by Bman | Dec 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band. The third of four sons, Danko was born in Green's Corners, Ontario, a farming community outside of the town of Simcoe, to a...
by Bman | Nov 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jackie Washington (November 12, 1919 — June 27, 2009) was a Canadian blues musician. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Washington became Canada's first black disk jockey in 1948, at CHML in Hamilton. Washington came from a large family of musicians, including his...
by Bman | Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
(Photo Courtesy of InRetro) WINDSOR, ON – During a rousing evening of blues music in Windsor, Ontario, Severn Records artist Sugar Ray Norcia was inducted into the Canada South Blues Society Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 20. Sugar Ray and his band, The Bluetones,...
by Bman | Oct 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Colin Linden (born 16 April 1960) is a Canadian musician, songwriter and record producer. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda Williams, T-Bone Burnett, Colin James, Leon Redbone, Rita Chiarelli, Chris Thomas King and The...
by Bman | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just received the new release, It Ain't Easy, from Corey Lueck and the Smoke Wagon Blues Band. This is a real entertaining recording. Opening with Devil Got My Woman, a rock boogie, Lueck sets the tone for a carefree blues romp. Mike Stubbs on guitar and Gord...
