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The namesake of the tube amplifier is the vacuum tube, a small but important component that controls the flow of…

JT Coldfire, the hard working honky tonk hero has recently released a new album, Always & Never. With opposite compliments like “Coldfire”…

In a word, her new album is “Gospel” — The gospel of the formidable blueswoman, the gospel music that seeps it’s way into nearly every track, the gospel of unmistakably moving vocals.

A masterful blend of rhythm and blues, jazz, and rock, Robi Zonca has kicked out his fifth CD since 2003.

Listening to the latest release from the Terry Quiett Band out of Kansas, “Just My Luck” is a great genre mixing blend of blues, blues inspired rock and jazz with a bit of soul stirring around in the mix.

It’s clear that picking a favorite or a stand out track on Soul Shot is going to be extremely difficult. One song just flows into the next, fluidly and seamlessly. Tracks one through eleven deliver some of the most soulful sounds on the planet today.

Most people are familiar with the “whammy bar.” The most famous, Bigsby, has an awesome history and an even more awesome sound. Find out why, and how a motorcycle enthusiast changed music.

Bring yourself up to Contino’s Back Porch Dogma, and you’ll find a blues message to believe in!

Blues is often about broken hearts. With A Hundred White Lies, Shane Dwight gives us his, in musical sadness and triumph.

This is Chicago blues — today’s Chicago — as good as it gets.