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Tech Talk - Petros Guitars - Grand Concert
Anyone looking for a guitar that will do both fingerstyle and flatpicking, and do it well? After numerous requests for just such an instrument Petros Guitars decided that after 30 years of perfecting just two models, perhaps there…
Continue Reading »Music Maker artists: Boo Hanks with Dom Flemons - Buffalo Junction - New Recording Review
I just received a copy of one of the coolest traditional and Piedmont style blues recordings to hit the market in a long time. 83 year old Boo Hanks, who has played locally and worked in the tobacco…
Continue Reading »HAMILTON LOOMIS -- July 2012 Schedule
Thanks for your support! This will be a busy July/Aug. for Hamilton and the Band -- They will be supporting N. Mississippi All-Stars and B.B. King at the Belgium R&B Festival, then head back to the U.S. for…
Continue Reading »All Hell Breaks Loose!@Bliss 525 Jam This Sunday Hosted By New Blues Revolution
All Hell Breaks Loose! At The Bliss 525 Jam Hosted By New Blues Revolution (Long Beach, CA) - Gig after gig and week after week, the group known as New Blues Revolution continues to earn their growing reputation…
Continue Reading »Mark Pucci Media Artists Nominated for the 2012 Living Blues Awards
Mark Pucci Media MARK PUCCI MEDIA CONGRATULATES ITS ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR THE 2012 LIVING BLUES AWARDS READER’S POLL Blues Artist of the Year (Male) – Johnny Rawls Best Blues Album of 2011 (New Recordings) – Johnny Rawls, Memphis…
Continue Reading »EDGAR'S BOOGIE - Edgar Hayes' Stardusters
Pianist and bandleader Edgar Hayes is best remembered today for his 1938 version of Hoagy Carmichael's ''Stardust,'' the only hit song for Hayes. The recording features his light, tinkling piano style and is still today considered to be…
Continue Reading »Blues medley - JUKE BOY BONNER
Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner (March 22, 1932 – June 29, 1978) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo. He…
Continue Reading »I'm a Ram - BRIAN TAMBLING
Brian Tambling is preparing to release his debut album marking a huge stage in the career of the multi-talented guitarist. Brian, who lives on Curacao; Dutch Caribbean, has just put the final touches to the album and is…
Continue Reading »Slow Movin Train - Bart Walker Band
Bart Walker’s debut, Who I Am, is a portrait of the Nashville-based guitar and vocal powerhouse as a dreamer, a fan, a survivor, a creative dynamo and, most of all, a one-man argument for the continued vitality and…
Continue Reading »Big James Living Blues Award Nomination
BIG JAMES and the CHICAGO PLAYBOYS UP FOR "BEST LIVE PERFORMER" AWARD Voting for Living Blues Award Open to the Public Now Big James and the Chicago Playboys, six time winners of the Living Blues Critics Poll Award…
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