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Exclusive Interview with Ruthie Foster
Bman: Hi Ruthie. I appreciate you taking the time out from your schedule to talk with me. I'm extremely embarrassed to say that I wasn't aware of your work until I heard this most recent recording, " Let…
Continue Reading »Music Maker Update
Please note: Music Maker will not be shipping items from our store between December 23 and December 28. Happy Holidays from all of us! This photo was taken a couple years at the Durham Holiday Parade - Whistlin'…
Continue Reading »Mayne Stage Update
December 21, 2011 UPCOMING SHOWS THE VIC AND PAUL SHOW 12/20-30 ABC7 COUNTDOWN CHICAGO TO 2012 WITH JAMES HUNTER 12/31 @ 10PM DAN TELFER 1/6 @ 8PM THIS MUST BE THE BAND 1/7 @ 8PM HERE'S TO LIFE…
Continue Reading »Boogie Bill Webb & Harmonica Slim
Harmonica Slim was born Travis L. Blaylock (Dec. 20, 1934) in Texas. He picked up the instrument around the age of 12 and was soon working as part of the Sunny South Gospel Singers gospel group, broadcasting over…
Continue Reading »News from Stephanie Trick
Dear Friends, Happy Holidays! I just returned from a marathon tour in California -- four fantastic weeks of concerts and festivals. Highlights included the West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, the San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival, and…
Continue Reading »Salvatore Amara & The Easy Blues Band
SALVATORE AMARA & THE EASY BLUES BAND is one of the most valuable Blues band born in Sardinia (the beautiful italian island in the Mediterranean sea), set up by Salvatore Amara between 1993 and 1994. From birth to…
Continue Reading »Floyd Jones, Big Walter, Big John Wrencher, James Smith & Playboy Venson
Floyd Jones (July 21, 1917 – December 19, 1989) was an American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter, who is significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after…
Continue Reading »1989 Mikell's NYC Shuffle Blues - Cornell Dupree
Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote…
Continue Reading »Crossroad Blues - Adrian Adioetomo
Three years have passed since the release of “Delta Indonesia”, the debut album from Adrian Adioetomo, but the blues craze have only just begun. Under the label-namesake MySeeds records, Adrian released his album back in 2007. This album…
Continue Reading »6.30 - Gugun Blues Shelter
Previously called the Bluesbug, Gugun Blues Shelter is an Indonesian blues power trio that is a breath of fresh air in the seemingly dying Asian blues scene these days. Influenced by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray…
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