Author: Hubert O'Hearn
“Although Waiting for Buddy Guy is not a biography of the guitar gunslinger, just as Harper chose to feature him for his book’s title so will I in this review.”
A horrific helicopter crash into a Glasgow blues bar contrasted a night-long BBC special on the blues, including Big Bill Broonzy The Yardbirds, Bessie Smith and more.
With wit, intensity and thoughtful words, “Bliss Avenue” is an album that will bear play after play and then discussion as it is an open conversation from the lonely directed to the listener.
American female Blues singer with a raw sexuality, ideally with unruly hair and, oh yes, a voice that erupts like the entire field of the Daytona 500 blowing past and nobody’s having engine trouble.
One doesn’t think of the Blues and Ireland necessarily in the same sentence, but the fascinating story of how blues guitar slinger Rory Gallagher inspired an entire nation might just change your mind…
We talk with Beth Hart, the sensational and powerful singer, about her latest album, her dreams, the Kennedy Center, and despite legions of fans… being lonely.
In this documentary filmed in the infamous Angola Prison, deep in the bayou, blueswoman Rita Chiarelli discovers the sad defiance that defines the Blues in prison inmates.