| Vallejo musicians inducted into West Coast Blues Hall of Fame Vallejo Times-Herald When Erokan started BAM and the BAMMIES, "one of my goals was to let everyone know about the great blues musicians living in the Bay Area like Charlie Musselwhite and John Lee Hooker." The West Coast Blues Hall began with a show in 1987 at the James ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Concert Review: Ruthie Foster at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA, March 23, 2012 Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Foster drew from a wide variety of sources from her music. She explained that she grew up in Texas listening to country music, and then transmogrified Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" into a soulful blues ballad I think Cash would have loved, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Seth Walker Brings His New Blues-Infused Americana to New CD Guitar International As Geoffrey Himes wrote for Nashville Scene, it was "one of the year's more interesting Americana albums, because its notion of roots music drew not just from the country-folk tradition but from blues and R&B as well." Leap of Faith was in the Top 10 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Music Review: Big Brother and the Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin ... Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Despite only being 25 at the time, Joplin delivers the song like a blues veteran. The old standard, "Summertime," is given the heavy blues treatment here, with Big Brother's musical performance matching Joplin's heart-wrenching vocals note for note. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Blues Music News--3.25.12
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