Music Choice, an audio-only cable channel, is a great place to hear music. There are about 20 specialized channels and the programming is excellent...
Category - Blues
There is something profound about the refrain of the song “Jesus on the Mainline.” It is not going to church or synagogue to find god. It is...
Here is a great gift idea: R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country, which my brother gave to me for my birthday. The small format book features Crumb’s...
Check out a couple of songs from Vanessa Collier. Collier is a blues and jazz singer, writer and, most of all, saxophone player. She certainly is busy. This...
They held the Merle Haggard memorial concert last night at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, according to The Tennessean. It was a three hour affair. Keith...
Delta blues player Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup.” I am not sure if “Born Into the Blues” is the name of the song or the biographic...
Here are Stevie Ray Vaughan and Lonnie Mack performing “Double Whammy.” The site has covered SRV before. Lonnie Mack — who Vaughan cited as...
Guitarist and harmonica player Will Shade was one of the main players of the very important Memphis Jug Band. (Check it out, it’s great stuff)...
Two from a NPR Tiny Desktop Concert recorded this year. I haven’t follow the band closely and was surprised at how jazzy they get. Great musicians. Here...
Here is Cub Koda, writing at AllMusic, on Jimmy Reed: There’s simply no sound in the blues as easily digestible, accessible, instantly recognizable, and...
