Monday, May 29, 2017

Southern Rock Legend Gregg Allman, R.I.P.

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Gregg Allman – a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee with the Allman Brothers Band and a successful solo artist – passed away on May 27...

CD Review: Raging Fire's These Teeth Are Sharp (2017)

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Nashville’s Raging Fire was, perhaps, the best ‘80s-era band that you never heard. As recent as a couple years back, unless you were bles...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Archive Review: Eugene Chadbourne & Camper Van Chadbourne (1988)

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EUGENE CHADBOURNE Kill Eugene (Placebo Records) CAMPER VAN CHADBOURNE Camper Van Chadbourne (Fundamental Music) Shades of insanit...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

CD Review: Janiva Magness's Blue Again EP (2017)

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For my money, Janiva Magness is arguably the finest, most dynamic vocalist in blues music today. A multiple Blues Music Award winner and a...
Friday, May 19, 2017

CD Review: Wilson Pickett's In The Midnight Hour + The Exciting Wilson Pickett (2016 reissue)

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Singer and songwriter Wilson Pickett was a giant in the world of American rhythm & blues and soul music. As an artist, he was often o...

Chris Cornell of Soundgarden & Audioslave, R.I.P.

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Photo by Gordon Correll/GDCGraphics One of the leading lights of the ‘90s-era Seattle scene, Chris Cornell was found dead in the bathro...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

CD Preview: Red Hot A Memphis Celebration of Sun Records

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There can be no denying that Sam Phillips’ Sun Records imprint had an enduring and important influence on not only the creation and evolut...

Roger Glover’s Butterfly Ball revisited

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Way back in 1974, former Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover agreed to produce an album by his longtime bandmate Jon Lord, The Butterfly Ball...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Blues Music Awards 2017 Winners

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The Blues Foundation held its annual Blues Music Awards ceremony in Memphis, Tennessee over the weekend. The event honors those talented b...