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Icehouse Records artists: Low Society - You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, You Can't Keep A Good Woman Down, from Low Society and it has edge. Opening with Blues Rocker Crammed & Jammed, vocalist Mandy Lemons is riding high on the slide work of…
Continue Reading »Icon Etta James is now terminally ill - asking for prayers.
Blues/soul icon Etta James, whose health has been fading in recent years, is now terminally ill, and her live-in doctor is asking for prayers. Dr. Elaine James, who isn't related to the 73-year-old Grammy winner and Rock and…
Continue Reading »ICONIC CANADIAN SINGER IAN TYSON RELEASES NEW STONY PLAIN RECORDS ALBUM, "CARNERO VAQUERO," ON JUNE 16
ICONIC CANADIAN SINGER IAN TYSON RELEASES NEW STONY PLAIN RECORDS ALBUM, CARNERO VAQUERO, ON JUNE 16 Upcoming Tour Includes Performances in Washington, DC and New York City EDMONTON, AB - Acclaimed roots music label Stony Plain Records announces…
Continue Reading »IDLA/Linus Entertainment artist: Michael Kaeshammer - Something New - New release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Something New, from Michael Kaeshammer, and recorded at historic Esplanade Studios in the heart of New Orleans' Treme district, it has a definite NO flair. Opening with…
Continue Reading »If 6 Was 9 - Charlie Hunter
Think you've seen it all...note that there isn't a bass player...this guy is doing it all. First coming to prominence in the early 1990s, Hunter has recorded 17 albums. Hunter plays custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which…
Continue Reading »If Dreams Were Money - Michael Allman
Michael Allman - Biography Michael Allman is the eldest son of Southern Rock Legend Gregg Allman. That doesn't mean that his musical path has been paved with gold. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, he led the “Michael Allman…
Continue Reading »If God Can Make That - Wildcat O'Halloran Band
These guys were just in the Finals of Boston Blues Challenge despite house-rockin' performance. Here's a new song taken from the 2011 CD release "Drinkin' With The Harp Girls" The Wildcat O’Halloran band has been dazzling New England…
Continue Reading »If Heartaches Were Nickels
This young man is one of the finest young blues guitarists to come along in a long long time. I have seen him 3 times now and twice in clubs with less than 200 people. That is totally…
Continue Reading »If Heartaches Were Nickels - Dudley Taft
Dudley S. Taft (born July 4, 1966, Washington, D.C.) is an American musician. Taft is a blues musician that also was a songwriting member of Seattle band Sweet Water and member and chief songwriter of Seattle, Washington based…
Continue Reading »If Heartaches Were Nickels - Joe Bonamassa
I still remember the first time I heard Joe Bonamassa. I still remember where I was and what I was doing. It was on satellite radio and I said "dam...this guy is good!". That was probably 9 years…
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