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Robert Plant’s Renewed Reality: Dreamland at 20

July 25, 2022August 4, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 2002, 20th Anniversary, Alison Krauss, Dreamland, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Records, Robert Plant

The former Led Zeppelin frontman’s 2002 return as a solo act found him honoring his musical heroes

Blues Rock

Winter Kings: Edgar Honors Brother Johnny On Star-Studded Album

June 23, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 2022, Brother Johnny, Doyle Bramhall II, Edgar Winter, Joe Bonamossa, Keb' Mo', Quarto Valley Records, Steve Vai, Taylor Hawkins

The legendary “Frankenstein” keyboardist and some his famous friends play the best of the Johnny Winter catalog

Blues Rock

The Nighthawks: Back At The Diner

June 10, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Established 1972, George Thorogood, Maryland, Mose Allison, Sam Cooke, The Nighthawks

With Established 1972, the veteran Maryland blues rockers celebrate the satisfaction that they’ve endured for five decades

Blues Folk North Americana Rock

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise The Roof In Queens

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments Alison Krauss, David Bowie, Forest Hills, Forest Hills Stadium, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Neil Young, Queens, Raise The Roof, Raising Sand, Robert Plant, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Rock & Roll

What this current tour says about the Led Zeppelin singer’s staying power at 73

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Jane Lee Hooker: Knee Deep in the Blues and Loving It

May 19, 2022May 19, 2022 j. poet 0 Comments Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Blue BLand, Dana Athens, Hail Mary Zadroga, Jane Lee Hooker, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Ron Salvo, Tina T-Bone Gorin, Tracy Hightop

With a bold new album, the band is back on the road again in a van named Dwight, doing what they do best

Blues Experimental Psychedelics

LISTEN: Seedsmen to the World Honor Reverend Pearly Brown With “Home”

May 15, 2022May 17, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Birdman Records, Blues, Broken Arrow, Codeine, Drone, Infinite River, NoNeck Blues Band, Red House Painters, Seedsmen to the World

The Detroit drone blues outfit’s eponymous debut comes out on May 20th

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Robin Trower: Guitar Conqueror

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Bridge of Sighs, For Earth Below, guitar, In City Dreams, interview, Long Misty Days, No More Worlds to Conquer, Provogue Records, Robin Trower

The legendary British axe icon has nothing left to prove

Blues Gospel Soul

LISTEN: Jesus Waits For Johnny Ray Daniels

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Bible and Tire Recording Company, Bruce Watson, Johnny Ray Daniels, Sacred Soul, Whatever You Need

We are proud to premiere the new single off the 76-year-old Sacred Soul vet’s long-awaited solo debut

Blues Hard Rock Rock

Old Time Feelin’: 50 Years of Smokin’

March 14, 2022March 14, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Alexis Korner, AOR, Clem Clempson, England, Greg Ridley, Humble Pie, Jerry Shirley, peter Frampton, Smokin', Stephen Stills, Steve Marriott, The Herd, The Small Faces

Looking back on the album that set Humble Pie ablaze

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Remembrance

Mark Lanegan Dead at 57

February 22, 2022February 23, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Field Songs, MARK LANEGAN, RIP, Sub Pop

Passing of versatile singer of Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age shakes the music world

Blues Funk Remembrance Soul

It Wasn’t Because He’s Black, It Was Because He Was Great

February 9, 2022February 10, 2022 James Porter 3 Comments Al Green, Ann Peebles, Booker T. And the MG's, Booker T. Jones, Buddy Guy, Cypress Hill, funk, Hi Records, KRS One, Mavis Staples, Michael Jackson, R&B, RIP, Soul, Syl Johnson, Willie Hutch, Wu-Tang Clan

Remembering the art and artistry of sampled soul giant Syl Johnson

Blues Folk

Ry Cooder Kickstarts His Solo Career by Venturing Into the Purple Valley

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Bill Monroe, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, Doc Watson, Gordon Lightfoot, Into The Purple Valley, Jim Dickinson, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal and the Rising Sons, Van Morrison

Looking back on 50 years of a debut that put the spotlight on an American guitar icon

Blues

Six String Soul: 30 Years of the Chicago Blues with Dave Specter

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 2 Comments 1991, Barkin' Bill Smith, Billy Branch, Bluebird Blues, Dave Specter, Delmark Records, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Johnson, Jorma Kaukonen, Junior Wells, Magic Slim, Otis Clay, Otis Rush, Ronnie Earl

The Windy City guitarist reflects back while looking ahead in this exclusive chat

Blues

Montreux Mud

January 2, 2022January 2, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Bill Evans, Blues, BMG, guitar, live album, Miles Davis, Montreux, Muddy Waters, O9, Soft Machine, The Montreux Years, Weather Report

A new compilation collects the best moments of blues legend Muddy Waters’ three trips to Switzerland

Blues Rock

Any Day Woman: 50 Years of Bonnie Raitt

December 12, 2021April 3, 2022 Christopher Treacy 0 Comments 1971, 50th anniversary, Bonnie Raitt, Joni Mitchell, Little Feat, Lowell George

With her eponymous 1971 debut, the California-born guitar legend was disrupting the template the others were establishing from the very start

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