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Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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ALBUMS: Sonny Landreth’s Two-Lane Blacktop

April 7, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Blacktop Run, Blues, blues guitar, Provogue Records, Sonny Landreth

The Grammy winning guitarist banks on the blues (and provides ample residuals in return)

Blues Folk Soul

Still Bill, Just As He Was

April 6, 2020 James Porter 2 Comments Bill Withers, Columbia Records, Curtis Mayfield, Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, John Hammond, Marvin Gaye, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Swamp Dogg, Terry Callier

There was almost no precedent for Bill Withers in the 1970s

Blues Dylan Folk

On Bob Dylan’s “Murder Most Foul”

March 30, 2020April 1, 2020 Tim Sommer 10 Comments 2020, Bob Dylan, Murder Most Foul, Phil Ochs, The Beatles, The Mekons

The Bard to his generation: “You Fucked Up”

Blues Classical Country and/or Western Electronic Folk Gospel Pop Rock

The Great American Quarantine Tour: Week Two

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alexis P. Suter, Allman-Betts Band, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Devon Allman, Diplo, Tilly Foster, Tim Fogarty, Yo-Yo Ma

5 more commanding performances from the neverending living room concert

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

‘Tis the Season: Above at 25

March 20, 2020March 19, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1995, Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, MARK LANEGAN, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Most groups were one-offs; but Mad Season could have been more than that

Blues Hard Rock Psychedelics

Cream’s Longest Goodbye

March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 Meghan Roos 0 Comments 1968, Cream, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Goodbye Cream, Goodbye Tour Live 1968, Jack Bruce, Polydor, Spoonful, Sunshine of Your Love, Toad, White Room

A new four-disc box set revisits the trio’s 1968 farewell tour in the band’s first release since the death of Ginger Baker

Alternative Rock Blues Hard Rock

LISTEN: Above by Mad Season Turns 25

March 14, 2020March 14, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin, John Baker Saunders, Layne Staley, Mad Season, Mike McCready, Pearl Jam, Screaming Trees, Seattle

Revisit the Seattle supergroup’s very first performance

Blues Folk

ALBUMS: Dom Flemons Is The American Songster

March 4, 2020March 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Dom Flemons, Omnivore Recordings, Prospect Hill, Taj Mahal, The American Songster Omnibus, The Carolina Chocolate Drops

On this excellent expanded edition of 2014’s Prospect Hill, the solo sounds of this onetime Carolina Chocolate Drop is taken to New Heights

Blues Post-Punk

Hell Ain’t Half Full: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love Turns 25

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Down By The Water, Island Records, John Parish, Meet Ze Monsta, PJ Harvey, Polly Jean Harvey, Steve Albini, To Bring You My Love

The third Island LP from Polly Jean and her machine remains her singular blues punk masterpiece

Blues Folk Hard Rock jazz World

LISTEN: Physical Graffiti @ 45: A Rock & Roll Globe Playlist

February 24, 2020February 23, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1975, 45th Anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti, Robert Plant

We dance and sing in celebration for Led Zeppelin’s greatest album by jumbling it all up

Blues Heavy Metal jazz

Satan’s Coming ‘Round The Bend: Black Sabbath At 50

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 1970, Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, The Warning, Tony Iommi, Warner Bros.

The Jazz! The Devil! The Downtuning! It was all part of the recipe for the LP that defined heavy metal

Blues Country and/or Western Folk Hip Hop Pop Rock Soul

2020 Grammys: 5 Great Performances

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, 2020 Grammys, Aerosmith, Angel from Montgomery, Billy Ray Cyrus, Bonnie Raitt, BTS, CBS, Demi Lovato, Demi Lovato Anyone, Gary Clark Jr., Grammy, John Prine, Lil Nas X, Lil Nas X Old Country Road, Lizzo, Lizzo Cuz I love you/Truth hurts, Nas, Run DMC/Aerosmith reunion, The 62nd Grammy Awards, The Roots

Now that CBS has finally released the performances to YouTube, behold….

Blues

ALBUMS: Marcus King Sets Out To Conquer

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allman Brothers, Blues, Bobby Wood, Carolina Confessions, Dan Auerbach, Dave Ro, Ed Dorado, El Dorado, Fantasy Records, Gov't Mule, Guitarists, Marcus King, Soul Insight, Tedeschi Trucks

The young guitar slinger begins a new royal reign on El Dorado

Blues

Dave Specter Explores The Blues From The Inside Out

January 18, 2020January 18, 2020 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Blues From The Inside Out, Brother John Kattke, Dave Specter, Delmark Records, Howlin' Wolf, Jorma Kaukonen, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Sarah Marie Young

An exclusive chat with the modern day master of classic Chicago blues

Blues Psychedelics Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Revisiting the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969, B.B. King, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, Bobby Blue BLand, Buddy Guy, Carey Bell, Freddie King, Hound Dog Taylor, Junior Wells, Lowell Fulson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Roosevelt Sykes, T-Bone Walker, Third Man Records

Third Man Records offers a definitive edition of the very first major festival dedicated entirely to the blues

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