Blues

Blues 

Reed Turchi: The Blues Before and After

June 18, 2025June 18, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Ardent Records, Blues, Jim Dickinson, John Fry, Memphis, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Reed Turchi, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon, World On Fire

Ardent Records’ former A&R man returns to his roots

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Mean Town Blues: Johnny Winter at 80

February 23, 2024February 27, 2024 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Blues, Edgar Winter, guitar, Ian Curtis, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, RIP, Shane MacGowan, Texas, Warren Zevon

Memories of witnessing the late electric guitar great in concert

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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 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 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

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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

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Blues 

Samantha Fish: Frying Up The Blues

November 14, 2021November 14, 2021 j. poet 1 Comment Blues, blues guitar, Faster, Fleetwood Mac, Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, Rounder Records, Samantha Fish, The Rolling Stones

On her excellent new album Faster, the modern guitar maverick switches up her sound

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Blues Remembrance Rock 

Adios, Hombre: Remembering Dusty Hill

July 28, 2021March 28, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Back To The Future III, Billy Gibbons, Blues, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, RIP, Sharp Dressed Man, Texas, ZZ Top

The lifelong bassist for ZZ Top was 72

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Blues Rock 

His Blood Runs Cold: Peter Wolf at 75

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Jim Sullivan 4 Comments 75th birthday, Blues, Boston, Cape Cod, J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Jim Sullivan digs into his archives for a career-spanning 2018 interview with the vibrant frontman for the J. Geils Band

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Blues Soul 

WATCH: “Tell Me” by Devin B Thompson

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Chicago, Chicago Blues, Curtis Mayfield, Devin B Thompson, Luther Allison, Robben Ford, Tales of the Soul, Tell Me

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the latest video from the Chicago soul blues luminary

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Blues Hard Rock Rock 

Remembering Rory, the Only Gallagher in Rock Who Matters

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Robert Baird 4 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, Blues, Charley Patton, Earl Hooker, Gallagher, Hubert Sumlin, Rory Gallagher, Taste

Remembering the fiery Irish guitar icon, 25 years gone

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Blues Remembrance 

Blues Giant Lucky Peterson Gone at 55

May 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Coronavirus, Lucky Peterson, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, PBS, Soul

Child prodigy turned renowned statesman kept the blues alive and well in the 21st century

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Blues 

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)

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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

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Blues 

RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

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