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Steve Strongman Wins JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year
Steve Strongman Wins JUNO Award for Blues Album of the Year Photo: Liam Richards/The Canadian Press Kitchener raised, Hamilton Ontario resident Steve Strongman will be clearing space on his mantle for more hardware after receiving a coveted JUNO…
Continue Reading »Steve Strongman, Shakura S'Aida, Paul Reddick and MonkeyJunk lead Maple Blues Award Nominations
(October 26, 2012) Toronto, ON - The Toronto Blues Society will be celebrating its 16th annual Maple Blues Awards by honouring nationally and internationally recognized Canadian Blues artists from across the country on January 21, 2013. The nominees…
Continue Reading »Steve Strongman's New CD Is Garnering Great Reviews and Airplay Throughout North America
A Natural Fact: Steve Strongman's New CD Is Garnering Great Reviews and Airplay Throughout North America Since it's release in early May, the new acoustic CD A Natural Fact from bluesman Steve Strongman has been getting regular airplay…
Continue Reading »Steve Vai's - Third Vai Academy Guitar Camp To Take Place Jan 2-6th in Carmel, CA
STEVE VAI’S THIRD VAI ACADEMY GUITAR CAMP TO TAKE PLACE JANUARY 2-6, 2017 IN CARMEL, CA PASSION & WARFARE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION 180 GRAM VINYL NOW AVAILABLE NORTH AMERICAN PASSION & WARFARE 25TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR CONTINUES LOS ANGELES…
Continue Reading »Steven Husted - Two Nights - Live - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Two Nights - Live, from Steven Husted, and it's moving. Opening with Hank Mobley's This I Dig of You, and Grant Teeple is really rocking it on…
Continue Reading »Stevie J - Blues Fundraiser & Listening Party at Underground 119
"BACK TO THE BLUES" FUNDRAISER AND LISTENING PARTY FOR STEVIE J, MISSISSIPPI'S BEST-KEPT SECRET@UNDERGROUND 119 THURSDAY, APRIL 2 (JACKSON, MS) - Stevie J, "Mississippi's Best-Kept Secret", holds a Fundraiser and Listening Party for his upcoming album "Back To…
Continue Reading »Stevie Ray Vaughan with Jeff Beck, Jimmie Vaughan & Angela Strehli
Angela Strehli (born November 22, 1945, Lubbock, Texas, United States) is an American electric blues singer and songwriter. She is also a Texas blues historian and impresario. Despite a sporadic recording career, Strehli spends time each year performing…
Continue Reading »Stick Around Town - Blind Lemon
"Blind Lemon takes to the stage and a charismatic harmonica immediately ignites uniform foot-stomping. Their raucous blend of boogie and burning blues licks is exhilarating; the harmonica mesmerizes at every unpredictable turn. The wailing guitar and howling harmonica…
Continue Reading »Still a Fool (Two Trains Runnin) - Poor Bob Jones
Amateur bluesman ; freelance journalist for Blues In Britain mag. I run a monthly acoustic blues night at the Cellar Bar, Foregate street, in Worcester, third Tuesday every month. Anyone who lives locally could do worse ; since…
Continue Reading »Still Ain't Got The Blues - The Wired Band
The WIRED! BAND -- 2010 and 2011 winners of the Washington Blues Society's regional International Blues Challenge and semi-finalists at the 2011 International Blues Challenge held in Memphis TN, 2011 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues awards…
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