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Babel Jhett Black Album Review

Babel : Jhett Black Album Review – Blues Music Revisited

Babel : Jhett Black Album Review – Blues Music Revisited Jhett Black, known for his gritty slide guitar and soulful vocals, has released his highly anticipated album ‘Babel’. Drawing from his deep roots in blues and roots music, Jhett’s unique sound captures the essence of Southern gothic and Delta blues. After winning at the International […]

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Selwyn Birchwood: The Fearless New Voice of Modern Blues

Selwyn Birchwood: Florida’s Electric Swamp Funkin’ Blues Firebrand In September 2002, a seventeen-year-old kid from Orlando walked into a Buddy Guy concert and walked out a different person. Selwyn Birchwood had been playing guitar for four years by then, working through Jimi Hendrix records and tracing Hendrix’s influences back to their source. However, nothing in

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Little Walter: The Daring Stunning Truth of Blues Harmonica

Little Walter: The Daring Stunning Truth of Blues Harmonica On May 12, 1952, a twenty-two-year-old harmonica player walked into Universal Recording Studios in Chicago and cut an instrumental that would change American music. The song was “Juke.” It hit number one on the Billboard R&B chart and stayed there for eight consecutive weeks. However, what

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Nina Simone: Biography of the High Priestess of Soul

Nina Simone: Biography of the High Priestess of Soul Introduction Nina Simone (1933-2003) was a classically trained pianist who became one of the most influential voices in American music. Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon in North Carolina, she combined classical technique with blues, jazz, gospel, and folk to create a distinctive sound that defied categorization. Her

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Fantastic Negrito: A Stunning New Force in Oakland Blues

Fantastic Negrito: Oakland’s Three-Time Grammy-Winning Blues Revolutionary In 1999, Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz lay in a hospital bed in a coma, his right hand crushed beyond recognition. A near-fatal car accident had ended his music career — or so everyone assumed. Interscope Records called the hospital to inform him the label was dropping him. His guitars

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Artist rendition of Pinetop Perkins

Pinetop Perkins: The Startling Truth of a Blues Piano Life

Pinetop Perkins: The Startling Truth of a Blues Piano Life In a Clarksdale, Mississippi juke joint sometime around 1943, a woman pulled a knife and slashed Pinetop Perkins across his left arm. The tendons severed cleanly. His guitar-playing days ended that night, and the trajectory of his musical career shifted permanently. However, what seemed like

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Larkin Poe: Remarkable Sisters Who Ignited a New Blues Fire

Larkin Poe almost didn’t happen. In December 2009, Rebecca and Megan Lovell watched their bluegrass trio — the Lovell Sisters — fall apart when oldest sister Jessica stepped away to get married and start college. The two younger Lovells had spent their teenage years winning mandolin contests at MerleFest and performing on A Prairie Home

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Howlin’ Wolf: The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions – A Blues Classic

Howlin’ Wolf: The London Howlin’ Wolf Sessions – A Blues Masterpiece Introduction This iconic album highlights the immense talent and captivating presence of blues legend Howlin’ Wolf. This article will explore the album’s rich history. We will also look at the exceptional lineup of musicians involved and analyze the raw power and emotion in each

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Howlin’ Wolf’s London Sessions: A Fusion of Blues and Rock Music Legends

Howlin’ Wolf’s London Sessions: A Fusion of Blues and Rock Music Legends Introduction In blues music, some moments go beyond time and have a lasting impact on the genre’s history. Howlin’ Wolf’s legendary London Sessions is a special moment. It was a groundbreaking collaboration between the iconic bluesman and rock royalty. This included Eric Clapton,

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Artist rendition of Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith: The Powerful Untold Empress of the Blues

Bessie Smith: The Empress Who Saved Columbia Records On February 15, 1923, a nervous young woman from Chattanooga walked into a makeshift Columbia Records studio in New York City. Every major label had already turned her down. However, when Bessie Smith opened her mouth and recorded “Downhearted Blues” that afternoon, the result was stunning. The

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Women in Blues: How They Shaped a Genre Then Got Written Out

Women in Blues: The Forgotten Founders Who Shaped American Music In August 1920, a vaudeville singer named Mamie Smith walked into a New York recording studio and changed American music forever. Her recording of “Crazy Blues” sold 75,000 copies in its first month alone. Within a year, that number crossed one million. Consequently, record executives

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Artist rendition of the home of the Hill Country Blues

Hill Country Blues: The Hypnotic Sound the Delta Left Behind

Hill Country Blues: How Africa’s Oldest Rhythms Survived in the Mississippi Hills On a September afternoon in 1959, Alan Lomax pulled his recording equipment onto Lonnie Young’s front porch in Como, Mississippi. He had come to document the fife and drum music that fed directly into the Hill Country blues tradition. Specifically, he wanted to

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Texas Blues: The Evolution of an American Guitar Tradition

Texas Blues: The Evolution of an American Guitar Tradition Texas blues developed as a distinct regional style from the 1920s through the 1990s, characterized by sophisticated guitar work, jazzy sophistication, and a fusion of rural and urban influences. Unlike the raw, emotional intensity of Delta blues or the full-band electric sound of Chicago blues, Texas

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Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am The Moon: Crescent” Album Review

Tedeschi Trucks Band’s “I Am The Moon: Crescent” Album Series Review At last! We are once again indebted to Tedeschi Trucks Band! They never cease to amaze us musically! Their latest project, “I Am the Moon” is an ambitious album series that is divided into four separate releases. The first installment, “Crescent “, showcases the

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