Author: Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall is the original publisher of American Blues Scene and owns Bluescentric.com the shop for Blues, Soul, and Rock n Roll -- authentic music t-shirts where every sale pays artist's estates directly.
On this day, Magic Sam passed away, but not without leaving one of the most powerful musical legacies from Chicago.
In a blow to music lovers in the Maryland area, it was just announced that the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival and the Southern Maryland Blues Festival would not be taking place in 2014.
Nobody is allowed to decry the decline of Hill Country Blues while the North Mississippi Allstars are making music. Nobody.
The Mississippi Delta’s blues weren’t the only things that shaped the lexicon of American culture. In the 111th month anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt’s famous bear hunt, uncover the Delta’s fascinating contributions…
The widely influential Washington D.C. guitarist has passed away. He was 76. Parker, famous for his hit single “Watch Your Step” and as a sideman for Bo Diddley, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, and many more, was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. A resident of the Washington D.C. area since the early sixties, he reignited his career with two albums on Black Top Records in the early nineties. Parker recorded his most well known track, “Watch Your Step”, in 1961. The Beatles later admitted the track was the inspiration for their “I Feel Fine”. It was also covered by Carlos Santana and the…
Rock icon and Velvet Underground head Lou Reed died last weekend, October 27th. His wife, Laurie Anderson, wrote a touching and fitting obituary for him in their local paper. Discover what she wrote.
In staunch defiance of the familiar actors-turned-bad-musicians stereotype, there was a distinct magic in Hugh Laurie and The Copper Bottom Band’s live set that evokes the rousing ghosts of a New Orleans vaudeville act.
As the North Mississippi Allstars, Friday’s headliners, are fond of singing, “Mississippi knows how to party”. Nothing exemplifies this better than the Mighty Mississippi Music Festival.
The delta is beginning to cool off in mid-October and with the cotton in full bloom, an ancient, tiny sharecropper shack that boasts cold beer & low ceilings with monkeys nailed to it brings the best that the blues has to offer.
A delay in accepting a several thousand dollar Buy-It-Now offer results in a bidding war that netted an 825% higher buying price.