by Bman | Oct 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Like so many African-American vocalists, Shirley Johnson started out singing in church and then went on to embrace secular music. The Chicago resident, whose influences range from Mahalia Jackson to Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Ruth Brown, is a gritty, big-voiced...
by Bman | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I was talking to my new friend Jackie Scott a few weeks back and she asked if i was familiar with the new Eddie Shaw recordings. I am now and it is hot! The release has 8 tracks opening with a hopping instrumental, Sack Full Of Blues with Eddie leading the way on sax....
by Bman | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Deborah Coleman (born October 3, 1956, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer. Coleman won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001,and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award nine times Coleman...
by Bman | Sep 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Headliners Exclusive Interview - Jackie Scott I have to admit … sometimes I think that I live under a rock. A number of months back I got a cd by Jackie Scott and the Housewreckers , Going To The Westside, for review and I wasn’t familiar with her work. At the...
by Bman | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Archie Edwards (September 4, 1918 – June 18, 1998) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning several decades, worked variously with Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, and John Jackson.His best known tracks included "Saturday Night...
