Kat Riggins In The Boys Club Bluzpik Media Group Katriva Riggins hails from Miami, Florida. Her parents instilled in her a love for all genres of music from gospel, to soul, to country and to rock. Her primary influences include Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Etta James and Koko Taylor. She has been on the South […]
The Record Company All Of This Life Concord Records The Record Company’s music is a blend of early electric blues and garage rock. In 2016 The Record Company released their hugely successful debut which appealed to a broad range of listeners. Chris Vos vocals, harmonica, and guitars states “We’re just as influenced by bands like […]
Buddy Guy The Blues Is Alive And Well Silvertone/RCA Records Buddy Guy is undoubtedly the reigning “King of The Blues”. He began his career performing in 1953 in Baton Rouge, La. By 1957 he had relocated to Chicago. In 1965 and 1966 Guy recorded sessions with Junior Wells for both Delmark and Vanguard Records. Guy’s […]
Bridget Kelly Band Blues Warrior Alpha Sun Records Bridget Kelly and Tim Fik met sometime in May of 2007. They were married that December. Tim produced two Americana albums for Bridget but was convinced she should change her style and sing Blues. Tim was already a guitarist well versed in all styles of the Blues. […]
Tom Hambridge The Nola Sessions: Dedicated To New Orleans, La. SuperStar Factory Productions Tom Hambridge is a two time Grammy Award winning producer, songwriter, and drummer. He also has six Blues Music Award nominations and shares his 2011 BMA for “Song of The Year” with Buddy Guy. Hambridge has produced Guy’s last four albums including […]
Bob Corritore & Friends Don’t Let The Devil Ride Vizztine Label Group/Southwest Musical Arts Foundation Bob Corritore was born in Chicago and got hooked on blues harmonica when he was twelve years old. He studied and received playing tips from Carey Bell, Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells and others. At the age of twenty-five Corritore […]
Little Boys Blue w/Kid Memphis Hard Blue Space Vizztone Label Group When JD Taylor, harmonica and vocals, formed “Little Boys Blue” in 1993, he and his partner chose a really cool name. Rice Miller called himself “Little Boy Blue” before renaming himself Sonny Boy Williamson II. I also know of at least two songs with […]
Artur Menezes Keep Pushing Independent Artur Menezes spent time living in Chicago during 2006, 2007 and again in 2011. He sat in on Jam sessions at clubs like Kingston Mines and Rosa’s and got the opportunity to play with Linsey Alexander, John Primer and Buddy Guy. Menezes released his full length solo debut recording in […]
Billy Price Reckoning Vizztone Label Group Billy Price was born in Fair Lawn, NJ in 1949. Price became Roy Buchanan’s vocalist and appears on Buchanan’s 1975 album “Live Stock”. Price formed the Keystone Rhythm Band in 1979 and released four albums before renaming his band The Billy Price Band. He has since recorded eleven more […]
Lurrie Bell & The Bell Dynasty Tribute To Carey Bell w/special guests Delmark Records As a youngster growing up Lurrie Bell was surrounded by the Blues as his father was the legendary harmonica player Carey Bell. Lurrie first picked up the guitar at the age of six and polished his playing skills with Big Walter […]
J.P. Soars Southbound I-95 Soars High Productions In 2009 JP Soars and The Red Hots won the band competition at the International Blues Challenge. JP Soars’ 2011 album “More Blues with Honey” resulted in him receiving a 2012 Blues Music Award nomination as “Contemporary Blues Male Artist of The Year”. JP is a blues treasure […]
John Clifton Nightlife Rip Cat Records In the late 1980’s harmonica player John Clifton founded The MoFo Party Band with his brother guitarist Bill Clifton. They released their debut recording “Call The Doctor!” in 1999. That album was named one of the “Best West Coast NEW Blues Recordings of 2000” and made numerous other “Best” […]
Deb Ryder Enjoy The Ride Vizztone Label Group Deb Ryder got her start as a teenager. She would often perform the opening set at her step-father’s nightclub. Some of the artists she opened for included Etta James, Big Joe Turner, Charlie Musselwhite and Taj Mahal. It’s not surprising then that she calls James her biggest […]
Tas Cru Memphis Song Subcat Records In 2014 Tas Cru won a “Keeping The Blues Alive” Award in education. For the past twenty years he has been teaching about the blues and its history, and about how to play. He self funded the production of 2009’s “Even Bugs Sing The Blues” and it’s follow-up “Doggone […]
Dana Fuchs Love Lives On Get Along Records Dana Fuchs is a soulful blues rocker whose primary influence is Janis Joplin. In 2001 she starred in New York City’s off-Broadway production of “Love Janis” as one of several singers who alternated in the role. During her downtime Fuchs would often play the now closed B.B. […]
Mike Zito First Class Life Ruf Records Mike Zito signed with the Delta Groove subsidiary Eclecto Groove in 2008. The album “Today” co-produced by David Z and Tony Braunagel was his first internationally distributed recording. The title track on his follow-up, “Pearl River”, co-written with Cyril Neville, received a 2010 Blues Music Award for “Song […]
Michael Kaeshammer Something New Linus Entertainment Michael Kaeshammer grew up in Germany where he studued Classical piano. At a young age he developed an interest in the boogie – woogie and stride piano of Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson. He moved with his family to Canada and began playing at festivals. He […]
The Lucky Losers Blind Spot Dirty Cat Records The Lucky Losers are a vocal duo performing blues with a soulful 60’s retro sound. This is the third album for Cathy Lemons and Phil Berkowitz. Lemons, is originally from the Dallas area where she used to run with Stevie Ray Vaughan and Anson Funderburgh. She also […]
Joe Goldmark Blue Steel Lo-Ball Records Joe Goldmark grew up in Tucson, Arizona where he studied cello and guitar. He moved to San Francisco and started playing bass in soul bands. He became enamored with the San Francisco Sound and got bitten by the pedal steel bug after seeing Jerry Garcia play with The New […]
Late Blossom Blues The Journey of Leo “Bud” Welch City Hall Records/Red Monster DVD Leo “Bud” Welch was born in Sabougla, Mississippi in 1932. He first picked up the guitar at the age of twelve; whenever they could he and his brother would play on their cousin’s guitar. He played two kinds of music, gospel […]
J.T. Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters Blue Eyed Soul Volume 1 Hunters Records Jan Tore Lauritsen hails from Lillestrom, Norway. He began playing piano at an early age but soon switched to the Hammond B-3. Early influences included B.B. King, Charles Brown and Ray Charles. Because the B-3 was too big to haul around from […]
Walter “Wolfman” Washington My Future is My Past Anti Records Walter “Wolfman” Washington is a New Orleans icon. He learned by working with Ernie K. Doe, Lee Dorsey, Irma Thomas, and Johnny Adams among others. He is a blues, R n’ B, soul, jazz and funk master. Washington is usually heard with his band The […]
Andy Watts Blues On Fire Independent Andy Watts started playing the guitar when he was twelve years old. He was drawn in after first hearing American blues. Watts formed his band The Blues Rebels in 2012 and has played with them all over Israel and Europe. They released their first album “Open Road” in 2015. […]
Little Freddie King Fried Rice & Chicken Orleans Records Fread Eugene Martin a.k.a. Little Freddie King was born in McComb, Mississippi, in July of 1940. He was a cousin to Lightnin’ Hopkins and moved to New Orleans when he was seventeen where he honed his guitar skills playing with Slim Harpo and Champion Jack Dupree. […]
Marcia Ball Shine Bright Alligator Records Marcia Ball was born in Vinton, Louisiana, on the Texas borderline. As a child she began playing piano but it wasn’t until she witnessed a live performance by Irma Thomas that she discovered the power of soul music. She soon enrolled at Louisiana State University where she began her […]
Beth Hart Front And Center Live From New York Provogue / Mascot Label Group Beth Hart has eight solo studios albums and four collaborative albums with Joe Bonamassa. Her last studio album “Fire On The Floor” has resulted in three 2018 Blues Music Award nominations; Contemporary Blues Album, Contemporary Blues Female Artist, and Best Instrumentalist […]
Savoy Brown You Should Have Been There! Panache Records Kim Simmonds formed the British blues band Savoy Brown in 1965. Their first album released in the UK was 1967’s “Shake Down”. They began to achieve success in the U.S. in 1971 with the release of their seventh album “Street Corner Talking”. The following year they […]
A Tribute To Deborah Deborah Coleman What about Love? Telarc Records Deborah has often said she is more comfortable “live” but this is her best studio recording yet and I’m sure it will be her most commercially successful album. Her effort is augmented by a crackerjack band. Per Hanson, the drummer who has played with […]
Marie Knight The Gospel Truth Live MC Records “Madame Marie Knight was born Marie Roach on June 1st, 1920 in Sanford, Fl. but she was raised in Newark, N.J.” Knight rose to fame by recording an arrangement of “Didn’t It Rain” with Sister Rosetta Thorpe in the late 1940’s. After recording with Tharpe, Knight spent […]
Paul Thorn Don’t Let The Devil Ride Perpetual Obscurity Records Paul Thorn was born the son of a preacher. The first music he was ever exposed to excited him and it was gospel music. “Thorn spent his youth singing in his father’s Pentecostal church…but his most memorable musical experiences were at an African American branch…the […]
Kid Ramos Old School Rip Cat Records David “Kid” Ramos just turned fifty-nine years old. He was born in Fullerton, California. On March 7th, 2014 Ramos received the Orange County Music Awards Lifetime Achievement award. Ramos played guitar with The James Harman Band from 1980 to 1988. Ramos came to national attention as the lead […]
Joyann Parker Hard To Love Hopeless Romantics Records The classically trained pianist Joyann Parker has a degree in music from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Parker had previously sang in church and with a wedding band but only discovered the blues four years ago. After singing Aretha Franklin’s soul classic “Chain of Fools” Parker received […]
Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps Here in Babylon Jesi-Lu Records The original Rhythm Tramps were formed in 1970 by Terry Wilson and Tony Braunagel. Teresa James is originally from the Houston, Tx. area but has long resided in Los Angeles. In 2000 she released her first recording “Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps: Live”. […]
Guitar Jack Wargo Keepin’ It Real Independent Guitar Jack Wargo has toured with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Hank Ballard, Billy Preston and Solomon Burke. He has also recorded with Preston, Ray Charles and others. His solo debut was “Guitar Jack Losin’ Hand” recorded in 2000. He has also “Recorded Live at B.B. Kings” and opened for […]
Peter V Blues Train Running Out of Time Independent Peter Veteska was born in Manhattan and grew up in Jamaica Queens. As a youngster Peter delivered newspapers in order to save enough money to purchase a used Les Paul guitar. He learned to play by listening to Eric Clapton and The Allman Brothers. He played […]
Memphis Rent Party The Soundtrack To Robert Gordon’s Book Fat Possum Records Author Robert Gordon has been nominated for six Grammy’s winning for the liner notes to the Big Star Box set “Keep an Eye on the Sky”. Gordon also won an Emmy for the 2015 documentary film “Best of Enemies” about Gore Vidal & […]
James Harman Fineprint Electro-Fi James Harman has played harmonica with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Albert King, Albert Collins and numerous other blues icons. His debut recording was released in 1987 but his most important work was four albums for the Black Top Record label including 1995’s “Black and White”. In 2013 Harman […]
Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires Gas Station Guru Onager Records Guitarist Ted Hefko was born in Madison, WI and moved to New Orleans in 1994 when he was eighteen. He studied at The University of New Orleans where he chose the saxophone as his primary instrument. Between 1998 and 2001 Hefko toured nationally with the […]
Breezy Rodio Sometimes The Blues Got Me Delmark Records Like many second generation guitarists Breezy Rodio fell in love with the blues by first listening to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He worked backwards from there to discover B.B. King, Albert King and other influences. Rodio joined The Linsey Alexander Band in 2007 and he appears on […]
Rockwell Avenue Blues Band Steve Freund/Tad Robinson/Ken Saydak/Harlan Terson/Marty Binder Back To Chicago Delmark Records The band members have previously played with one another. The concept of a reunion as The Rockwell Avenue Blues Band was the idea of Ken Saydak. Saydak is a keyboardist, writer, vocalist and producer and appears on over sixty recordings. […]
Freddie Pate I Got The Blues Independent Freddie Pate grew up in Los Angeles and learned guitar while still a child. As a youngster he played with some of Country Music’s greatest including Buck Owens, Johnny Paycheck, Lefty Frizzell, and Merle Haggard. In 1974 he moved to Texas where he played both as a sideman […]
Long Tall Deb & Colin John Dragonfly Vizztone Label Group Colin John is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter whose influences include r & b, soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, and traditional blues. His debut recording “Grooveyard Devils” was released in 2003. John’s music was hailed as a genre-defying mix. In 2005 John appeared on Michael […]
Myles Goodwyn And Friends of The Blues Linus Entertainment Myles Goodwyn is the Canadian singer, guitarist, and keyboardist for the band April Wine. He is a legend in Canadian rock history and a 2010 inductee in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Goodwyn has produced twenty plus albums most of them with his rock band. […]
B.B. and The Blues Shacks Reservation Blues Rhythm Bomb Records B.B. & The Blues Shacks were founded in 1989. They are a blues band from Hildesheim, Germany. Their choice of a band name was intended to express a musical closeness to B.B. King. The band’s influences include Little Walter, Walter Horton, T-Bone Walker, Slim Harpo […]
The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling The High Cost of Low Living Alligator Records In 1993 Nick Moss was a member of The Legendary Blues Band where he learned the old school style from Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. He later moved from bass to lead guitar and spent three years in the Jimmy Rogers […]
SUNCOAST BLUES FESTIVAL – 3/3/18 James Armstrong is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter who born to play the blues. His songs have been used in the soundtracks of three films; Speechless, Hear No Evil, and The Florentine. “Old Man in The Morning (Young Man at Night)” includes the lyric […]
Sue Foley The Ice Queen Stony Plain Records This album marks Sue Foley’s return to her solo career. It is her eleventh studio album and first for Canada’s Stony Plain Records. A native Canadian Foley has nicknamed herself “The Ice Queen”. Foley first appeared on a 1992 compilation called “Antone’s Women”, featuring women that played […]
Katy Guillen & The Girls Remember What You Knew Before Vizztone Label Group Katy Guillen leads this Indie Blues/Roots Rock trio that touches on the blues but is primarily into Americana. Guillen’s guitar influences include Jimi Hendrix, while her songwriting is influenced by Patty Griffin. Having played festivals including The Montreal International Jazz Festival, they […]
Mud Morganfield They Call Me Mud Severn Records Mud Morganfield is the oldest son of McKinley Morganfield better known as Muddy Waters. Morganfield grew up surrounded by music but was mostly raised by his mom and uncles. He became a truck driver and didn’t consider a career in music until after his father’s death. Morganfield […]
Wentus Blues Band Throwback Ramasound Records Finland’s Wentus Blues Band released their self-titled debut album in 1989. The band leads the thriving blues scene in Scandinavia and has twelve previous albums. 2011’s “Woodstock”, on Ruf Records, was recorded at The Levon Helm Studios. Their last album was 2016’s “Lucky Strike Mama”. They play 150 gigs […]
