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28 Shows/26 Days! Harpist Dennis Grueling, Guitarist Doug Deming CD Release Tour
Harpist Dennis Gruenling Joins Guitarist Doug Deming (With The Jewel Tones) On U.S. Tour Supporting Both Their New CDs Like World Champions LeBron James and Dwayne Wade of the NBA's Miami Heat, blues musicians Dennis Gruenling and Doug…
Continue Reading »Make It Real Records artist: Cameo Blues - 10,000 Hours - New Release Review
I just received a copy of the new Cameo Blues recording, 10,000 Hours. The band, made up of Ray Harrison on piano, John Bride on guitar, John Dickie on Vocal, Mike Sloski on drums and Tommy Griffiths on…
Continue Reading »Boo Hanks and Dom Flemon's collaborative album released!
Sonny Boy King, an Alabama treasure Sonny Boy King is an Alabama Bluesman that has been with Music Maker for almost seven years. For over twenty-five years he played parties in Alabama, Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland, developing his…
Continue Reading »Skip´s Worried Blues - Skip James
Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Born in Bentonia, Mississippi, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He first learned to play guitar from another…
Continue Reading »I Had A Talk With My Man - Mitty Collier
Mitty Lene Collier (born 21 June 1941) is an American church pastor, gospel singer and former rhythm and blues singer. She had a number of successful records in the 1960s, of which probably the best known is "I…
Continue Reading »New Cee Cee James Album, "Blood Red Blues," Already a Hit at AirPlay Direct Digital Download Service
NEW CEE CEE JAMES ALBUM, BLOOD RED BLUES, ALREADY A HIT AT AIRPLAY DIRECT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD SERVICE ALBUM IS CURRENTLY #1 ON AIRPLAY DIRECT’S GLOBAL CHART FOR ALL GENRES ST. LOUIS, MO – Although it won’t be officially…
Continue Reading »Come Here Mama - Little Willie Anderson
Some folks called Chicago harpist Little Willie Anderson "Little Walter Jr.," so faithfully did Anderson's style follow that of the legendary harp wizard. But Anderson was already quite familiar with the rudiments of the harmonica before he ever…
Continue Reading »Get Your Blues On at Double D's With Chicago's Howard and The White Boys
"Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two Decades!" "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band," Howard and the White Boys.
Continue Reading »Laundromat Blues - Richie Arndt and The Bluenatics
No no, really, Richie Arndt was not born in New Orleans. Neither does he hail from Memphis, for that matter. Still, his great passion is for the Blues and American Roots music in general – the origins of…
Continue Reading »Por la cara - Predicador Ramirez
From rumba rock to heavy boogaloo,from a stoned ranchera to an anxious ska piece, this couple of songwriters/producers from Barcelona (Spain) shows a complex view of the rock syntaxis in spanish language. They PREDICADOR RAMÍREZ & MANOLO D'MADRE,…
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