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I’m glad I heard Joe Bonamassa’s music before I heard he’d been a child prodigy. He’s 30 now, no kid, but his bio says he started playing at 4 and was opening for BB King by the time he was 12. That stuff is always interesting, but often a childhood blaze doesn’t translate into adult [...]

Help me out. I have need of a mix tape (quaint terminology, isn’t it?) of all instrumental music - no vocals. I’ve got such things in a variety of genres: folk, classical, celtic, “world”, etc, but am wanting one that is rock/blues/funk. I’ve got a start: Maggot Brain (minus the first 30 seconds), Lenny(SRV), Born [...]

For a biz-free weekend: some music, without the packaging.

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(Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks: Old Friend)

You will like the Tommy Castro Band if you like blues guitar and soul. If you like ‘brass with ass.’ If you like that old time rock n’ roll. If you like BB King. If you like Bob Seger. And, as I sit listening to Tommy Castro’s album Painkiller, I realize that most who liked [...]

A couple of days ago we told you about Josh Smith’s upcoming aftershow gig. Well, it came and went Saturday night. “Galaxieman” caught the show and gave us permission to post his recap and pictures. Here’s his thoughts:

I thought I would give you a small recap of Taylor’s stop in South Florida on August 25th. [...]

When the Taylor Hicks tour band was announced last winter, the blues-drenched resume of guitarist Josh Smith caused a mild tremor along some major fault lines in the Hicks’ fanbase. Early warning signs were not in error. No matter what else happens at a show, when the Caribbean waves finally crash and ebb at the [...]

It was at that moment that I realized that on one level there was no difference between the artist and his/her audience. Through the expression of his pain, joy, anger and unapologetic sexuality we were all united in our humanity Jason Ricci
Some artists, that I love, meet me in my comfort zone, [...]