Screenwriter/bluesman John Fusco convenes all-star band for new double album, ‘John the Revelator’ due July 31, via Checkerboard Lounge Recordings.

Major labels and musicians agree to #TheShowMustBePaused initiative created by two black female executives in the recording industry.

Eddie 9V‘s Way Down the Alley (Live at Blind Willie’s) is a fun diversion. But it’s also a strong set from an increasingly impressive blues artist.

“I really respect Buddy’s depth,” Herring said. “That fire was exactly what I wanted to see happen. Sometimes it happens: his electricity, that fire.”

“Blues has always been a pass-it-forward kind of thing,” says James. “It’s also surprisingly hard to write.”

Listen to the first single, “Forever Starts Now,” from the new EP.

“’Highway To The Stars’ is the lead cut from a project I’ve been working on over the last few years; combining American electric blues, British blue-eyed soul along with a host of other funky elements.”

Billy Gibbons: “There’s truly no place like Memphis and this is the story of why that is. HAVE MERCY!”

Now, a half a century after its release, Cosmo’s Factory will gain a new vibrancy, thanks to the exacting process of half-speed mastering.

Goldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys’ ‘La Danse à St. Ann’s is available May 29th via Nouveau Electric Records.