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Features
Nominations ENDS 1/15/2017 .. GET your Nominations in NOW!!
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU ENTER ANY NOMINATIONS The independent Blues Awards celebrate the diversity and power of the music that is created by those artists that acknowledge their inspiration and roots are in the blues. These awards will represent not only those “touring” artists who work within the established blues community, but embrace working artists […]
Editors Note: Darwins Burgers and Blues, because of circumstances beyond their control, has been forced to close their doors at their current location. I had the opportunity to speak to Lindsey Wine one of the owners of this legendary Atlanta Blues Venue about what has transpired and what they plan for the future. So listen […]
Soon after I inducted Sam “Bluzman” Taylor into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, the fine people at Stony Brook University set out to create a documentary about Sam’s Life and Music. I had the honor to have been included in this film and I would like to present it to you all. I […]
The Blues This Christmas a reprint by Richard Ludmerer I always look forward to the holiday season as a time when I can break out my Christmas albums. This is a ritual that began years ago when my wife and I were first dating. She wanted to listen to some Christmas music and I […]
Interviews
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Born in South St. Louis, Mo. Mike Zito grew up in a working class home with a dire love of music. It was his escape and way out. After a decade working in a local guitar shop, Mike learned his craft from the ground up playing in clubs 7 nights a […]
Home Page Facebook Page He’s been flying in the face of convention his whole career. No smoke, no mirrors, no choreography, no industry machines. One of the most versatile bluesmen in Texas, Randy plays driving drums and world-class harmonica, writes incredible songs and sings like no one else. Raised in the small Texas town of […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Like everybody else, Tracy K has a full plate, busy schedule, and a great deal she wants to accomplish. Yet, she remains as cool as the blues that colour her world; laidback like the tranquil countryside that stirs her spirit. She approaches life – and making music – in a go-with-the-flow […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE There is a southern gentleman on Bourbon Street. He is soft spoken, with just a bit of a south Louisiana accent, He still opens doors and holds chairs for the ladies. But when Jeff Chaz plugs in his guitar and steps before the microphone, there is a metamorphosis. “I don’t understand […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, recording engineer and get this—pastor. Landon Spradlin, some call him the Preachin’ Blues Man, resides in Gretna, Virginia. In this one stop light town of about 1,300 people, he pastors The Move Church, runs his in-house recording studio, Farmhouse Productions, and jams with various blues bands on […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE “Jack Mack and the Heart Attack Horns has been LA’s leading proponent of Rock’n’Soul music for over 3 decades.” Jack Mack’s sweet and funky soul music has earned a critically acclaimed thirty year legacy of success in the music business that includes: seven records, blockbuster movie soundtracks, and hundreds of global […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE JUNO Award Nominee, Canadian singer/guitarist JW-Jones tours constantly, and is known for his high-energy show that keeps getting hotter! Canada’s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail, referred to this Maple Blues Award winner as “one of this country’s top blues guitar stars.” JW’s new release ‘High Temperature’ was named the […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Trudy Lynn, 68, was born Lee Audrey Nelms in the Fifth Ward, Houston Texas. In addition to her parents’ 78s, she had a lot of casual contact with blues and R&B performers because her mother ran a beauty shop by the Club Matinee. Lynn would walk there from school trying to […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE SEE TAS CRU LIVE Raucous, rowdy, gentle, sweet, eccentric, quirky, and outright irreverent are all words that fittingly describe Tas Cru’s songs and testify to his reputation as a one of the most unique of bluesmen plying his trade today. It’s not for nothing that Cru has received wide praise for […]
CD Reviews
In June of this year, Heart played with an orchestra for the first time in a career spanning over 40 years, and they did it with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall in London, England. The 1080 video captures the beauty and majesty of the historic building and also provides plenty of […]
Taj Mahal Labor of Love Acoustic Sounds Taj Mahal was born Henry Saint Claire Fredericks in Harlem on May 17th, 1942. He was raised in a West Indian-American and African-American family. He grew up in Springfield, Ma. and in the early 1960’s studied agriculture at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He graduated and moved […]
Biscuit Miller Wishbone Bluebass Music David Miller was born and raised on Chicago’s south side. He was nicknamed “Biscuit” by his grandma as he wouldn’t get outta’ her kitchen. He learned to play bass from his friend’s older brother. He formed his first band “Clever” with another friend Ivan Wallace. The family moved to Minneapolis […]
By Rhetta Akamatsu Full disclosure: I received this album from Fiona Boyes for review. Fiona Boyes has a new album release, Professin’ The Blues, and on it, she does just that. Produced by the legendary Professor Keith O. Johnson of Reference Records and recorded at Skywalker Sound studios in California ,this is a perfect match of […]
Mike Zito Make Blues Not War Ruf Records Mike Zito worked ten years at a downtown St. Louis guitar shop where an older employee taught him an appreciation for The Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton and B.B. King. He released “Blue Room” his first independently produced album in 1997. Follow up albums included 1999’s “America’s Most […]
Seattle quartet Gravel Road digs a little deeper into the world of Deep trance-blues and psychedelic jam chunk rock on Capitol Hill Country Blues, their sixth studio album released in December of 2016. The nine new tracks were recorded and mixed by legendary engineer Jack Endino in late 2015 & early 2016. The band’s […]
The Rolling Stones Blue and Lonesome Interscope Records The Rolling Stones started out as high school classmates listening to the blues. Their early influences were American blues artists Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed. Mick Jagger and Charlie Watts used to sit in with British blues artist Alexis Koerner when he played The Marquee. […]
Northwest super group Rust on The Rails is a collaborative ensemble that began as an acoustic based progressive rock meets world music hybrid that has evolved into a full force commercial rock band, ready to take its place in the upper echelon of Seattle music history with the release of their first full length album […]
Big Head Blues Club Way Down Inside: Songs of Willie Dixon Big Records The Big Head Blues Club is a project of Big Head Todd and The Monsters. The Colorado based band was originally formed in 1984. Todd Mark Mohr, guitar; Brian Nevin, drums; and Rob Squires, bass; all met while attending Columbine High School. […]
Mississippi Heat Cab Driving Man Delmark Records Mississippi Heat is one of Chicago’s best working blues bands. The ensemble has talent galore. Their leader Pierre Lacocque is the talented songwriter and harp player who formed the band twenty-four years ago. This is their twelfth recording overall and sixth for Delmark records. Lacocque has written eleven […]
Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch Champagne Velvet (Underworld Records) Jason Elmore describes his band’s new album ‘Champagne Velvet’ as “like a road trip from Dallas to Memphis, TN with a quick stop by the West Coast on the way. “ Hoodoo Witch; The Power trio lead by singer/songwriter/guitarist and Tequila aficionado Jason Elmore entered the […]
On The Scene
Christmas is Sunday and Hanukkah begins on Saturday so if you have one big day or 8 crazy nights, it is time to celebrate! There is plenty of holiday cheer during the week, although only a couple of our regular venues are open this weekend. Have a great week and then a happy holiday weekend. […]
Danny “Mudcat”Dudeck is well-known all around Atlanta. As Daniel Peter Dudeck, he is a skilled landscape artist and gardener and a blues scholar. As Mudcat, he is one of the most engaging blues musicians you will ever hear. Sometimes he plays with The Atlanta Horns, and those are special, exciting jazz and blues-infused shows. But […]
The Atlanta Blues Society had their holiday party Sunday afternoon and early evening and as always, it was everything a party should be! People were eating delicious food provided by Fat Matt’s and drinking beer, wine and mixed drinks served up by Spike from Blind Willie’s or the non-alcoholic beverages provided, listening to great music […]
Podcasts
MUSIC ON THE COUCH 12/19/16 SHOW #351 Listen here: https://goo.gl/j9r43I Originally, Elvin Bishop was our only scheduled guest for this evening, but there was a missed connection. We are rescheduling for early 2017, so look for an announcement. In the meantime, we played Holiday Music and also played our selection for the […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues. The show that brings you the innovators not the imitators … The Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues .. by creating new original music rooted from it. This week we start off with music from Popa Chubby Adam Karch Mike ZitoThornetta Davis Biscuit Miller […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #350 – 12/12/16 SHOW LENGTH: 3:02:10 ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC HARPDOG BROWN Dog returns to The Couch for his third visit. This time he returns to share stories around the recording of Travelin With The Blues, which includes appearances by folks like Charlie Musselwhite, Kid Andersen, Rusty Zinn and more. […]
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues .. The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. expanding the blues as is the true tradition that were established by those that came before. These ARE the INDIE Blues […]
Tune into The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues .. THESE ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we have a 3 hour block of uninterrupted INDIE BLUES RADIOwhere you […]
This is The voice of indie blues. The show that brings you the Independent Blues Artists who embrace the diversity of blues. The artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues, who in the true tradition of the blues are striving to be the innovators and not imitators. These ARE […]
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and in the true tradition of the blues are creating new original music that expands and is rooted in the blues. These artists are the Innovators not the Imitators .. these are the […]
This is THE VOICE of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you INDIE Bluesartists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. these artists embrace the diversity of the blues in the true tradition of the blues .. They are innovators .. not imitators .. They ARE the INDIE Blues artists […]
Tune in tonight at 11pm on www.bluesfm.org for LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues! We give you 3 hours of the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with Independent Blues Artists Who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues which is the REAL TRADITION of the BLUES .. These are the innovators no […]
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