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Feels Like Home - Barrelhouse - New Release Review
I just received the new release, Feels Like Home from Barrelhouse. The release opens with the title track, Feels Like Going Home, a finger picked blues style number with vocal harmonies. You Never Listen, played on Dobro in…
Continue Reading »Felicia Jangard Nielsen
Felicia Jangaard Nielsen is a Swedish young woman - she is this years recipient of "Jenny Bohman Blues For Life" scholarship - and will attend Blues Summer Camp in Sweden this summer. If you support live Blues acts,…
Continue Reading »Fernando Sor Harpolyre - John Doan
Is this blues? I don't know but I like it! John Doan, one of the few masters of the rare twenty-string harp guitar, has performed with a diverse range of artists including pop star Donovan, folk legend Burl…
Continue Reading »Fervor Records artist: Craig Erickson - Modern Blues - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Modern Blues, from Craig Erickson, and it's a solid blues rocker. Opening with straight up rocker, Topsy Turvy, Craig Erickson covers lead guitar, bass and vocal with…
Continue Reading »Festival Season On The West Coast
The Line Up Keeps Growing! We're thrilled to announce more artists for the 17th Annual Doheny Blues Festival! Don't miss a weekend of Blues on the Beach, May 17 & 18 at Doheny State Beach in Dana Point,…
Continue Reading »Fever - Zora Young
Zora Young (born January 21, 1948, West Point, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues singer. She is a distant relative of Howlin' Wolf. Young's family moved to Chicago at age seven and sang gospel at the Greater…
Continue Reading »Fiddle Blues - Eddie South
Eddie South (Louisiana, Missouri, November 27, 1904 – April 25, 1962) was an American jazz violinist. South was a classical violin prodigy who switched to jazz because of limited opportunities for African-American musicians, and started his career playing…
Continue Reading »Field Of Roses artist: Dave Fields - Detonation - New Release Review
I just received the newest cd, Detonation, from Dave Fields. Fields has assembled 12 strong blues rock oriented tracks, all with a different twist from Reggae to straight Blues. The cd opens with Addicted To Your Fire, a…
Continue Reading »FILMING CONCLUDES FOR "WE JUKE UP IN HERE" AS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS CLIMB ABOARD
(CLARKSDALE, MS) In 2008, music producers Jeff Konkel and Roger Stolle took viewers on a road trip through the birthplace of the blues in the award-winning film “M For Mississippi.” Now the duo is set to return with…
Continue Reading »Filthy McNasty - Ronnie Cuber
If you research back to the George Benson Cookbooks “66” “67” on Columbia, Which have already been released on CD, You'll find a young, early twenties baritone saxophone master. As you listen to this keep in mind that…
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