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Month: August 2015
Wynonie Harris. The original lip-curler, the number one hip-thruster. Professional dancer and a consummate shouter…
New Jersey is rarely thought of as a bastion of the blues–even though Johnny “Clyde” Copeland, John Hammond and Hubert…
Find out what passagreen really means in this installment of our popular weekly series, The Language of the Blues, in…
There’s a whole generation that knows him best for his catchphrase— Hello there, children! But Isaac Hayes…he’s much more than South Park’s Chef…
I never thought I’d call a blues band “authentic” that splashed a heavy dollup of Ramones punk attitude onto a bed of alien invasion smoothy guitars, but Ted Drozdowski’s Scissormen are unquestionably authentic.
Find out what nation sack really means in this new installment of our popular weekly series, The Language of the…
There are lots of blind bluesmen. But there was only one Blind Willie Johnson. They called him the sightless visionary. A virtuoso on the bottleneck guitar, with a forceful, chilling voice…
Find out what Mr. Charlie really means in this new installment of our popular weekly series, The Language of the…
The Story of Ike Dupree is told in a way that crosses musical lines, time and again, but won’t soon be forgotten.