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Far Too Many Nights - Blues Gang
In the words of blues prodigy Katie Webster, "Blues Wire are the best blues band in Europe and deserve to be heard by a wider audience". According to everybody who has ever witnessed a Blues Wire gig this…
Continue Reading »Ophelia - Garth & Maud Hudson
GARTH HUDSON was born August 2nd, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada to Fred James Hudson and Olive Louella Pentland. His mother played piano, accordion and sang; his father played drums, C melody saxophone, clarinet and flute, and would…
Continue Reading »Red House - Gyan Dookie & The Dookie Knights
Gyan Dookie is a multitalented singer, songwriter, musician and martial artist. He was born in London, but moved to Finland at the age of five. In Gyan's music you can hear his main influences: blues, funk, rock, jazz,…
Continue Reading »Red House - Pass Over Blues and Peter Schmidt
Aktuelle Meldung: +++ Wir sind nominiert für die Blues Challenge 2o12 (baltic blues e.V.) +++ Der Endausscheid für die "German Blues Challenge 2012" findet am 29.o9.2o12 in Eutin statt. Wie genau wir nun in diese "Lage" gekommen sind,…
Continue Reading »Big Dave & the Backbones with Alex Schultz
Big Dave Reniers (born 1969) began playing harmonica at the age of 14. A few years later he got in touch with blues music listening to harmonica-players such as William Clarke, Kim Wilson, James Harman, etc.. He formed…
Continue Reading »Work Out - LAURA B & THE MOONLIGHTERS
Laura B and the Moonlighters are an exciting seven-piece rockin’ and honkin’ rhythm and blues combo in the upbeat style of Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle and Lavern Baker. The Band is led by the talented and charismatic vocalist…
Continue Reading »Its My Life - Blues Eaters
Ce combo, fondé en juillet 2008, se compose de musiciens aguerris. Ils écument les scènes française et européennes depuis 15 ans. Sur la route du blues, ils ont partagé l’affiche avec Bill PERRY, Tommy CASTRO, Loonie BROOKS, Junior…
Continue Reading »Rainman Records artist: Alvin Lee - Still On The Road To Freedom - New Recording Review
Alvin Lee... yes the real Alvin Lee, has just come out of the studio and is ready to release a new cd, Still On The Road To Freedom, on August 27, 2012. To say that I am a…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - The Badrock Bluesband
m Sommer 1992 formierte sich in Österreich (Oberösterreich, Bezirk Ried - siehe nebenstehende Karte) mit Gerald Schuldenzucker, Siegfried Horvath, Franz Kollmann und Berndt Steiner die BADROCK BLUES BAND. Anfangs zu viert in klassischer Band-Besetzung mit zwei Gitarren, Bass…
Continue Reading »Looking For Somebody - Ivan Marcio
Ivan Marcio fell in love with the harmonica when he was 13 and a year later, in 1991, while listening to Elmore James, he fell in love with the blues, which became the unseparable companion of this harmonica…
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