Margie Goldsmith – Masters of the Harmonica 30 Master Harmonica Players Share Their Craft Mountain Arbor Press 337 pages – paperback or digital www.margiegoldsmith.com Anyone who picks up a harmonica can play it, right? All you have to do is suck or blow to produce cords. But if you truly want to play the instrument, …
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Bywater Call – Bywater Call www.bywatercall.com Gypsy Soul Records 10 songs – 45 minutes Some bands take a few years and several albums to find their true voice. Others seem to appear, apparently out of nowhere, with a fully realized sound and vision from their first release. And the particular joy of such bands is …
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Virtually no one has been more important in the blues than Willie Dixon, the bass player, songwriter and producer extraordinaire whose work was the lifeblood of the music emanating from Chicago during its golden years in the ‘50s. The native of Vicksburg, Miss., was irreplaceable when he left us, robbing the world of a beloved …
Albert Cummings – Believe Provogue/Mascot Label Group PRD 76070 2 11 songs – 44 minutes www.albertcummings.com Guitar master Albert Cummings fires out of the gate on his debut release for Provogue Records, a dramatic, stylish change of pace that seamlessly blends blues, rock and country in a set recorded at the legendary FAME Studios in …
Cover photo © 2020 Bob Kieser In This Issue Mark Thompson has our feature interview with Jontavious Willis. We have 10 Blues reviews for you this week including a book from Margie Goldsmith with tips from 30 top harmonica players plus new music from Albert Cummings, Son Roberts, Nicholas David, Andy B.AND, Honey Creek, Bywater …
Various Artists – Sunshine of Your Love: A Concert for Jack Bruce MIG Music 02192 22 songs – 107 minutes plus full concert DVD www.jackbruce.com When Scotsman Jack Bruce lost his life to liver cancer at age 71 on Oct. 25, 2014, the world lost one of its most influential musicians ever – a man …
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Katy Hobgood Ray featuring Dave Ray – I Dream of Water Out of the Past Music www.facebook.com/katyhobgoodray CD: 10 Songs, 39 Minutes Styles: Mellow Delta Blues, Folk, Americana, All Original Songs Blues fans, what’s your sign? The Sun is currently in Pisces, a water sign typically characterized as dreamy, spiritual, peaceful, imaginative and compassionate. Those …
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Over the last four decades, there have been numerous alarms sounded in the blues community expressing grave concerns about the lack of young artists playing the music, and continued viability of the art form without the support of younger generations of musicians. And yet somehow the music has endured. One unmistakable sign that the music …
Cover photo © 2020 Joseph A. Rosen In This Issue Mark Thompson has our feature interview with Dexter Allen. We have 10 Blues reviews for you this week including a live benefit concert for Jack Bruce plus new music from The Mary Jo Curry Band, Vince Salerno & Gerald McClendon, Bobby Radcliff, Randy McAllister, Grant …
Hudspeth & Taylor – Folie a deux www.brandonhudspeth.com self release 13 songs time – 48:47 Rejoyce! Vital acoustic blues drawing from but not imitating traditions is alive and well in the persons of Brandon Hudspeth & Jaisson Taylor, stalwarts on the Kansas City blues scene for close to twenty years. Their collaboration began in 2015 …
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