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Southern Avenue Keep On

Richard Ludmerer blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, soul blues, Southern Ave June 6, 2019

Southern Avenue Keep On Concord Music Group The band “Southern Avenue”, named after the street that leads to “Soulville” the original home of Stax Records, combines soul-blues and gospel infused R n’ B. They released their self-titled debut and took home the 2018 Blues Music Award as Best Emerging Artist Album. When Israeli born guitarist […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues

Review: Slam Allen – “Feel These Blues”

Rhetta Akamatsu Feel These Blues, slam allen, soul blues June 24, 2015

Slam Allen proves that his nine years playing lead guitar and singing with James Cotton have honed him into one fine songwriter and musician as he slams the soulful blues on “Feel These Blues.” Here he is accompanied by Jeff Anderson on bass, Dan Fadel on drums and the great john Gintry on Hannond B3 […]

CD Reviews INDIE Blues/ CD Reviews R&B

Tad Robinson takes us from “Day Into Night”

Rhetta Akamatsu Day Into Night, soul, soul blues, Tad Robinson May 12, 2015

Tad Robinson is a soul singer worthy of compare to greats like Al Green and Marvin Gaye. He is also a talented songwriter just as capable of writing and performing his own songs about the many nuances of relationships as he is of doing a great c0ver like the one on Day Into Night of […]