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ELROB Records artists: Pinetop Perkins & Jimmy Rogers with Little Mike and the Tornadoes - Genuine Blues Legends - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Genuine Blues Legends from Little Mike (Markowitz) and the Tornadoes featuring Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers and it's terrific! Recorded live at the Grand Auditorium in Ellsworth Maine on May 21, 1988,…
Continue Reading »ELVIN BISHOP'S BIG FUN TRIO SET FOR FEBRUARY 10 RELEASE
ELVIN BISHOP'S BIG FUN TRIO SET FOR FEBRUARY 10 RELEASE Deceptively loose but always tight…the raspy chuckle in Bishop’s singing and the sharp sting of his guitar are forceful and fresh, enduring and fun. --Fresh Air, NPR I…
Continue Reading »Elvin Bishop/Janiva Magness/Steve Riley headline Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Fest. May 25-26, 2013
ELVIN BISHOP, JANIVA MAGNESS, SMOKIN’ JOE KUBEK PLUS GRAMMY WINNERS STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS HEADLINE 24th ANNUAL SIMI VALLEY CAJUN & BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL, SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 25-26 Los Angeles area’s largest Cajun and Blues festival, held…
Continue Reading »Emil & The Ecstatics
Stockholm based Emil & The Ecstatics is nowadays a well-known name on the european roots scene. After countless festivals, clubs, and three full-length albums, the band has proved to be a force to reckon with. Apart from the…
Continue Reading »EMIL & THE ECSTATICS
Stockholm based Emil & The Ecstatics is nowadays a well-known name on the european roots scene. After countless festivals, clubs, and three full-length albums, the band has proved to be a force to reckon with. Apart from the…
Continue Reading »Emily Burgess - Are We In Love? - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Are We In Love?, from Emily Burgess and it's fun. Burgess, who has played with a number of top guitarists as well as tours as a part…
Continue Reading »Emma Wilson - Memphis Calling - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Memphis Calling, from Emma Wilson, and it's got that hot 60's Memphis sound. Opening with A Small World, with Emma Wilson on lead vocals and Kirk Smothers…
Continue Reading »Empty Bed Blues - Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an American blues singer. Nicknamed The Empress of the Blues, Smith was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as…
Continue Reading »Empty Talk - Alvin Robinson
Alvin aka Al Robinson ( 1937 - 1989 ) in the late 50’s was working as a session guitarist in New Orleans, serving for a time as guitar teacher to Shorty Long of ‘Here Comes The Judge’ fame.…
Continue Reading »Enable Records artist: Walkin' Cane Mark - Tryin' To Make You Understand: Remastered - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Tryin' To Make You Understand: Remastered, by Walkin' Cane Mark. Opening with Howlin' Wolf's Somebody's Walking/Somebody's In My Home, Mark wastes no time diving into the gritty blues. Kirk Hawley's guitar tones…
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