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M.C. Records To Release Rick Holmstrom's Latest
M.C. Records Signs Rick Holmstrom Cruel Sunrise Set For Worldwide Release August 28 Northport NY - M.C. Records is thrilled to announce the signing of remarkable guitarist and songwriter Rick Holmstrom. Cruel Sunrise is his first solo recording…
Continue Reading »Deep Ellum Blues - Blackberry Smoke with Billy Gibbons
You can call Blackberry Smokeâs music southern rock and you wouldnât be wrong. Or you could call it country and you wouldnât be wrong, either. But you would be selling both the band and its legion of fans…
Continue Reading »T-Bone Shuffle - Skunk Jive
Original liner notes for "Scratch It" album by Ken Chang who has written for Allmusic.com and Blues Revue magazine. --- It was just another small footnote in blues history, but allow me a few lines here and Iâll…
Continue Reading »Shotgun - Jr Walker and the Allstars
Junior Walker (born Autry DeWalt Mixon, Jr., June 14, 1931 â November 23, 1995) was an American musician. His group, Junior Walker & the All Stars, were signed to the Motown label in the 1960s, and became one…
Continue Reading »So What - Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller (born William Henry Marcus Miller Jr., June 14, 1959, Brooklyn, New York) is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer…
Continue Reading »Have You Ever Been Mistreated - Queen Sylvia
Queen Sylvia Embry, Born: June 14, 1941 | Died: February 28, 1992 Instrument: Bass, electric For a period of time in the â70s and â80s, it appeared that Queen Sylvia Embry was going to emerge as one of…
Continue Reading »Jazz Foundation helps Music Maker ensure work for artists
Support America's Musical Heritage Please donate today! Your support of Music Maker has made many highlights and successes possible for our programs and artists this year. As we work towards improving the lives of our partner artists and…
Continue Reading »Louisiana Blues - John Campbell
John Allen Campbell (January 20, 1952 â June 13, 1993) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was born in Shreveport, Louisiana A guitarist who took blues technique to new heights in concerts with a blend…
Continue Reading »When You've Got No Place to Go - Eric Gales
Eric Gales (aka Raw Dawg) (born October 29, 1974, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American blues-rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. As of 2011 Gales has recorded ten albums on major record labels, and has done session…
Continue Reading »If You Need Me - Chris E Thomas
The first single Workinâ off Chris E Thomasâs debut album âMonkey Off My Backâ was honoured at the Canberra Country Music Awards receiving the award for National Country Honky Tonk Song and the award for National Country Swing…
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