Delta Moon *** Darlings of the progressive blues scene, this exhilarating act from Atlanta boasts pop song craft and an unusual lineup featuring both a slide and a lap steel […]
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The Jeff Beasley Band goes Down To The River
JEFF BEASLEY VIVIDLY RECALLS THE MOMENT he first developed a love for playing music. “When I first picked up a guitar that my uncle Joe gave me, I knew I’d […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jimi Ray One of the newest electric blues combos on our scene, this mightily impressive power trio is currently shopping a home-made debut album that features rock-solid performances but production […]
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Bluesman Tinsley Ellis returns
TINSLEY ELLIS JUST MIGHT BE the baddest-ass blues-rock guitarist you’ve never heard of. Yet the fact he’s not a household name (except of course, among the kind of folks who […]
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The Sacred & The Profane: The Blind Boys of Alabama and Adolphus Bell meet in the middle at the Trustees Theater
Most folks who were either raised in the South —or who have taken it upon themselves to learn a bit about the popular music traditions which have emanated from this […]
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A taste of this week’s live gigs
The Jeff Beasley Band Electric blues, early rock & roll, plus funky R & B originals. Wed., 7 pm (solo) + Thurs. – Fri., 8 pm, The Warehouse + Sun., […]
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Rory Block: Down at the crossroads
To many people, the name Robert Johnson is synonymous with the blues. The mythic guitarist and singer —who died prematurely and violently in August 1938 at 27— recorded only 42 […]
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A debut CD ten years in the making
It’s been slightly over a decade since Ken Harrison helped found Bluesonics, and in those intervening years, an awful lot of talented musicians have come and gone through the ranks […]
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We tell you where to go
The Doug Carn Quartet This “musician’s musician” is a stellar keyboardist who specializes in the swirling, soulful sounds of the Hammond organ. Known to many jazzbos as one of the […]