Tinsley Ellis plays at Key West Theater May 12 At 14 years old, Tinsley Ellis heard BB King at the Marco Polo hotel in Miami Beach and never looked back. By the next year, ...
Buddy Guy, Bettye LaVette, Otis Clay Among Winners At Blues Foundation Blues Music Awards
Buddy Guy, Bettye LaVette, Otis Clay Among Winners At Blues Foundation Blues Music Awards BUDDY GUY, WALTER TROUT, CEDRIC BURNSIDE, RUTHIE FOSTER, VICTOR WAINWRIGHT, BETTYE LAVETTE and the late OTIS CLAY were among the ...
Smokin’ Joe Kubek Benefit
The blues community was stunned last October when Dallas blues guitarist Smokin’ Joe Kubek died suddenly of a heart attack, a loss that reverberated through musical circles, including those in Rochester. Kubek died as ...
Blind Boy Paxton reveals concerts in March
Here’s Paxton performing ‘Mortherless Child Blues’ live at Gigstock in The Greene Space… Bluesman Jerron ‘Blind Boy’ Paxton is winging his way to New Zealand in March for a four-date tour. The 27-year-old multi-instrumentalist, ...
Alligator Records Announces Tribute Album To Blind Willie Johnson
It’s always nice to see publicly underappreciated artists get their due, even when that due comes almost 70 years following their death. In February, Alligator Records is resurrecting the music of gospel/blues pioneer Blind ...
Ana Popovic: From Behind the Six String
“Change your records. One day you will wake up with your own licks. It’s a promise.” ~ Ana Popovic Belgrade, Serbia is not known for being a city that churns out blues musicians. But ...
Jay Willie Blues Band New “Upside of the Ground” Video
Newtown, Connecticut, blues-rocker Jay Willie does not hide that the greatest impact in his life is the late Johnny Winter. However in spite of its title, Willie’s new album– Johnny’s Juke Joint– isn’t a ...
Big Blues Bender Announces 2016 Lineup
Third annual Big Blues Bender will certainly take place Sept. 8 – 11, 2016 at the legendary Plaza Hotel & Casino site at the top of famous “Fremont Road Encounter” in the heart of ...
The Robert Cray Band, Returns to The Orleans Showroom
Formed in 1974 and based in the Northwest, The Robert Cray Band played gigs in Portland and Eugene, Ore., before branching out farther on the west coast, including Seattle and the San Francisco area. ...
Tedeschi Trucks Band Announce New Album, ‘Let Me Get By’
Let Me Get By features ten new, original songs that together stand as a testament to the hard work, independent spirit, and full-on commitment of the entire Tedeschi Trucks Band. The album’s artwork—a Mongolian ...