Trudy Lynn featuring Steve Krase Royal Oaks Blues Café Connor Ray Music Trudy Lynn was born Lee Audrey Nelms. In the mid-sixties she sang with guitarist Albert Collins. She began using her stage name soon after. In 1989 she released her debut recording “Trudy Sings the Blues” on Ichiban Records. She recorded five albums for […]
Robin and Linda Williams Back 40 Red House Records Robin and Linda Williams are a husband and wife harmony duo. They got their start on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” radio program in 1975. That year they also released their first recording. They were originally inspired by The Carter Family but have absorbed music […]
Devon Allman Ragged & Dirty Ruf Records Devon Allman is the son of Gregg Allman and Shelley Kay Jefts. They divorced when he was still an infant. Devon began playing music as a teen and grew up listening to The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. Devon didn’t actually meet his father Gregg until he was […]
Mississippi Heat Warning Shot Delmark Records Mississippi Heat, the band that was formed in 1991, still has one foot in Canada and the other in Chicago. Pierre Lacocque, is the talented harp player and songwriter who heads up this ensemble. Inetta Visor is the passionate vocalist heard on most of the tracks. Rounding out the […]
Fo’ Reel Heavy Water Independent This is the debut recording from a band that deserves your attention. Fo’ Reel is steeped in New Orleans soul and funk. They are just beginning so this is a formative recording. CP Love was born in New Orleans and first recorded for the King Walk label in the 1960’s. […]
Rob Paparozzi & The Ed Palermo Big Band Electric Butter/Play the Music of Butterfield & The Electric Flag Independent Rob Paparozzi, vocals and harmonica, is a New Jersey based session musician who has toured with “The Original Blues Brothers Band” and also as lead vocalist in the reformed “Blood, Sweat and Tears”. He has played […]
Iko-Iko Bullets in The Bonfire Vol. 1 Little Silver Records The band Iko-Iko has been in existence for nearly thirty years. The band is named after the classic New Orleans song authored by James “Sugar Boy” Crawford. Since the beginning they have been lead by singer-songwriter Graham Wood Drout. They started as the house band […]
