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Author: JD Nash
JD Nash is the former host of Blues Influence on WREN radio and current editor-in-chief of American Blues Scene.
“I don’t hop freights or ride the rails. I don’t pick cotton. But it’s carrying on the tradition of a musical style which I really like.” – Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh
If you’re just hearing Cari for the first time, take her advice: “Take a chance on a new artist…don’t be afraid of real feelings…and turn it up!”
These are the 2021 GRAMMY nominees in our favorite categories of American Roots Music
The video for “Lightning Road,” is an outrageously amusing romp surrounding gifted musicians.
The second track from ‘My Getaway’ is the revved up, bluesy stomp, “Across the Desert,” telling the story of a lonely traveler’s difficult journey across a harsh land
The retro sound of Vintage Trouble, fronted by the Herculean vocals of Ty Taylor, made them the perfect candidates to re-imagine the hit song
Marcus King joins the couple on “Deep River,” turning in a fantastic guitar break, rocketing off the momentum that Ida Mae builds.
If you’ve been looking for some new holiday music, or some brilliantly updated classics for your Christmas soundtrack, ‘A Gulf Coast Christmas’ is it.
‘Live On Stage’ from The BluesBones marks the second time the Belgian band has brought their A game to the US.
Tom Freund, with the help of a few friends, puts a modern spin a blues classic