by Bman | Apr 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
ALLIGATOR RECORDS TO HELP BRING ATTENTION TO PUBLIC RADIO MUSIC MONTH WITH FREE 17-SONG SAMPLER Alligator Records, in collaboration with NPR and public radio stations, will release a free, downloadable 17-song sampler to help bring attention to Public Radio Music...
by Bman | Mar 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
WXRT'S BLUES BREAKERS TO PREMIERE TWO TRACKS FROM HARMONICA LEGEND JAMES COTTON'S COTTON MOUTH MAN On Monday, March 25, Tom Marker, host of Chicago radio station WXRT-FM's Blues Breakers program, will premiere two new songs from Grammy-winning harmonica giant James...
by Bman | Feb 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
MAGIC SLIM, BLUES ICON, DIES AT 75 Magic Slim, a revered and towering figure in the field of traditional Chicago blues, died today in a Philadelphia hospital at the age of 75. Born Morris Holt in Torrance, Mississippi in 1937, the guitarist performer, bandleader, and...
by Bman | Feb 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
GUITARIST/VOCALIST/SONGWRITER JOE LOUIS WALKER NAMED TO BLUES FOUNDATION'S BLUES HALL OF FAME On Wednesday, February 13, The Blues Foundation in Memphis named guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Joe Louis Walker to be a 2013 Blues Hall Of Fame inductee. The induction...
by Bman | Feb 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
JJ GREY & MOFRO'S THIS RIVER SET FOR APRIL 16 RELEASE U.S. TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED Jacksonville-based singer/songwriter JJ Grey will release THIS RIVER on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. This is Grey's seventh album (his fifth for Alligator Records) and his first studio...
