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Knows How To Boogie - Joel DaSilva and the Midnight Howl
Joel DaSilva has blues running through his veins. Born and raised in his sweet home, Chicago, DaSilva hails from a musical family. His mother and father traveled throughout Brazil and Ukraine, his mother a singer and father accompanying…
Continue Reading »Blues Blast Pre-party at the Rhythm Room!
1019 E. Indian School Road Phoenix, Arizona 85014 rhythmroom.com (602)265-4842 Blues Blast Pre-party at the Rhythm Room! Tonight Friday March 9th with Janiva Magness Blues Blast festival pre-party and CD Release Party for new Album out on Alligator…
Continue Reading »Jay Gordon To Set L.A. House of Blues On Fire This Saturday (With His Guitar...)
HOLLYWOOD'S HOUSE OF BLUES LAUNCHES ALL AGES LIVE BLUES SERIES FEATURING SOCAL'S FINEST TALENT IN THEIR CROSSROADS RESTAURANT Jay Gordon & Blues Venom (WEST HOLLYWOOD) - In a development that is guaranteed to make Southern California's fiercely loyal…
Continue Reading »New Release: Anthony Gomes - Up2Zero - Review
I just received a copy of the new recording, Up2Zero by Blueswax Magazine's "Blues Artist of The Year" Anthony Gomes. The disk opens with a screamer, Back To The Start, a Texas style blues with a great base,…
Continue Reading »New Release: Lose Yourself - Ulrich Ellison - Review
I just received the new recording, Lose Yourself, by Ulrich Ellison. First I want to applaud Ellison for endeavoring to make something that is spontaneous and unique rather than following the lead of everyone else. This recording is…
Continue Reading »Mike Farris Update
SHOUT! The Newsletter March 2012 Happy belated new year everybody! I'm excited about this year, even if it may be our last one EVER. Historically, the Mayans are known to have been serious “Debbie Downers” and straight up…
Continue Reading »Was I Drunk - Georgia White
Georgia White (March 9, 1903 -- c.1980) was an African American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life. By the late 1920s she was singing in clubs in Chicago,…
Continue Reading »Blues Guitarist Bugs Henderson passed away last night
Bugs Henderson was born in Palm Springs, California in 1943 and grew up in Tyler, Texas. Bugs had a burning desire to pick up the 6 string at an early age. At the age of 6 he discovered…
Continue Reading »Dirty Man - Laura Lee
Laura Lee (born Laura Lee Newton, 9 March 1945, Chicago, Illinois) is an American soul and gospel singer and songwriter, most successful in the 1960s and 1970s and influential for her records which discussed and celebrated women’s experience.…
Continue Reading »Stormy Monday - Lefty Bates
Lefty Bates (March 9, 1920 – April 7, 2007) was an American Chicago blues guitarist. He led the Lefty Bates Combo, and variously worked with the El Dorados, the Flamingos, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Etta…
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