Folks in the blues world recognize Chicago-born Bob Corritore as one of the foremost traditional harmonica players on the planet, but he’s much, much more. The niche he’s carved out as a musician since setting foot on stage for the first time is beyond reproach. He served as the face of Hohner’s 532 line of …
Interview of this young and up and coming guitarist on the Chicago blues scene by Mike Stephenson took place in Chicago in 2019. Many thanks go to Jim Feeney for all of his help. My name is Michael Damani, that is the name I perform under. Domani is my given middle name my last name …
Cover photo © 2010 Bob Kieser In This Issue Marty Gunther has the first of our Vintage Feature Interviews with the late Blues legend Lazy Lester. We have 10 Blues reviews for you this week including a tribute album of prominent Blues artists performing Sean Costello’s original music plus new music from Debra Power, Scotty …
Blues Hall of Famer Lazy Lester is carving out his own piece of heaven these days at the northern end of the Central Valley in Paradise, California, far away from South Louisiana, where he built his legendary career. Lester has been one of most prominent voices in South Louisiana, contributing hit after hit for the …
Various Artists – Carrying On the Legacy Patuxent Music CD: 20 Songs, 73 Minutes Styles: Piedmont Blues, Blues Compilations Carrying on the Legacy is, in a word, encyclopedic. Why do encyclopedias remain the gold standard of information in the days of Wiki? The answer is threefold: their info is factual, thorough, and vetted. This …
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The Cornbread Project – Catawampus Straight Shooter – 2019 10 tracks; 33 minutes www.thecornbreadproject.com Here is a very different listening experience! Conceived by Laust ‘Krudtmejer’ Nielsen and Peter Nande of Straight Shooter Records, the idea was to blend traditional blues themes with contemporary music production techniques like loops, samples and beats; Catawampus means something out …
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Cover photo © 2019 Nate Kieser In This Issue Marty Gunther has our feature interview with Russ Green. We have 10 Blues reviews for you this week including A Piedmont Blues compilation album, Ruf Records 25 years Anniversary CD and DVD, plus new music from Big James Montgomery, Zac Harmon, Lil’ A And The Allnighters, …
Joey Stuckey Trio – In the Shadow of the Sun Senate Records www.joeystuckey.com 9 tracks (offered in both stereo and mono) Joey Sutckey is a Macon, Georgia resident who lost his senses of sight and smell as an infant due to a brain tumor. Pneumonia kept him home from school for a year and he …
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A multitude of blues artists have emerged from Chicago in the past century, but no one has taken a more circuitous path that gifted harmonica player and vocalist Russ Green. A finalist for the Sean Costello Rising Star Award at this year’s Blues Blast honors, Green grew up in what can only be described as …
Cover photo © 2019 Harvey Tillis In This Issue Mike Stephenson has our feature interview with Dave Specter. We have 10 Blues reviews for you this week including a live two CD set from the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival plus new music from Altered Five Blues Band, Chris “Bad News” Barnes, Joey Stuckey Trio, …
