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Dudley Taft Rips Into You With Skin And Bones
Dudley Taft Rips Into You With Skin And Bones The Guitarist’s New CD Out October 16, 2015 “… making paint peel from the walls with the heat of his guitar blitzkrieg…” - Deep Roots Atlanta GA – American…
Continue Reading »Lloyd Price confronts race and music in autobiography 'sumdumhonky'
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMER LLOYD PRICE CONFRONTS RACE AND MUSIC IN SUMDUMHONKY The legendary New Orleans singer/songwriter (“Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Personality,” “Stagger Lee”) writes of his life, career and the African-American experience in a frank, no-holds-barred…
Continue Reading »Real Blues Festival Of Orange County
THE REAL BLUES FESTIVAL OF ORANGE COUNTY 6 The Orange County Blues Society is proud to present, for the sixth year in a row, The Real Blues Festival of Orange County. Malone's Concert Venue, 604 E Dyer Rd,…
Continue Reading »The 2015 Cincy Blues Fest, August 7 & 8, Sawyer Point Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
August 7-8, Sawyer Point Park, Cincinnati, Ohio Buy Tickets here or here TAB BENOIT SHAWN HOLT AND THE TEARDROPS THE 24TH STREET WAILERS TOMMY CASTRO & THE PAINKILLERS Chicago Women in the Blues Revue MARCIA BALL CASH BOX…
Continue Reading »1st Annual Ojai Blues Festival Features Great Music Lineup
GREAT MUSIC LINEUP FOR 1ST ANNUAL OJAI BLUES FESTIVAL Saturday, August 15 from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Ojai, CA) - Crooked Eye Tommy joins a great music lineup that includes the Alastair Greene Band, Deb Ryder, and…
Continue Reading »Slackjaw - It's Always Something - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, It's Always Something, from Slackjaw and it a cool mix of blues rock styles making up a real nice set. Opening with Carried By Six, a loping, "Texas style", shuffle. John Thompson…
Continue Reading »The Betty Fox Band - Slow Burn - New release Review
I just received the newest release, Slow Burn,from The Betty Fox Band and I really like it. Opening with a modified James Brown style R&B chugger, Think About It, Fox comes out kickin ass and takin names. She…
Continue Reading »Randy Volin and The Hard Ones - Detroit Thang - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Detroit Thang, from Randy Volin and The Hard Ones and it's a super blues rocker. Opening with When She Says Jump, Volin is out the door with a loping blues number with…
Continue Reading »New Guitar Whiz Album!
NEW ALBERT CUMMINGS ALBUM ! Guitar Wizard Releases "Someone Like You" Albert Cummings, a rare talent renowned for his uniquely muscular yet polished guitar wizardry, has released a new studio CD entitled Someone Like You. The album was…
Continue Reading »Brother Dege - Scorched Earth Policy: Deluxe - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Scorched Earth Policy: Deluxe, from Brother Dege and it's a smart blend of swamp blues, rock, pop and psychedelia. Opening with Set It Off, a marching rocker, Dege's slide work paired with…
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