Read the great Dr. John explain what this week’s “Language of the Blues” word, AXE, is all about!
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Blues Music Award-winning soul/blues singer & harmonica master Curtis Salgado will undergo surgery on July 18 in Oregon. Blues fans across the country have already donated to help Curtis offset the incredible expense of the treatment.
The powerful Lionel Batiste, of the famous Treme Brass Band, has passed away.
Another installment in our new weekly series by author and rocker Debra Devi. This week, we explore the term “Ashes Hauled”, made famous by Sleepy John Estes
It is the mission of this publication to celebrate, expose, & enhance the enriching art form known as the Blues & what it’s inspired. It is for these reasons that the American Blues Scene is endorsing a presidential candidate.
From rockabilly to an L.A.-meets-Chicago version of Piedmont slow blues, the 44s blast out of LA like the Dirty Harry namesake pistol with their latest album.
Soul blues singer/harmonica master Curtis Salgado will undergo surgery on July 18 in Portland, Oregon, to remove a cancerous growth from his lung, according to his manager Shane Tappendorf.
Diamond-hard blues-rock…fierce, original, beautiful guitar and an exquisite growl of a voice…powerhouse blues that strikes like a hammer blow. –Billboard
This is the first in a new weekly series that focuses on the meaning and significance of a unique word used in blues song. Come back every Wednesday for the latest!
With “I Belong To The Band”, Rory Block has cemented her indisputable position as a master of this genre.