Blues

• Robin Trower Bemoans the State of Today’s Blues

  12-10-2016 18:31
  
  "With all due respect to Mr. Trower's age, experience, and musical knowledge, I must reply, poppycock!"
  
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• BREAKING: Blues Music Awards 2019 Winners Announced

  10-05-2019 09:34 via blues.org
  SHEMEKIA COPELAND, MIKE WELCH, AND MICHAEL LEDBETTER SCORED BIG AT THE BLUES FOUNDATION’S 40TH ANNUAL BLUES MUSIC AWARDS
  First-time winners Ben Harper and Sugaray Rayford joined veteran BMA honorees Buddy Guy and Marcia Ball among the triumphant musicians at the gala ceremony hosted by Little Steven Van ZandtBilly Branch & Lurrie Bellphoto by Joseph A. Rosen
  Colin James & Colin LindenPhoto by Alex Ginsburg
  Shemekia CopelandPhoto by Joseph A. Rosen
  Mindi Abair, William Bell, &
  
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• Boz Scaggs at Jazz Fest 2019

  07-05-2019 14:55
  Jazz Fest is celebrating its 50th anniversary in New Orleans and on tour, in support of his new album Out of the Blues, Boz Scaggs stopped by to close day three in the Blues Tent.
  The Blues Tent, one of many stages at The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was jam packed. Spilling outside, folks were gathered to get a peek or have a listen to this legendary performer. Scaggs played for almost an hour and a half, playing old and new, his recognizable voice sounding as strong as ever. The one
  
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• Glenn Alexander Hosts Cancer Benefit Pig Gig 2019

  03-05-2019 12:31
  If April showers bring May flowers we ought to have a ton. I know I showered at least once in April but I can’t say I smell like a flower. Okay folks – Pig Gig Arkansas is happening May 19th. Make the trip if you can or feel free to donate any amount to Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation (FCF) in honor of Jay Alexander. We’re doing all we can to raise money and save lives and share some love, food, music and laughter while doing it. The only Shadowland hit in months – and fo
  
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• Capitol Theater and Ruth Eckerd Hall Have Pre-Sale Tickets For Leela James, Dave Koz & Friends and More

  28-04-2019 14:35
  R&B, Rock & Soul singer/songwriter Leela James makes her way to Clearwater, Florida on July 6th, in support of her new CD Are You Ready? for her Capitol Theatre debut. Her deep, rich, and gritty vocals have drawn comparisons to Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Toni Braxton, and Tina Turner. The first single “That Woman” is a classic rock track with some echoes of rhythm and blues. Like almost all other musicians hit with the neo-soul and retro-soul tags, the primary in
  
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• Oscar Wilson A Cash Box King

  27-04-2019 21:00
  In 2001, Joe Nosek founded The Cash Box Kings in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 2007, he’s co-led the band with Oscar Wilson, the charismatic vocalist. The two form a perfect union; Wilson’s authentic South Side Chicago blues vocal delivery mixed with Nosek’s dynamic harmonica playing. According to Wilson, “The Cash Box Kings are a throwback to the golden age of blues with some kickin’ fresh young blood. Joe is my best friend in the music world. The band is a marriage ma
  
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• The Iceman Special at Jazzfest

  27-04-2019 11:15
  If you are in New Orleans for Jazzfest you already know about the major amounts of talent available to see over these 11 days. I checked out the Wednesday at the Square Concert Series at Lafayette Square Park, and wasn’t disappointed. Neither were the thousands of people that witnessed a great jam by The Iceman Special.
  The Iceman Special, formed in the Crescent City, call themselves a swamp funk band. They’re a four-piece combo of organized chaos, made up of two brothers, Will (voca
  
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• Barre None – It’s Aqua Lung 2019

  21-04-2019 13:31
  Ian Anderson may own the name but he’s gonna have to up his game to catch up to his former guitarist Martin Barre who tore it up on the first two nights of his band’s current American tour at The Strand Theatre, deep in the hinterlands of upstate New York at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains.Martin was the guitarist for 43 years in Jethro Tull, the British rock band best known for “Aqualung.” “Ian Anderson copyrighted the name,” says Martin. “Essentia
  
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• The Cash Box Kings Return With ‘Hail to the Kings!’

  20-04-2019 11:51
  Alligator Records has set a May 17 release date for Hail To The Kings!, the dynamic new album from traditional blues innovators The Cash Box Kings. Co-led by real-deal Chicago blues vocalist and songwriter Oscar Wilson and Madison, Wisconsin-based songwriter, harmonica master and singer Joe Nosek, the band plays brilliantly raw and unvarnished houserocking blues. Wilson’s huge, gritty vocals and Nosek’s powerhouse harmonica fuel their razor-sharp original songs.
  Mixing tough Chicago
  
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• Legendary Downchild Blues Band Announce 50th Anniversary Tour

  20-04-2019 00:01
  Legendary blues band Downchild are celebrating 50 years of the blues – and taking the party across North America. Announced U.S. dates thus far include June 21 at Rochester International Jazz Festival (with special guest Dan Aykroyd); and August 17 at Chenango Blues Festival in Norwich, New York. Additional US tour date announcements are forthcoming.
  Hot on the heels of their JUNO-nominated (Canada’s Grammy) 2017 album, Something I’ve Done, Downchild have announced a special 50
  
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• Past and Present Greats Will Be Celebrated During Blues Music Awards Week

  19-04-2019 19:00
  The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Week delivers an abundance of amazing events for acclaimed musicians, industry professionals, ardent fans, and the general public to experience in the cradle of the blues, Memphis, Tennessee. This popular annual gathering provides an exhilarating opportunity to pay tribute to today’s top performers along with saluting blues’ vital history and heritage. 
   
  The Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall of Fame welcomes its 40th class Wednesd
  
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• Kenn Moutenot of Saloon Studios Live to Bring “Woodstock Experience” to Central Florida

  19-04-2019 01:11
  On the 16th, 17th, and 18th of August, artists from the original 1969 Woodstock Music Festival will gather at Space Coast Harley Davidson in Palm Bay, Florida for the 50th Anniversary of the event.
  Promoter Kenn Moutenot of Saloon Studios Live is laying claim to what will be Woodstock South, with the greatest number of original Woodstock artists of any festival. There will be 10 bands per day over 3 the day event.
  Listen to Moutenot lay out the details in an interview with the Mark Moses Show.&n
  
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• NEWS: Blues Music Awards Week schedule announced, kicking off May 8th in Memphis. BMA Awards Ceremony, Blues Hall of Fame Induction gala and more!

  19-04-2019 00:17 via blues.org
  BLUES MUSIC’S PAST AND PRESENT GREATS WILL BE CELEBRATED  DURING BLUES MUSIC AWARDS WEEK, KICKING OFF MAY 8 IN MEMPHIS 
  The BMA Awards Ceremony and Blues Hall of Fame Induction Gala highlight the Blues Foundation’s festivities, which also includea new exhibit, book events, panel discussions and music, music, music!CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE BMA & BHOF TICKETSMEMPHIS, Tenn.—The Blues Foundation’s Blues Music Week delivers an abundance of amazing events
  
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• Alice Howe Debuts With ‘Visions’

  18-04-2019 18:31
  Boston based folk/blues artist Alice Howe once released an EP called Tiger Lily. In 2017 her EP You’ve Been Away So Long which contained the hit song “Homeland Blues,” begat her career in earnest. That particular song became the #1 played tune on the Folk-DJ charts. That same year she met storied singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Daniel Friedberg, BKA Freebo. Since then the two have toured nationally and internationally, developing a musical relationship which led to Free
  
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• Corey Dennison Better Man Blues

  17-04-2019 13:09
  Formed in 2013, The Corey Dennison Band has become a favorite attraction at Chicago blues venues. Led by Dennison’s soulful voice and muscular guitar, the band released its self-titled studio debut for the legendary Delmark Records in 2016. Corey has shared the stage with The Kinsey Report, Robert Blaine, Chico Banks, The Steepwater Band, Jimmy Johnson, Robert Randolph, Derek Trucks, John Mayer, Gerry Hundt, Nick Moss, Lurrie Bell, Carlos Johnson and the Buddah of Bass, Mr. Bill Dickens, a
  
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• Tony Campanella is ‘Taking it to the Street’

  15-04-2019 13:12
  When producer/musician Mike Zito and Guy Hale founded Gulf Coast Records, Tony Campanella was exactly the type of musician they wanted to sign. Zito has known Tony for almost thirty years. A veteran rockin’ blues artist from the St. Louis area, Campanella has been playing regularly for over twenty-five years, making a name for himself as one of the best guitarists in the city. Now his debut album on Gulf Coast Records is Taking it to the Street.Tony learned from the local greats: Tommy Ban
  
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• Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Distills a Quarter Century to Deliver ‘The Traveler’

  13-04-2019 12:34
  On May 31st, Concord Records will release The Traveler, an album of experience and profound resonance by the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band. Recorded in Los Angeles, while the band was on a break from their uncompromising tour schedule that left them road-tested and ready to rock, The Traveler showcases some world-class musicians: vocalist Noah Hunt, drummer Chris “Whipper” Layton (formerly of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble), bassist Kevin McCormick, and keyboardists Jimmy McGo
  
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• Grady Champion Makes a Triumphant Return With a Tribute to Z. Z. Hill

  11-04-2019 21:29
  Mississippi-based, award-winning artist, Grady Champion, has been captivating audiences for over two decades with his vast array of talents; producer/singer/songwriter/musician. Champion has won a Grammy, several prestigious Blues Music Awards as well as the 26th International Blues Challenge.
  Born October 10th, 1969 on a farm in Canton, Mississippi, the youngest of his father’s 28 children, Grady joined his church choir at the age of eight. His first professional foray into entertainment
  
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• J. Mascis Stacks Fuzz onto Tom Petty Classic

  11-04-2019 03:26
  With a guitar tone and vocal lassitude as pristine as they have ever been, J. Mascis has released his reworking of Tom Petty’s “Don’t Do Me Like That.” While putting his own twist on it, the Dinosaur Jr. frontman was careful to preserve the pith of the song, which is in its punch. Indeed, fills stay untampered with, notes are unwasted, and the overall rhythmic pattern just as it was in the original.
  The release comes almost a year after someone shot a video of Mascis sing
  
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• J. Mascis Stacks Fuzz onto Rock and Roll Classic

  11-04-2019 03:26
  With a guitar tone and vocal lassitude as pristine as they have ever been, J. Mascis has released his reworking of Tom Petty’s “Don’t Do Me Like That.” While putting his own twist on it, the Dinosaur Jr. frontman was careful to preserve the pith of the song, which is in its punch. Indeed, fills stay untampered with, notes are unwasted, and the overall rhythmic pattern just as it was in the original.
  The release comes a year after someone shot a video of Mascis singing the
  
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• Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Delbert McClinton and Ruthie Foster to Headline the 34th Anniversary King Biscuit Blues Festival

  11-04-2019 03:04
  (HELENA, ARKANSAS) — A veritable Who’s Who of icons, legends, today’s hot finds, and tomorrow’s trend setters Wednesday, October 9 through Saturday, October 12.Four days of bliss on the banks of the Mississippi in historic Helena, Arkansas, will see more than 100 performers ranging from legacy icons to tomorrow’s stars on six stages, taking fans from around the world on a journey that brings the legacy of America’s music to life. The blues were born in Helena&
  
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• Tedeschi Trucks Band Announces 9th Annual Residency at NYC’s Beacon Theatre

  10-04-2019 16:12
  Tedeschi Trucks Band have announced their 9th annual multi-night residency at NYC’s storied Beacon Theatre. The 6-night run will take place on September 27th and 28th, and October 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th. October 1st and 2nd will feature support from Capital Sun Rays (feat. Luther Dickinson, Amy Helm, Birds of Chicago and Grahame Lesh) and John Moreland respectively; the remaining dates will be two-set, ‘An Evening With’ shows. One dollar from each ticket sold will be donated to
  
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• 36th Annual Chicago Blues Festival Lineup Announced

  10-04-2019 00:37
  Experience Chicago’s rich blues music legacy at the 36th Annual Chicago Blues Festival happening Friday, June 7th, to Sunday, June 9th in Millennium Park (201 E. Randolph St.). The Chicago Blues Festival will celebrate the genre’s music legacy in Chicago with live performances on six stages by local and national blues artists in the city’s premier outdoor music venue.“With a diverse lineup celebrating the blues’ past, present and future, the Chicago Blues Festival f
  
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• Southern Avenue Turns Up the Retro-Soul Heat With Their Second Album ‘Keep On’

  09-04-2019 14:30
  On their self-titled 2017 debut album, the boundary-breaking Memphis combo Southern Avenue sparked a one-band musical revolution, embodying an effortlessly organic soul/blues/R&B fusion that reflects the band members’ diverse roots as well as their deep commitment to their chosen style. On their second album, Keep On, set for release on May 10th, 2019 via Concord Records, the dynamic outfit expands its gritty vision to embrace new musical challenges and a more expansive creative vision
  
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• Tal Wilkenfeld Breaks New Ground With ‘Love Remains’

  05-04-2019 19:09
  Australian born bassist Tal Wilkenfeld has been in the public spotlight for some time. Since emigrating to the US at the tender age of 16 it didn’t take her long to make a name for herself in the music scene. It was in the jazz clubs of New York City that she met some members of the Allman Brothers who convinced her to join them on stage at the Beacon Theater.
  Following that performance, she toured with Chick Corea, and recorded her debut album, Transformation. After that it was a tour wit
  
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• Marc Broussard ‘Home (The Dockside Sessions) Available Today

  05-04-2019 11:43
  Marc Broussard‘s new album Home (The Dockside Sessions) is available worldwide on April 5th. Broussard wanted to offer his fans something different prior to the release of his next studio album. Rather than a standard greatest hits package or a perfunctory live album, Broussard had something different in mind. His release Home (The Dockside Sessions) accomplishes both, but in a unique way. It provides the audio tracks from the various videos Broussard has compiled over the course of his ca
  
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• New Video From Ida Mae “Chasing Lights”

  05-04-2019 11:30
  Ida Mae is a British duo that combine blue-eyed soul with acoustic Americana. When reading that line one may cock an eyebrow and state, Spock-like, “fascinating.” Brilliant is a better term.
  Made up of Chris Turpin and Stehanie Jean, the duo has caused a gritty shock-wave in their UK homeland as well as on this side of the pond. Their debut album, Chasing Lights is set for release via Thirty Tigers on June 7th. They are currently opening for Blackberry Smoke on their “Break it
  
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• Albert Castiglia Readies Release of ‘Masterpiece’

  04-04-2019 12:57
  As many artists will attest, the most unexpected circumstance can spark artistic inspiration. That’s a fact that hasn’t been lost on singer, songwriter and guitarist extraordinaire Albert Castiglia. With his latest album, the aptly named Masterpiece, he celebrates an unforeseen triumph — a connection with a daughter he never knew he had. The result is a work that’s both personal and provocative all at the same time.
  Co-produced by long-time friend and colleague
  
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• World Premiere Video David Julia “Empty Promises”

  03-04-2019 17:00
  Are you familiar with David Julia?  He’s a brilliant young blues guitarist from Florida. VizzTone released his album, INSPIRED, last October, when he was still seventeen. Never a shredder, David plays and sings his original material with real power, focus and intensity.
  Julia entitled his new album INSPIRED because he’s very aware of the debt he owes to the musicians who have inspired him. Beyond the blues masters whose records he has learned from, he has been personally touched
  
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• New Live Video From Cory Henry & The Funk Apostles “Inner City Blues”

  02-04-2019 21:31
  Hammond B3 mage Cory Henry recently performed at the JammJam in Hollywood. For the uninitiated, JammJam is an underground event, by invitation only, that takes place in various pop-up locations and features some of the top musicians on the planet.
  On this particular night, Henry and his group The Funk Apostles were joined by gospel legend B. Slade. Together they perform a nearly 14-minute live version of Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues.” The performance was captured on video by
  
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