This isn’t so much down home as it is upbeat, an empowering set of blues from a singer with jazz chops. There’s a buoying effect throughout Eileen Howard’s Blues in the Green Room. You May Also Like: John Howard and the Night Mail – John Howard and the Night MailRead More
Guy Davis can act, direct, write, compose…and he can play the blues. You May Also Like: Guy Davis – ‘Be Ready When I Call You’ (2021) Eric Bibb – Migration Blues (2017)
On the precipice of some very bad vibes — they were about to lose Nicky Hopkins then David Freiberg before going into a folk-rock abyss with Dino Valenti — Quicksilver Messenger Service put on one of its last truly great shows. You May Also Like: Adam Hopkins’ Crickets, “Grounded” (2023):Read More
The joy surrounding this blues-rock collaboration is found not just in the Rides’ meaty originals — four of the 10 tracks are new — but in the way this just-founded trio happily attacks the cover tunes. You May Also Like: Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills’ ‘Super Session’ WasRead More
With the Grammy-winning debut Revelator and the double-disc modern-day Live At Fillmore East road epic Everybody’s Talkin’, the Tedeschi Trucks Band quickly established themselves as arguably the best seventies band four decades hence You May Also Like: Tedeschi Trucks Band – Let Me Get By (2016) Susan Tedeschi’s Varied ‘BackRead More
The summer music festival season is rapidly coming to a close, but those not wanting to brave iffy weather should head to select movie theaters on August 13, 2013. Nearly 500 cinemas will showcase Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013 You May Also Like: Eric Clapton – Slowhand at 70Read More
Warren Haynes’ Gov’t Mule has hatched an interesting idea: Issuing a new double-album project with Disc 1 devoted to new songs, while the second disc features those same song interpreted with a series of big-name guests. You May Also Like: Gov’t Mule + John Scofield – Sco-Mule (2015) As Gov’tRead More
Three new subscribers to Something Else! have been chosen to receive copies of Rhythm and Blues, the new studio effort from Buddy Guy You May Also Like: Jorge Calderon – ‘Blue Rhythm Highway’ (2018) Denise LaSalle, Soul-Blues Belter (1939-2018): An Appreciation
For all of the big-name guests here, Rhythm and Blues still crackles with the most energy when Buddy Guy stands alone at the mic. Luckily, his forthcoming RCA project is a double album — so there’s plenty of both. You May Also Like: John Belushi originally thought Steve Cropper wasRead More
George Thorogood’s rough-hewn sound has become so ubiquitous — from classic-rock stations to an endless parade of movie soundtracks — that it’s difficult to remember just how nervy these two albums once sounded. You May Also Like: Sylvester – ‘Step II’ (1978; 2020 reissue) James Taylor – ‘One Man Band’Read More
