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Andrew Gordon has been a folkie for as long as he can remember. Brought up listening to the music of The Corries, Andrew developed a deep love of Traditional (and not so traditional) folk music. He started playing when he was 13 and had his first solo performance at 17 supporting Gaberlunzie in The Kings Arms, Perth. Like many Scottish musicians, Andrew remembers back to...

“Michael Burks is a flamethrower guitarist. He is the complete bluesman: songwriter, singer, riff-master, bandleader, and showman...Savage fury and heartfelt tenderness” –Chicago Sun-Times “Michael Burks is a guitar slinger with a brawny tone, deeply emotional singing and rompin’, stompin’ blues power.” –GuitarOne...

Blues, Rock, Funk, Jazz Fusion, Eastern, Punk, Carnival, Psychedelic, Performance Art and more are all regularly attached descriptions of the band Jason Ricci and New Blood. Defying category, without defying the techniques, authenticity and disciplines of any one of those category is a rare and dangerous high wire act this band has been balancing expertly year after year,...

R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist Tommy Castro is one of the most popular and creative roots artists to emerge in recent years. Castro, winner of the 2008 Blues Music Award for Entertainer Of The Year, is famed not only for his hard-hitting, impassioned vocals, soaring guitar work and his blues-infused, rocking R&B sound, but also for his striking, original...

Four awards include Entertainer of Year By Mark Jordan Posted May 7, 2010 at midnight California bluesman Tommy Castro was the big winner at the 31st annual Blues Music Awards on Thursday night. Produced by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation, the awards are considered the highest honor in the blues world. The ceremony took place before a packed audience of...

Die Band wurde in den 1980er Jahren vom Slidegitarristen Ed Williams in Chicago gegründet. Williams lernte das Gitarrespiel bei seinem Onkel J. B. Hutto . Neben der Slidegitarre brachte ihm sein Onkel auch noch Bass und Gitarre bei. Mitte der 1970er Jahre wurden Williams und sein Halbbruder James "Pookie" Young professionelle Musiker und formten die ersten Blues...

Roland Tchakounté is living proof that Blues knows no boundaries. Born in Cameroon, far away from the cotton fields that sculpted his elders’ style, he starts his musical training through percussion then the guitar, followed by the piano and harmonica. His first steps on stage, as a bass player and singer, take place within local Cameroonian band specialised...

At age 23, Albuquerque, New Mexico native Ryan McGarvey has in a relatively short amount of time not only gained a national, and international fan base, but admiration from his personal idols as well. In the past few years of Ryan's career he has had the honor, and the pleasure of sharing the bill with such top name act's as Blue Oyster Cult, Shemekia Copeland, Shannon...

Wie misst man das Leben einer Person? Es gibt viele Kennzahlen; Erfolg, Auszeichnungen, Reichtum, um nur einige zu nennen. Aber es gibt noch andere Möglichkeiten, ein Vermächtnis zu hinterlassen. Es ist nicht immer die richtige Antwort für jeden Anlass. Was wäre, wenn wir unser Leben nicht anhand der Antworten, die wir geben, sondern anhand unserer Fragen bewerten würden?...