Robert Cray News and Photos

Danny Bryant - Hurricane (Album Review)

Wed, May 08 2013 2:16pm - Source: Stereoboard

Why do so many blues guitarists mistakenly believe they can sing?

The Popdose Interview: Kevin Eubanks

Mon, March 25 2013 1:36pm - Source: Pop Dose

Kevin Eubanks is a guy that you're probably most familiar with because of his 15 year stint as the bandleader for Jay Leno and the Tonight Show and that's okay.

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.

Rock & Rules - Robert Cray

Fri, March 01 2013 10:03am - Source: ClashMusic.com

Grammy-winning Blues guitarist Robert Cray offers his learned guidance.

Pinnick Gales Pridgen – Pinnick Gales Pridgen (2013)

Mon, February 11 2013 1:36pm - Source: Something Else!

These days, it seems "supergroups" are a dime a dozen, but occasionally the combination works.

Where's Your Grammy? Henry Rollins, OK Go & More on Where Their Statues Are

Fri, February 08 2013 5:26pm - Source: Spinner

Anyone with " Grammy -winning artist" in their bio is bound to have an edge.

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Blues and Jazz

Wed, December 05 2012 12:57pm - Source: Something Else!

In one way or another, each of these recordings confounded and delighted me.

Artists call on Pandora to stop lobbying for royalty rate cuts

Fri, November 16 2012 12:32pm - Source: CMU - Complete Music Update

125 musicians, including Bryan Adams, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Nas, have put their names to an open letter calling on US streaming service Pandora to stop lobbying for a change in the way sound recording royalties for internet radio services are calculated in the US.

Mike Ragogna: The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind and Fire Red Moon: Chatting with Ben Folds and Craig Chaquico

Fri, October 12 2012 10:04am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

So it's obvious that the band is rocking again.

Charlie Gillett - Robert Cray

Mon, October 01 2012 4:46pm - Source: Boot Sale Sounds

Robert Cray the master of the blues guitar is Charlie's guest on his City Beats radio show in September 1986.

New Music Monday: Alvin Lee, Art Garfunkel, Gillan and Iommi, Jeremy Spencer, Robert Cray

Mon, August 27 2012 12:37pm - Source: Something Else!

Make way for red-hot new stuff from the likes of Ten Years After's Alvin Lee; Ian Gillan and Tony Iommi; Fleetwood Mac's Jeremy Spencer; Joey DeFrancesco with Larry Coryell and Jimmy Cobb; and Robert Cray.

Shorties (Lucinda Williams on Flannery O'Connor, Sharon Van Etten Describes Her Music, and more)

Thu, August 23 2012 2:04pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

The Believer interviews singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams.

Robert Cray – Nothin But Love (2012)

Tue, August 21 2012 1:21pm - Source: Something Else!

I don't remember the last time, outside of a live performance, when Robert Cray's guitar sounded so present.

Rejuvenated Curtis Salgado ready to hit concert trail, radio airwaves after latest cancer scare

Thu, August 09 2012 8:13pm - Source: Something Else!

Curtis Salgado is ready to get back to work.

Johnnie Bassett (1935-2012): An Appreciation

Mon, August 06 2012 5:28am - Source: Something Else!

Detroit bluesman Johnnie Bassett, a Florida native who only late in life began releasing well-received albums as a leader, has died at 76 after a battle with cancer.

Something Else! sneak peek: Robert Cray, “(Won’t Be) Coming Home” (2012)

Thu, August 02 2012 12:19pm - Source: Something Else!

Robert Cray's forthcoming album, called Nothin But Love, was crafted with "dirt under the fingernails," according to legendary producer Kevin Shirley.

Cancer returns for celebrated soul singer Curtis Salgado; lung surgery planned

Fri, June 29 2012 8:57pm - Source: Something Else!

Award-winning soul blues singer/harmonica master Curtis Salgado will undergo surgery on July 18 in Portland, Oregon, to remove a cancerous growth from his lung , according to his manager Shane Tappendorf.

Buddy Guy Q&A: Starving in Chicago, Meeting Muddy Waters and the Night Stevie Ray Vaughan Died

Wed, June 27 2012 6:09pm - Source: Spinner

On that date, the-then 21-year-old left his home state of Louisiana for Chicago.

Tab Benoit, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Curtis Salgado, Ruthie Foster among big winners at Blues Music Awards

Fri, May 11 2012 1:44pm - Source: Something Else!

Louisiana bluesman Tab Benoit earned the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award at the 33rd annual Blues Music Awards, held May 10, 2012 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

Billy Boy Arnold, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, Doc Pomus and Allen Toussaint to be inducted into Blues Hall of Fame tonight

Wed, May 09 2012 8:40pm - Source: Something Else!

Billy Boy Arnold, Mike Bloomfield, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Doc Pomus and Allen Toussaint lead the 2012 class of the Blues Hall of Fame, to be inducted tonight (May 9, 2012) at the Memphis Marriott Downtown in Memphis, Tennessee, ahead of Thursday's 33rd annual Blues Music Awards ceremonies.

Herbie Hancock Celebrates International Jazz Day at U.N. With Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Morgan Freeman & Many More

Tue, May 01 2012 4:52pm - Source: Spinner

Hancock -- referred to by Jones as my "brother from another mother" -- finally took the stage next alongside the surviving members of Miles Davis ' second great quintet, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Ron Carter, to perform the trumpet master's "Milestones."

Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns dies at 70

Sun, April 15 2012 7:39am - Source: Music-News.com

Andrew Love, the tenor saxophone player for arguably the greatest horn section of the last half century, the Memphis Horns, passed away on Thursday at his home in Memphis after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease.

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.

Something Else! Interview: Soul-blues shouter Curtis Salgado

Thu, April 12 2012 2:26pm - Source: Something Else!

Curtis Salgado, who has kicked off 2012 with a sizzling new soul-blues debut for Alligator Records, has never been fated with an uninteresting life.

New Music Monday: Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey

Mon, April 09 2012 11:50am - Source: Something Else!

Rock, blues, crazy solo Kiss weirdness, even heavier stuff, some smoking jazz, it's all there for you this week — topped by new music offerings from Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Darius Jones, Jeff Loomis, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey.

Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot (2012)

Sun, April 08 2012 12:18pm - Source: Something Else!

Bluesman Curtis Salgado, over a career that's included stops with Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues and Santana, has always had an abiding love for R&B, hard soul and nasty funk.

First Wave of Artists Confirmed for BluesFest 2012

Sat, March 31 2012 6:21am - Source: Music-News.com

June sees the return of BluesFest following the runaway success of last year's event, which saw more than 16,000 music fans attend concerts by some of the biggest names in blues, jazz and soul.

Robert Cray set to enter studio with legendary rock producer Kevin Shirley

Thu, March 15 2012 1:12pm - Source: Something Else!

Five-time Grammy-winning soul-blues star Robert Cray will enter the studio later this month to begin recording a new album with producer Kevin Shirley, known for his work with Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Joe Bonamassa and the Black Crowes, among others.

Mike Bloomfield, Furry Lewis and Allen Toussaint among Blues Hall of Fame inductees

Sat, February 18 2012 2:23am - Source: Music-News.com

The Blues Hall of Fame has announced the performers, non-performing individuals, recordings and books to be inducted in 2012.

Singer also headlining Grammy charity event in L.A.

Thu, February 09 2012 6:49pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Bret Michaels' upcoming solo album, Get Your Rock On , will include a few friends.

BluesonaMonday - Bad Man's Blood

Mon, September 05 2011 4:46pm - Source: MOG

This is Ray's latest release, which by default, makes it my favourite Ray album.

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge

Tue, August 02 2011 11:29pm - Source: The Independent - Music

If you had looked at this year's Cambridge Folk Festival from above, you might have mistaken the scene for an army encampment, so well equipped were the picnickers.

TO Jazz Review: Robert Cray Band + Digging Roots, June 27, Metro Square

Wed, June 29 2011 1:46pm - Source: The Panic Manual

In several years of covering the Toronto Jazz Festival, I've largely avoided the fest's ample blues offerings.

The Soul of John Black - Good Thang

Mon, June 27 2011 7:58pm - Source: The Ripple Effect

In my small, over-generalizing mind, soul is the music of musicians, reaching down deep into their inner beings to tell a story.

SNL- SUTC - the pyramid session

Sun, November 28 2010 4:53am - Source: MOG

Believe it or not, this is a live & unrehearsed performance.

BluesonaMonday - Swagger

Mon, July 26 2010 9:14pm - Source: MOG

Ian Siegal (born Ian Berry in 1971) is a British blues singer and guitarist, whose style reflects the more rootsy side of the genre, drawing on influences such as Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Son House, Junior Kimbrough and Tom Waits.

Robert Cray News

Danny Bryant - Hurricane (Album Review)

The Popdose Interview: Kevin Eubanks

Gary Clark Jr - Blak And Blu (Album Review)

Rock & Rules - Robert Cray

Pinnick Gales Pridgen – Pinnick Gales Pridgen (2013)

Where's Your Grammy? Henry Rollins, OK Go & More on Where Their Statues Are

Nick DeRiso’s Top Albums for 2012: Blues and Jazz

Artists call on Pandora to stop lobbying for royalty rate cuts

Mike Ragogna: The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind and Fire Red Moon: Chatting with Ben Folds and Craig Chaquico

Charlie Gillett - Robert Cray

New Music Monday: Alvin Lee, Art Garfunkel, Gillan and Iommi, Jeremy Spencer, Robert Cray

Shorties (Lucinda Williams on Flannery O'Connor, Sharon Van Etten Describes Her Music, and more)

Robert Cray – Nothin But Love (2012)

Rejuvenated Curtis Salgado ready to hit concert trail, radio airwaves after latest cancer scare

Johnnie Bassett (1935-2012): An Appreciation

Something Else! sneak peek: Robert Cray, “(Won’t Be) Coming Home” (2012)

Cancer returns for celebrated soul singer Curtis Salgado; lung surgery planned

Buddy Guy Q&A: Starving in Chicago, Meeting Muddy Waters and the Night Stevie Ray Vaughan Died

Tab Benoit, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Curtis Salgado, Ruthie Foster among big winners at Blues Music Awards

Billy Boy Arnold, Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy, Doc Pomus and Allen Toussaint to be inducted into Blues Hall of Fame tonight

Herbie Hancock Celebrates International Jazz Day at U.N. With Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Morgan Freeman & Many More

Andrew Love of the Memphis Horns dies at 70

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

Something Else! Interview: Soul-blues shouter Curtis Salgado

New Music Monday: Bonnie Raitt, Curtis Salgado, Kenny Garrett and OHMphrey

Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot (2012)

First Wave of Artists Confirmed for BluesFest 2012

Robert Cray set to enter studio with legendary rock producer Kevin Shirley

Mike Bloomfield, Furry Lewis and Allen Toussaint among Blues Hall of Fame inductees

Singer also headlining Grammy charity event in L.A.

BluesonaMonday - Bad Man's Blood

Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge

TO Jazz Review: Robert Cray Band + Digging Roots, June 27, Metro Square

The Soul of John Black - Good Thang

SNL- SUTC - the pyramid session

BluesonaMonday - Swagger

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