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Jennifer Batten
The buzz on Jennifer Batten rose from the guitar underground, and the guitar magazines promptly began chronicling her savvy musicianship and highly original approach to the electric guitar in print. At one point Batten was in 6 different…
Continue Reading »Betty Jean - Harold Burrage
Harold Burrage (March 30, 1931, Chicago - November 26, 1966, Chicago) was an American blues and soul musician. Burrage did session work as a pianist in the 1950s and 1960s as well as recording under his own name.…
Continue Reading »No Good Woman Blues - Joe and the Hornets
Niklas Carlson – Vocals/Guitar Rasmus Grip – Guitar, Percussion Björn Jacobson – Harmonica, Percussion Pontus Olsson – Piano, Percussion Johan Olsen – Contrabass Sakarias Larsson – Drums Formed in the fall of 2011, first public appearance in january…
Continue Reading »Floyd's Guitar Blues - Floyd Smith Combo
This guitarist covered much stylistic territory in his long and active career, starting out in wandering '30s territory bands such as Eddie Johnson's Crackerjacks and winding up smack in the middle of the disco era, playing an important…
Continue Reading »Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me) - JIMMIE NOONE AND HIS APEX CLUB ORCHESTRA
Jimmie Noone (or Jimmy Noone; April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist. Noone was born in Cut Off, Louisiana, and started playing guitar in his home town; at the age of 15, he…
Continue Reading »I Want You - Jazz Gillum
William McKinley Gillum (September 11, 1904 – March 29, 1966), known as Jazz Gillum, was an American blues harmonica player. He was born in Indianola, Mississippi. After running away from home at the age of seven, Gillum spent…
Continue Reading »Independently Blue - The Duke Robillard Band - New Release Review
I just received the newest (release date April 9, 2013) Duke Robillard release, Independently Blue, and it's killer. Robillard pulls out all of the stops on this release playing some of his best riffs in years. The release…
Continue Reading »@New Blues Revolution @At House Of Blues @CD Release Party: Tweet That!
PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND TWEET IT: NEW BLUES REVOLUTION CD RELEASE PARTY AT HOUSE OF BLUES/HOLLYWOOD -- SATURDAY, APRIL 6 (Hollywood) - In a music world where seemingly every band tries to be trendy, New Blues…
Continue Reading »WIDOW JENKINS BLUES - Camille Howard
Camille Howard (March 29, 1914 – March 10, 1993) was an American R&B pianist and singer. Howard was born in Galveston, Texas. When in California in the 1940s, she became the featured piano player with Roy Milton’s Solid…
Continue Reading »Blues In D Natural / Queen Bee - Sue Foley
Sue Foley (born March 29, 1968, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian blues singer and guitarist. Foley has been writing and playing professionally since 1984. She has recorded ten albums, for both Antone's Records and Shanachie Records. She…
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