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Archive for Category: "Blues Show Reviews"
Dana Fuchs at Highline Ballroom in NYC
Dana Fuchs and her band rock the Highline Ballroom http://danafuchs.com/ What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! This week I am featuring some photos of Dana Fuchs, a singer that has gathered herself quite a following since arriving in New York some years back at the age of 19. When I went to the Highline Ballroom [...]
Tedeschi Trucks Band 2012 Grammy Nominees
Tedeschi Trucks 2012 Grammy Nominees After a wet cold morning, The Rock Strong 4 Life Benefit on Saturday turned out to be a perfect evening at Popa John’s Stadium. The sun came out just in time to warm up the 1000 plus audience and The Tedeschi Trucks Bandtook over from there to deliver a performance that may have [...]
Tad Robinson at The Triad in New York
Tad Robinson at The Triad in NYC What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! For my post this week I have some photos of Severn Records recording artist Tad Robinson from his show at The Triad on Sept. 7, 2011. I had not heard of Tad before the show but I did get to catch a [...]
Quinn Sullivan- 12 year old Bluesman
Quinn Sullivan at the BB King Blues Club in New York City What’s up my fellow Blues lovers! Happy New Year! Hope your entry into the new year was a smooth and enjoyable one. 2011 was a heck of a year but I look forward to all sorts of good things in 2012. In January [...]
The Black Coffee Blues Band Continues an NYC New Year’s Tradition
Popa Chubby & Crew in Brooklyn (New York, NY) 2012 has arrived and those New York blues fans that woke up on Sunday morning (January 1st), perhaps a little worse for the wear and fortunately “in the know” got treated to a wonderful New Year’s Day tradition, Black Coffee Blues Band live at Pete’s Ale [...]
Photos 2011- A Look Back
Rory Block at the BB King Blues Club Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! I hope you are all having a great holiday season. When this post goes up there will be just a few days left to 2011. A lot of things happened in 2011, some good, some not so good. The Blues world [...]
My Best Concerts of 2011
2011 brought a second consecutive year of an outstanding quantity of music talent that filled stages arenas and festivals throughout the year. It is very apparent that for many artists live performances have become necessary to boost sagging album/cd sales and income. Though the economy has been tough on everyone’s pocketbook, it seems [...]
Eric Clapton 2011: A Year in Review
Eric Clapton in 2011 (New York, NY) Despite the fact that it was nearly 10 years ago that Eric Clapton first claimed he was retiring from the road, it seems like it was only yesterday. As I get older, I am starting to realize just how quickly time flies by and when I look back [...]
George Thorogood at BB King’s in NYC
http://www.georgethorogood.com/ Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! I know it was yesterday but Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. I, for one, have a lot to be thankful for. For my post this week I have some photos of an artist that needs no introduction, the mighty George Thorogood. The photos are from a Sept. [...]
Buddy Guy Brings The Blues To New York City
Buddy Guy Live in NYC. (New York, NY) Last week New York City blues fans were graced with the presence of a genuine blues legend, the great Buddy Guy. It has been a long time since this reviewer (and blues fan) has seen the energetic front man in a venue as small as B.B. King’s [...]
Keb Mo at BB King’s in New York
Keb Mo at the BB King Blues Club in New York http://www.kebmo.com/site/ Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! The holiday season is fast approaching. Make sure you pickup plenty of Blues CDs to stuff in those stockings come Christmas. For my post this week I have some photos of an artist that I had heard [...]
Nicole Hart & The Hart Attack Band
Nicole Hart belts one out at The Triad in New York http://www.nicolehart.com/ OK my fellow Blues lovers, welcome back! For my post this week I have some photos of the very entertaining Nicole Hart and The Hart Attack Band from their show at The Triad on September 14, 2011. I got a brief glimpse of [...]
Trampled Underfoot in New York City
Trampled Underfoot at the BB King Blues Club http://www.tufkc.com/ OK my fellow Blues lovers, welcome back! For my post this week I have some photos of a band of blues-playing siblings from Kansas City, Trampled Underfoot. The photos are from a August 25, 2011 show at the BB King Blues Club in New York where [...]
Moondog Medicine Show
(Front Royal, Virginia) Covering the “local” blues scene can be an interesting experience indeed. There are some great up and coming bands and some not so up and coming bands. I generally find that my best articles come from the most unexpected places. The Brew and Blues festival in Front Royal Virginia showcased one of [...]
