Elles Bailey – “The Game”
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Here’s multi-award winning Elles Bailey’s latest release, “The Game.” It’s the 4th fourth single from her next album Shining in the Half Light. It’ll be arriving soonly (as we like to say around here) – February 25th.
Eric Gales – Crown
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His name is Eric Gales, any questions? Well if you had any, this album answers a lot of them. It’s a deeply personal album – you can feel the investment Eric has in every song. So you get large slices of the man as you listen. And it all fits together into a musical tasty treat of an album. (I loved it.)
National Blues Museum Announces Pandemic Exhibit
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It’s not what you’re thinking. This National Blues Museum exhibit is all about the 1918 pandemic, not our current one. Back then, as now, life was pretty much disrupted for musicians and everybody else. (The example theatre poster is a little eerie.)
The Blues Rock Show With Eric Gales
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Catch up with Eric Gales on this edition of The Blues Rock Show. Eric’s discussing his new album, Crown, and he’s 5 cups-of-coffee jazzed about it. He should be too, because it’s killer-good. And with 30 years and 18 albums under his belt why wouldn’t it be?
Sammy Lawhorn Might Be The Most Widely Recorded Blues Guitarist Lost To Time
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Sammy Lawhorn never worked regularly as a bandleader, so he remains relatively obscure despite being one of the most frequently recorded accompanists in blues history. (I love the deep-dives Steve Krakow does on Blues musicians.)
John Mayall – The Sun Is Shining Down
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Listening to a John Mayall album is like listening to a Blues masterclass. For 60 years he’s played so much Blues and mentored so many great Blues musicians that he’s clearly achieved Blues Sainthood. And at 88, he’s still going strong. Case in point, his new album, The Sun Is Shining Down. (Me likey.)
Jack Broadbent On John Lee Hooker
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Lap slide guitar anyone? With a Hofner guitar? Well then here’s Jack Broadbent to show you how it’s done. He’s got that drummer-turned-guitarist approach down pat. (He makes it look soooo easy too.)
Misty Blues – One Louder
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Sometimes you just gotta have a smokey, growly, brassy singer to wet your Blues whistle. And that’s exactly what you get with Gina Coleman in Misty Blues. A first-rate album from this first-rate Northeastern band, and 2019 International Blues Challenge finalist. (They deserve more national attention.)
Music Gurus – Learn Authentic Blues Guitar With Scott McKeon | Instructional Video Review
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Learning guitar runs on a spectrum. The instrument is deviously versatile allowing the amateur novice to be able to pick it up quickly and beguiling master musical theorists their whole lives. Most aspiring guitarists start with the Blues since in technical fretboard logistics the music is relatively straightforward. Scott McKeon can lay it all out for you.
ATWB New Blues Playlist
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So many tunes, so little time. But no worries. I’ve got you covered. Here are the new tunes I found myself digging into this week. Music from John Mayall, Eric Gales, Joan Osborne, Keb’ Mo’, and more. It’s 2022 folks and the music’s gettin’ hotter. Check them out on Spotify — and please Follow or Share.
Jon Beres
I’m one part Blues Fan and one part Digital Native (with a dash of Curmudgeon.) I’m also the publisher of AlltheWayBlue.com. If you love the Blues, I have a feeling we’ll get along just fine - cheers!
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