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Goodbye…ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill
|ZZ Top bassist Joseph Michael “Dusty” Hill has died in his sleep in Houston at the age of 72. Born in Dallas, Hill hooked up with ZZ Top frontman Billy … Read more
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North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland ME
Photos by Laura Carbone Lobster, seacoast, summertime and live blues! The North Atlantic Blues Festival, in the picturesque coastal town of Rockland Maine, is considered one of the premiere blues-rooted … Read more
Trapper Schoepp
The significance of May Day is not lost on Trapper Schoepp. The Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s birthday falls on the holiday, which celebrates spring’s transition to summer and nature’s awe-inspiring reawakening. References … Read more
Mike Zito
Fresh off multiple wins for Blues-Rock Artist of the Year and Blues-Rock Album of the Year at the BMAs, Mike Zito has returned to touring and releases his 16th album, … Read more
Brian T. Atkinson – Looks Like Rain: The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey…
Brian T. Atkinson invited 73 of Mickey Newbury’s closest friends and associates to pay homage to this Texas native. People like Larry Gatlin, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson … Read more
Wee Willie Walker
One small byproduct of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a slight resurgence in soul music, with albums from Sonny Green, Gerald McClendon and Robert Finley, to name just a few. … Read more
Clint Morgan
If one were to try to touch all the Americana bases in just one album, pianist/ songwriter/vocalist Clint Morgan does a commendable job, doing blues, gospel, country, and R&B: everything … Read more
Briggs Farm Blues Festival 2021, Briggsville, PA
Photos by Tina Pastor LIVE MUSIC IS BACK AND IT FEELS SO GOOD! Yes, the prevailing emotion at the Briggs Farm Blues Fest was joy—a sentiment too seldom felt in the … Read more
The Brothers
Five and a half years after The Allman Brothers Band played their last concert at New York City’s Beacon Theater, the surviving members of that final lineup regrouped, with a … Read more
Premiere:
Nic Clark and the kids’ “Dance Party”
Nic Clark never missed a class in the blues or harmonica, learning (long-distance) from teachers like Sonny Boy Williamson, the Staples family, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield—with the result that … Read more
North Atlantic Blues Festival, Rockland ME
Photos by Laura Carbone Lobster, seacoast, summertime and live blues! The North Atlantic Blues Festival, in the picturesque coastal town of Rockland Maine, is considered one of the premiere blues-rooted … Read more
Trapper Schoepp
The significance of May Day is not lost on Trapper Schoepp. The Milwaukee singer-songwriter’s birthday falls on the holiday, which celebrates spring’s transition to summer and nature’s awe-inspiring reawakening. References … Read more
Mike Zito
Fresh off multiple wins for Blues-Rock Artist of the Year and Blues-Rock Album of the Year at the BMAs, Mike Zito has returned to touring and releases his 16th album, … Read more
Brian T. Atkinson – Looks Like Rain: The Songwriting Legacy of Mickey…
Brian T. Atkinson invited 73 of Mickey Newbury’s closest friends and associates to pay homage to this Texas native. People like Larry Gatlin, Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle and Kris Kristofferson … Read more
Wee Willie Walker
One small byproduct of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a slight resurgence in soul music, with albums from Sonny Green, Gerald McClendon and Robert Finley, to name just a few. … Read more
Clint Morgan
If one were to try to touch all the Americana bases in just one album, pianist/ songwriter/vocalist Clint Morgan does a commendable job, doing blues, gospel, country, and R&B: everything … Read more
Briggs Farm Blues Festival 2021, Briggsville, PA
Photos by Tina Pastor LIVE MUSIC IS BACK AND IT FEELS SO GOOD! Yes, the prevailing emotion at the Briggs Farm Blues Fest was joy—a sentiment too seldom felt in the … Read more
The Brothers
Five and a half years after The Allman Brothers Band played their last concert at New York City’s Beacon Theater, the surviving members of that final lineup regrouped, with a … Read more
Premiere: Nic Clark and the kids’ “Dance Party”
Nic Clark never missed a class in the blues or harmonica, learning (long-distance) from teachers like Sonny Boy Williamson, the Staples family, Stevie Wonder and Curtis Mayfield—with the result that … Read more
