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|This stunning release is three great items in one package*: CD or vinyl music, DVD or Blu-ray video, and physical photo book. Let’s start with the book. The book is … Read more
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This stunning release is three great items in one package*: CD or vinyl music, DVD or Blu-ray video, and physical photo book. Let’s start with the book. The book is … Read more
With three Grammy nominations already in the bag, blueslady Shemekia Copeland is clearly a musician of some stature. Now, with a new album, Uncivil War, just released on Alligator Records, … Read more
This “super console” was constructed by Elvis Costello and Chris Difford (from the band Squeeze) in 1996 after consultation with Dick Swettenham, a former employee of Abbey Road and Olympic Studios. They … Read more
His dad ran with Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan and played drums for Lightnin’ Hopkins. So these may be the last Shades of song you’d ever expect from a man … Read more
The veteran UK bluesman John Mayall is nothing if not a survivor. A guy who has weathered the changing nature, styles, fads and trials of the music scene for around … Read more
Bluesman Bob Margolin on Muddy Waters and the New Live at Rockpalast CD/DVD Set There is simply no name in Chicago Blues bigger than Muddy Waters. His booming voice, piercing slide … Read more
I remember the show like it was yesterday. Alvin Lee was best known for his work with Ten Years After—blistering guitar solos throughout, and some great interplay with his bass … Read more
Songwriter, pianist and guitarist Leon Russell was a vital part of Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound studio session band in the late ’60s. He played on hundreds of iconic records … Read more
Photos by Arnie Goodman By Barry Fisch The last of the two shows of this guitar jamboree at Madison Square Garden proved to be a delight to the sold … Read more
Photos by Arnie Goodman “We both loved Monk,” said Pete Brown, in a rare moment of quiet at the beginning of the soundcheck. “One of the things we learned from Monk … Read more