Bywater Call – ‘Remain’
APPLE MUSIC
Bywater Call’s new album is a Southern-Rocky slam dunk. Meghan Parnell’s lead vocals will stun you with their power. The best I’ve heard in a good long while. Lucky for us, the rest of this 7-piece band’s just as good. (Definitely worth a listen.) [PREVIEW]
Sunjay – “The Easy Blues”
YOUTUBE
Three mics, two pairs of sunglasses and one little Blues tune from Sunjay. It satisfies that simple acoustic craving we all get from time to time. His new album (Black & Blues Revisited) will be out in October. [VIDEO]
R&B Hall Of Fame To Be Erected In Mississippi
WASHINGTONINFORMER
“Fifty years in the making, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame (NRBHF) is coming to life.” They got the land (in Mississippi) and they got the bucks. Breakin’ ground September 30th. [ARTICLE]
Blues Traveler – Live At The Print Shop
YOUTUBE
Something new I’m digging. Blues Traveler in a little basement setting. It’s half gig, half interview at Blank Record’s Print Shop. (Adam Blank has the basement of my dreams.) [VIDEO]
Gerry Jablonski Band – “Hard Road”
YOUTUBE
Music and current events spiral together in this provocative video from the Gerry Jablonski Band. Usually high-energy, this Scottish band flips the script here with a message-in-a-bottle for all of us. [VIDEO]
Black Keys Drummer Gives Shoutout
CINCINNATI
Drummers don’t get enough love. But here’s Patrick Carney getting some in this solo interview. Still got that midwestern boy mentality. (And I love his answer about commercializing his music.) [ARTICLE]
Hundred Seventy Split – ‘The Story So Far’
APPLE MUSIC
Hundred Seventy Split has roots that stretch back to “Ten Years After,” so you know you’re gonna get some classic Blues Rock sounds. This is a slick album (equal parts studio & live cuts) that covers all the bases. [PREVIEW]
Troy Redfern The UK’s Slide Guitarist Extraordinaire
MYAMPMUSIC
Welshman Troy Redfern is more than just a Bluesman. He’s a fiercely honest musician with a wide range of musical influences. And Ralph Beauchamp gets to the heart of what makes Troy’s musical clock tick in this interview. [ARTICLE]
Justine Blazer – ‘Girl Singing The Blues’
APPLE MUSIC
This is a good week for killer female vocalists. Justine Blazer does that genre-bending thing on her new album (the album title notwithstanding). But she bends them beautifully and this is an easy listen. [PREVIEW]
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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