MUSIC ON THE COUCH 01/08/18 – SHOW #403 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/10401337 PREVIEW SHOW # 2 for the 34th IBC JANICE JOHNSTON Dr. Janice is a member of The Blues Foundation Board of Directors with responsibilities for The H.A.R.T. Fund (Handy Artist Relief Trust). For the last six years, Dr. Janice and her incredible volunteer staff […]
HOME PAGE FACE BOOK PAGE Check out this interview with an Indie blues artist Albert Cummings on Making a Scene Albert Cummings writes, plays and sings the blues like nobody else. He has played with blues legends B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Buddy Guy. Taken with Albert’s fire and passion bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris […]
We are now broadcasting on DeepJams.net every Saturday from 8pm to midnight EST This IS the Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you the future of the blues, with artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the innovators, not the imitators These are the Indie Blues artists.. […]
HOME PAGE FACEBOOK PAGE Little G Weevil was born with a soul for adventure. Growing up in Hungary in its final years as part of the Soviet Union, young Gabor Szucs cast his eyes to the West and fell in love with American Blues. He immersed himself in the music and the culture, devouring books […]
In Meet Me In Memphis, Eric Hughes and his band do a fabulous job of not only capturing Memphis in all its diversity but of moving smoothly from blues to blues-rock with hints of soul and country as well. Hughes and the band start out with a powerful blues rocker, “Freight Train of Pain,” just […]
Jay Willie Blues Band Jay Walkin’ Zoho Music The Jay Willie Blues Band was formed in 2001 by guitarists Jay Willie and Bob Callahan; and former Johnny Winter drummer Bobby T Torello. Although based out of Newton, Connecticut they are a Texas Blues band with one foot in the traditional and the other in a […]
Even though this article concentrates on Blues, the information on the RMR charts is relevant to all the genres and Indie Musicians the RMR Charts report on. The Blues World in particular spends a lot of time on Radio Charts. Unfortunately, many don’t understand the facts behind the charts and how they work. What makes the Living […]
Living Blues is a bi-monthly magazine focused on covering the blues tradition, and its America’s oldest blues periodical. The magazine was founded as a quarterly in Chicago in 1970 by Jim O’Neal and Amy van Singel. Alligator Records owner and founder Bruce Iglauer was also one of the magazine’s early editors. Howlin’ Wolf was featured on the cover of the first issue. In 1983, O’Neal and van […]