Dark Idol Music Artist: Micki Free - Turquoise Blue - New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Turquoise Blue, from Micki Free, and it's a fiery blues based rocker. Opening with Ridin' - 420, Micki Free unleashes his hard driving rocking sound with solid…

Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton

Very little is known about the Mississippi blues artist Willie Lofton. He had four recording sessions in Chicago in 1934-1935. He cut six songs for Decca Records as Poor Boy Lofton. His last two recordings were for Bluebird,…

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Dark Was The Night/By and By - Catfish Keith

Cutting-edge blues singer, songwriter and bottleneck slide guitarist Catfish Keith has established himself as one of the most exciting country blues performers of our time. Catfish's innovative style of foot-stomping, deep delta blues and American roots music has…

Darker Blues Book / $10 Fat Possum Sale - Fat Possum Newsletter

Darker Blues Books Are Back We just found a limited number of Darker Blues books. This has been sold out for some years, but a stash has been uncovered and we think they should be sold to the…

Darkest of Days - Funke and the Two Tone Baby

'His material was great, quite bluesy and dirty and performed with real gusto, manically stamping on the box to start and stop loops, frantically picking up different microphones and instruments like a magician pulling props out of a…

Darling Forever - The Marvelettes

The Marvelettes were an all-girl group who achieved popularity in the early to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson (later Katherine Anderson Schnaffer), Georgeanna Tillman (later Georgeanna Tillman-Gordon), Juanita Cowart (later Juanita Cowart Motley) and…

Darren Barrett - The Get Down 4 Real: Step Step Steppin' _ New Release Review

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, The Get Down 4 Real: Step Step Steppin', from Darren Barrett and it's really strong. Opening with The Get Down 4 Real, Youngehae Jeong, Paul Reinhold, Clara…

DARREN WATSON & THE REAL DEAL BLUES BAND

No-one plays the blues like Darren Watson. Over the better part of three decades he has developed a style that, while touching on all of the greats who inspired him, is personal, powerful and identifiably his own. Watson…

Dateline: 7/12/2014 Westminster, MD- Common Ground Music Festival. - Stilladog - Special guest reporter

Yesterday the Common Ground On The Hill Music Festival began wrapping up two weeks of workshops, lessons, and jams. The prime purposes of Common Ground are cultural diversity, musical education, and promotion of the American roots art forms,…