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“With this record, I’d like to kick that door down, and encourage women in particular to express themselves and stay in touch with that part of themselves.”
“Tired of Waiting” features thick drop-D rhythm guitar work and two extraordinary guitar solos from Devi– a stinging bluesy solo mid-song and the trippy two-minute slide solo that closes the song.
The lady born Elizabeth ‘Kid’ Douglas, chewed tobacco while she sang. Perched in her chiffon ballgown, she spat without missin’ a beat…
The landmark 30th annual International Blues Challenge is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee “the home of the blues”, and American Blues Scene will be continuing it’s annual coverage of the week’s events in their entirety.
The landmark 30th annual International Blues Challenge is taking place in Memphis, Tennessee “the home of the blues”, and American Blues Scene will be continuing it’s annual coverage of the week’s events in their entirety.
Whether he was on the run or standing still, which almost never happened, Taylor sang like an unrepentant gospel star caught with his hand up the preacher’s wife’s skirt.
I’m just gonna come flat out and say it: If you haven’t paid a visit to the Mississippi Delta yet, plan one now to this starkly beautiful, richly musical place.
Nightly Festival Shows plus International Six-String Theory Competition Finals
Kris belonged to a small group of iconoclastic artists who fought for and won their creative freedom outside of the Nashville establishment that dictated the sound of most country music of the era.
There is a pain and loneliness in several of his songs that many of us can identify with in one way or another. He writes about it in a language we understand.
Interview with Earl Thomas, whose songs have been recorded by legendary artists such as Etta James, Solomon Burke, and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.