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Signature Sounds artist: Hundred Dollar Valentine - Chris Smither - New Release Review
Sitting here listening to the new recording, Hundred Dollar Valentine, by Chris Smither. This recording, set to be released on June 19, 2012 will be Smither's 12th studio disc. Smither is an excellent finger picking guitar player and…
Continue Reading »Red River New Mexico's "River & Brews Blues Fest"
2012 RIVER & BREWS BLUES FEST LINE-UP RUDY BOY EXPERIMENT R.B. STONE ALBUQUERQUE BLUES CONNECTION BLUES BOY WILLIE Take a trip back to when BB King and Muddy Waters were just reaching the heights of their internationally successful…
Continue Reading »Trouble, Trouble - Luke "Long Gone" Miles
Luke "Lone Gone" Miles (May 8, 1925 – November 23, 1987) was an American Texas blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was a protégé of Lightnin' Hopkins, and variously recorded or performed with Hopkins, Sonny Terry,…
Continue Reading »Tribute to Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–37 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced later generations of…
Continue Reading »HOW LONG BLUES - Bertha Chippie Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950), was an American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis Armstrong. Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen children,…
Continue Reading »Three O'clock In The Morning - Connor Kennedy Band
Young musicians often find themselves enamored with the music of legendary artists but in some cases, they learn to play that music; on even rarer occasions they get to share a stage with those legends. Connor Kennedy, a…
Continue Reading »Sena Ehrhardt at Blues Music Awards!
SENA EHRHARDT AT THE BLUES MUSIC AWARDS IN MEMPHIS! "Make way for a rising star" - Jazz & Blues Report Singing sensation Sena Ehrhardt will perform with her band just prior to the 33rd Blues Music Awards ceremony…
Continue Reading »Winter Kill - The Eastern
The Eastern are string band that roars like a punk band, that swings like a gospel band, that drinks like a country band, that works like a bar band, that hopes like folk singers, and sings love songs…
Continue Reading »Old Pal Records artist: Gary Primich - Just A Little More...with Omar Dykes - New Release Review
I've been listening to a new album of music by Gary Primich that will be released on April 17, 2012. To celebrate the release of this new cd, a number of special events are planned in Austin including…
Continue Reading »First-Ever Orange County Blues Society Event This Saturday, May 12
First-Ever Event For New Orange County Blues Society - Saturday, May 12th (DATELINE: ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USA) - Blues impresario/musician, Papa J, has formed the long-needed Orange County Blues Society (OCBS) and has announced the inaugural event slated…
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