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Canadian Music Week Favorite Blues Artist Nominees

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:32:33 +0000

I’m a bit of a music awards junkie. I see it as a way to see who is getting recognition for their contribution to the music world. I’m almost never disappointed with nominees as music recommendations. I normally am familiar with at least 60% of the nominees in genre that I follow like blues and [...]

Billy Lavender “Memphis Livin” CD Definitely Recommended

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:20:11 +0000

I picked up the Billy Lavender CD last week and it seems to be stuck in the CD player of my car. Not literally but figuratively. Every time the CD finishes it starts over and it starts off with Singing the Blues and before you know it I’ve listened to the whole CD again. [...]

Blues Foundation 2010 Acoustic Blues Award Nominees

admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:17:49 +0000

I love this time of year when following right on the heals of the announcement of the Grammy Award Winners for Blues the Blues Foundation announces their nominees for the Blue Foundation Awards. Obviously any performer would love to get the public recognition that goes with a Grammy but getting a Blues [...]

Tom Waits - An Introduction From a Fan

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:51:15 +0000

I’m a huge Tom Waits fan but it saddens me sometimes that his performing arts (as I think his current performances are best referred to) obscure the incredible musical talent in favor of his amazing creativity. Obviously both are infinitely enjoyable. So I listen to my old Tom Waits when I want to [...]

2010 Grammy Award Winners for Blues

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:02:12 +0000

I love Grammy time, its a chance to kick back and have some top music picks served up to you in all categories. I actually enjoy the Jazz and Blues picks the most of course but there are others I definitely check out. For you blues fans out there here are the 52nd annual [...]

“Stomp The Floor” a Smooth Blues CD by Arthur Adams

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:30:59 +0000

I have to thank @loubassist on Twitter for bringing “Stomp The Floor” by Arthur Adams to my attention. Check it out by clicking the play button on this widget: Amazon.com Widgets Now thats some smooth blues music! I love it when people send me suggestions that are new to me. [...]

Neil Young: Not Blues But Great and Available On Vinyl

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:14:40 +0000

Good old vinyl records are making a huge come back in Canada. It’s said they sound better than CDs and maybe its my tin ear but you know I’m more into MP3s than even CDs now. But the band I play in (Kelly’s Kitchen Band, maybe you’ve heard of us) has recently started [...]

More Great Blues from Paul Batto Jr.

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:39:29 +0000

I love finding blues from around the world. A while back I blogged about Paul Batto Jr. from Slovenia and how impressed I was with his talent. Paul recently contacted me to inform me that some new videos of his had been posted. I just have to share this one and then send you off [...]

Louis Armstrong West End Blues (Composer King Oliver)

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:45:58 +0000

Amazon.com Widgets Louis Armstrong’s Recording of King Oliver’s West End Blues was inducted to the the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974. This song, originally recorded in 1928, is about the West side of the French Quarter in New Orleans. It’s a magical tune about a magical place. If you spent [...]

Luther Allison - Songs From The Road - New CD MP3s Free

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:30:29 +0000

Amazon.com Widgets I’m a music lover with a pretty large collection of music. I resorted to storing all my CD’s in binders a long time ago. Then there got to be too many binders and filing the CDs was bothersome so I converted to MP3s and got a bluetooth compatible stereo to stream from [...]