Songwriter George Jackson, co-author of “Old Time Rock and Roll” and hundreds of other soul, rock and rhythm and blues tunes, has died. He was 68.
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Delmark Records legend Jimmy Dawkins, who’s “West Side-styled guitar slashes and surges,” has passed away.
Every now and then a back-to-basics blues album is issued and we are amazed at how effective simplicity really is. Guitars, vocals, and the music itself. This is just such an album. Hans Theessink & Terry Evans’ Delta Time is intimate blues. Simple, beautiful, bare-bones intimate, and inspiring.
“Luther was one of the all-time greats,” Trout continues, “and it was just an unbelievably potent thing to watch him perform. Just the energy and commitment that guy had, he was one of a kind. We played together once, at the Jazz Fest that year, and just as we walked offstage, somebody pointed a camera and we hugged and smiled.
To Help Bring Attention to Public Radio Music Month, Alligator Records is GIVING AWAY an absolutely FREE 17-Song Sampler!
Producer and engineer behind Led zeppelin’s most iconic work, as well as Exile On Main Street and much more has passed away.
Band announces development of their tenth studio album consisting of twelve tracks; a mix of originals and covers of traditional blues songs.
The Canada South Blues Society Museum is reporting that legendary Canadian guitarist Johnny V. Mills has passed away. We’ll update this as more info becomes available.
The creators of the award-winning documentaries M For Mississippi and We Juke Up in Here return in 2013 with Moonshine & Mojo Hands, a new, weekly web-TV series
Like many in the blues world, I’ve always been a bit of a purist…