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Barra Barra - Rashid Taha
Rachid Taha (born September 18, 1958 in Sig, Algeria) is an Algerian singer and activist based in France who has been described as "sonically adventurous." His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, electronic, punk…
Continue Reading »New Release :Original Sin - Carolyn Fe Blules Collective - Review
I just had the opportunity to listen to the newest release from the Carolyn Fe Blues Collective. This is an excellent example of the evolution of blues music that I often write about. Music, like all species of…
Continue Reading »Sittin`On Top Of The World - Jeff Healey Band
Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. Healey began playing guitar when…
Continue Reading »Whole Tone Blues - The Oz Noy Twisted Blues Band
Oz Noy is a guitar player from Israel, who started his professional career at the age of 13 playing jazz, blues, pop and rock music. At age 16 he was already playing with leading Israeli musicians and performers,…
Continue Reading »SHOCK MY BABY - ANGEL DMAYO BLUES BAND
Musician born in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentinia student of the classical guitar from at the age of 14, then to devote to the rock music, touching in varied places and fighting against repressive systems of the…
Continue Reading »You're Gonna Need Me - The Guy King "Little Big Band"
Vocalist/Guitarist Guy King impressed the 10 times W.C. Handy award winner Willie Kent so much that the great man made him his bandleader and right – hand man. Guy King is an exciting new artist whose star is…
Continue Reading »Build Me A Woman - Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys
Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys were formed in 2008 and started gigging in their stompin’ ground around ‘The Potteries’ Stoke-On-Trent in May 2009. So why ‘Cry Baby and The Hoochie Coochie Boys’, starting with The Hoochie…
Continue Reading »Mason Rack
Mason Rack Band breaks beyond Blues with harder Alt-Rock and Roots. Singer/ songwriter Mason Rack (son of Jazzman Billy Rack) from Gold Coast, Qld Australia, was raised on Jazz, Rock and surfing. Performing since the age of 6,…
Continue Reading »Off The Wall - Flavio Guimaraes
Flávio Guimarães (born November 10, 1963) is a Brazilian composer, harmonica player and singer. Considered a blues pioneer in Brazil, he founded the band Blues Etílicos in 1986, which is considered the most successful Brazilian blues group. He…
Continue Reading »Tin Pan Alley - Bleu Rascals with Michael Bourne
Out of nowhere emerged Paul Marney Leobrera, at age 16 stepping onstage in early September 2010 for a single-song courtesy jam at Skarlet’s Jazz Kitchen, home base for Manila’s pre-eminent jazz sessionists. Jaws dropped over his musical maturity…
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