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Muscle Shoals is a small town in Alabama where, for reasons no one’s quite sure of, some of the greatest records of all time were created. The new documentary on Shoals tells it’s story…
Mentored by Dave Stewart and now on her second tour with Ruf Records’ Blues Caravan, Joanne Shaw Taylor has made a name for herself.
Coffee grinding is one of many (many!) blues metaphors for sexual intercourse.
The Allman Brothers, Sam Moore, Taj Mahal, Warren Haynes, Eric Church and several others have signed on to pay tribute in concert to Gregg Allman early next year.
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.
Enter the Big Joe Stomp Box Company. Born and built from original designs in the United States, these boxes ooze quality from every pore
America’s history of censorship of music dates back even further than the First Amendment’s right to Free Speech. Something legendary singer Billie Holiday experienced firsthand…
White Chicago blues guitarist Michael Bloomfield got the shock of his young life when he was gig with blues legend Muddy Waters — when Waters started talking about how much he loved to suck cock.
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.
Is there a Memphis sound? Brad Webb thinks so. He’s been totally immersed in the Memphis scene for more than…