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Jeff Beck: The Guitarist’s Guitarist

January 13, 2023January 13, 2023 Kara Tucker 1 Comment Blow By Blow, Cream, Derek and the Dominoes, guitar, Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop, Led Zeppelin, RIP, Rod Stewart, The Jeff Beck Group, The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Wired

Remembering the life and career of England’s greatest axe man

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Blues Dylan Folk Records Rock 

LISTEN: Bob Dylan Shares New Track From Forthcoming Bootleg Series

January 11, 2023January 11, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, Columbia Records, Daniel Lanois, Fragments - Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series Vol.17, Legacy Recordings, Teatro, Tony Garnier, Tony Mangurian

Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997) comes out January 27th

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Blues Garage Rock Indie Rock Rock 

Greg Prevost Stacks Up His Legacy

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment Greg "Stackhouse" Prevost, Greg Prevost, New York, Rochester, The Chesterfield Kings

The New York garage rock icon looks back on his career with autobiography and new archival release

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Bidding Farewell to Savoy Brown’s Kim Simmonds

December 18, 2022December 18, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Andy Silvester, Brice Portius, Chicken Shack, Chris Youlden, Cream, Dave Walker, Eric Clapton, Foghat, John Lee Hooker, Kim Simmonds, Martin Stone, Paul Raymond, RIP, Savoy Brown

The British blues pioneer has passed away at age 75

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Blues Folk Rock 

Janis Joplin And Jorma Kaukonen: The First Steps On The Road To Fame

December 13, 2022December 13, 2022 j. poet 6 Comments 1964, a, Janis Joplin, Jorma Kaukonen, Omnivore Recordings, The Legendary Typewriter Tape

The Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna guitar great discusses The Legendary Typewriter Tape

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Blues New Wave Pop Remembrance Rock 

A Songbird Silenced: Remembering Christine McVie

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments Chicken Shack, Christine McVie, Christine Perfect, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, RIP, Stevie Nicks

The legendary Fleetwood Mac singer and pianist has passed away at 79

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Blues Hard Rock Rock Zep 

We’re Gonna Groove: Led Zeppelin’s Coda Turns 40

November 19, 2022November 19, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, Coda, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Poor Tom, Robert Plant, Walter's Walk, We're Gonna Groove, Wearing and Tearing

In retrospect, Zep’s final collection of studio recordings provides an intriguing addendum

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Blues jazz 

ALBUMS: The Ramble of Doug Wamble

October 23, 2022October 23, 2022 Todd Manning 0 Comments 2022, Blues in the Present Tense, Doug Wamble, Halcyonic Records, Ken Burns, Natalie Merchant, Norah Jones

Ken Burns collaborator cools out at the crossroads of jazz and blues

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Blues 

Revisiting An Influential Chicago Blues Classic

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues, Buddy Guy, Chance Records, Chicago, Chicago / The Blues / Today!, Craft Recordings, Eddie "Porkchop" Hines, Elmore James, George Mayweather, J.B. Hutto, James Cotton, Junior Wells, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Sonny Boy Williamson

Chicago / The Blues / Today! Vol. 1 is out now via Craft Recordings

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Blues Dylan Folk Rock 

Not Dark Yet: Bob Dylan’s Time Out Of Mind at 25

September 28, 2022September 28, 2022 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1997, 25th Anniversary, Bob Dylan, Cold Irons Bound, Daniel Lanois, Dirt Road Blues, Down In The Groove, Empire Burlesque, Highlands, Infidels, Knocked Out Loaded, Love Sick, Lovesick, Not Dark Yet, Saved, Shot of Love, Time Out of Mind, U2

Looking back on a legend reclaiming his legacy

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Blues Folk Rock Zep 

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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