Best Blues Albums of 2018
Best Blues Albums of 2018 (May – August) Written By Patrick Ortiz There have been some...
Blues Birthdays: August 20 – August 26
Robert Plant: 8/20/1948 A charismatic and virtuosic vocalist who has been singing professionally for well over 50 years,...
Top Five Living American Blues Legends
With well over a hundred years of blues music, we have seen and heard some of the most...
Best Blues Songs of 2018
Gettin’ Through 2018 Blues We are a little more than half way through with 2018 already. We have...
The Top Five John Coltrane Albums
The Best From The Best Jazz is an acquired taste. I say this even though it is...
Best Blues Collaboration Albums
Two Bluesmen Are Better Than One More is always better! Ok, not necessarily in all cases; but...
The Rise of the Record
The Return To Real Music Written By Patrick Ortiz Last week we went in-depth about the collapse...
Best Blues Albums of 2018 [So Far]
Best Blues Albums From January-April Written By Patrick Ortiz Our goal is to keep everyone up to...
Musicians in Activism
Activism, organizations, and social movements have existed for many years, well before they were even given those identities....
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...
The Best Blues Guitar Albums of 2017
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Live From the Fox Oakland The Tedeschi-Trucks band has something for everyone: jamming rock tones,...
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...
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,...
Rock Candy Funk Party is Back With “Groove Is King!”
Funky Town! Jazz-dance-groove-wonderband Rock Candy Funk Party always bring the freshest funk on the block, and their last...
5 Acoustic Guitar Songs that Demand to be Heard
Wood and strings. In some ways, the acoustic guitar is not very complicated, especially compared with its electric...
7 Incredible Album Opening Tracks – Joe Bonamassa Blog
How An Album Opening Track Is Like Match.com You never get a second chance to make a first...
And the Grammy Goes to… The Blues
I. More Than One Blues Grammy Award Now Exists There’s a big change in the way the Grammy’s...
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: From Clubs to Carnegie Hall
At 38, blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa already...
Joe Bonamassa: Latest News
January 14, 2016 – Joe Makes It To Carnegie Hall! New York City Monthly published a fantastic interview...
Acoustic Blues-Rock In Vienna: An Album Review
I haven’t really done a Joe Bonamassa album review on the blog yet, and I thought – why...
Joe Bonamassa Show Review: Ruth Eckerd Hall Night 2 – Clearwater, Florida
As soon as the house lights went down I could tell there was something special in the air,...
Best Rock Albums of 2000 (5 of Them Anyway) Part 1
Best Rock Albums: The Year 2000 Best rock albums? What about the blues? Here in the world of Bonamassa,...
Joe is #49 on Amazon’s Best of list.
Best Albums #49 Joe Bonamassa- Black Rock (J&R Adventures) see link to Amazon’s full list – Click here