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FEATURES

 

Independent Blues Awards Nominations are IN! VOTE NOW!!

The Independent Blues Awards are now officially ready to be voted on. Below is a preview of all the nominated artists, CD’s and Songs. The one thing you will notice with our voting is we believe it is important that you have the opportunity to experience journey of discovery of new music. This is why […]

 

Interviews

 

An In Depth Interview with Gina Sicilia

Dynamic vocalist and live performer Gina Sicilia’s new album, Tug of War, celebrates her status as one of the reigning voices in modern blues and marks a potent evolution in her songwriting. The 11-song set is Sicilia’s seventh release since her emergence as a doyenne of the genre a decade ago. Today, Sicilia’s experience and […]

An In Depth Interview with Jason Ricci

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Harmonica player, bandleader, and singer/songwriter Jason Ricci is one of a handful of new young lions on the blues scene who are helping to expand the parameters of the idiom. Ricci steers clear of traditional blues themes in his songwriting, yet his playing shows a tremendous amount of knowledge and respect for […]

An Interview with Linda Brandemark of Lighthouse Sweden

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Lighthouse Sweden was created by Mats & Linda Brandemark. They have cultivated a sound that unequivocally belongs in the tradition of American contemporary rock. Their debut album “Lighthouse” delivers eleven tracks that guide the listener in an exploration of melancholic pop music, catchy Americana, and timeless rock n’ roll. The album received some great reviews. […]

An In Depth Interview with Micki Free!

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK It might have been on Shalamar’s Top 20 smash “Dancing in the Sheets” from the Footloose soundtrack, or its Grammy Award-winning “Don’t Get Stopped in Beverly Hills” from Beverly Hills Cop. Or maybe it was with Crown of Thorns, the hard-hitting band he and the Plasmatics’ Jean Beauvoir fronted during the early […]

An In Depth Interview with Brody Buster

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Brody Buster is a blues and rock musician from Lawrence, KS.  He’s a former child prodigy and was featured on countless TV shows growing up including the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Dateline, Crook & Chase, and the Jon Stewart Show.  Even Baywatch Nights and Full House showcased Brody’s talents.  He’s shared the stage with […]

An In Depth Interview with Mick Kolassa

HOMPAGE MICK    HOMEPAGE MARK FACEBOOK MICK   FACEBOOK MARK What do you get when two blues musicians get together to celebrate their mutual love of some of the most classic songs of the 20th Century? A great new album! Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca Have teamed up to bring two mutual loves together: the […]

 

CD Reviews

 

Linsey Alexander Two Cats

Linsey Alexander Two Cats Delmark Records The seventy four year old Linsey Alexander was born in Mississippi and raised in Memphis. He has been part of Chicago’s North Side blues scene for over two decades. He released his debut recording in 2004; “Someone’s Cooking in My Kitchen” included the song “Hoochie Man” and that has […]

Amy Black Memphis

 Amy Black Memphis Reuben Records Amy Black began her recording career as an alternative Country or Americana artist. In 2013 between her first and second albums Black released a four song EP called “The Muscle Shoals Session”. Recorded at the Fame studio that session spoke to her soul and Black changed her musical direction. Black […]

Kilborn Alley Blues Band The Tolono Tapes

 Kilborn Alley Blues Band presents The Tolono Tapes Run It Back Records The Kilborn Alley Blues Band was formed some seventeen years ago. Their very first album was self-titled and released in 2003 on Peedee Records. No other information on this recording is available. The bands next four albums were on Nick Moss’s Blue Bella […]

Gina Sicilia Tug of War

 Gina Sicilia Tug of War Blue Elan Records Gina Sicilia is from the greater Philadelphia area. She released her first studio album “Allow Me To Confess” in 2006 one year before graduating from Temple University with a degree in Journalism. Sicilia had been writing songs since the age of twelve so she had ample material […]

Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life

Guitar Slim Jr. The Story of My Life Orleans Records Rodney Glenn Armstrong a.k.a. Guitar Slim Jr. is a New Orleans blues guitarist and singer and the son of Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones. Guitar Slim is best known for his million selling hit single “The Things That I Used to Do”. The elder Slim died […]

Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’

 Polly O’Keary and The Rhythm Method Black Crow Callin’ Independent Polly O’Keary grew up in a log cabin with no plumbing or electricity. At the age of nineteen she had a husband in prison and an 8th grade education. Twenty years later she was a bassist for touring blues bands including “Too Slim & The […]

Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough

Brad Stivers Took You Long Enough Vizztone Label Group Brad Stivers grew up in California where his father instilled in him a love for roots music. In school he took up both sax and trombone. After moving to the greater Marysville, Washington area Stivers and his brothers played guitar. Influenced by B.B. King, Stevie Ray […]

Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real

Laura Tate Let’s Just Be Real Gold Records Laura Tate is from Dallas, Tx. where she began performing when she was nine years old. She studied acting in New York City and toured in theatrical productions. She soon found herself on the production side of the business directing music videos, documentaries and commercials. She now […]

North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace

 North Mississippi All-stars Prayer For Peace Sony Legacy The North Mississippi All-stars were formed in 1996 by Luther and Cody Dickinson the sons of Memphis record producer Jim Dickinson. The North Mississippi Allstars released their first studio album “Shake Hands With Shorty” in 2000. That album received a Grammy Award nomination for “Best Contemporary Blues […]

Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison

 Selwyn Birchwood Pick Your Poison Alligator Records Selwyn Birchwood was born in Orlando but grew up in the Tampa Area. He first picked up the guitar at the age of 13. By seventeen he was into Jimi Hendrix, Albert King, Freddie King and Albert Collins. He went to see Buddy Guy live and was so […]

 

ON the Scene

 

BluesBerry Festival Coming This Weekend on June 17th in Norcross Georgia

Seven years ago the city Norcross Georgia wanted to have a blueberry day with all the restaurants in downtown Norcross doing blueberry dishes and drinks. Mike Holley, who worked at The Iron Horse Tavern in downtown Norcross, figured why not add blues music to the combination and call it Bluesberry. His friend Tixie, who worked for the […]

This week: Indie blues in and around Atlanta June 12-18

 Monday Mudcat is at Blind Willie’s and The Pork Bellys are at Fat Matt’s. Mike Watson hosts the jam at Loco’s in Alpharetta and Lola is the host for the jam at Northside Tavern. Tuesday Poverty Level is at Darwin’s and Andrew Black is at Blind Willie’s. Gray & the Bad Boys are at Fat […]

FLYNN’S, FIRE ISLAND GETS READY FOR AN EPIC SUMMER WITH TONS OF UPCOMING EVENTS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2017

One of Fire Island’s Biggest Summer Hotspots Brings Everything From the Best LIVE Musical Acts to Amazing Food and Drinks, and Moonlit Dinner Cruises on the Great South Bay June, 2017 (Fire Island, NY) — In just a few weeks as Memorial Day Weekend floods Long Island’s beaches, backyards, and the Great South Bay with […]

Voices of Extreme Announce 2017 North American Tour with Tesla Beginning This July

 Rock and Metal Ensemble to Hit the Road with ‘80s Blues Metal Greats Hitting Cities in MN, WI, MO, IN, OH, MI, PA, SC, NC, MD, and NH June, 2017 (Huntington, NY) — Having just released the brand new video for their single “Call My Name” this past April and embarking on a 10 date […]

Honey River Release Brand New Video for Single “Peace, Love”

 SoCal Band Pits Country and Americana Together with California Style For New Song That Evokes A True Message of Togetherness Los Angeles, CA (June, 2017) — In these trying times in American culture and politics, sometimes the simplest messages can truly be the most powerful. And with SoCal Americana/Country/Rock trio Honey River recently dropping their […]

PARTY 105.3FM PREMIERES “THE ED LOVER SHOW” MONDAY, JUNE 12TH EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6-10AM ET

 PARTY 105.3FM PREMIERES “THE ED LOVER SHOW” MONDAY, JUNE 12TH EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6-10AM ET New Show Hosted By Hip Hop Icons Ed Lover and Monie Love   Long Island, NY (June, 2017) — Having already kicked off “Weekend Blast with Ed Lover and Monie Love” (Saturday’s 7am-9am) this past weekend, Long Island’s party station Party […]

 

Podcasts

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Gina Sicilia

This is The Voice of Indie Blues .. The show that brings you the Innovators not the imitators .. we bring you those artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues which always has and still is being created from it’s roots.. These are […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jason Ricci

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues .. these are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues which always has and still is being created from the roots .. These are the innovators .. […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Lighthouse Sweden

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the future of the blues. We play the artists who are creating new original music rooted in blues .. these artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created form it’s roots. These are the innovators .. […]

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/6/2017

This is the PODCAST of LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you those artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the Innovators […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Micki Free

This is the show that brings you ONLY touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from it’s roots. These are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists and […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Brody Buster

This is the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues .. These artists are the innovators not the imitators .. they are the future of the blues .. the Independent Blues Artists .. and we […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Mick Kolassa and Mark Telesca

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These artists are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists! This week we start […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 5/29/2017

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you the best in INDIE BLUES RADIO with artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created from the roots of the blues. These are the Indie Blues Artists! We have a great 3 hour block of […]