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City Hall Records Artist: Barbara Carr - Keep The Fire Burning - New Release Review
City Hall Records artist Barbara Carr will be releasing her newest recording, Keep The Fire Burning on August 21, 2012. A seasoned soul singer with previous records at Chess records as well an one solo album, Good Woman…
Continue Reading »Talks About The Spaceship - Ironing Board Sam
Though an active blues artist for nearly four decades, Ironing Board Sam's file is pretty slim. Chalk up at least part of it to an inability to be in the right place at the right time and a…
Continue Reading »James Jamerson Tribute
James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) was an American bass player. He was the uncredited bassist on most of Motown Records' hits in the 1960s and early 1970s (Motown did not list session musician…
Continue Reading »Far Too Many Nights - Blues Gang
In the words of blues prodigy Katie Webster, "Blues Wire are the best blues band in Europe and deserve to be heard by a wider audience". According to everybody who has ever witnessed a Blues Wire gig this…
Continue Reading »San-Ho-Zay - Kirk Fletcher with Vladimir Rusinov & the Jumping Cats
Vladimir Rusinov & The Jumping Cats were formed in 2003 in Moscow by guitar player Vladimir Rusinov. Since then the band has played numerous club gigs and successfully participated in festivals all over Russia and abroad. Some of…
Continue Reading »Clarksdale, Mississippi's Cat Head blues store celebrates 10 years of success
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art in Clarksdale, Mississippi, celebrates 10th anniversary with free blues events – August 10-12, 2012 (Cat Head store in Clarksdale. Photo art by Chuck Lamb.) (CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI) – 10 years ago, marketing…
Continue Reading »Boom Boom - Mark Naftalin Band with John Lee Hooker
Mark Naftalin (born August 2, 1944) is an American blues keyboardist, composer, and record producer. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, Naftalin is the son of former Minneapolis mayor Arthur Naftalin; he is married to third wife Ellen…
Continue Reading »Ophelia - Garth & Maud Hudson
GARTH HUDSON was born August 2nd, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Fred James Hudson and Olive Louella Pentland. His mother played piano, accordion and sang; his father played drums, C melody saxophone, clarinet and flute, and would…
Continue Reading »Old Judge Jones - Les Dudek
Les Dudek was born in a Naval air station hospital on the coast of Quonset Point, just north of Wickford, Rhode Island. His father Harold, from Campbell, Nebraska, was a radioman in the Navy who served on the…
Continue Reading »Robert Cray streams new single "(Won't Be) Coming Home"
Pre-order the album from the Robert Cray Shop Five-time Grammy award winning legend and Blues Hall of Fame Inductee Robert Cray is pleased to announce that his brand new studio album Nothin But Love will be released in…
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