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Half Notes: Eden Brent – Mississippi Number One (2008)
Spring has sprung and it’s time for some blues! Sure, true believers know that it’s always time for some blues.
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Something Else! Featured Artist: Eric Clapton
As Eric Clapton puts the finishing touches on a scheduled 2012 release — again produced by frequent sideman Doyle Bramhall II, who also helmed the well-received Clapton a couple of years ago — we reached back for a few old favorites.
Harmonica Hinds – If Speed Was Just a Thought (2012)
Mervyn “Harmonica” Hinds, a regular on the Chicago blues scene of decades, was once one of the best sidemen that nobody knew. That’s changed more recently, as Hinds has begun issuing albums under his own name in regular intervals.
Tedeschi Trucks Band celebrates terrific first year together with new double-live set
The cool-rocking 11-piece Tedeschi Trucks Band will release an uplifting, energy-packed double live set called Everybody’s Talkin’ on May, 22, 2012 — a capping an amazing initial year of collaborations between Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi that culminated with a Grammy win for their debut album Revelator.
New Music Monday: Dar Williams, Hank III, Donovan, the Grateful Dead, Lurrie Bell
Pull up a chair; there’s piping hot newness in store from the likes of Dar Williams, Duke Robillard, Hank Williams III, Jon Cleary and Lurrie Bell
Lurrie Bell – The Devil Ain’t Got No Music (2012)
For many of the most familiar names in blues music, their careers began in the church: Stars like B.B. King, Etta James and James Brown debuted as youngsters performing gospel music. For Lurrie Bell, the journey went in reverse.
One Track Mind: Curtis Salgado on Robert Cray, O.V. Wright, Cab Calloway, Albert Collins
On this special edition of Something Else Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to Curtis Salgado
Something Else! Interview: Soul-blues shouter Curtis Salgado
Curtis Salgado, who has kicked off 2012 with a sizzling new soul-blues debut for Alligator Records, has never been fated with an uninteresting life.
Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot (2012)
Bluesman Curtis Salgado, over a career that’s included stops with Robert Cray, Roomful of Blues and Santana, has always had an abiding love for R&B, hard soul and nasty funk. Soul Shot brings all of that together
Guitarist Sonny Landreth’s 11th outing is a long-awaited all-instrumental project
Louisiana’s Sonny Landreth, long known for his wizardry on the slide, has never issued an all-instrumental recording — until now. Due May 22, 2012 on his own Landfall label, Elemental Journey will include guest appearances by Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani, among others.
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