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After The Rain Fell - Big Dog Mercer
For over a decade, Marty “Big Dog” Mercer’s heartfelt, southpaw Blues and soulful voice has growled through the Chicagoland music scene. Mercer’s ability to combine emotional lyrics with aggressive slide guitar makes him an artist unlike any other.…
Continue Reading »After You - Barbara Acklin
Barbara Jean Acklin (February 28, 1943 – November 27, 1998) was an American soul singer and songwriter who was most successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit as a singer was "Love Makes a Woman" in…
Continue Reading »Aguanko - Unidad - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Unidad, by Aquanko and it's a heaping plate of Latin flavored jazz. Opening with Kintsugi, a fleet footed mambo, features Alberto Nacif on congas, Jose Espinosa on…
Continue Reading »Ahmad's Blues - Ahmad Jamal Trio w/ Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an African-American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, best known as member of the Ahmad Jamal trio from 1957 to 1962. A close contemporary of Jimmy Blanton, Crosby…
Continue Reading »Aiken & Friends Music Fest Brings Three Days of Music & Workshops to Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, New Jersey, on September 20-22
Aiken & Friends Music Fest Brings Three Days of Music & Workshops to Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, New Jersey, on September 20-22 Proceeds Go to Scholarships for Students and Music Education BRANCHBURG, NJ – Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter…
Continue Reading »Ain't Afraid of Crying - Jimi Beavis
I may not be American, or descended from slaves, or have a working class man for a father, or used to work on a banana plantation, but I got the blues so bad, that I got to get…
Continue Reading »Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry- Polka Dot Slim
Monroe “Polka Dot Slim” Vincent (December 9, 1926 to June 22, 1981) in Woodville, MS., and was influenced by the harmonica playing of Sonny Boy Williamson I. Vincent made his debut in 1956 recording a single for Excello…
Continue Reading »Ain't Enough - MIssissippi Fever
Formed by former Studebaker John (Blind Pig Records) bassist Ted May, former Walker Ranger session guitarist Brent Barker, and veteran drummer Tom May (who has played with members of Allman Brothers), Mississippi Fever members have shared the stage…
Continue Reading »Ain't goin' to worry - Roosevelt " Booba" BARNES
Roosevelt Melvin Barnes was born in the town of Longwood, Mississippi, about 18 miles outside of Greenville, on September 25, 1936. His family worked in the local cotton fields, as well as raising hogs. A young Roosevelt had…
Continue Reading »Ain't Gonna Cry - Blas Picon & The Junk Express
It's a train loaded with waste, the product of lost lives, that runs rampant on the rails of the Blues without fear of derailment. Trio that bet on the more austere, stark and virulent side of Rhythm &…
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