Wade Jackson and Greg Carey were convinced they’d found pop-rock gold upon their discovery of the lost treasures of Van Duren. Awed by his flair for dramatic songwriting, which made … Read more
Photos by Laura Carbone Imagine this vacation: A first-class blues cruise for three days and two nights from Oslo, Norway to Kiel, Germany and back again—on a first-class ship that … Read more
This is a twelve-track release from a young blueslady from Finland. Forsman has a significant and growing fan base across Europe, where she is in steady demand as a live … Read more
Going Back Home takes two top blues veterans back to their Chicago blues roots, reuniting Turner and McCall with a recording that really pushes all the best musical buttons. This … Read more
Talk is cheap to virtuoso musician William Tyler, whose pastoral folk instrumentals on Goes West are touching in ways words can’t convey. Oftentimes, they stretch out like murals of rolling, … Read more
Watermelon Slim is back and he’s on the Northern Blues label where he garnered most of his 20 Blues Music Award nominations and his two wins. After two obscure releases, … Read more
Assuming the role of snake charmer on drums and bashing out an unforgettably primal, hip-shaking groove that was wildly hypnotic and wantonly sexual, Hunt Sales lit a dancing fire under … Read more
7 Minutes Late is harpist/singer-songwriter Chris O’Leary’s fourth studio release and fifth overall. Through a few changes and expanded lineup since his impressive 2010 debut, Mr. Used To Be, O’Leary … Read more
Riding a wild elevator of emotional highs and lows over a span of four days, as she mourned her mother’s passing and experienced the joy of marrying her partner, East … Read more
Before jumping to the big leagues with A&M Records and later finding multi-platinum success with Columbia, Soul Asylum had unfinished business with its plucky local imprint, Twin Tone Records. Their … Read more
