Author: American Blues Scene Staff
In 2022 the Stacy Jones Band celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the release of World on Fire which is quite possibly the groups best album yet. Stacy’s songwriting has always been genuine and from the heart, singing of real-life experiences. Now with being a new mother, political and racial unrest and a worldwide pandemic Stacy touches some nerves with thought-provoking lyrics. The true story set to music of George Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944). George was an African American boy who at the age of 14 was convicted, in a proceeding later vacated in 2014 as an unfair trial,…
World-class musical acts Vintage#18 and Sol Roots join forces for a night of hard-driving blues, retro-soul, raw funk, and R&B at Pearl Street in Washington D.C.
“When it came to this record, the key words were ‘ACKNOWLEDGE’ and ‘HONOR,’” contemporary blues/soul singer Kat Riggins proclaims about her new CD, Progeny, releasing June 24th on Gulf Coast Records. I have always tried to share music in a very transparent and vulnerable way and I’ve learned that I do this most successfully when I connect that little girl that I used to be to the woman that I’m becoming. I mean, when I remember things like how my Mama spoke her heart or how my Daddy’s voice made me feel when he sang Sam Cooke, it empowers me…
Tommy Castro is the big winner with three awards, with multiple honors going to Sue Foley & Christone “Kingfish” Ingram!
Soundtrack to the full-length documentary film celebrates the undeniable musical history, heritage, legacy, culture, and influence of New Orleans and Louisiana!
Welcome to Windy City Wednesday. This newest offering from American Blues Scene will share classic and sometimes forgotten blues albums from some of the most iconic Chicago blues men and women ever to grace wax. This edition focuses on the compilation album That Ain’t Right by Magic Slim & the Teardrops / Joe Carter with Sunnyland Slim. *Notes by Blues Hall of Fame inducted producer, writer, and record label executive, Jim O’Neal In 1977, Ralph Bass recorded, at the culmination of a brilliant career, a series of ten very brief and informal sessions – a survey of then lesser known…
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and author Janiva Magness announced her new album Hard to Kill will release on June 24 via her own Fathead Records. Magness’ sixteenth studio album, Hard to Kill is a boldly honest and affecting collection of songs that sit on the bedrock of blues, soul and funk. Deeply connected with her frank and profoundly moving 2019 memoir, Weeds Like Us, the new album will release simultaneously with the audiobook edition this summer. While recording last year, Magness realized how closely tied the two pieces of work really are – Hard to Kill is a tough and assured reflection…
Blues-rock group Moreland & Arbuckle will be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame with the Class of 2022. Over the course of their 15-year career, the Wichita, Kansas trio played hundreds of shows, performing in the United States, Canada, across Europe and in Australia, Iraq and Kuwait. They’ve shared stages with ZZ Top, George Thorogood, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray and Los Lonely Boys, to name a few. Moreland was born December 16, 1974. He played in a number of garage bands while growing up and was influenced by punk, blues, and rock music. He changed course and focused…
Forty Below Records announces the signing of celebrated Blues and Roots musician Joe Louis Walker. A Blues Hall of Fame inductee and six-time Blues Music Award winner, his 2015 release Everyone Wants a Piece was nominated for the Contemporary Blues Grammy. Walker dueted with B.B. King on his Grammy Award-winning Blues Summit album and played guitar on James Cotton’s Grammy winning album Deep in the Blues. Regarded as one of the greatest bluesmen of his generation, Walker’s output spans the gamut of American Roots music. A brilliantly lyrical guitarist, soulful singer and prolific songwriter, Walker has toured extensively throughout his…
We are proud to exclusively premiere the video for “When Koko Came to Town,” in which Barnes hooks ’em with the Hokum!