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Chris Smither's 'Hundred Dollar Valentine' due June 19
CHRIS SMITHER COSMIC BLUES COMES FULL CIRCLEON 12th ALBUM, HUNDRED DOLLAR VALENTINE OUT JUNE 19First long-player by fingerpicker/singer/songwriter to feature all original songs features session supportfrom Morphine, Groovasaurus, The Lemonheads players BOSTON, Mass. β There are such things…
Continue Reading »Americana Made - The Mighty Cash Cats - New Release Review
I just got the chance to listen to Americana Made by The Mighty Cash Cats - Michael J. & Leticia. This is an unusual recording covering Johnny Cash's career from Sun Records to the Rick Ruben American Recordings.…
Continue Reading »Jupiter 2 Records Artist: Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers -Little Big Men - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Little Big Men by Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers. This recording was earlier released in Australia but recently remixed with the addition of 3 tracks for US release. Australian based Achison…
Continue Reading »ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN - LEON RUSSELL
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, he began…
Continue Reading »Blue Monk - Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell (born April 2, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist.Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He graduated from Richland High School, in Richland, Washington, where he played in local bands The Jailers, The Rumblers, The Royals,…
Continue Reading »Black Jack Blues - J.T. Brown and Original Fleetwood Mac
Blues Jam at Chess/Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago Vols. 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al.) with…
Continue Reading »Little Wing - The Jarekus Singleton Band
Blues guitarist Jarekus Singleton will blow you away with his alternating soulful and blazing guitar licks. He and his two cousins, Chancellor Cain on keyboard and Ben Sterling on bass have been playing Gospel together for years in…
Continue Reading »Magic Slim and the Teardrops w/ Alabama Pettis
Magic Slim (born Morris Holt, August 7, 1937, Grenada, Mississippi) is an American blues singer and guitaristMagic Slim (vocal & guitar) and The Teardrops Alabama Junior Pettis (guitar) Nick Holt (bass) and Nate Appelwhite (drums).Magic Slim was forced…
Continue Reading »Lets Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. (April 2, 1939 β April 1, 1984), better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye (he added the 'e' as a young man), was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range.Starting…
Continue Reading »Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Chris Thomas King
King was born on October 14, 1964, in Baton Rouge. His father, Tabby Thomas, is a locally prominent bluesman who owned a club called Tabby's Blues Box, which opened in 1979 and closed in 2004 following Tabbyβs retirement.…
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