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Hobo Blues - Cuby & the Blizzards
Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards are a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a…
Continue Reading »Erja Lyytinen Band
Erja Lyytinen (Photo by Hans Lehtinen) ‘Forbidden Fruit’ is the fifth solo album from Erja Lyytinen, a pocket dynamo often referred to as Finland’s Queen Of The Slide Guitar. She had also been tagged as her homeland’s answer…
Continue Reading »Hanging - Little Brother Eli
Little Brother Eli is the musical lovechild of Alex Grew and Joshua Rigal . Over the last 6 months we’ve been writing and recording music which has culminated in this exciting project. . We take a lot of…
Continue Reading »Guitar Boogie - Enrico Crivellaro
It is hardly a surprise that his two latest albums, "Freewheelin" and "Mojo Zone", are often found in music stores next to Chet Atkins and Eric Clapton on the "guitar hero" shelf. Showcasing a mighty sounding guitar that…
Continue Reading »Alabama Lovesnakes
The Alabama Lovesnakes gives you genuine bluesrocking & beer-drinkin´ music that´ll rock you like a wagon wheel! Claes Nilsson Fredrik Nilsson Henrik Gillgren The Alabama Lovesnakes was formed in 2006 in Karlstad, Sweden, during the recordings of Claes…
Continue Reading »New album and UK tour from Tommy Emmanuel & Martin Taylor
On Monday 4th March, world-renowned Australian “fingerstyle” acoustic guitarists Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, and Britain’s Martin Taylor, MBE, will release their highly anticipated collaboration album - “The Colonel & The Governor” on Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings. The new album coincides with…
Continue Reading »Minor Swing - Django Reinhardt
Jean "Django" Reinhardt ; 23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953) was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer. Reinhardt is often regarded as one of the greatest guitar players of all time and regarded as the first…
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 »A'int Givin' Up On Love - T-bear & The Dukes of Rhythm
Although the world is constantly changing, some things remain. Like Hamlet, hot dogs, the Himalayas. And blues music. The blues was born in the delta and got electrified further up north. Then it was spread around the world.…
Continue Reading »Pinoy Blues Jam - New Release Review
I just received a copy of Pinoy Blues Jam, a recording made at Roadhouse Manila Bay featuring various regional blues bands. First up is Dr. Crowley, a blues rock band on the province of Cavite. Opening with rock…
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