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Features

 

ELECTRIC BLUES BAND MORELAND & ARBUCKLE BRINGING GROUP TO AN END

  ELECTRIC BLUES BAND MORELAND & ARBUCKLE BRINGING GROUP TO AN END Alligator Records rcording artists Moreland & Arbuckle, whose latest album Promised Land Or Bust recently received a 2016 Blues Music Award nomination for Rock Blues Album Of The Year, have decided to amicably dissolve the band. They will play the remaining booked dates […]

Interviews

 

AN In Depth Interview with Billy Flynn

HOME PAGE   Billy Flynn (born August 11, 1956) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. In addition to his own work and works mentioned later, he has worked and recorded with Bryan Lee, Little Smokey Smothers, Mark Hummel, Willie Kent, Snooky Pryor, Big Bill Morganfield, John Brim, Jody Williams, […]

An In depth Interview with Vanessa Collier

 

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Master musician and multi-talented blues performer, Vanessa Collier, was recently nominated for a 2017 Blues Music Award (BMA). The Philadelphia based vocalist/saxophonist/songwriter is currently on an 11 country European tour with Ruf’s Blues Caravan, alternating between tour legs in Europe and touring back in the U.S. with a talented 5-piece band, throughout […]

An in Depth Interview with Anthony Rosano

 

HOME PAGE FACEBOOK Anthony Rosano and the Conqueroos blend old school blues with a modern rock sound. Conjuring Muddy Water flowing into second line funk with fuzzy guitar riffs on Chicago’s south side. Voted “Best Blues” for 3 years (2015/2016/2017), along with “Best Live Performer” (2017) and an “Album of the Year” nomination for “Get […]

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 […]

CD Reviews

 

Steve Krase Should’ve Seen It Coming

Steve Krase Should’ve Seen It Coming Connor Ray Music Steve Krase got his education playing harp with Jerry Lightfoot and The Essentials. In 2004 he formed his own band, “Steve Krase & The In Crowd”, and they won the award for Houston’s Best Unsigned Blues Band. The following year “The In Crowd” released their only […]

John Primer & Bob Corritore Ain’t Nothing You Can Do!

 

John Primer & Bob Corritore Ain’t Nothing You Can Do! Delta Groove Music Alfonso “John” Primer was born in Camden, Mississippi but moved to Chicago where he was a regular at Theresa’s Lounge located at 48th and South Indiana Avenue. He played in Willie Dixon’s Chicago Blues All-Stars and in The Muddy Waters Band. Later […]

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. […]

On the Scene

 

Jake Holliday and Friends at Darwin’s, Sandy Springs, GA April 22

Saturday night at Darwin’s, Jake Holliday rounded up Donna Hopkins and some other friends and called the show, appropriately enough, “Jake Holliday and Friends feat. Donna Hopkins.” That’s an irresistible title to anyone familiar with Jake’s fantastic bass playing and Donna’s talents as a singer, guitar player and songwriter, so off we went. There were […]

This week: Blues all around Atlanta April 24-30

 

It’s a great time to be out supporting live music as the days are getting warmer and the blues get hotter! Here’s this week’s happenings: Monday Bob Page is at Blind Willie’s and The Larry Griffith Band is at Fat Matt’s. Mike Watson hosts the jam t Loco’s in Alpharetta and Lola hosts the jam […]

Podcasts

 

Music on the Couch Show #470

MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #370 LISTEN HERE: https://goo.gl/M0grNX   ​ EXIT 56 BLUES FEST Sonia Outlaw-Clarke dropped by to talk about this year’s Exit 56 Blues Fest held in Brownsville, TN on May 27 & 28. Sonia spoke about the lineup and all the events over the two days. Music On The Couch is proud […]

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Billy Flynn

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The show that only plays touring artists who are creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and the music that always has and still is being created from it’s roots .. these artists are the innovators .. not […]

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Vanessa Collier

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues! The #1 and Original INDIE BLUES RADIO show .. This is the show that is dedicated to bringing you nothing but those artists who are out there touring and creating new original music rooted in the blues .. These artists Embrace the Diversity of the Blues .. It […]

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus Featuring Anthony Rosano

This IS The Voice of Indie Blues The show that brings you 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 and understand that it is this diversity that is the true power of the blues! […]

 

LIVE from the Midnight Circus “The Voice of Indie Blues” 4/17/2017

This is The Voice of Indie Blues the show that brings you those artists who Embrace the Diversity of the Blues and understand it is through this diversity .. the true power of the blues lives .. These are the innovators .. not the imitators .. these are the Indie Blues Artists! This week we […]

 

 

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 […]