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Brian Batchley On Harmonica
Hi I'm Brian Batchley. I am a musician.I have been fronting the Preachers Blues band since 1987.I play harmonica,guitar,piano and bass. I'm working on drums and digital sax.I also sing. david Reo is our guitar player aka: "Rhode…
Continue Reading »Bullfrog Blues - The Russ Tippins Electric Band
The band has been together since October 2009, initially playing Rock & Blues covers around the bar & club circuit in the North-East of England. By Spring 2010, they'd cooked up enough ideas to go and make their…
Continue Reading »Pick Up The Pieces - Wentus Blues Band w/ Eddie Kirkland
While most people associate the blues with the steamy bayous of Louisiana and the cotton fields of Mississippi, lovers of the devil´s music may be surprised to hear that there is also a thriving scene in Scandinavia.At the…
Continue Reading »Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson
Possessing one of the most elegant baritone voices in the annals of recorded music, Grammy Award-nominated Chuck Jackson has set a benchmark for aspiring vocalists of all genres. In turn, he's engendered deep respect from contemporaries and aficionados…
Continue Reading »Saint Louis Blues - Joe "Stride" Turner
Joe Turner (November 3, 1907 – July 21, 1990) was an American jazz pianist. Joseph H. Turner was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. One of the masters of the stride piano style associated with Harlem, New York…
Continue Reading »Women Be Wise - Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace (born as Beulah Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American singer-songwriter. Her early career in local tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over…
Continue Reading »MC Records artist: Debbie Davies - After The Fall - New Release Review
I just received the new recording, After The Fall by Debbie Davies. Debbie is a stellar blues guitarist and I been anxious to hear this. The recording opens with Don't Put The Blame, a song that to my…
Continue Reading »What The Press Is Saying About Tricia Freeman's New CD, "Everyone Can See"
(Tricia Freeman performs at the Real Blues Festival Of Orange County 3, presented by the Orange County Blues Society, Sunday, August 26 at Malone's in Santa Ana). What The Media Is Saying About Tricia Freeman & Her New…
Continue Reading »Live at the Temecula Theater DVD - Dennis Jones Band - New Recording Review
I just received Live at the Temecula Theater featuring the Dennis Jones Band. Dennis is a young axe slinger with a tight backing made up of Michael Turner on Drums and Sam Correa on Bass (both on vocals).…
Continue Reading »Walkin' The Dog - Kinsey Report
The Kinsey Report is a Gary, Indiana based band, established in 1984 by the brothers Donald, Ralph, and Kenneth Kinsey, plus a family friend, Ron Prince. As Big Daddy Kinsey and the Kinsey Report, they effectively backed their…
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