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Blues Blast Publishing Presents …… Blues In Modern Days – 31 Artists In Their Own Words
Blues Blast Publishing presents…. Senior Blues Blast Writer Terry Mullins’ debut book! Featuring the stories of 31 modern blues masters including: Jody Williams, Billy Boy Arnold, Sugar Pie Desanto, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, James Cotton, Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker
Funky Butt Brass Band – Sugar Sugar Whomp Whomp | Album Review
Funky Butt Brass Band – Sugar Sugar Whomp Whomp Self-produced CD 12 songs – 48 minutes www.funkybuttbrassband.com The sounds of New Orleans are alive and well far north of the Crescent City. Several bands across the
Donnie McCormick and the Fat City Wildcats – Live at the Northside Tavern, Atlanta GA | Album Review
Donnie McCormick and the Fat City Wildcats - Live at the Northside Tavern, Atlanta GA Fat City Records Info: https://www.facebook.com/fatcitywildcats Purchase CD: http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX00ZTKC5Z Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrtjImXmRQ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0pquxNXH2w 8 tracks; 37:21 minutes; Suggested Styles: Electric Blues, Male Artist Vocals, Americana The
Various Artists – The Blues & Salvation|Album Review
Various Artists - The Blues & Salvation Labor Records 38 Tracks-Running Time 1:39:49 This double cd set is a great primer for the uninitiated and a required addition to the collection of the connoisseurs of folk inflected
Lead Belly – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection | Album Review
Lead Belly – The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - 2015 http://www.folkways.si.edu/leadbelly 5 CDs – 109 Songs Includes 140-page, large-format book We can perhaps forgive Moe Asch, who recorded Lead Belly extensively for his Asch, Disc, and
Issue 9-9 February 26 2015
Cover photo by Bob Kieser © 2015 Blues Blast Magazine In This Issue Blues Blast Magazine Senior Writer Terry Mullins has our feature interview with Blues Blast Magazine’s Best New Artist winner, Shawn Holt. We welcome
Did a clerical error change Muddy Waters history? – Evolution Of A Nickname
By James “Skyy Dobro” Walker “Name McKinley Morganfield, nickname Muddy Water, Stovall’s famous guitar picker,” Muddy clearly said in his first ever recording session, August 1941. McKinley “Muddy Water” Morganfield, of course, is the most famous
Breezy Rodio – So Close To It | Album Review
Breezy Rodio – So Close To It Windchill 2014 www.breezyrodio.com 15 tracks; 67 minutes Italian guitarist Fabrizio (‘Breezy’) Rodio started out in New York but relocated to Chicago where he has worked with Guy King and
Robin Banks – Modern Classic | Album Review
Robin Banks – Modern Classic Self-Release 2014 www.facebook.com/missrobinbanks www.reverbnation.com/robinbanks 12 tracks; 48 minutes Robin Banks is a vocalist and songwriter who has lived in Texas and Jamaica but is now back in her native Canada though
Doug Otto and Hurricane Harold – Blues at Barkin’ Jack’s | Album Review
Doug Otto and Hurricane Harold - Blues at Barkin’ Jack’s Self Release 10 tracks / 36:53 A lot of new blues music has to be described in terms of the other genres that have influenced its sound,
Vance Kelly – Live At Kingston Mines | Album Review
Vance Kelly - Live At Kingston Mines Wolf Records www.wolfrec.com 13 tracks Vance Kelly has nine Wolf Record releases blending blues, soul and R&B. With this, his second live effort on CD, Vance lets it all hang
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