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If it’s Summertime in Colorado, that can only mean one thing for blues lovers in the know: The 16th Annual Blues from The Top Festival is right around the corner! Taking place Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24 this year, Blues From The Top (or BFTT as it’s...
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The Billy Blues Band kick off their Spring 2018 Tour with a performance at Destination 112 in Nampa, Idaho on Friday, April 27. Formed in February of 2017 in the Boise area, this refined group of talented musicians features vocalists Michele Eastland and Becky Blake, who control the stage...
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Multiple award-winning boogie-woogie blues pianist-vocalist Victor Wainwright (a/k/a ‘Piana From Savannah’) kicks off his 2018 U.S./Canada Spring/Summer Tour in support of just-released album Victor Wainwright & the Train (Ruf Records), with a Record Release Party at The Bank & Blues, 701 Main St., two big nights, Thursday, March...
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Michael John Baswoski, or Michael John for short, has been a leading light on the Southern California blues music scene for several decades – first, fronting his own band, Michael John and the Bottom Line; then, for the last thirteen years, along with his wife Cathy Basowski, presenting the...
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Kathryn Grimm is a musician in perpetual motion. The Portland, OR-based blues lady fronts not one, but two working groups, on vocals and guitar: Kathryn Grimm and the Blues Tools; and Hippie Love Slave. Grimm returned to her previous residence, Los Angeles, playing bass in Billy D and the...
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Bruce Katz, renowned Hammond B-3 organist/keyboardist and four-time Blues Music Award nominee, and his Bruce Katz Band, embark on their ‘Soak Up The Sun’ Tour, beginning January 31 at The Blue Note in Durham, NC. Katz has also performed with the Delbert McClinton Band, Ronnie Earl, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band,...
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The burgeoning SoCal Inland Empire finally has it’s very own Blues Festival, the 1st Annual Temecula Blues Festival on Saturday, April 21, from 12 Noon until 10 pm and featuring a solid lineup of multiple BMA nominee vocalist Tad Robinson, Shari Puorto Band, Stoney B. Blues Band and many...
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The Allman Goldflies Band (AGB) is bringing new energy to Southern music with honest, hard-driving, inspired performances, while also keeping the legacy of The Allman Brothers alive. AGB features raspy-voiced bluesman, Gary Allman (cousin of the late Greg Allman) on vocals and keyboards, and critically-acclaimed bassist, David “Rook” Goldflies,...
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BEN: The new cd and vinyl release “Stompin’ Ground” on Alligator Records is out and the response is very positive. How does that feel? Tommy Castro: I feel relieved and excited. BEN: The fact that “Stompin’ Ground” is near the top of the Blues Charts as well as in...