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Mick Kolassa - Blind Lemon Sessions - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Blind Lemon Sessions, from Mick Kolassa and its a cool retrospective of classic, traditional and new tracks, all done in an acoustic environment. Opening with Lonnie Johnson's…
Continue Reading »Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca - You Can't Do That - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, You Can't Do That, by Mick Kolassa & Mark Telesca and it's quite entertaining. The concept, to take classic Beatles compositions and remake them in a new…
Continue Reading »Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip - Ramblified
Micke Bjorklof: Lead vocals, harmonica, guitar Lefty Leppänen: Electric- and national steel guitar, vocals Teemu Vuorela: Drums Seppo Nuolikoski: Bass, vocals Timo Roiko-Jokela: Percussion, MalletKAT Bandleader and singer Micke Bjorklof founded Blue Strip with bass player Seppo Nuolikoski…
Continue Reading »Micke Björklöf & BlueStrip
When did you last hear a vibraphone hobnob with a frantic slide guitar? Probably never, but now you can. After a five years wait, Micke Björklöf & Blue Strip finally delivers a new album "Whole´Nutha Thang", featuring eleven…
Continue Reading »Mid-Winter Musical Fun: Michael Hornbuckle at Oriental Theater
MID-WINTER MUSICAL FUN: MICHAEL HORNBUCKLE, AUSTIN YOUNG BAND PERFORM ALL-AGES CONCERT AT THE ORIENTAL THEATRE (Denver, CO) - What better way to shed those mid-winter blahs than with some funky, blue-eyed soul, blues, and rock from two of…
Continue Reading »Middle Mountain Music artist: RB Stone - Loosen Up! - New release review
I just received the newest release (June 18, 2013), Loosen Up!, from RB Stone and if you like your blues with a lotta country kick, this may be your deal! Opening with High Horse, a regular foot stomper,…
Continue Reading »Middle Mountain Music artist: RB Stone - Some Call It Freedom - New Release review
I just received the newest release, Some Call It Freedom (some call it the blues), from RB Stone and it's quite good. Opening with Hill Country Stomp, a hard driving boogie, RB Stone drives this track hard with…
Continue Reading »Middleton Gets The Blues: Howard and the White Boys Play Club Tavern November 2
"Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two Decades!" Club Tavern in Middleton Presents: HOWARD AND THE WHITE BOYS One Show Only - Saturday, November 2 (MIDDLETON, WI) - Middleton gets the Blues as Club Tavern presents "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues…
Continue Reading »Midland Maniac - Steve Winwood with Eric Clapton
Winwood was just a teenager when he rocketed into the international spotlight as the prodigious singer of the Spencer Davis Group (which also featured his brother Muff on bass). The blues and R&B-influenced rock of “Gimme Some Lovin’”…
Continue Reading »Midnight Bells Are Ringing - T-Bone Walker Jr.
R.S. Rankin was born in Royce City, TX. on February 22, 1933. Growing up in the East Texas cotton fields, his mother would always talk about her brother Aaron and how he had made it big as a…
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