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VizzTone Label Group artist: Gina Sicilia - It Wasn't Real - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, It Wasn't Real, from Gina Sicilia. Sicilia has a rich voice and a smooth delivery. Opening with the title track, It Wasn't Real, Sicilia delivers a sultry pop jazz track with nice…
Continue Reading »Ragged but Right - RILEY PUCKETT
George Riley Puckett (May 7, 1894 - July 13, 1946) was an American country music pioneer mostly known for being a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. Puckett was born in Alpharetta, Georgia. An accident during…
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Continue Reading »Bald Headed Woman - Cool Papa Sadler
Haskell Robert Sadler, also known as Cool Papa Sadler (April 16, 1935 — May 6, 1994) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born in Denver, Colorado, Sadler played a number of times at the San Francisco…
Continue Reading »I'm Here To Stay - Miss Freddye and Blue Faze
Been on the music for 14 years. Started with blues band BMW-"Blues Music Works". Currently lead singer of "Miss Freddye and the Blue Faze Band". also duo acouistic act "Miss Freddye & Mike Huston on acoustic sounds. Starting…
Continue Reading »She Won't Say Yes - The Love Dogs
Take one red-hot horn section - we're talkin' alto, tenor, baritone saxes and trombone - down and dirty. Add liberal amounts of barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano and stinging Fender guitar. Pour over a funky and swinging rhythm section that…
Continue Reading »See See Rider - Janice Harrington & Kenn Lending Blues Band
Janice Harrington born in Cleveland, Ohio, grew up within the tradition of Black American Music. In the 60’s,at the peak of the Black Liberation Movement, her career as a Gospel, Blues and Jazz singer began. Her greatest idols,…
Continue Reading »Blue Groove artist: Hans Theessink - Wishing Well - New release Review
I have just received the newest release, Wishing Well, from Hans Theessink. A totally acoustic effort from Theessink, he performs originals as well as covering tracks by Townes van Zandt, Brownie McGhee and Bob Dylan. Theessink has a…
Continue Reading »FREE Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest coming THIS WEEKEND to Clarksdale, Mississippi!
FREE Clarksdale Caravan Music Fest coming THIS WEEKEND to Clarksdale, Mississippi! (INFORMATION BELOW PROVIDED BY THEO DASBACH OF ROCK 'N BLUES MUSEUM) CLARKSDALE CARAVAN MUSIC FEST, MAY 11 & 12, 2013 Event is Free to the public Held…
Continue Reading »Bloodshot Records signs Barrence Whitfield & the Savages
photo credit: J.A.Areta Goñi (JUXE) (NEWS LINK: http://bloodshotrecords.com/news/bloodshot-signs-barrence-whitfield-savages) We are very excited to share the news that we have officially signed the epicly badass, garage rock/soul punk legends Barrence Whitfield & the Savages. The Boston-bred collective will release…
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