JW Jones High Temperature Solid Blues Records Molson Golden Ale, Iceberg Vodka and JW Jones; these are among my favorite Canadian exports. Although Jones’ influences include fellow Canadians Ronnie Hawkins and Colin James he has absorbed all the blues, rock, and country music that has come before him. In 2000 Jones released his first album […]
SHOW #344 – 10/31/16 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/Tj0Zs5 JL FULKS JL picked up a guitar at the age of 13 and has not looked back since. Playing in South Carolina and then Florida, where he gained experience performing on stages across the states. JL and his band won the South Florida Regional Blues Challenge and made […]
The Jimmys Hot Dish Brown Cow Productions The Jimmys are a seven piece R n’ B and jump blues band from Wisconsin. The band was formed in 2008 by Jimmy Voegeli. By day Voegeli works on his family’s fifth-generation dairy farm with 200 Brown Swiss dairy cows. At night Voegeli is an award winning musician […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Jackson, MS blues and soul artist Stephen Johnson is a son of a pastor and has been a professional musician practically his entire life starting in his father’s church. His roots began in Gospel and Southern Soul, and then eventually “the Blues” became his passion. Known by his family and friends […]
The Rev. Billy C Wirtz truly is divine, as his press release claims, if you are not easily offended and love to laugh! Do not let the title of Rev. fool you into thinking this is a religious record or you are in for a terrible shock. With the help of the legendary Nighthawks, he […]
Mitch Kashmar West Coast Toast Delta Groove Music Mitch Kashmar was born in the beachside community of Santa Barbara, Ca. in 1960. He is a disciple of the California harp scene that includes George “Harmonica” Smith, William Clarke, Rod Piazza, and Kim Wilson. Kashmar has shared the stage with John Lee Hooker, Big Joe Turner, […]
Colin James Blue Highways True North Records Colin James Munn was born in Saskatchewan Canada in 1964. As a young man he and his band opened for Steve Ray Vaughan who suggested that he drop his last name. James released his first recording in 1988. He is probably most well known in blues circles for […]
This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that brings you the future of Blues that is being created by Independent Blues Artists who believe in the TRUE tradition of Blues and Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These ARE the INDIE Blues Artists! This week we start off with music from The Marcus King […]
Tune in to The Voice of Indie Blues .. the only show that is dedicated to bringing you the FUTURE of the blues that is being created by Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and embrace the tradition of creating new original music from it’s roots! This week we start off […]
Fiona Boyes Professin’ The Blues Reference Recordings Fiona Boyes is an Australian who has completely absorbed the genre we call acoustic blues. She has been nominated for a Blues Music Award every year between 2007 and 2010; and she was nominated again in 2016 as Traditional Blues Female Artist of The Year. She has been […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE In 1961, Donald was introduced to high school band director Waymond Webster, who taught him to play traps on the drumset. By age 14, Donald Ray began his professional career with blues piano legend Nat Dove. Throughout his teens, Donald played with the two local bluesmen: organist Joe Daniels and guitarist […]
Devon Allman Ride or Die Ruf Records Devon Allman is the son of Gregg but his music is all his own. Allman formed “Honeytribe” in 1999 but the band achieved its greatest success with their sophomore effort 2010’s “Space Age Blues”. That album included guest appearances by Huey Lewis and Ron Holloway. In 2011 Allman […]
This is The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that is dedicated to bringing you the best in Independent Blues Artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues! These ARE the INDIE Blues artists!! This week we give you a 3 hour block of the best of what we found in our mailbox .. from […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Featuring funky blues harmonica, whiskey stained vocals, slick guitar work and a solid rhythm section, Corey Lueck & The Smoke Wagon Blues Band has been performing in clubs and on festival stages for over a decade. Started in 1996, The Smoke Wagon Blues Band became crowd favourites in Hamilton, Ontario’s famous […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #343 10/24/16 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/7FvGGK All Couch Kids this show… DAVE KELLER Dave starts us off with his new album Right Back Atcha, the followup to his BMA Nominated Soul Changes. For this one, Dave brought in his guys, recorded it in Vermont and produced it himself. We talked about the differences […]
Tune into The VOICE of INDIE BLUES .. the show that embraces the diversity of blues and showcases those artists who are out there creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These ARE the INDIE Blues artists! This week we start off with Chris Jacobs The Smoke Wagon Blues Band Frank Bang and The […]
Melissa Etheridge Memphis Rock & Soul Stax Records/Concord Music Group Melissa Etheridge is a rock singer-songwriter who has fifteen Grammy Award nominations. She won for Best Rock Vocal Performance in both 1993 and 1995. Like her contemporary Cyndi Lauper she has been inspired by the roots of blues, rock and soul and chose to further […]
Dave Keller Right Back Atcha Tastee Tone Dave Keller was born in Worcester, Ma. He went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Ct where as a DJ he played, listened to, and studied the blues. Keller graduated in 1989 and made a brief pilgrimage to Chicago but returned to settle in Somerville, Ma. He learned the […]
Listen to The VOICE of Indie Blues! This is the show that will bring you the future of the blues with artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists embrace the diversity of blues .. The INDIE Blues artists! We start with music from Charlie Wheeler Band The Marcus King Band Kentucky […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Yonrico Scott’s professional career began at age seven. With the encouragement of his late mother Ruth Scott, a talented gospel vocalist, he began performing with several gospel groups in Detroit Michigan. When he was 14, Yonrico began private study with Motown drummer George Hamilton. During his freshman year at Kentucky State […]
When I published my article “Selling the Blues” I did not anticipate how much the idea of re-branding the genre would resonate within the Blues Community. In the coming months the term “Indie Blues” began to crop up in Artist’s one sheets and as descriptions of radio shows across the country and a link to […]