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Sword & Cross Records artist: Stephen Anthony Gregory - Me, Myself & I - New release Review
I just received the newest release, Me, Myself and I from Stephen Anthony Gregory. This is certainly not a mainline blues release by any means but of course has blues influences. Opening With Red Light, White Light, Gregory…
Continue Reading »Delmark Records artist: Steve Freund / Gloria Hardiman - Set Me Free - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Set Me Free, from Steve Freund and Gloria Hardiman and it's quite entertaining. Earlier released on Razor Records in 1983 (LP) this release is now available on CD with a few unissued…
Continue Reading »New music from Eden Brent and more
New Music from Eden Brent and more Eden Brent picks up the pieces of her Jigsaw Heart with a soul-baring set of new songs Take Eden Brent to a Nashville studio and you still hear the Mississippi Delta.…
Continue Reading »Andy T - Nick Nixon Band "Livin' It Up"
WEBSITE STORE CONTACT Andy T - Nick Nixon Band - "Livin' It Up" The blues has a history of great collaborations. Now it's time to add Andy T and James "Nick" Nixon to that venerable list thanks to…
Continue Reading »17th Annual Ribfest To Feature Howard & The White Boys
Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band " for over two decades is Howard and the White Boys. They perform at the 17th Annual Ribfest in Ft. Wayne on Thursday, June 19. 17TH ANNUAL RIBFEST PRESENTS "CHICAGO'S HARDEST-WORKING BLUES BAND," HOWARD…
Continue Reading »Walter Trout Appears On-Camera For The First Time Since His Transplant Surgery
Many of you have supported Walter Trout over the past several years while I have been working with him (and of course prior). For that reason, I wanted to share this first on-camera appearance from WT post-surgery. If…
Continue Reading »Ramsgate Kent Music artist: Nigel Egg - The Blues Is Personal - New Release review
I just received the newest release (July 1, 2014), The Blues Is Personal, from Nigel Egg. This is going to be a fairly different review that you are typically used to sweeing from me because it is quite…
Continue Reading »Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Kate Voss Guest Contributer
For Grace Potter, and her band the Nocturnals, reaching the level of success and fame they have now has been a slow, steady race since their creation in 2002. Now, hot off the heels of their most successful…
Continue Reading »Rick Estrin & The Nightcats Release "You Asked For It--Live!" On July 8
“These are serious musicians out to have a hotter than hot good time. It’s tough to stay in your seat when Estrin and his musical cohorts get cooking.” –Chicago Sun-Times “Fabulous, remarkable original material” –Billboard Alligator Records has…
Continue Reading »Chris Smither revisits, re-imagines 24 songs from past on 'Still on the Levee,' out July 22 on Signature Sounds
SINGER-SONGWRITING ICON CHRIS SMITHER REVISITS, REIMAGINES 24 FAVORITES ON NEW TWO-CD RETROSPECTIVE, STILL ON THE LEVEE, OUT JULY 22 ON SIGNATURE SOUNDS Three projects mark songwriter’s 50 years in music: Double retrospective CD, lyric book, and tribute album…
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