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Features

Blues Foundation Announces New Rules for the IBC

The Blues Foundation has modified it’s Rules for the International Blues Challenge in an effort to insure a fair competition and to allow for the greatest diversity.  The International Blues Challenge is the largest gathering of the Blues Industry with both professional and amateur blues artists from around the world. Each year the these Blues artists […]

Interviews

An In Depth Interview with Mr. Sipp

FACEBOOK Castro Coleman a-k-a Mr. Sipp, “The Mississippi Blues Child” was born August 25, 1976 to Johnelle and the late Vera Coleman in the small town of McComb, MS. He began playing the guitar at the tender age of 6. Through hard work and perseverance, Mr. Sipp has become a Delta Blues Force to be […]

An In Depth Interview with Jim Gustin

Jim Gustin is a blues singer and guitarist from Santa Clarita California. He has a distinctive, powerful voice; soulful and deep with a smoky rasp, and is a passionate and energetic performer. He is also a very solid guitarist with great tone and a funky feel. Jeri Goldenhar, aka Truth Jones, has been singing since […]

An In Depth Interview with Hector Anchondo

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Hector Anchondo doesn’t just play the blues— he lives and breathes the blues. At 16-years-old, the budding musician picked up his first guitar and never looked back. He began an instant love affair with the instrument, especially Fenders. Born in Omaha, but raised seven miles outside of Salem, Missouri, Anchondo was able […]

An In Depth Interview with Sean Chambers

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Florida born Sean Chambers began his career in the Blues back in 1998 when he toured with the legendary Hubert Sumlin as his guitarist and band leader until 2003. During Sean’s tenure with Mr. Sumlin, Britain’s own Guitarist magazine named Chambers as “One of the top 50 blues guitarists of the last […]

AN In Depth Interview with Jon Zeeman

 HOME PAGE FACEBOOK From the age of 8, Jon Zeeman has been obsessed with guitars, amplifiers, wah-wah pedals, power tubes, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones. Growing up outside NYC, he studied classical piano and decided on a career in music at the ripe age of 13. Early jobs at IHop […]

CD Reviews

Monster Mike Welch & Mike Ledbetter Right Place, Right Time

Monster Mike Welch & Mike Ledbetter Right Place, Right Time Delta Groove Music When guitarist Mike Welch was only thirteen years old blues aficionado, actor and comedian Dan Aykroyd gave him the nickname Monster Mike. Welch released his 1966 debut recording “These Blues Are Mine” on the Tone-Cool Record label co-produced by Richard “Rosy” Rosenblatt. […]

Bobby Messano – ‘Bad Movie’

 Bobby Messano has been up and down the scale a time or two in a lot of years of playing music. He has been music director for Steve Winwood and Lou Gramm and for county artists Jimmy Wayne and Rodney Aikens. For his own solo work, he chose to play and sing the blues and […]

Hector Anchondo Band Roll The Dice

 Hector Anchondo Band Roll The Dice Independent Hector Anchondo was born in Omaha but raised on a farm near Salem, Missouri. He picked up the guitar when he was sixteen and has learned quickly. He moved back to Omaha in 2000 because there were more places to play. He formed his first band, Anchondo, and […]

Chris Bergson Band Bitter Midnight

 Chris Bergson Band Bitter Midnight 2 Shirts Records Chris Bergson grew up in a Boston suburb. He began taking guitar lessons at a very young age and developed an appreciation for jazz and blues. He listened to everything from Muddy Waters to Miles Davis. Bergson moved to New York City and began to sit in […]

Eric Bibb Migration Blues

Eric Bibb Migration Blues Stony Plain Records Eric Bibb is the son of Leon Bibb a singer-songwriter popular during the folk music scene of the 1960’s. The younger Bibb was given his first guitar at the age of seven. Growing up in New York City he was surrounded by the folksingers of that era including […]

Ruthie Foster Joy Comes Back

 Ruthie Foster Joy Comes Back Stone Truth Music/Blue Cord Music Ruthie Foster is still on a roll. The former gospel singer won her first Blues Music Award as Contemporary Blues Female Artist of The Year in 2010. Since then she won the BMA for Traditional Blues Female Artist a.k.a. The Koko Taylor Award five times. […]

Billy Price Alive & Strange

 Billy Price Alive & Strange Nola Blue/Vuzztone Label Group Billy Price was born William Pollak in Fair Lawn, N.J. in 1949. In the seventies he moved to Pittsburgh where he still works for Carnegie Mellon University. Price became Roy Buchanan’s vocalist and he appears on Buchanan’s 1975 album “Live Stock” on Polydor Records. Price formed […]

Matthew Wolcott – ‘Western Lights’

 Texas artist Matthew Wolcott proves, in his debut release Western Lights, that there is always room for another talented, sensitive songwriter. The five songs here allow Wolcott to  paint melancholy pictures with sound. His piano playing perfectly accompanies his rich voice, which reminds this writer of Jackson Browne’s. The title song “Western Lights” sets the […]

Samantha Fish Chills & Fever

 Samantha Fish Chills & Fever Ruf Records Samantha Fish was raised in Kansas City. She started out as a drummer but switched to guitar when she was fifteen. She recorded, “Live Bait”, in 2009 and got noticed by Ruf Records. She was part of Ruf’s 2011“Girls With Guitars” along with Cassie Taylor and Dani Wilde. […]

Lauren Mitchell Desire

Lauren Mitchell Desire Lauren Mitchell Music Lauren Mitchell was born in Columbus Ohio. She began taking voice lessons at the age of nine and developed an interest in musical theatre. Her father had been into soul music and the blues but after her parents divorced he moved to Florida. Mitchell attended college in Columbus but […]

Rockin’ Johnny Burgin Neoprene Fedora

 Rockin’ Johnny Burgin Neoprene Fedora West Tone Records Johnny Burgin was raised in Starkville, Ms. and Greenville, S.C. He went to The University of Chicago with the intention of becoming a writer but instead fell into the Chicago blues scene. He started backing up the Chicago blues vocalist Taildragger. Later he wound up touring with […]

Billy Flynn Lonesome Highway

 Billy Flynn Lonesome Highway Delmark Records Guitarist Billy Flynn has played with Jimmy Dawkins, Sunnyland Slim, The Legendary Blues Band, Mississippi Heat and the Cash Box Kings. He recorded with Bryan Lee, Willie Kent, Snooky Pryor, Big Bill Morganfield, Jody Williams, Billy Boy Arnold, Mark Hummel, Kim Wilson and many others. Flynn also has ten […]

Nina Massara – ‘Watch Me’: Watch her, indeed!

 People often speak of the world-wide influence of blues and jazz, but it takes an artist like Nina Massara to really prove the point. This Danish artist grew up in Copenhagen with a Danish mother and American father, listening to Keb Mo’, Taj Mahal and Bob Dylan. Her father catered the backstage food for artists […]

ON the Scene

This week: Indie Blues in and around Atlanta April 17-23

Things are heating up both musically and weather-wise in Atlanta and that means festivals around here. Take note on the weekend of Sweetwater 420, Amplify Decatur, and The Big Shanty Festival,  all including blues.  Get on your shorts and get outside! Also take note of the Atlanta Blues Society meeting on Sunday! Here’s a lot […]

Concert Review: The Jeff Jensen Band- Darwin’s, Sandy Springs GA, April 7

 It was two hours before showtime on Friday night when we arrived at Darwin’s in Sandy Springs to eat and wait for The Jeff Jensen Band. We wee actually covering a convention about 10 minutes away in Atlanta but we never willingly miss Jeff, Bill and David and we knew the convention had the whole […]

Podcasts

Music on the Couch Show #369 04/17/17

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #369 – 04/17/17 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/rkm490 ​ JOHN MAYALL First Mr. Mayall joined me to talk about his long career.  We spoke about his early life, getting into the music scene, the musicians who he has mentored and his feelings on the music and more.  We listened to music from Talk About […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jim Gustin

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you touring artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and through that diversity are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These artists, in the true tradition of the blues are the innovators .. not imitators .. these ARE the Indie […] 

 

LIVE From the Midnight Circus Featuring Mr. Sipp

This is the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show! The show that brings you those artists who are touring and creating new original music .. they Embrace the Diversity of the Blues .. because it is this diversity that is the true power of the blues .. Like the blues artists that came before […] 

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 4/9/2017

This the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show! The Voice of Indie Blues where we bring you only touring artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and who are creating music like those that came before them from that diversity. They are not restricted by some artificial definition of Blues.. These are the […] 

 

Music on the Couch Show 368 04/10/17

SHOW #368 – 04/10/17 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/ceVcqf ​ PAM TAYLOR – COUCH KID NEWS Pam came by to talk about her Spread The Thread Campaign for her upcoming album, Steal Your Heart. We discussed the album, the music it will contain, how you can contribute and then Pam gave us a sneak peek with the song Squeeze Me. […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Hector Anchondo

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues .. the show that brings you the best in Indie Blues Artists! These are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand it is this diversity that always has and still is being created from its roots .. These are the innovators not the imitators […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Sean Chambers

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that showcases those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand that it is this diversity that has and still is being created from the roots of the blues .. these artists are the innovators … not the imitators .. we call these artists […]   

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Jon Zeeman

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues the #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show that brings you nothing but those artists who are out there touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues. These are the artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues that always has and still is being created […] 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 4/3/2017

This is the podcast of LIVE from the Midnight Circus The Voice of Indie Blues, the show that brings you those artists who are currently touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues. These artists understand it is important to Embrace the Diversity of the Blues, because it is this diversity that has […]

Music on the Couch Show 367

SHOW #367 – 04/03/17 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/kbDZLB ALL COUCH KID NEW MUSIC ​ HURRICANE RUTH Hurricane Ruth returned with her brand new album, Ain’t Ready For The Grave. Ruth talked about her wish list for this album, working with Gina and Tom to make it a reality and where she is headed. WEB SITE       FACEBOOK PAGE ​ […]