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Earwig Music Company artist: Johnny Drummer - Bad Attitude - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Bad Attitude, from Johnny Drummer and it's really good. Opening with funky R&B style Is It Love Or Is It Lust, with James Brown style and nice horn backing from Rodney "Hotrod"…
Continue Reading »HAMILTON LOOMIS -- March 2014 Schedule
This month: a quick California run, then more TX shows! Be sure to check the full performance schedule at http://www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.html to see when Hamilton & Band are in your area! Tickets are available for select shows below...Thanks again…
Continue Reading »Rounder Records Completes Move to Nashville
ROUNDER RECORDS COMPLETES MOVE TO NASHVILLE Concord Music Group Acquires Treasured Children's Label Music For Little People, Imprint Will Operate Under Rounder FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - MARCH 6, 2014 - Rounder Records, a division of leading independent music…
Continue Reading »Alligator Records artist: Joe Louis Walker - Hornet's Nest - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Hornet's Nest from Joe Louis Walker and it's quite different. Opening with title track, Hornet's Nest, Walker is out of the gate with a lot of guitar pyrotechnics. With a pinch of…
Continue Reading »Anders Osborne Coming Down On Vinyl
"Coming Down" by Anders Osborne Gets The Vinyl Touch On April 15 Northport N.Y. - M.C. Records is proud to announce that it will release New Orleans roots music sensation Anders Osborne's 2007 recording Coming Down (MC-0075LP) on…
Continue Reading »9 Below Zero - Don't Point Your Finger - New Release Review
Now and again I receive super releases from earlier years modified or released to new audiences and this is one of them. Don't Point Your Finger from 9 Below Zero is a hot release that never stops. Opening…
Continue Reading »Buddy Guys Legends Presents: The Planetary Blues Band in Concert
At the Planetary Blues Band's CD Release Party last May 15 at Buddy Guy's Legends, the great one himself jumped onstage and did a few songs with the Valparaiso, Indiana-based band. They return to perform again there this…
Continue Reading »Edgar Winter is coming Mayne Stage!
Edgar Winter April 12 | 7:30pm Keyboardist. Percussionist. Saxophonist. Edgar Winter plays them all and sings as he plays. Thanks to his invention of the keyboard strap, he is allowed to roam freely with his instruments for an…
Continue Reading »St. Louis blues: But not that St. Louis - Kate Voss - Guest Writer
At first glance, it might not seem all that odd that Minard Shattuck is building a growing blues following and carving out a niche for his favorite genre in an historic theater in downtown St. Louis. But Shattuck’s…
Continue Reading »Robert Randolph/Swamp Dogg/John Mayall/C.J. Chenier headline Simi Valley Cajun-Blues Festival 2014
ROBERT RANDOLPH & THE FAMILY BAND, SWAMP DOGG, JOHN MAYALL, CANNED HEAT, C.J. CHENIER, GUITAR SHORTY HEADLINE 24th ANNUAL SIMI VALLEY CAJUN & BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL, SATURDAY-SUNDAY, MAY 24-25 Los Angeles area’s largest Cajun, Zydeco, Blues and Roots…
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