Still a Fool (Two Trains Runnin) - Poor Bob Jones

Amateur bluesman ; freelance journalist for Blues In Britain mag. I run a monthly acoustic blues night at the Cellar Bar, Foregate street, in Worcester, third Tuesday every month. Anyone who lives locally could do worse ; since…

Blues Comin' Home Baby - Melvin Taylor

Melvin Taylor is one of the greatest guitarists in the history of rock, blues and jazz. This self taught master was influenced by many of histories true guitar pioneers including - Albert King, Wes Montgomery, and Jimi Hendrix.…

Big Fat Butterfly - Saunders King

Saunders Samuel King was born in Staple, Louisiana, United States. He was the son of a preacher, and sang in his father's church while growing up in Oakland, California. As a youngster he learned to play piano, banjo…

Chicago Blues Festival 2012 Lineup Announced

Mavis Staples performs at the 2011 Hideout Block Party. bluelliott The full lineup for the 2012 Chicago Blues Festival has been released. The free festival is in Grant Park June 8 - 10. More information is available on…

Jefferson Gonçalves

Jefferson Gançalves, native of Rio de Janeiro, began his musical career in the 1990 ́s, following a common road for many harmonica players: the blues. He right away changed his profession from a banker to a musician, began…

Key To The Highway - Joe Filisko and Eric Noden with Predrag Lovrinčević on harp and Ivan Gilić on piano

Joe Filisko gets a wide variety of sounds from his harmonica including soaring melodies and driving percussive rhythms. He can make his harp cry, flutter, sing or sound like a train from one moment to the next. He…

Don't Want What U Got - Sista Jean and CB

SISTA JEAN MAKES NO BONES ABOUT WHAT SHE WANTS TO SING ABOUTIN HER STORYTELLIN,WHETHER ITS IN THE FORM OF BLUES, ROCK, SOUL,AND JAZZ. HER STORIES COME ALIVE IN MANY HUES AND RHYTHMS."I FEEL LIKE I'M FINALLY COMING FULL…

Maggie Bjorklund Chosen By Jack White As Bandmate, SNL Performer __FREE DOWNLOAD

The former White Stripes frontman Jack White has called upon our very own pedal steel playing, Danish singer/songwriter Maggie Bjorklund to join him on his first-ever solo headlining tour. The backing spot has thus far brought her in…

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I55 Productions artist: Robert "Nighthwawk" Tooms - Spectator Shoes - Review

I've been listening to the Robert "Nighthawk" Tooms release, Spectator Shoes. It really quite good! The recording is made up of 11 tracks, most of the tracks being written by Tooms. First up is the title track, Spectator…