Subscribe to Updates
Get the latest creative news from Blues Scene about music & art.
Day: June 21, 2021
CD box set tells the story of an important and long-overlooked regional music scene of the 1940s and ’50s
Contains 472 audio tracks on 16 CDs and a 352-page hardcover book featuring artist biographies and details about recording in Washington,
local record companies, radio and TV, and venues.
“Heavy Shoes is a metaphor for something that is weighing you down. That feeling of every step being heavier than the last and not being able to carry the baggage any further. Heavy Shoes was the first song I had written for the album, and kind of a template we wanted to use for the rest of the record. Heavy, bluesy, straight ahead and honest.” – Chris Tapp
Today sees the premiere of the rootsy “Everywhere You’ve Been”