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Lookin' For A Home - Olive Brown
If the blues seems to be the only musical genre named after a color, the performer named Olive Brown represents a small part of the music's unique color wheel. Brown changed her name from Olive Jefferson and apparently…
Continue Reading »New Release - Joel DaSilva & The Midnight Howl - Self titled - Review
I'm listening to the new self titled release by Joel DaSilva and the Midnight Howl and it's great! It opens with Let's Not Fight, a Texas style blues, with so real down home Texas style guitar playing. Hangin'On,…
Continue Reading »NEA Funds Music Maker's Chapel Hill Series
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Music Maker is proud to announce a spring music series at Southern Village in Chapel Hill, N.C., that will be offered free to the public. The Roots and Leaves Series will feature traditional music on…
Continue Reading »Excellent Concert Footage - Bob Margolin
Bob Margolin, (born May 9, 1949, Brookline, Massachusetts, United States)and featured here with Mike Sponza, is an American electric blues guitarist. His nickname is "Steady Rollin'". Bob Margolin was born and raised in Brookline. He started playing guitar…
Continue Reading »Search For Robert Johnson Part 4 (of 5)
The Search for Robert Johnson is a 1991 UK television documentary film about the legendary Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, hosted by John Hammond, and produced and directed by Chris Hunt. In it, Hammond travels through the American…
Continue Reading »Hoochie Coochie Man - The Graham Bond Organization
The Graham Bond Organization (Graham Bond - Ginger Baker - Jack Bruce - Dick Heckstall-Smith) at The 1965 National Jazz and Blues Festival held at the Richmond Athletic Grounds, Richmond, Surrey, UK on August 7th, 1965 Graham John…
Continue Reading »If Troubles Was Money - Blues Cargo
Blues Cargo love Blues Music and mostly like to play Chicago Blues style.Started playing in 1987 at Athens Greece as a four member band. Two guitars Bass and Drums. After some changes to the members the Band at…
Continue Reading »Instrumental - Alan Haynes
Alan Haynes (February 19, 1956), born in Houston, Texas, is an American Texas Blues guitarist. Alan has been playing professionally since the 1970s and has performed with a variety of Blues legends that include Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny…
Continue Reading »Hardest Part Of Lovin' You - Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings
Tom Holland & the Shuffle Kings are one of the hardest working blues bands not only in the Midwest, but the world! They have been playing stages across the world for 10 years now. They've been the backing…
Continue Reading »FPR News April/May 2012
In This Issue New 2012 Workshop GE Smith joins BDW Kickstart Oteil Meet Me in the Kitchen Help Ruth Grace Get Her Ride FRESH CATCH! In May Jorma plays the Nelsonville Music Festival a short piece from home.…
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