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Check This Guy Out! - Olli Soikkeli - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Olli Soikkeli I've been watching Olli Soikkeli's work for a couple of years and his hot jazz style is mesmerizing.Born in Nurmes, Finland and based in NYC, Soikkeli was introduced to the music of great Django…
Continue Reading »Check This Out! - Ronnie Earl - Blues For The West Side- Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Ronnie Earl - Blues For The West Side Ronnie Earl is the kind of guitar player who doesn’t need to rush. Born Ronald Horvath in Queens, New York, he picked up the guitar a bit later…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Danny Gatton - ACL Boogie - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Danny Gatton - ACL Boogie Danny Gatton (1945–1994) was an acclaimed American guitarist famous for pioneering "redneck jazz"—a unique genre blending blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country. He adopted the term from fellow Washington, D.C. guitarist Evan…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Johnny Guitar Watson live - Look in sidebar for a quick video
RARE aIR Johnny Guitar Watson Johnny "Guitar" Watson was the ultimate musical shape-shifter, blazing a trail through blues, soul, and funk for over forty years with a ton of attitude and a wildly aggressive guitar style. Growing up…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Johnny Winter - Be Careful With A Fool - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Johnny Winter - Be Careful With A Fool John Dawson Winter III, known to the world as Johnny Winter, was an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and music producer. Growing up in Beaumont, Texas with his younger…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Nicole Glover - Blues Up And Down - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Nicole Glover - Blues Up And Down I found Nicole Glover about a 2 years ago when I went to see trumpet player, Ingrid Jensen in one of her side bands, Artemis. Artemis is an all…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Skip James - I'm So Glad - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Skip James - I'm So Glad The Skip James was easily one of the most haunting, brilliant, and uniquely eerie figures in the entire history of the Delta blues. Born near Bentonia, Mississippi in 1902, he…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - Son House & Buddy Guy - Live On Camera Three - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air Buddy Guy and Son House Eddie James “Son” House (1902–1988) poured more raw emotion into the Delta blues than almost anyone else. He spent his life torn between preaching in church and playing in rowdy jukes.…
Continue Reading »👀Check This Out! - The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band - Look in sidebar for a quick video
Rare Air The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band - Swamp Donkey The New Orleans Swamp Donkeys Traditional Jass Band is a wild, high-energy crew that has been keeping the rowdy spirit of early 1900s traditional jazz…
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