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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

Blues Experimental Folk Gospel Rock

Looking Back: 20 Years of Tom Waits’ Mule Variations

May 9, 2019May 10, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Anti- Records, Tom Waits

Two decades later, this is one ass of an LP we can still get behind

Blues Country and/or Western

Celebrating Every Moment

March 26, 2019March 27, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Allison Moorer, Hayes Carll, Texas

With an excellent new album, Hayes Carll sets the stage for country music domination

Blues Folk jazz Rock

At the Heart of the Vinyl Revival

March 25, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Art Ensemble of Chicago, Nirvana, ORG Music, Tom Petty

A discussion with ORG Music proprietor Andrew J. Rossiter on the avalanche of deep classics they have in store for the wax-consuming public

Blues Psychedelics Soul

The Excellence of Music City USA

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 James Porter 0 Comments Excello Records, Lightnin' Slim, Nashville, RPM Books, Slim Harpo

An in-depth new book explores the catalog of Nashville’s premier R&B imprint Excello Records

Blues Rock Soul

A Modern Bluesman’s Political Awakening

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Eric Clapton, Gary Clark Jr., Warner Bros.

Gary Clark Jr. holds nothing back on his third album This Land

Blues Hard Rock Metal! Rock

Radio Resonance

February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 Katherine Turman 0 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Tesla

Tesla’s “controversial” classic turns 30

Blues Soul

Soul ’69 at 50

January 29, 2019 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Aretha Franklin, Atlantic Records

Aretha swings the blues

Blues

True Survivor

January 29, 2019February 21, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, The Bluesbreakers, Walter Trout

Walter Trout and the blues are here to stay

Blues Rock

A Lust For Life and the Rock of Ages

January 24, 2019January 24, 2019 j. poet 1 Comment David Bowie, Fat Possum Records, Hunt Sales, Iggy Pop, Soupy Sales, Tin Machine

A conversation with Hunt Sales

Blues Heavy Metal Rock

Going Over Like A….

January 12, 2019February 18, 2019 Luci Turner 2 Comments 1969, 50th anniversary, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant

Led Zeppelin’s debut album turns 50

Blues Progressive Rock Rock

This Is This Was

January 10, 2019January 11, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, Prog Rock

Jethro Tull’s bluesy beginnings boxed

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