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Gary Clark Jr - Blak And Blu (Album Review)

Fri, March 01 2013 3:55pm - Source: Stereoboard

Let's get one thing clear; Gary Clark Jr is not the saviour of the blues.

Fleetwood Mac: Searching For Gems Beyond The Hits

Wed, February 13 2013 9:48pm - Source: The Quietus

Danny Kirwan's lead guitar propels 'Trinity', perhaps the greatest Fleetwood Mac track consigned to an outtake, with a reckless intensity, playing like a wayward troubadour testing the limits of a new found toy.

Fleetwood Mac: Seaching For Gems Beyond The Hits

Tue, February 12 2013 12:14pm - Source: The Quietus

Fleetwood Mac have brought in 2013 with the reissue of their super-mega hit 1977 album Rumours last month and the announcement that they'll be bringing their world tour to the UK and Ireland later in the year.

Graded on a Curve: Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal

Thu, February 07 2013 1:42pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Taj Mahal's been at it for longer than some of us (myself included) have been alive, and he doesn't show any signs of slowing down.

10 Things You Never Knew About... Brian Jones

Fri, January 04 2013 9:15am - Source: ClashMusic.com

As The Rolling Stones celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, Clash looks back at the band's forgotten founder member who set out the template for the 'Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World'. 1.

Binky Philips: More of My Damn Opinions About Guitarists and Guitars

Fri, December 07 2012 6:43pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Much more importantly, it was gratifying to see how many of you care about guitars and those who play them -- although I did get one sarcastic message: "I had no idea guitars are so important"...

New Music Monday: Levon Helm, Kiss, Dinah Thorpe, Adler, David Hasselhoff, Flotsam and Jetsam

Mon, December 03 2012 12:43pm - Source: Something Else!

If you're missing Levon Helm (who hand-picked the selections for a new live set before passing), or just a few of your old Kiss singles (a box from their classic era on Casablanca is pending), New Music Monday is here for you.

Best of November 2012: Readers pick Garth Hudson, Monkees, King Crimson, Beatles, Aerosmith

Sat, December 01 2012 4:40pm - Source: Something Else!

A rare talk with co-founding Band multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, presented in two parts over the course of November, shot to the top of our November 2012 readers poll , with a live report on the Monkees' stop in Chicago finishing at No. 2.

Jimi Hendrix new album track listing revealed

Tue, November 27 2012 9:44am - Source: Music-News.com

Sony Legacy and Experience Hendrix, Ltd. have come together to issue twelve previously unreleased songs on People, Hell and Angels.

Something Else! Interview: Jeremy Spencer, founding member of Fleetwood Mac

Thu, October 04 2012 1:39pm - Source: Something Else!

Jeremy Spencer, once known as the shaggy-haired slide guitarist in the original lineup of Fleetwood Mac, has returned with a new album that boldly expands his musical reach.

Wayback Wednesday - Blonde on Blonde

Thu, September 27 2012 12:04am - Source: MOG

If Highway 61 Revisited played as a garage rock record, the double album Blonde on Blonde inverted that sound, blending blues, country, rock, and folk into a wild, careening, and dense sound.

Gary Clark Jr: I'm just playing nasty, wailing lead

Wed, July 11 2012 6:54pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

You don't hear a lot of guitars in contemporary pop music, and almost none in the dominant black urban forms.

Andre 3000 Will Cover Everything But Jimi Hendrix Songs In Jimi Hendrix Biopic

Tue, July 03 2012 6:21pm - Source: Idolator

Andre 3000 's upcoming Jimi Hendrix biopic, All Is By My Side , hit a pretty huge hurdle when Jimi Hendrix's estate, Experience Hendrix LLC, prohibited the film from using any of the late rocker's music or compositions.

PAT HODGE- Sounds At Home

Wed, June 20 2012 4:21am - Source: DEEP BLUES

Have you always been solo or did you/do you play in bands as well?

Jodie Marie - The shy singer who became a folk-pop sensation

Fri, May 11 2012 11:42pm - Source: The Independent - Music

"I didn't think too much about it", Marie says, recalling the moment her father asked her to dig out a CD of her songs.

Tedeschi Trucks Band celebrates terrific first year together with new double-live set

Mon, April 16 2012 6:17pm - Source: Something Else!

The cool-rocking 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band will release an uplifting, energy-packed double live set called Everybody's Talkin' on May, 22, 2012 — a capping an amazing initial year of collaborations between Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that culminated with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator.

One Track Mind: Curtis Salgado on Robert Cray, O.V. Wright, Cab Calloway, Albert Collins

Fri, April 13 2012 11:59am - Source: Something Else!

On this special edition of Something Else Reviews' One Track Mind , we hand the reins over to Curtis Salgado , a former sideman with Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues and Santana.

RIP Iverson Minter AKA Louisiana Red

Mon, March 12 2012 11:03pm - Source: MOG

It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of one of the greatest and most beloved traditional blues artists.

Saturday(night) Live in the Basement (and some SUTC for good measure)

Sat, February 04 2012 4:30pm - Source: MOG

Recorded at the Basement in Sydney, Australia with a 24 track mobile studio in front of a live audience.

Clifton’s Corner :: Volume Eight – Blues Heaven (Pt. 1)

Sat, January 07 2012 8:34pm - Source: Aquarium Drunkard

(Volume eight of Clifton's Corner. When I was compiling the British R&B edition of Clifton's Corner and tracing songs back to the originals, I was reminded of my first love – Blues. These days, I rarely get to indulge my love of the blues. To most ears, its archaic. Few blues songs are dance club floor fillers. So, I neglected it for a while. After the death of Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf's longtime guitarist), I began, in earnest, to delve back into it. Willie Dixon once stated, "The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits. It's better keeping the roots alive, because it means better fruits from now on. The blues are the roots of all American music. As long as American music survives, so will the blues." In this installment, I'm tending to the roots, so to speak.

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2011: Blues and R&B edition

Wed, December 14 2011 2:26pm - Source: Something Else!

2011 brought its share of comebacks (Gregg Allman, the Meters' Zigaboo Modeliste, the Time) Stax-related joys (both Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper issued solo sides) and out-of-nowhere delights (Big Head Todd does the blues?).

10 for 2012 Interview: Don Scannell

Tue, December 13 2011 11:46am - Source: There Goes the Fear

Congratulations on finishing #5 in our 10 of 2012 poll of bands to watch next year.

R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin (1931-2011)

Mon, December 12 2011 8:07pm - Source: Passion of the Weiss

On a cold winter morning, before you had your first cup of coffee, Hubert Sumlin's guitar was permanently hushed in a funeral home in an anonymous town in New Jersey.

Book Notes - Stephen Wetta ("If Jack's in Love")

Wed, October 12 2011 6:28pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Founding Fathers: Herb Abramson

Sun, October 09 2011 11:24am - Source: WNEW

After Launching Atlantic and Atco Records, Herb Abramson Ran Blaze Records During the 1960's.

Robbie Robertson – How to Become Clairvoyant (2011)

Mon, April 04 2011 2:26pm - Source: Something Else!

How to Become Clairvoyant is, thus far, Robbie Robertson 's most blatantly personal solo release, taking on his split with the Band, nostalgia for his generation's spent idealism, and the realization of a dark aftermath for the era's hedonistic excesses.

BluesonaMonday - He said - She said

Mon, January 10 2011 5:09pm - Source: MOG

Blues singer-songwriter Peter Karp had written a duet for his 2007 album "Shadows and Cracks" and his manager suggested that blues woman Sue Foley might be good for the female part.

WayBack Wednesday - Mink DeVille

Wed, November 03 2010 9:39pm - Source: MOG

Mink DeVille (1974-1986) was a rock band known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille.