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blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, waylon thibodeaux
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Waylon Thibodeaux Here We Go Again Rabadash Records Waylon Thibodeaux was born on the Louisiana Bayou. A native of Houma, Louisiana he started as a drummer until he heard fiddlers Johnny Gimble and Stephan Grappelli. He began studying the violin at the age of eight and won the Louisiana State Fiddling Championship when he was […]
blues, bywater call, indie Blues, making a Scene
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Bywater Call Gypsy Soul Records This is the new self-titled debut by Canada’s Bywater Call. The Toronto based southern soul, blues and roots ensemble has already made their mark at Blues Festivals including the Tremblant International Blues Festival; the Quebec City Donnacona Blues Festival and The Markham Jazz Festival. The band’s influences include New Orleans […]
black tornado, blues, come on in, indie Blues, making a Scene, thorbjorn risager
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Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado Come On In Ruf Records Thorbjorn Risager founded, Blue 7, his first band in 2002. His debut album “Live 2004” resulted in Risager being named the Danish Blues musician of the year. When the band became an octet they took the name Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado. They […]
americana, cd review, making a Scene, singer-songwriter
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Tom Breiding Love Commits Me Here AmeriSon Singer-songwriter Tom Breiding writes a specific kind of Americana song, ones devoted to laborers and union workers. Hailing from West Virginia, he has been doing so for his entire career due to his intense connections with union members and groups. Several on Love Commits Me Here highlight his […]
blues, cd review, Hip Hop, indie Blues, making a Scene, pop
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G Love and Keb’ Mo’ The Juice Philadelphonic/Thirty Tigers This is the eighth album for Philly born and raised, now Cape Cod resident G. Love (aka Garrett Dutton), a masterful multi-instrumentalist with a diverse set of influences, a knack for reinvention and a penchant for collaboration. You may be familiar with him through his usual […]
blues, Daylight, Grace Potter, indie Blues, making a Scene
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Grace Potter Daylight From the first notes of the first song, Grace Potter’s new solo album, Daylight, it is obvious that this is a powerful and highly personal album. it is her first album in four years and her second since the break up of her band, The Nocturnals. It comes after a tumultuous break, […]
blues, indie Blues, making a Scene, S.E. Willis
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S.E. Willis and the Willing Too Much Love Mr. Suchensuch Records S.E. Willis was the piano player in the Elvin Bishop Band when they were named Band of the Year in 2015. He had been with Bishop since 1999. “Too Much Love” is Willis’ seventh recording under his own name the last being 2014’s two-cd […]
alseep at the wheel, book review, Comin' Right At Ya, making a Scene, Ray Benson
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Comin Right At Ya, Or How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country Ray Benson by Rhetta Akamatsu As he explains in Comin’ Right At Ya, Ray Benson was indeed born a Yankee, growing up in Philadelphia, He is also Jewish and was a hippie when he formed Asleep at the Wheel 50 years ago. Yet […]
jazz, making a Scene, massimo magee, tony irving
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Tony Irving & Massimo Magee Vitriol and the Third Oraculum 577 Records This is today’s free jazz from two London artists. It’s either your thing or it’s clearly not. There’re no fence sitting for music like this. For reference points think of John Coltrane’s Interstellar Space, a duo with drummer Rashied Ali. Or, the long […]
jazz, kayle brecher, making a Scene
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Kayle Brecher Kayleidoscope Penchant Four Kayle Brecher’s interpretation of the opening “My Favorite Things” lets you know right away that she is a unique, imaginative jazz vocalist. She respects the tradition but is also willing to take some chances. Brecher currently resides in Philadelphia but is a native New Yorker who began her career in […]