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Stony Plain Records artist: Rory Block - I Belong To The Band - New Release Review
I have just received and had the opportunity to review the third in Rory Block's "Mentor" series of Blues Artists. This new CD, I Belong To The Band - A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis follows earlier tributes…
Continue Reading »Scorch Sisters Bringin' Sexy Back (Blues That Is) To The Gold Cadillac
Music Connection Magazine "Hot 100" Artist Scorch Sisters Are Back...!! "They're called the Scorch Sisters because these croonin' cuties just might be the hottest blues act in Los Angeles." - Will Phoenix, Los Angeles Examiner (Photo by Suze…
Continue Reading »Everyday People/ Dance To The Music - Sly and the Family Stone
Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, March 15, 1943, Denton, Texas) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as frontman for Sly and the Family Stone, a band which played a critical role…
Continue Reading »Blues For The Red Boy - Todd Rhodes
Todd Rhodes (August 31, 1900 – June 4, 1965) was an American pianist and arranger and was an early influence in jazz and later on in R&B. He was born Todd Washington Rhodes, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Rhodes attended…
Continue Reading »Wolf Call Boogie - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
Coy "Hot Shot" Love was a renaissance man, of a kind, in blues: sign-painter, street denizen, and a magician with a harmonica, who liked to adorn his leather jacket and his bicycle, and other personal items with messages…
Continue Reading »Blues Deluxe - The Harless Brothers Band
Nick Harless is the lead guitarist and songwriter of the band. At 21 years of age Nick has been playing guitar for only 6 years, but in those few short years, he has progressed at an alarming rate.…
Continue Reading »Little Wing - The Sad Sam Blues Band
Sadie Johnson - lead guitar, writer, vocals Sam Johnson - bass guitar Lydia Elmer - vocals Jake Gates - drums Wes Schrimsher - sax, keyboard Sam (16) and Sadie (14) are sisters that love to play blues and…
Continue Reading »Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess artist: Jimbo Mathus - Blue Light - New Recording Review
Jimbo Mathus has a new EP, Blue Light, coming out in July ind it's really strong! Taking time out from the Tri-State Coalition which also has a new release coming out soon, Mathus lays down a 6 track…
Continue Reading »Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore
Dorothy Moore (born 13 October 1946, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American pop, R&B, and soul singer best known for her 1976 hit song, "Misty Blue". Born to Mary Moore and Melvin Hendrex Snr., aka Melvin Henderson of the…
Continue Reading »A Quitter Never Wins - Tinsley Ellis
Hard-rocking blues-soaked guitarist/vocalist/song-writer Tinsley Ellis sings and plays with the energy and soul of all the great Southern musicians who have come before him. Ellis attacks his music with rock power and blues feeling, following in the tradition…
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