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DeChamp Records artist: JJ Thames - Tell You What I Know - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Tell You What I Know, from JJ Thames and it's excellent. The opener is Souled Out, a rich mixture of soul and spiritual with Thames rich lead vocals backed by warm harmonic…
Continue Reading »Decision Records Release: Concrete Blues - The Revelations featuring Tre Williams - review
I just received "Concrete Blues" a new release by The Revelations featuring Tre Williams. I've been listening to this recording for a couple of days and I really like it. It is solidly rooted in the traditional soul…
Continue Reading »Declan O'Donovan - Self Titled - New release Review
I just received a new recording from Declan O'Donovan, a Canadian songwriter, singer and pianist. First I'll start off by saying if you're looking for hot electric guitar riffs... it's not here. What is here is something really…
Continue Reading »Declan O’Donovan Launches Solo Career with New CD and Canadian Tour
Declan O’Donovan Launches Solo Career with New CD and Canadian Tour With a raw, gritty and unique voice and a recent international song-writing award, singer/pianist Declan O’Donovan is poised to launch his solo career with a new self-titled…
Continue Reading »Decoration Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson I
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee Curtis Williamson, March 30, 1914 – June 1, 1948) was an American blues harmonica player and singer, and the first to use the name Sonny Boy Williamson. Williamson was born near Jackson, Tennessee…
Continue Reading »Dee Miller Band - Leopard Print Dress - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Leopard Print Dress, by Dee Miller Band and it a mover. Opening with swinging boogie, Hot And Sweaty, Dee Miller takes the lead on vocal with Craig…
Continue Reading »Deedra Patrick back in the studio!
Powerhouse vocalist Deedra Patrick who recently played the Kern River Rock n Blues Fest is back in the studio and recording after an auto accident sidelined her career temporarily. Ex lead singer for Contra-Band and headliner at the…
Continue Reading »deelagee Records artist: Denise La Grassa - A Crossroads Communion - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, A Crossroads Communion, from Denise La Grassa, and it's a hard driving blues rocker. Opening with Big Bad Dream, Timothy Walker sets a high pace rhythm with…
Continue Reading »Deep Blues - Blues Documentary
This superb documentary vividly illustrates the enduring vitality of country blues, an idiom that most mainstream music fans had presumed dead or, at best, preserved through more scholarly tributes when filmmaker Robert Mugge and veteran blues and rock…
Continue Reading »Deep Blues - Robert Palmer
Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. (June 19, 1945 – November 20, 1997) was a 20th century American writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer. Robert Palmer is best known for books he authored such as Deep Blues , his…
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