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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.
‘Willie Nelson and the Boys (Willie’s Stash, Vol. 2)’ is the artist’s 10th release since signing to Legacy Recordings in 2012.
A love-gone-wrong song of the first order, the video gives us an entirely different vision; a day in the life of Winnie Brave.
Their music is original, their style unique, and their harmonies tighter than the rubber band around the Sunday Times. The New Respects are the real deal.
For this World Premiere track release, she’s chosen a Willie Dixon tune popularized by Otis Rush. Jewell’s torchy rendition emphasizes its spooky message
Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential singers of all time, Patsy Cline, in her brief but extraordinary career, made a colossal impact.
Touches of classic soul and R&B inform many of the arrangements here, fusing two of Tennessee’s greatest musical exports.
Lightnin’ Willie takes traditional blues narratives, and sets them to a groove that defies sitting still.
She was determined to recapture the same magic and history of the Blues, R&B, and Soul classics in the recordings that were originally made in Memphis.
‘Two’ is a raw, deliberately simple recording. No overdubs or fancy studio wizardry. Just real instruments played by real musicians.
Listen to the title track of Mavis Staples upcoming release, ‘If All I Was Was Black.’ “These songs are going to change the world.”