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Deedra Patrick back in the studio!
Powerhouse vocalist Deedra Patrick who recently played the Kern River Rock n Blues Fest is back in the studio and recording after an auto accident sidelined her career temporarily. Ex lead singer for Contra-Band and headliner at the…
Continue Reading »David Bowie's famous K. West sign on display in major exhibition
David Bowie - Sound and Vision 40 years ago this year saw the release of an album and the meteoric rise of a performer who was to overturn the landscape of pop culture more than any artist since…
Continue Reading »Wade Walton & Honeyboy Edwards
Wade Walton is a unique individual having spent his entire life in Clarksdale, cutting hair and slapping out blues rhythms on his razor strap. A barber for 55 years Wade has probably known more blues performers and has…
Continue Reading »You Asked for It - Ivory Joe Hunter
Ivory Joe Hunter (October 10, 1914 – November 8, 1974) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and pianist. After a series of hits on the US R&B chart starting in the mid 1940s, he became more…
Continue Reading »Concert - Jonathan Butler
Jonathan Butler (born 10 October 1961, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as R&B, jazz fusion or worship music. Born and raised in Cape Town during Apartheid, Butler started…
Continue Reading »The Snake - Oscar Brown Jr.
Oscar Brown, Jr (October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, civil rights activist, and actor. He ran for office in the Illinois state legislature and U.S. Congress, unsuccessfully in each case.…
Continue Reading »Afflicted - Charles Brimmer
Charles Brimmer was born in 1948, and grew up in the legendary Ninth Ward down in New Orleans. By the time he was in High School he was singing with The Ravens, a neighborhood vocal group. His first…
Continue Reading »I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966) was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the…
Continue Reading »Kasa Chorych
"Kasa Chorych” (meaning HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY) is the real legend of Polish blues-rock. The band was started in 1975 by Ryszard “Skiba” Skibinski (who played harmonica) and the guitarist Jaroslaw Tioskow. At the beginning they played in small…
Continue Reading »Jesi-Lu Records artist; Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps - Come On Home - New Release Review
I just received a copy of Come On Home, the new release from Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps. The release opens with Come On Home To Me, a funky blues track with a touch of country. James…
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