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Instrumental #1 - David Barrett
David Barrett is the world's most published author of blues harmonica lesson material (over 60 book/CD sets and videos published through Mel Bay Publications). Having played saxophone and trumpet for many years, David already had a solid musical…
Continue Reading »Instrumental Blues - Deborah Coleman, Hiromasa Suzuki
Deborah Coleman (born October 3, 1956, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. Coleman won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001, and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music…
Continue Reading »International Blues Allstars
Not many living blues musicians can say they have performed with and recorded for legends like Big Mama Thornton, Tina Turner, Bruce Willis, Luther Tucker, Jimmy McCracklin, Pee Wee Crayton, Carla Thomas, Booker T. Jones, Percy Mayfield, Etta…
Continue Reading »International Blues Music Day
Great to unite the world for a moment to listen to sweet blues. To join the cause, just click on the above title. Petition to declare an International Blues Music Day. To celebrate, promote and preserve the rich…
Continue Reading »International Recording Artist MISS ROBIN BANK$ 2012 European Tour and Cew CD with Duke Robillard
International Recording Artist MISS ROBIN BANK$ 2012 European Tour and a new CD with Duke Robillard Toronto based recording artist Miss Robin Banks is set to embark on her third Eurpoean tour with Texas based Viennese piano player…
Continue Reading »INTERNATIONAL RELEASE SET FOR “GRITTY” NEW DUKE ROBILLARD BAND CD ON SEPTEMBER 20
INTERNATIONAL RELEASE SET FOR “GRITTY” NEW DUKE ROBILLARD BAND CD ON SEPTEMBER 20 Low Down and Tore Up is a collection of hard-rockin’ early R&B tunes from the 40s and 50s on Canada’s international Stony Plain Records label…
Continue Reading »Internationally Renowned Canadian Blues Artists Honoured with Maple Blues Awards
Ottawa’s MonkeyJunk, Toronto’s Suzie Vinnick and Hamilton’s Steve Strongman Win Multiple Awards (January 21, 2013) Toronto, ON - Internationally renowned Canadian Blues Artist from Coast-to-Coast were honoured by their peers at the 16th Annual Maple Blues Awards gala…
Continue Reading »Interview and Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
More Elizabeth Cotten! Interviewer is Shetland Fiddler Aly Bain, from his 1985 Series Down Home. Write on our Facebook Wall or post your Photos of great blues events! - Here “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50…
Continue Reading »Interview - Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Joseph William Perkins (July 7, 1913 – March 21, 2011), known by the stage name Pinetop Perkins, was an American blues musician, specializing in piano music. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock and…
Continue Reading »Interview and Blues Medley - George Higgs
George Higgs was born in 1930 in a farming community in Edgecombe County near Speed, North Carolina (“a slow town with a fast name” as he is fond of saying.) He learned to play the harmonica as a…
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