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Santana Speaks

July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1999, Carlos Santana, Concord Records, Rick Rubin, Santana, Supernatural, Woodstock 1969

A conversation with the celebrated guitarist and bandleader on the occasion of some momentous anniversaries

Blues Indie Rock

Daddy Long Legs: Going Back to the Roots of the Blues

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Brooklyn, Daddy Long Legs, Lowdown Ways, Yep Roc

The Brooklyn trio gets “Lowdown” on new album

Blues

Celebrating 60 Years of Moanin’ In The Moonlight by Howlin’ Wolf

July 8, 2019July 9, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1959, 60th anniversary, Chess Records, Howlin' Wolf

The teeth on this menacing 1959 masterpiece are as sharp as ever after all these years

Blues

Peter Frampton’s ‘Blues Thesis’

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Blues, Freddie King, Humble Pie, peter Frampton, Taj Mahal

A medical diagnosis pushed Frampton to choose one final focus for the last creative burst of his career—and he decided to sing the blues

Blues

B.B. and Muddy and the Summer of ’69

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Led Zeppelin, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush

Two blues giants and the pair of classics they delivered for the Woodstock era

Blues Electronic Experimental Folk Funk Gospel Hip Hop jazz North Americana Soul World

All That Jazz…and More: Summer Brings Musical Magic To Montreal

June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Jazz, Montreal, Music Festivals

RNRG’s exclusive preview of what’s ahead at this year’s wildly diverse Montreal International Festival on its 40th anniversary

Blues Punk

Do The Peppermint Twist: The White Stripes’ Eponymous Debut Turns 20

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Gold Dollar bar Detroit, Jack White, Meg White, The White Stripes

Recalling when Jack White and his big sister Meg White were the new kids on the block

Blues

ALBUM DEPT: Oklahoma by Keb’ Mo’ Is More Than OK

June 15, 2019June 17, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Concord Records, Keb' Mo', Roseanne Cash, Taj Mahal

25 years after his auspicious debut, the modern blues giant continues to set his own standard

Blues Soul

Stax’s Soul Explosion 50 Years Later

June 12, 2019June 13, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1969, Craft Recordings, Memphis, Stax Records

A deep dive into an indispensable compilation that redefined the Memphis label in ’69

Blues Pop Rock

Step Right Up: The Blurry Eyed Royalty of the Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus

June 9, 2019June 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Jethro Tull, John Lennon, Marianne Faithfull, Taj Mahal, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Yoko Ono

A new box set looks back at the quintessential rock commune under the Big Top

Blues Experimental Funk jazz Pop Psychedelics Remembrance Soul

Remembering Dr. John: Tripping the Night Majestic

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Dr. John, Mac Rebennack, RIP, The Night Tripper

The cultural icon who introduced a generation to voodoo and “funkology” died of a heart attack at 77

Blues Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock

Sing Me A Sweet, Sweet Song: Badlands at 30

May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, Jake E. Lee, Ozzy Osbourne, Ray Gillen, Tony Iommi

When Jake E. Lee and Ray Gillen formed a potent supergroup that never go its chance to fully shine

Blues

Shemekia Copeland: Not Like Everybody Else

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Alligator Records, Johnny Copeland, Shemekia Copeland, The Kinks

On her 10th album, the second generation blues great takes it to the streets

Blues North Americana Rock

Jimbo Mathus: Above The Nut

May 16, 2019May 17, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Drive-By Truckers, Jimbo Mathus, Squirrel Nut Zippers

The lead Zipper heads into the abyss with a song in his heart

Blues North Americana Rock

Will Kimbrough: The Hardest Working Man in Nashville

May 15, 2019May 16, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Grayson Capps, Nashville, Shemekia Copeland, Will and the Bushmen, Will Kimbrough

The Americana mainstay and in-demand session guitarist returns to the solo life with I Like It Down Here

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