Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still make it out to a great festival. Head out to the coast as Lincoln City holds its annual Chowder & Brewfest on Saturday, September 9, hosted by the City’s Chamber of Commerce. Multiple restaurants and breweries will be offering their delicious wares […]
For four decades, Johnny Nicholas has showcased his consummate musicianship and vocal skills and graced live music scenes across the country and abroad. The list of legendary musicians with whom he’s worked and performed alongside reads like a who’s who for blues and roots music, including artists such as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin’ Wolf, BB King, Muddy Waters, […]
Salem-based bassist John Pounds has long been a favorite on the Oregon music scene, so when he suffered a stroke in March 2016 a lot of his friends and fans stepped forward to help him out with a handful of benefit shows. But it has been a long hard path to recovery for John and […]
Benjamin Booker is an American musician, singer, songwrite,r and guitarist who cites The Gun Club, Blind Willie Johnson, and T. Rex as influences. His music was described by the Chicago Tribune as “a raw brand of blues/boogie/soul,” by The Independent as “frenzied guitar-strumming and raw, soulful vocals that are hair-raising in intensity” and by SPIN […]
Blues and soul music fans know that the soundtrack to early rock’ n’ roll ran on three-minute instrumentals with sax in the lead, and was directly related to 1950s and 1960s New Orleans R&B hits, along with that deep-fried wildness that came from Memphis. With this history lesson in mind, old school rock ‘n’ soul […]
New York writer Dave Rubin wrote that, “[i]f Tim “Too Slim” Langford only played slide guitar, he would slither around most other blues guitarists and take a ferocious bite out of their pride. But as the sole six-string slinger, songwriter and lead vocalist of the power trio Too Slim and the Taildraggers, Langford is a […]
With a briefcase filled with awards, including three Maple Blues Awards naming him the best harmonica player in Canada, Vancouver’s Harpdog Brown has been called a blues evangelist — and that’s a very fitting moniker. “I speak the blues like it’s the truth, and it is” he was recently quoted. “I do feel like I’m […]
“[Seth Walker] is pure talent, a masterful blues guitarist, a singer with some swing in his voice and a writer whose (songs) sound less composed than unleashed.” – Austin American-Statesman. Over the past 10 years, Seth Walker has become one of the most revered modern roots artists in the United States — a three-dimensional talent […]
The four-day 2017 Sunbanks Music Festival returns to Electric City, Washington on Thursday, September 7 through Sunday, September 10 for another fun-filled weekend featuring national and regional artists performing a diverse selection of rock, R&b, rockabilly, funk, Americana, blues, and more. The Sunbanks Lake Resort hosts this semiannual music festival against the backdrop of Banks […]
The Paladins from San Diego, California are the preeminent blues/rockabilly band in America. Founded in the early 1980s by guitarist Dave Gonzalez and his high school friend and double bass player Thomas Yearsley, they have recorded five singles, nine full-length studio records, and three live albums. They helped pave the way for the rockabilly craze […]