ABS has been quiet lately. Why? Because we’ve been developing an exciting new chart to help bring exposure to the most worthy blues albums every week!
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Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall is the original publisher of American Blues Scene and owns Bluescentric.com -- the shop for Blues, Soul, and Rock n Roll. Authentic music t-shirts where every sale pays artist's estates directly.
Upcoming album “Blues Planet” has given the American Blues Scene an exclusive Taj Mahal track for our readers to download FREE!
Fascinating blues piano master Lee Pons talks about solo, boogie, and plenty more!
Today marks the day, 37 years ago, of a wildly iconic time in History — the famous Rumble in the Jungle, between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.
Wyland Records has an upcoming album of original blues music from an all-star band of bluesmen, including Taj Mahal, Rod Piazza, and Common Sense vocalist Nick-I, as the Wyland Blues Planet Band
Alligator Records is pleased to announce the signing of soul singer/songwriter/harmonica icon Curtis Salgado!
Where a decade ago, popular blues-playing women were hard to come by, today, there is no shortage of vastly popular & endlessly talented ladies in the blues. While it took a deplorable seven decades, the timing is perfect.
Today’s video is Son House singing “Grinnin’ In Your Face”, one of the most haunting and endearing blues songs of all time, to a doubtlessly wide-eyed and mesmerized crowd clapping to his “beat”.
Buddy Guy played the King Biscuit Festival last night. We were front and center to bring you the best pictures from the festival! Buddy Played “74 Years Young”, “Skin Deep”, and other classic Buddy music. Towards the end of the set, he pulled out a beautiful acoustic, complete with blue polka dots on the fretboard, and finger picked soem John Lee Hooker, Muddy and more. The energy from the crowd was overwhelming as the blues superstar played some of the hottest guitar there was. Other highlights of the show, sadly sans pictures, were Mike Zito and this year’s IBC winner,…
A dedicated blues fan has a tendency to drop everything when a great blues festival rolls around, and we know our priorities! We’re making the trip down to the King Biscuit Festival, in Helena, Arkansas this weekend! We’ll be covering the event and checking out the Lionel Young Band, Buddy Guy, Lee Pons, Mike Zito, Cee Cee James, Bobby Rush, T-Model Ford, Hamilton Loomis, and dozens of other exceptional acts! Sunday, we will be covering the annual Pinetop Perkins Homecoming at Shack Up Inn outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi. This year’s event will be especially bittersweet, as the legendary Pinetop passed…