Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a child. She was raised in the Baptist…
Continue Reading »Willis Earl Beal announces new album | XL Records / Tender Loving Empire
Willis Earl Beal announces new album, Noctunes, shares "Flying So Low" Album due Aug. 28 via Tender Loving Empire STREAM: "Flying So Low" SoundCloud / Pitchfork Willis Earl Beal was born on the South Side of Chicago. He would never consider it…
Continue Reading »Willow Brook Blues - Kid Thomas
Kid Thomas, aka Tommy Louis, aka Tommy Lewis, was and is one of the great unsung heroes of that crazy kind of music that skirts the fine line between blues and straight-out rock & roll. Though success constantly…
Continue Reading »Wilson T. King
Wilson T. King is the alias of multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and producer Tim Wilson.He is the main exponent of the musical form he mentioned in his Blues Matters interview in May 2010, as "future blues." His debut album, Follow Your…
Continue Reading »WINCHESTER REBELS To Host/Headline Benefit For SB Boys/Girls Club@SOhO, Feb. 16
Santa Barbara RockersHost/Headline@Benefit For Boys/Girls Club Of Santa Barbara At SOhO Restaurant & Music Club - Thursday, February 16 "If you're a fan of '90's rock music and wish that the new bands could be as good, you…
Continue Reading »Windchill Records artist: Breezy Rodio - So Close To It - New Release review
I just received the newest release, So Close To It, from Breezy Rodio and it's terrific! Opening with a track made popular by BB King, When My Heart Beats Like A Hammer, Rodio leaves no question if he…
Continue Reading »Windchill Records artist: Breezy Rodio - Underground Blues - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Underground Blues, from Breezy Rodio and like every previous release, the music sails. Opening with Half Way in the Devil's Gate, Rodio lays down some real tension…
Continue Reading »Wine Cooler - T.J. Fowler
Born September 18, 1910, in Columbus, GA, near the Alabama state line, T.J. Fowler had three brothers who, like him, were anointed at birth with initialized first names: E.J., F.C., and K.C. At the age of six, little…
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