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Johnny Nicholas A Tribute to Moon Mullican, Volumes 1 & 2

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, roots, roots rock 0 Comments January 24, 2023

Johnny Nicholas A Tribute to Moon Mullican, Volumes 1 & 2 Valcour Records Aubrey Wilson “Moon” Mullican (1909-1967) is considered by many to have been the king of honky-tonk pianists during the 1930s and ‘40s. None other than Jerry Lee Lewis covered several of Mullican’s songs and sang his praises for the ways he bridged […]

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Damon Fowler & Friends Live at the Palladium

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, damon fowler, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock January 12, 2023

Damon Fowler & Friends Live at the Palladium Landslide Records A very special night this turned out to be. Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Damon Fowler and his band tore it up, threw it down, stomped on it, and on occasion smoothed it over at their show in St. Petersburgh, Florida this past July. Live at […]

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Tom Clarke’s Top 12 Blues CD’s of 2022

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock December 16, 2022

Making a Scene Presents Tom Clarke’s Twelve Favorite Roots and Blues Studio Albums of 2022 Tedeschi Trucks Band – I Am the Moon – Concord Records Derek Trucks may be the most brilliant and expressive guitarist of his generation, his wife Susan Tedeschi the finest rock and soul singer, and their 12-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band […]

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Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton The Stardust Sessions

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, roots, roots rock December 6, 2022

Samantha Fish & Jesse Dayton The Stardust Sessions Rounder Records (digital) A massive front of low-pressure dustbowl country crashed head-on into high-pressure blues and rock ‘n’ roll when Austin’s Jesse Dayton and Kansas City’s Samantha Fish hit a New Orleans studio together. Their hellacious storm of a debut album dubbed Death Wish Blues drops this […]

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Bywater Call Remain

Tom Clarke americana, blues, blues rock, indie Blues, Rock, roots, roots rock November 20, 2022

Bywater Call Remain Gypsy Soul Records Maple Blues Award winners Bywater Call have drawn a fair share of parallels to Tedeschi Trucks Band since emerging in Toronto in 2017. Remain will likely bolster those comparisons, but also cement the distinctive character of this seven-member group through their gripping performances of eleven original songs. This […]