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We sat down at the Juke Joint Festival with the amazing Vizztone recording artist Fiona Boyes, who has a stunning powerhouse voice. We may have coaxed her to to give us an on-air show!
Lady A is the soul soaked, gospel inspired blues singer from the Seattle-by-way-of-Louisiana area. An amazing singer, Lady A swing by the American Blues Scene tent to speak with us about her latest album, touring with Bobby Rush and Super Chikan, and her next ex-husband! Take a listen — LIVE from the Juke Joint Festival, Delta Music Experience Headquarters at Little Pink Guesthouse — right by the Delta Blues Museum main stage.
Another highlight on “Handmade Music” was Lance’s version of “Traveling Riverside Blues”. Obviously this Robert Johnson song has been done a time or two before but not quite like this! Lance makes it his own and does a fantastic job in the process!
Special Delta Blues Event Featuring Actor Morgan Freeman Will Help Fund Music and Music Technology Education in Mississippi’s Delta Region
March 6th: MIG Records (Germany) has released the highly anticipated “Handmade Music” from Lance Lopez. This is the third studio album from this blazing Texas axeman and it is a journey that twists and pushes the blues rock genre into new territories. Lopez pays homage to some great blues players through furious fretwork on this release but make no mistake, this is his own trademark sound. Amazon sold out of the Limited Edition copies in just hours after it’s release. Guitar World is streaming the album right now. Click here to stream the entire album:
Lester Chambers, former lead singer of The Chambers Brothers, highlights the hard reality of the record company’s exploitation of its artists.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Several mid-state school systems have either closed or will close early Friday due to severe weather forecasted for the area. Hardin and Stewart are closed, Houston and Humphreys Counties will close at 11 a.m. Lawrence County will close at 11:15 a.m. Clay, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Pickett, and Smith counties will all close at noon. Grundy, Marshall, Putnam, Warren and White counties will close at 12:30 p.m. Cannon County will close at 1 p.m. Bedford, Giles, and Wilson Counties will close three hours early. Rutherford County will close two hours early. Williamson County Schools will also…
Best Blues Album – Revelator by the Tedeschi Trucks Band
Whitney Houston, who reigned as pop music’s queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, has died. She was 48.
Grammy-winning blues harmonica master James Cotton, who is currently celebrating his 67th year as a professional musician (beginning at age 9) will be postponing and rescheduling a number of appearances because of hip replacement surgery. He will be off the road from November 10 through mid-January 2012. All missed dates will be rescheduled as soon as possible. In a message to his many fans around the world, Cotton said, “I’m sorry to have to disappoint my fans by postponing and rescheduling some dates, but I need to get this taken care of so I can be back at full force…