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For this week’s blues highlight, we bring you a 12 year prodigy that can play some mean blues...
Janiva Magness Makes It Rain in California
This week we continue honoring female musicians for Women’s History Month with Michigan’s own Janiva Magness. The Detroit...
Photo Of The Week: Hendrix At Summer Of Love In San Francisco
Photo Of The Week: Hendrix At Summer Of Love In San Francisco This week’s Blues Photo Of The...
Blues Birthdays: March 12 – March 18
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THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY: MARCH 11 – MARCH 17
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Irma Thomas, Soul Queen of New Orleans
Hailing from Ponchatoula, Louisiana, and known to many as the “Soul Queen of New Orleans,” Irma Thomas began...
Joanne Shaw Taylor – Fiery Guitar Blues!
Joanne Shaw Taylor And Her Fiery Guitar Blues! We have been talking a lot lately about women who...
ZAC HARMON AND THE ZAC HARMON BAND
This is a picture of a man who enjoys playing the blues and someone that you need to...
Steve Earle – The Texas Troubadour Is Back!
Steve Earle – The Texas Troubadour Is Back! By Michelle S. What got me interested in Steve Earle...
Dana Fuchs – Is Looking Forward To Chapter Two…
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Shuggie Otis – The Child Prodigy’s Return To Music
Shuggie Otis – The Child Prodigy’s Return To Music – by Michelle S. The son of the Rock...
Grammy Winner – Buddy Guy @ The New Orleans Jazz festival
Grammy Winner – Buddy Guy @ The New Orleans Jazz festival If you ever have the chance to...
Nina Simone, High Priestess of Soul
While she was a classical pianist by training, Nina Simone launched her career as a vocalist in 1954...
Mavis Staples – The Spiritual & Soulful Driven Diva!
Mavis Staples – The Spiritual & Soulful Driven Diva! By Michelle S. Mavis Staples is spirit driven, and...
This Week In Rock February 11 – February 17
BORN THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY: Alan “Mr. Fabulous” Rubin: February 11, 1943 (trumpet, Blues Brothers) Ray Manzarek:...
Paul Thorn: From Boxer to Musician and Beyond!
Paul Thorn: From Boxer to Musician and Beyond – by Michelle S. Paul Thorn has taken a strange...
THIS WEEK IN ROCK JANUARY 21 – JANUARY 27
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This Week in Rock January 14 – January 20
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats
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JOSS STONE / Exploring The Soul Sessions
JOSS STONE / Exploring The Soul Sessions – Michelle S. Growing up in South Florida was like living...
THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY: JANUARY 1 – JANUARY 6
Happy New Year Everyone! Well, after a very hectic year, we made it to 2019. Let’s kick this...
Willie Hightower – Southern Soul
Willie Hightower – Southern Soul Nowadays it’s great to see that some people are realizing how important it...
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Janis Joplin: Took a Piece of My Heart
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Honoring B.B. King of The Blues
Remembering The King of The Blues Written By Patrick Ortiz We talk a lot about the legendary...
A Finger On The Blues
Hound Dog Taylor Chops His Own Finger Off! Before the days of mumble rap, Beyonce, Bruno Mars, and...
14 Blues Love Songs For Your Valentine
It’s that time of year again. Husbands and boyfriends everywhere will be flooding the stores on February 13th...
Blues Musicians To Watch In 2018
Blues In 2018 & Beyond Vol.1 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2018 is already upon us, and for...
Stevie Ray Vaughan: 10 Things You Want To Know About The Blues Legend
Stevie Ray Vaughan. Just by mentioning his name, I am sure more than half of the people reading...
Father Of The Delta Blues
Father of The Delta Blues The Man We always site blues legends like Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy,...
Unleash Your Inner Blues Beast
Unleash Your Inner Blues Beast This week, we are going to gear things a little more toward musicians....
The Sensational Musicians Behind Carnegie Hall
The Musicians Behind ‘Live At Carnegie Hall’ Part 1 Blues-rock guitar icon Joe Bonamassa is known for catchy...
This Week In Rock: July 15 – July 21
This week, we shift our focus from rock to one of America’s oldest musical pastimes: jazz. There are...
The Blues Fathers
The Blues Fathers They are your fathers.. Well, the fathers of the blues anyway. There are many...
Howlin’ Wolf’s “Evil” – A Blues Classic about Suspicion, Fear, and Infidelity
Evil (Is Going On) Infidelity is a worry in life and especially in the blues. It causes fear,...
This Week in Rock History: February 19th – February 25th
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Best BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL Lineups OF 2017
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I. More Than One Blues Grammy Award Now Exists There’s a big change in the way the Grammy’s...
The Big Musical Apple: The History of New York City’s Music
Inside the Music of New York City The center of the American music industry, the dream location of...
The Country Blues of Big Bill Broonzy
It all began with the country blues. In some ways the status of country blues within the blues...
This Week in Rock History: June 3 – June 9
It is time for your weekly walk down memory lane! Today we’re back with another installment of Tribut’s...
Six Degrees of The Yardbirds Guitarists: Topham, Clapton, Beck, and Page
Introduction – The Yardbirds One band that lasted six years with six different guitarists could only mean one...
Blues Music Now: 7 More Songs You Absolutely Need To Hear
Some Awesome Songs In The Blues You Should Be Listening to This Month I not too long ago...
Songs of Blues and Desperation (and Hope) – Part 1: Blues
Introduction I intend this post to be the first of a three part series inspired by the title...
Joe Bonamassa’s A New Day Yesterday – Album Retrospective
It’s hard to imagine a time when there were no Joe Bonamassa albums. Thank God, A New Day Yesterday...
Latest Happenings: Joe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation – Notes from the Producer Kevin Shirley
Producer’s Note Recording “Blues of Desperation” is one of the most exciting recording projects I’ve done. Joe came...
Latest Happenings: From Clubs to Carnegie Hall
At 38, blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa already...
Joe Bonamassa Latest News: New Studio LP “Blues of Desperation” Now Available for Pre-Order!!
Press Release Guitar Rock Star Redefines Blues Rock with New Studio Album Joe Bonamassa evolves as blues-rock musician...