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CONCORD MUSIC GROUP’S STAX REMASTERS SERIES CONTINUES ON SEPTEMBER 13 WITH REISSUES FROM RUFUS THOMAS, THE DRAMATICS, AND SHIRLEY BROWN
CONCORD MUSIC GROUP’S STAX REMASTERS SERIES CONTINUES ON SEPTEMBER 13 WITH REISSUES FROM RUFUS THOMAS, THE DRAMATICS, AND SHIRLEY BROWN Rufus Thomas’s Do the Funky Chicken, Shirley Brown’s Woman to Woman, and the Dramatics’ Whatcha See Is Whatcha…
Continue Reading »Concord Music Group/Telarc Artist: Otis Taylor - My World Is Gone - New Release Review
I just received a copy of the newest recording, My World Is Gone, by Otis Taylor. This recording will hit the streets on February 12, 2013. This is one of the most unisual contemporary releases that I have…
Continue Reading »Concord Records artist: Danielle Nicole - Wolf Den - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Wolf Den, from Danielle Nicole, and it's dynamite! Opening with title track, Wolf Den, Danielle Nicole who has a super voice leads the way on vocal, playing a funky cool bass riff…
Continue Reading »Concord/Specialty Records release: Here's Little Richard - New Release Review
This is the reissue of Little Richards debut album, Here's Little Richard. It includes the original 12 tracks ( Tutti Frutti; True, Fine Mama; Can't Believe You Wanna Leave; Ready Teddy; Baby; Slippin' and Slidin'; Long Tall Sally;…
Continue Reading »Confessions of a Blues Nut - Bman's Story
I was first really introduced to the guitar as something other than background blur when I was in jr. high school. Growing up in a small town in the middle of nowhere, I didn't even know anyone who…
Continue Reading »CONFIRMED PERFORMANCE AT THIS YEAR'S NEW ORLEANS JAZZ & HERITAGE FESTIVAL MAY 6TH
BROTHER DEGE PREMIERES NEW "BLACK IS THE NIGHT" VIDEO FROM HIS ACCLAIMED ALBUM "FOLK SONGS OF THE AMERICAN LONGHAIR" If Robert Johnson were alive…he’d be stealing licks from this cat. Feeling the bite of 21st century ennui? Hell…
Continue Reading »Congratulations Carolina Chocolate Drops!
Carolina Chocolate Drops nominated for Grammy! Music Maker Next Generation artists and Board Members the Carolina Chocolate Drops have been nominated for a Grammy for their recording "Leaving Eden." This is the second nomination in the Best Folk…
Continue Reading »Conner Ray Music - Dry Johnson - Long Live Them Blues Vol. 1 - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Long Live Them Blues Vol. 1, from Houston based duo, Dry Johnson and I really like it. Opening with lumbering blues rumbler, Daddy's Got A Cadillac, features…
Continue Reading »Conner Ray Music artist: Ally Venable Band - No Glass Shoes - New Release review
I just had the opportunity to review the debut release, No Glass Shoes, from Ally Venable Band and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with Trainwreck, a cool track with a solid walking bass line by Zach Terry,…
Continue Reading »Conner Ray Music artist: Steve Krase - Buckle Up - New release review
I just received the newest release, Buckle Up, from Steve Krase and it really cooks! Opening with a fast paced 50's style rocker, Jolene, piano man Randy Wall hits the floor running and sets a healthy pace for…
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