Point Blank - Bruce Springsteen News (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008
Joe and Johnny Grushecky were Bruce's guests last night at the show in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Bruce and the Grusheckys closed the show with a version of Van Morrison's classic "Gloria" ("let's take it back where it all started", said Bruce). There were two more tour debuts at this outdoor show: the rare "Part Man Part Monkey" (not performed with the band since 1988) and John Lee Hooker's "Boom
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
in post Rollo & Grady // Sunday Blues from Rollo & Grady .
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Well, it tells the story about women and men. That’s what music is all about. It’s about being human and love and hate. You hear the blues talk about “my woman have left me.” “I love you baby.” “Honey, don’t go.” “Come on back.” You talking about a woman, you talking about a man. They [...]
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
Live, at Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party, Fairfax, CA. 1981. Written by Otis Spann, a song that has become a blues standard originally recorded by Sleepy John Estes. This song is notable for having various artists cover it. Most, if not all, versions use some variant of the chorus line: "Someday baby / You ain't gonna [sic] worry my life anymore.
Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Look out patients, we are up to our surgical masks in boogie woogie blues grooves and now the doctors and nursemaids are startin' to develop them mad-man blues. That's right, the blues have got us. Lawd, we can't eat and we can't sleep. Lately we have been turnin' to the Hooker, oh no... er, not those kinds patients, get yer mind outta the bed pan. Today we have an excellent blast from the past from...
merinews - citizen powered media (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Just released! Featuring 16 songs taught and performed in 40 video segments with notation, text comments, interactive power tab, looping, frame advance, zoom, and other useful controls. Works on PC or Mac also includes access to Truefire TV
Billboard (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Singer/songwriter Susan Tedeschi is planning a fall release for her fifth studio album, which is being produced by George Drakoulias (Black Crowes, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers).
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
by Damian Bradley The great thing about Seattle is that great musicians grace our presence every day. Last night, blues legend and historian John Hammond (son of the also legendary John Hammond, Sr.) opened a two night run at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, taking the crowd on a musical journey through the history of American blues. [...]
Somewhere on A1A (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
1. We Live a Long Time to Get Old… Jimmy Murphy 2. Old Man… Neil Young 3. I Pity the Fool… Bobby Blue Bland 4. Just Across the Borderline… Freddy Fender 5. Please Mr. Postman… [...]
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
in post The Vinyl Word........ from This Mornin' I Am Born Again .
PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
1. Live at The Regal - B.B. King 2. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters 3. Live at Cafe Au Go Go (& Soledad Prison) - John Lee Hooker 4. 1964 Live On Maxwell Street - Robert Nighthawk 5. Thursday Night in San Francisco - Albert King 6. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters 7. Live and Cookin' (at Alice's Revisited) - Howlin' Wolf 8. Drinkin' TNT 'N' Smokin Dynamite - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells 9. Live...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
If you are just starting to collect blues recordings, then you would really enjoy this one. It includes some very popular ones, like the tracks by Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, and BB King, as well as many lesser known artists. But it's all good, and the variety in style that you hear from track to track makes this a great CD to play over and over again. It's a lot of blues for the...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
The House of Blues label has done it again with another incredible collection of blues essentials. From classics must-haves by Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and John Lee Hooker to more recent recordings by Taj Mahal and Luther Allison, this collection is calling to you. Also have to mention that the album art and liner notes are beautifully designed and well-written. Only reason not to give...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 25/07/2008
Denny Mintle was having a hard time figuring out why Duke Ellington had sent him a Christmas card. In the spring.
westcoastmusic (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Multi award-winning New York songwriter Rachael Sage has penned quirky, melodic pop songs since she was old enough to reach the piano keys. Over the course of her career, she has steadily built a loyal grassroots fanbase with a rigorous...
