“I used to get up on the stage, and I’d play my songs and I not say anything,” explains John Hammond. “Sometimes, I’d say where I got the song from or something, but nothing else. Now, I do a lot of reflecting, and I give context to how I got inspired by certain artists, and …
Cover photo by Bob Kieser © 2016 Blues Blast Magazine In This Issue Henry Carrigan has our feature interview with Marcia Ball. We have 8 Blues music reviews for you including reviews of music from Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers, Todd Wolfe Band, Colin Linden, Les Copeland, Tommy McCoy, Dudley Taft, Webb Wilder and MonkeyJunk. …
Cover photo by Gary Eckhart © 2014 Blues Blast Magazine In This Issue Terry Mullins has our feature interview with Blues Blast Music Award nominee, Sean Chambers. We have 8 music reviews for you including new music from Coco Montoya Live, Iko Iko, Laura Rain and the Caesars, Bobby Patterson, Nigel Egg, Etta Britt, Otis …
Cover photo by Bob Kieser © 2014 Blues Blast Magazine In This Issue Terry Mullins has our feature interview with Kilborn Alley’s lead guitar player, Josh Stimmel We have eight music reviews for you including new releases from The Robin Robertson Blues Band, Solomon King, Billy Pierce and Friends, Jim Byrnes, Back Porch Blues …
The Top 10 Blues Record Labels – Part 1 (The ‘Majors’) We all love our blues but which are the labels that are currently satisfying our needs? Whose releases do we look forward to eagerly? The following list sets out one person’s opinion of which are the best labels out there. For the purposes …
Cover photo by Marilyn Stringer © 2014 Blues Blast Magazine In This Issue Terry Mullins has our feature interview with Dave Weld. We have six Blues music reviews for you. James “Skyy Dobro” Walker reviews a new CD from Dixie Peach. Rainey Wetnight reviews a new CD by James Armstrong. Marty Gunther reviews a …
There’s an age-old saying about things being darkest right before the dawn. And sometimes it takes the howl of a wolf to shatter the still of the night. Living in Las Cruces, New Mexico in the early 70s, things couldn’t have been much bleaker for vocalist, slide-guitarist and bandleader extraordinaire Dave Weld. “Man, I was …
